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London. — European officials travel to Washington this week seeking a bigger global war chest to combat the debt crisis as Spain’s government battles to quell renewed market turmoil over its finances. Three weeks after European leaders unveiled emergency euro-area funding exceeding the symbolic US$1 trillion mark, concerns about Spain’s position have ratchetedPooling, investing contributions
Social security schemes are able to pay pensions of varying amounts, which may exceed what beneficiaries pay into the scheme, through the pooling of contributions and using them to make investments. People often confuse social security and social assistance. Social security schemes are normally contributions based, whereas social assistance is provided by
Self-taught artist dreams big
Lovemore Meya Entertainment Reporter
VIBRANT, skillful and self-taught is the best way to describe one of Zimbabwe’s finest visual artists, Calvin Chimutuwah.
Chimutuwah, who has plied the trade for the past 12 years, has never stopped to showcase what he is made of despite the
Jah Prayzah goes into acting
Richmore Tera Arts CorrespondentTALENTED contemporary musician Jah Prayzah, real name Mukudzei Mukombe, continues to show his versatility in the arts and this time, he is trying his luck in acting. Jah Prayzah is part of the cast in a recently released drama called “Bag Rabvaruka”.
Mannex going beyond music
There is a strong relationship between being born in the ghetto and music. Most musicians who achieved phenomenal feats in the music who include Whitney Houston, Bob Marley, Lucky Dube, Augustine Musarurwa, Isaac Chirwa, Hugh Masekela and many others came from the ghetto. Mannex, aka Emmanuel Chamunorwa Motsi is no exception. Mannex was born threeGoodbye M-Net Africa, hello
AfricaMagic EntertainmentAs always the case I spent my Sunday watching television from morning until very late and, quite honestly, ZBCTV is doing a great job in giving us what I would call spirit Sundays. But for some reason last week newspaper columnists have been
Tambayi Zhizha Festival keeps tradition alive
Entertainment ReporterThe unusually sleepy neighbourhood of Hatcliffe along the Harare-Domboshawa highway was this weekend a hive of activity during the first edition of the Tambayi Zhizha Festival. The community centre played host to youths currently enjoying their
Sophie Ndaba’s hubby a womaniser
BISHOP Keith Harrington — whose rise to fame was marrying TV diva Sophie Ndaba — allegedly duped his parishioners into believing that he was still married to his ex-wife Nthabiseng Fransisca, neé Malope, when they were actually divorced in May 2006. Harrington brought a civil suit of divorce against Nthabiseng in 2006, records at the Pretoria High Court show.
Bulls face backlash
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor
Zifa throw weight behind PSL in stadium row
ZIFA have come out in full support of the Premier Soccer League leadership in the ground row that led to the abandonment
Zimbabwe financial market ready for securitisation
Thomas Muserepwa
Considering increased calls by various sectors of the Zimbabwe financial and business community for Zimbabwe to securitise its mineral resources in a bid to raise funds and ease the liquidity pressure in the country, it is imperative for a closer look