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SHANGHAI. — China’s yuan weakened against the dollar yesterday, the first trading day after a landmark move by Beijing aimed at liberalising tight controls over the currency that have angered trade partners. The People’s Bank of China said Saturday the unit would be allowed to fluctuate by 1 percent above and below a daily midpoint — double the previous 0,5Pooling, 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 byPope Benedict turns 85
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday with visitors from his native state of Bavaria in Germany and is now the oldest pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 aged 93. The pope began his birthday with mass in the frescoed Pauline Chapel in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace along with his 88-year-old brother Georg Ratzinger, himself a bishop
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
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.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
Goodbye 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
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 threeJah 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”.
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