adminDairibord gets US$4m from PTA Bank
Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
DAIRIBORD Holdings secured US$4 million from the PTA Bank in the first quarter of the year for capital projects and working capital. Group chief executive Mr Anthony Mandiwanza said the long-term funding attracts 11 percent interest, with a grace
Mashakada’s legacy lives on
Entertainment ReporterSUNGURA maestro Alick Macheso will this Friday lock horns with the Muddy Face for yet another music romance. The much-hyped show is set for Pamuzinda Highway Xscape open-air joint along the Harare-Bulawayo Road. The show promises
Winky D returns to Hifa
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment ReporterWinky D is to make a grand return to the Harare International Festival of the Arts’ Telecel Main Stage for an afternoon concert scheduled for Saturday May 5, 2012 presented by Coca-Cola. The talented and multi-National Arts Merit Award winner is fast
Vanessa Sibanda finds Mr Right?
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Vanessa Sibanda says she is ready to settle down and have children soon. The former beauty queen-turned-singer said like any other woman, it was her dream to get married and have “lots of children”. “Obviously, it is every girl’s dream to settle down
Competitiveness in Industry for Development in Africa
Dr Karanja KibichoIndustrialization significantly contributed to the growth and development of the western countries. For example, North America, Europe, Japan and the East and South Eastern Asia, and South America have joined the league of industrial nations. These
Know your authors: Achebe
Born: November 15, 1930Ogidi, Nigeria
Nigerian novelist
Chinua Achebe is one of Nigeria’s greatest novelists. His novels are written mainly for an African audience, but having been
Poets and Revolutionaries
Memory ChirerePoet and Revolutionary. That phrase sounds very romantic and has a tinge of the make-believe. However, those familiar with the history of the armed struggle in Mozambique and Angola are used to “Poets and revolutionaries.” For example,
Air Force Two comes under attack, from bird
Joe Biden was trapped in a potentially deadly situation on Thursday night when his plane was crippled by a bird strike. Air Force Two was carrying the Vice President to a campaign event in California when the birds flew in to its engines. The customised Boeing 757 was on its approach to Santa Barbara Airport at the time of the strike. The passengers on board could not tell thatRare coin fetches US$1,15m at auction
A centuries old coin, one of the first ever produced in the United States’ Mint, was sold for a whopping US$1,15 million at an Illinois auction on Thursday. The famous 1792 silver-centre cent was purchased by Kevin Lipton of Beverly Hills, California, on behalf of a group of unnamed investors. On one side, the reddish-brown coin features Lady Liberty facing right with her hairMan has 3 children with daughter
A man who lived like ‘husband and wife’ with his vulnerable daughter and had three children with her was jailed on Saturday.The 47-year-old man from the county of Conwy in North Wales was told by Judge Merfyn Hughes QC that the girl was ‘completely and totally under your influence’. “She was an extremely vulnerable young girl when you started abusing her,” he