adminIt’s another urban groovers night
Entertainment Reporter
Six urban groovers are expected to converge on the City Sports Bar in Harare for a thrilling encounter tonight. This follows the successful launch of a similar bash dubbed “Urban Grooves Reloaded”, where nearly 20 artistes last week held a successful
Charlie Sheen is back — as himself!
Los Angeles. — Bad boy Sheen on a comeback — starring as himself. A year after his public meltdown, Charlie Sheen is returning from Hollywood’s purgatory with a flourish, appearing in two commercials ahead of a new TV show this summer — all playing off the bad boy image that got him in trouble in the first place. Sheen’s return to TV after being fired in March 2011
Defence policy vital for indigenisation, says Mnangagwa
Ruramai Gatsi Business Correspondent
DEFENCE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe’s defence policy is vital in promoting a sustainable national socio-economic development in the country as it stabilises industry and eliminates chances of internal economic sabotage.
Corporate ethics: An emerging global standard
Bradwell Mhonderwa Business Ethics
WHEN company leaders have a clear understanding of the relationship between ethics and other performance metrics in the organisation, it becomes imperative for them to reveal this connection to all company stakeholders by embedding ethics
Old Mutual ups stake in RioZim
Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
OLD Mutual has increased its shareholding in RioZim from 20 percent to 29,6 percent after sub-underwriting the mining company’s US$5 million rights issue. RioZim floated 10 million rights issue shares and shareholders subscribed 60,63 percent
RBZ to decide on Genesis Bank
Business Reporter
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe will this week decide on the fate of Genesis Bank after two other banks succeeded in courting credible investors to meet minimum capital requirements set by the central bank. RBZ Governor Dr Gideon Gono recently said
Chicken ‘before egg’ at Sri Lanka farm
A hen has produced a live chick in a freak birth at a poultry farm in central Sri Lanka, according to a veterinary surgeon.The vet in charge of the town of Welimada, PR Yapa, said the egg appeared to have incubated inside the hen for 21 days.
The hen died when it gave birth to the chick. “I had only heard about such aberrations, but I was able to see it for myself
Biti differs on indigenisation
Business Reporter
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti has blasted Government’s indigenisation and empowerment programme as a policy designed to benefit a few elite, contradicting his utterances only a month ago. Minister Biti last month told the second Euromoney
Woman gives birth at Beitbridge border post
Beitbridge Bureau
Business came to a standstill at Beitbridge Border Post when a woman went into labour while standing in the arrivals queue around mid-morning yesterday. The woman who stays in Dulibadzimu was coming from Musina, South Africa where she had
A case of risking the future
Arthur Choga
. . . as most pre-schools in Zim do not meet requirements
From the street, the crèche looks like any of the other houses. What sets it apart are the bright cartoon characters on the