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Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
A LOCAL consortium has gained control of Murray & Roberts Zimbabwe after acquiring a 46,6 percent stake from M&R South Africa and Trinvest. The deal was concluded through a special bargain on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange yesterday, with 99 792 515
Chamber of Mines engages Government on fees
Business Reporter
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe has submitted recommendations to Government for a review of the new mining fees.
Government recently reviewed mining fees by about 5 000 percent to between US$3 000 and US$5 million. Chamber of Mines
Why panic over TB Joshua’s visit
David ChiwezaTB Joshua, the Nigerian based prophet is a man of God who is at the centre of controversy following, first his accurate prediction of the death of an African leader and rumours that he had been invited to visit Zimbabwe by Prime Minister
Magunje bounces back
Paul Munyuki Sports ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Sevens rugby side arrived in Scotland on Tuesday and were quick to declare that they are not taking part in the IRB World Series Scotland tournament to make numbers but compete. Talented Gweru Sports Club winger Kilvan
Stop abusing women, children — Unicef
UNITED NATIONS. — The UN Children’s Fund on Tuesday called for “an immediate end” to the abduction and rape of girls and women and the recruitment of child soldiers in Mali. “Human Rights Watch issued on Monday a compelling report that details testimony about abductions and rapes of girls and women by armed groups in northern Mali and the recruitment and use ofTaliban hit Kabul after Obama visit
KABUL. — Taliban bombers attacked a heavily fortified guesthouse used by Westerners in Kabul yesterday, announcing the start of their annual “spring offensive” in defiance of calls from visiting US President Barack Obama that the war was ending.Seven people were killed after attackers in burqas detonated a suicide car bomb and clashed with guards at the “Green
French elections, Gaddafi factor
It’s as if this is a continuation of “State House not an illusion”, which I did a fortnight ago. But this time it is Élysée Palace not an illusion. Élysée Palace is the official residence of the French president.The countdown to the French presidential runoff poll is just days away, and by the look of things, incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy will need to do a lot of praying before Sunday — opinion polls are not in his favour.
In Britain, one of his major allies, screaming headlines are already doing the rounds, “If Sarko is toppled, the tremors will shake Downing Street too”.
Some will say that for late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, it’s not over until it’s over. He could be down, but not out — which is what I’m writing about.
The bondage of delusion
The inferiority of the African, just like the dominance of the European has from the time of slavery, through colonisation, all the way to the present moment unabatedly continued to be promoted by a racist propagating of historical and cultural falsehoods.
Africans have been victims of European racial supremacy in a way not too different from the position of women in primitive hetaeristic societies. Africa is communal property to the Western world, just like women are communal property to hetaerists. The bondage of the black person has sadly been perpetuated by delusions that reign supreme in the mentalities of post-slavery and post-colonial African denizens.
Copac: Time to stop the charade
Prof Jonathan Moyo, MPThe notion that every dark cloud has a silver lining has once again found favour from the commendable decision by this newspaper to publish a pullout copy of Copac’s full official draft constitution released last week.
The properties of editorial cartoons
Knowledge MushohweMost media experts make a distinction between editorial and political cartoons. However, it would appear from the definitions that political cartoons are simply editorial ones with politics as a subject. But according to some scholars, the elements that make up both are exactly the same.