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Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
MOST State-owned firms are being run by incompetent managers as evidencec by their failure to come up with meaningful restructuring proposals, State Enterprises and Parastatals Minister Gorden Moyo has said. This has prompted Government to
UN asks Sudan to hand over captured deminers
KHARTOUM. — The United Nations has asked Sudan to hand over four of its staffers who were arrested more than a week ago by Sudan’s army along the tense southern border, a UN report said yesterday. “The four were UN staff who had been working on a humanitarian demining project in South Sudan. The UN has requested that the four staff be released and handed overSA traditional leaders against gay rights
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s Natio-nal House of Traditional Leaders wants parliament to delete a clause in the constitution that guarantees equal rights to homosexuals, a media report said yesterday. The leaders, who advise the government on traditional laws and customs among ethnic groups such as the Zulu and Xhosa, made the request in reply to the annualUS, Israel are the existential threats
Just looking at the facts, it appears far more likely that the US will attack Iran again than Iran would attack the US or Israel, America’s Middle East pawn. I say “again” because the US has already an embarrassing record of aggression against Iran, so, if past is prologue, the US-Israeli alliance will strike Iran, not the other way around. A review of the historical record andRising voice of shareholders
Gertrude TakawiraIt is acknowledged that a national financial system is only as solid as the soundness of its institutions, the efficiency of its market infrastructure and its governing practices. Good governance practices in financial institutions are necessary, in order
Heavy losses for Greek pro-austerity parties
ATHENS. — Greece’s two main pro-austerity parties suffered major losses in elections yesterday, exit polls showed, throwing into doubt the eurozone country’s commitment to meeting the tough terms of its two bail-outs. The conservative New Democracy led by Antonis Samaras was the largest party with 17-20 percent of the vote, insufficient to give it an absolute majority andProtests on eve of Putin return
MOSCOW. — Russian riot police yesterday violently clashed with protesters at a rally on the eve of Vladimir Putin’s return for a third Kremlin term, arresting over 250 people, including opposition leaders. The clashes in central Moscow over the river from the Kremlin set an ominous tone ahead of today’s glitzy inauguration ceremony where Putin will take oath for a thirdProtect the poor’s innovations
Anil GuptaNew models of intellectual property rights are needed to protect — and promote — local knowledge and innovations. Knowledge and innovations created by people in developing nations need to be protected by intellectual property (IP) rights
Bad start for Zim housemates
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
The Big Brother Stargame roared into life yesterday with Zimbabwean hou-semates Manita and Tecklar getting off to a bad start. The Zimbabwean pair was put up for eviction in the first session of the popular reality show. This means the two friends
Batonga revisited
Dr Tony Monda Art Zone
In a ground-breaking indigenously conceptualised exhibition, Zimbabwe’s internationally renowned artist, Tapfuma Gutsa, explores the contemporinaety of traditional Tonga visual culture in an exhibition entitled “Mulonga — Deep Waters and Starry