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Herald Reporter
ZANU-PF and the police yesterday condemned the interference by the United States in investigations into the murder of an
Board changes loom at Dawn
Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
BOARD changes are looming at Dawn Properties Ltd after a local investor snapped up a 10 percent stake in the company through a special bargain deal on Wednesday. Sources familiar with the deal said the consortium could raise their stake to 12
Russia will not shift on Syria: Putin aide
MOSCOW/COPENHAGEN — President Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that Russia’s position on Syria would not shift under pressure despite the crisis likely to top the agenda during his visits to Berlin and Paris this week. “Russia’s position is well-known. It is balanced and consistent and completely logical,” Interfax quoted Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov as
Curse of the fragile bone disease
Roselyne Sachiti Deputy Features Editor
The Matchazi family in Bulawayo’s Pelandaba suburb sticks out like a sore thumb, thanks to a rare health condition that has crippled them. The four suffer from osteogenesis imperfecta or brittle bone disease. In the medical field osteogenesis
A theory against national security
Panganai Kahuni
According to the Oxford Dictionary, bribe means: to persuade to act improperly by a gift of money, money or services offered in bribing, pay or buy-off, corrupt, inducement, and subornation. In other words bribe is a corrupt act that aims at
Shot in the arm for junior league
Roy Matiki
THE Zimbabwe National Junior Football is set for a major facelift after revelations that various captains of industry are ready to bankroll programmes to give exposure to the promising players countrywide. Desmund Ali from BancABC, who is the
Myth of the Houla Massacre
Stephen Gowans
Syrian government forces may or may not have been responsible for the killing of 108 civilians at Houla. Witness accounts point to militias that may have been acting independently of the Syrian government. One account describes the killings as
President’s UNWTO post irks Canada
Hebert Zharare and Fidelis Munyoro
CANADA is pulling out of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation in protest over President Mugabe’s appointment as a special tourism ambassador.
Zimbabwe yesterday said Canada’s pullout was inconsequential because it was a “small player in the global tourism industry”.
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said the President’s appointment as an international tourism ambassador symbolised “what is wrong with the UN”.
President Mugabe and his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata were appointed tourism ambassadors by the UNWTO office this week as their countries are co-hosting the UNWTO general assembly in August next year.
Peeved by the appointment and Zimbabwe’s co-hosting of the assembly, Mr Baird told the Canadian House of Commons yesterday
Call to establish co-operatives ministry
Herald Reporter
The Zimbabwe National Co-operative Federation has urged the Government to establish a fully fledged ministry for co-operatives for their issues to be adequately addressed. National president, Mr Mike Duru said they have not received
Tsvangirai warms up to China
Herald Reporter
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has softened his critical stance on China, saying the Asian economic giant is not plundering