Even the truth starts to sound like a lie

Film: Safe House
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Formiga, Louis Gouws, Susan Matheson, Robert Rodrick, Nora Arnezeder. Benan Sufson, Sam Shepherd, Ruben Blades
Director: Monty Reynolds
Cinema: Rainbow Town
Type of film: International espionage
Running Time: 105 minutes
Age Restriction: Adults only
Reviewed by Prof Joel White

Denzel Washington, now approaching 60 years of age and 25 years as a Hollywood superstar, creates an insurmountable problem for every one of his films’ directors and writers.

Mbira groups bring curtain down on winter

Richmore Tera
Arts Correspondent

IT will be a spiritual affair when close to 10 mbira music groups from around Zimbabwe take part in a concert dubbed “Bira Rekuvhara Chando” at Sports Diner in Harare tonight.

DiMAF remains pie in the sky: AfDB

Golden Sibanda
Senior Business Reporter

THE African Development Bank says the hopes pinned on the Government’s Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (DiMAF) remain unfulfilled for local firms, although it is the only available policy to rescue them.

Fidelity to seal US$21m housing loan

Bright Madera
Senior Business Reporter

FIDELITY Life Assurance says it is close to securing a US$21 million offshore loan to develop 5 000 low-income houses in Harare.

Think outside the box, businesses urged

Fanuel Kangondo in Victoria Falls

Local businesses have been urged to think outside the box and consider other sources of raising funds to recapitalise their enterprises as the traditional funders such as banking institutions are failing to support their operations.

Zim seeks to increase exports to Zambia

Martin Kadzere in Ndola, Zambia
ZIMBABWE is seeking to increase exports to Zambia, but local companies need to work on improving the quality of their products to achieve a competitive advantage over regional goods, a Government official has said.

Roadside assistance at your fingertips

Fact Jeke
Behind the Wheel

HAVE you ever gone on that long road trip while totally unprepared for any mishaps?

Chizarira: Not for the faint-hearted

Tourism Matrix with Isdore Guvamombe

SET deep in the heart of Zimbabwe’s western interior is a lasting vestige of natural habitat whose intricate network of chattering rivers cascade from the bowels of a chain of wild, jungle-draped mountain peaks.

 

Eurozone confidence falls

BRUSSELS. — Eurozone consumer and business confidence fell in June to the lowest level since October 2009, official data showed yesterday, but sentiment remained stable across the wider European Union.

Gold inches up ahead of EU summit

SINGAPORE. — Gold edged up  yesterday after the euro showed some resilience ahead of a European Union summit that is unlikely to deliver new measures to tackle the region’s debt crisis and may prompt investors to turn to the safety of the dollar.

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