The sacredness of our mother’s names

Sekai Nzenza
The other day I overheard my 18-year-old nephew, (the one who does not speak Shona), talking to a friend over the phone. They were talking about a missing cellphone. My nephew casually mentioned the friend’s mother by her first name like she was another friend.

Editorial Comment: Compulsory bus drivers database a welcome idea

The Cross Border Bus Operators Association, tired of hiring each other’s reckless drivers, is now building a database that will, in effect, prevent a driver fired for bad driving ever getting behind the wheel of a bus again. At the moment a bus owner can only reject a bus driver guilty of a criminal

Is there any room at the top?

Albert Nhamoyebonde
Zimbabwe’s political landscape has been developing into a two-party system. But, many are asking whether there is room at the top? By this they mean whether a third, fourth or fifth party can contest the Presidency given the dominance of two parties at the moment.

Genesis depositors to get compensation

Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
THE Deposit Protection Board says it is working on modalities to compensate depositors of the closed Genesis Investment Bank. Genesis Bank on Monday voluntarily surrendered its banking licence to the

TN Bank to list separately on ZSE

Business Reporters
TN Bank Limited is set to demerge from TN Holdings Limited to manage negative perception issues stemming from its association with sister companies within the group. But this could also have been the

Don’t sacrifice integrity for short-term gain

PREVIOUSLY I narrated how the boat my friends Chris, Alister and I were in was attacked by a crocodile during one of our fishing expeditions resulting in our boat capsizing and as a result of the attack, we lost all our fishing equipment and other accessories. The combined total loss amounted to

ACP to register 5,2 percent growth

From Victoria Ruzvidzo in Port Villa, Vanuatu
THE African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of countries is expected to register an average growth of 5,2 percent this year as most economies shrug off the effects of global recession. Economies in this region are said to be recovering from earlier slumps while others have remained hamstrung by the

MIPF saga takes new twist

Business Reporters
A POTENTIALY bruising wrangle is brewing between the Mining Industry Pension Fund board of trustees and its principal officer after the former made startling allegations of fraud and maladministration against the latter. The MIPF board was responding to a report on an investigation

BNC’s restart plans commendable

Bright Madera Corporate News
LAST week Bindura Nickel Corporation announced that it will soon be on the market to raise US$21 million by way of a rights issue, proceeds of which will be used to fund the restart of Trojan Nickel

Interfin suspended from ZSE

The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange yesterday suspended trading in shares of Interfin Financial Services, the holding company of beleaguered financial institution Interfin Bank Limited. IFS traded on the local bourse under the banner Interfin. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Monday placed Interfin Bank, a

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