adminAndy Brown’s daughter to make jazz fest debut
Auxilia Katongomara
PREPARATIONS for this year’s edition of the Winter Jazz Festival are in full swing with Amara Brown, daughter of late music guru Andy Brown, expected to make a maiden appearance.
Concern over abandonment of farms
Prosper Ndlovu
EFFORTS to boost food security remain suppressed amid concerns that some farmers who benefited from the land reform programme are abandoning their farms to live in urban areas.
Treason trial: Judge dismisses defence team’s objections
Court Reporter
SENIOR Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Nicholas Ndou yesterday dismissed objections raised by the defence team in the treason trial of three political activists, two of them members of Mthwakazi Liberation Front.
Ex-cafe workersget $187 each as terminal benefits
Midlands Correspondent
THIRTEEN Waldorf Café employees who lost their jobs when the food outlet closed recently are up in arms with their former employer amid reports that the workers only received $187 each as terminal benefits.
Zifa will not postpone second transfer window
Sikhumbuzo Moyo
THE second player transfer window will be opened for a maximum of four weeks from 1 July with the national association urging its affiliates from the Premier Soccer League up to the lower Division Leagues to conform to the fixtures released before the start of the season.
Zim should come up with improved business strategies say analysts
Business Reporter
The Government needs to come up with strategies to improve conditions of doing business in the country, economic analysts have said.
ZMF hails launching of miners’ loan fund
Oliver Kazunga
The Mining Industry Loan Fund (MILF) is being rolled out to provinces and will soon be launched in Masvingo.
‘Regulate global financial system’
Morris Mkwate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PRESIDENT Mugabe has called for the immediate restructuring of international economic and financial management systems to ensure they respond effectively to the needs of poor countries.
PM Tsvangirai finally sees the light
Martin Stobart
At long last!
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has become man enough to acknowledge the fact that China is not only the world’s fastest growing economy, but is also the second biggest after the US.
Roki, Maneta expected back home tonight
Harare Bureau
Zimbabwe representatives in Big Brother StarGame Rockford “Roki” Josphats and Maneta Mazanhi are expected home this evening.