adminIllegal settlers threaten timber industry
Freeman Razemba recently in MutareThe timber industry has petitioned Government to impose stiffer and deterrent penalties on people involved in arson and deforestation countrywide. The Timber Producers’ Federation last week held a
Zinwa to control Mashava, Nemanwa water
Business ReporterZimbabwe National Water Authority has taken over the provision of water supply services for Mashava and Nemanwa Growth Point at the request of the Masvingo Rural District Council. The local authority
GreenCard, CBTAZ join hands
Business ReporterGREENCARD Medical Aid Society has entered into a strategic alliance with the Cross-Border Traders’ Association of Zimbabwe that will see the latter’s members receiving medical aid coverage during
An Olympic dream made in Africa
TORONTO — Right about now, Rachel Davis is bobbing in a boat on a lake somewhere in Zimbabwe, flanked by an armed man on the lookout for crocodiles. The Cambridge-raised rowing coach mayZimbabwe not under curatoship
What is the matter with our brothers who invest in the banking sector? Given how many indigenous-owned banks have gone under over the past decade leaving many a depositor seething, it seems the thinking is, ‘‘let’s form a bank and lend each other as much money as possible. Bugger the consequences!’’
This is the under-developed middle-class or comprador bourgeoisie that Frantz Fanon decries in his classic work, The Wretched of the Earth. They are not concerned really about creating wealth for the
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Biti must take civil servants’ plight seriously
Government remains the largest single employer in the country and as such its salaries are used as benchmarks by employers in other sectors.
Unqualified personnel handling HIV cases: report
Harare Bureau
TREASURY’S freeze on recruitment has resulted in unqualified health personnel treating people living with HIV and compromising their lives.
‘Sexually Transmitted Marks’ — who is to blame?
Sheena Magenya
Windhoek — The latest “trend” from institutions of higher learning is that students and lecturers are exchanging a lot more than knowledge and information.
Australia presses for ICC team release
Sydney — Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr will head to Libya to press for the release of an International Criminal Court team who are being held after meeting the son of dead former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
National Gallery to honour late Spanish envoy to Zim
Entertainment Reporter
THE National Gallery is set to hold two exhibitions in Harare and Bulawayo called “The Spirit of Friendship/Entre Dos Aguas/Pakati Pemagungwa”, in honour of the late Spanish ambassador to Zimbabwe, Pilar Fuertes.