adminEssar deal faces collapse
Business Reporter
THE Government risks collapsing the $750 million deal to revive operations at NewZim Steel by directing Essar to cede a 51 percent stake to the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC), economic analysts have said.
Four Byo contestants in My Own Boss
Bongani Ndlovu
FOUR contestants from Bulawayo will represent the province in this year’s edition of the television series My Own Boss (MOB), Buy Zimbabwe, with the show’s two-week boot camp set to begin on Monday next week.
President to officially commission Landa J High
Chronicle Reporter
ALL roads lead to Tsholotsho District in Matabeleland North on Friday where President Mugabe will
SRC to craft policy on sports awards
Lovemore Dube
THE Sport and Recreation Commission is keen on coming up with a draft policy on awards and national representation.
Kombis barred from city centre
Temba Dube and Thandeka Moyo
POLICE in Bulawayo have barred commuter omnibuses from passing through the city centre in a bid to reduce congestion and accidents.
Is the Arab Spring a failure?
By John Tirman
I have been puzzling over Year Two of the Arab Spring. The signals remain mixed. The apparent power of the Muslim Brotherhood and others of similar fervency is frankly worrisome. The economies of these countries — Egypt particularly — are in the doldrums and don’t look like they will escape soon. The spectre of civil war hangs over Libya. Syria is in a civil war.
No civil servants salary review: Matibenga
Midlands Correspondent
THE Minister of Public Service, Lucia Matibenga, has poured cold water on any hopes for improved salaries for civil servants in the near future, saying Treasury’s coffers were empty.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Arab Springs — Trojan Horse for false revolutions
IT appears the so-called Arab Springs — the revolutions which swept the Middle East amid euphoric scenes as governments were removed from power in Western-sponsored uprisings — have spawned nothing but anarchy and chaos.
Stringent measures delay Dimaf disbursement
Chronicle Correspondent
INDUSTRY and Commerce Deputy Minister Mike Bimha has attributed the challenges delaying the take off of the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) to the stringent measures put in place by the Government.