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Herald ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Committee for the Liberation of the Cuban Five last week called on the US government to unconditionally release the five Cuban nationals imprisoned in the US in 2001. The five Cubans —
Security sector reform, sanctions
Tichaona ZindogaOne important thing that has not received much attention in the discourse of the so-called security sector reform in Zimbabwe is its connection with the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by the
Micro-finance firms eye unbanked market
Clarkson MamboFor decades micro-finance institutions have played a pivotal role in funding small businesses and individuals, albeit at a premium. Traditional banks in Zimbabwe have largely failed to play this role
Women losing the village rhythms
Dr Sekai NzenzaAt the Hilltop bar in Warren Park last Saturday night, there was a man dancing with a tree. At first, he held a big bottle of beer in his right hand, and then he hugged the tree with the other hand like he
Global audit chief to visit Zim
Business ReporterTHE chairman of the Institute of Internal Auditors Global, Mr Phil Tarling, will be in Zimbabwe between September 6 and 7 as part of his seven African nations tour. The IIA is the internal audit profession’s
NAM members voice readiness to attend Tehran Summit
TEHRAN — Iran will host the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran from August 26 to 31. All members of the Non-Aligned Movement have declared their readiness to attend the bloc’s foreign
‘China stresses Party’s leadership over army’
BEIJING — A Chinese military officer said yesterday that the country will resolutely oppose any erroneous ideas about the depoliticisation of the country’s army, adding that those ideas have “ulterior motives.”
Africa-China co-operation: Challenge for the media
I looked up for basic information on the People’s Republic of China and this is what I found. In terms of size, Wikipedia gave me two figures: 9 640 821 square kilometres or 9 671 018 square kilometres.This grand piece of land has a population of about 1,3 billion. Now the world’s second largest economy, China’s GDP in 2011 was estimated at US$11,299 trillion. Its currency is the renminbi or
Govt slams book piracy
Winstone AntonioEducate a child and you have successfully educated a nation goes the saying; thus, education has become a contemporary issue to nations in the world because children are the future of all nations.