adminRG’s office digitalises
Bulawayo BureauThe Registrar-General’s Office has digitalised, a development that will see passport forms being downloaded online among other services, a Cabinet Minister has said. Home Affairs co-minister Kembo
Shortage of oncologists hits Zim
Health ReporterZimbabwe has a severe shortage of oncologists, with only four serving at least 7 000 cancer patients.
Director of Health Services in the City of Harare, Dr Prosper Chonzi, said the shortage of the cancer
UAE top buyer of Zim gems
Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
THE United Arab Emirates was last year Zimbabwe’s largest consumer of rough diamonds, according to statistics from the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). The KPCS, an international
Solo’s journey worth emulating
Ben Chiganze A Bassfisherman’s Approach
LAST year we were invited by our colleague, Solomon Zawe, to fish at a dam close to his farm. In the afternoon we were taken through his feedlots and chicken runs at his farm. This was my first time to
ADC raises BancABC stake
Business Reporter
AFRICAN Banking Corporation Holdings majority shareholder, ADC of Germany, has increased its stake in the financial services group to a controlling 50,4 percent. ADC initially held 23 percent of ABC Holdings,
Gono chides banks
Business Reporter
RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has blamed the high incidence of losses experienced by some banks on low capital bases. Dr Gono’s remarks were based on a study of the
Church of England sells News Corp shares
LONDON — The Church of England has sold its shares in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation because of ethical concerns about the scandal-hit US-based media giant, the state church said yesterday. TheObama aide accepted fee from company with Iran links
WASHINGTON — Senior White House adviser David Plouffe, who managed President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, accepted a US$100 000 speaking fee from an affiliate of a company doingGunmen kill Nigerian pastor, 18 worshippers
LAGOS — Gunmen opened fire on an evangelical church during a service in central Nigeria, killing the pastor and at least 18 worshippers and injuring several others, officials said yesterday. The Islamist
Syrian PM Hijab defects
DAMASCUS — The defection yesterday of Syrian prime minister Riyad Hijab, despite attempts by the government to downplay its significance, is considered as another sign of the increasing political