adminMubaiwa speaks on Chinyama deal
Godknows Matarutse Sports ReporterTAKESURE Chinyama might have to wait longer before he can make his debut for Orlando Pirates after it emerged yesterday that Dynamos will only issue a clearance once they get guarantees for the payment of the transfer fee. The impasse has left Chinyama in limbo and Pirates have even acted
Kenya’s health time bomb
NAIROBI. — For three years, Lydia (not her real name) and her three small children have slept rough on the streets of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, begging for handouts from passers-by during the day and huddling together for warmth in alleys at night. She was diagnosed with TB a year ago whenAfrica’s mining boom is West’s windfall
Efam DoviAccra. — Obuasi, about 200 kilometres northwest of Accra, Ghana’s capital, is home to one of the world’s richest gold mines. For more than 100 years the precious metal mined there has been taken to jewellers in the west and beyond, earning millions of dollars for mining companies and
Let’s rally behind Palestinian cause
Johnson Ali Mikuku Features CorrespondentConsecration of the last Friday of the month of Ramadan as International Quds Day is among the precious legacies bequeathed to the Muslim world by the founder and late leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, Imam Khomeini (RA). The victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979 not only
Corruption: Who’s fooling who?
Dr Chika EzeanyaTransparency International has defined corruption as “the abuse of power for private gains”. Corruption can occur in several forms, but this paper focuses on what Hellman and Jones call “administrative corruption”, or the use of “private payments to public officials to distort the prescribed
Tuli Circle: A living museum
Isdore Guvamombe Features EditorTHE Shashe River has shrivelled to a brownish serpent of sand. Thirsty elephants dig for water in the riverbed with their feet while lions take advantage and stalk their prey as one species after another trickles to the river for a sip of the life-saving liquid. Shaggy water buck, elegant
Africa’s tourism slowly coming of age
Kingsley Ighobor and Aissata HaidaraJET-LAGGED, 500 delegates from around the world arrived in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, in May to deliberate on the path to Africa’s tourism future.
To unwind, Zimbabwe’s Tourism Authority, host of the congress of the Africa Travel Association (ATA), had organised a fun-filled welcome. The
Co-ops to the rescue
Tichaona Zindoga Features WriterWHILE many people have agreed that being a tenant is bad enough an experience, owning a house is one tricky business. Not mentioning the cost of construction, or buying one, barring the miracle of a lottery windfall or some such fortune, many low- income earners are bound to find the
ZIA tracking system on course
The Zimbabwe Investment Authority on Tuesday said it had completed the first phase of installing an investment tracking system. The project stalled in February this year over financial problems. ZIA sought to establish an information technology-based investor tracking system to monitor progressIndustry sings the blues as firms’ capacity utilisation stagnates
Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterLOCAL supermarkets remain largely stocked with imported products despite an increase in average industrial capacity utilisation, a reflection of extreme disparities between firms’ levels of production. While average capacity utilisation has risen to about 60 percent, imported goods still