MTP review set for next month

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
GOVERNMENT will next month hold its first annual review of targets set in the five-year Medium Term Plan launched last year, the Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Ministry has announced. The review will be held on October 17. The blueprint, whose overall objective is to transform the

No joy for ZSE boss

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange board has decided against reinstating suspended chief executive Mr Emmanuel Munyukwi. The ZSE boss has been on suspension without benefits over the past five months pending a hearing into allegations of misconduct. ZSE acting board chairperson Mrs Eve

The kind of girl mothers like . . .

Reviewed by Joel White
Film: Cocktail
Cast: Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukout, Diana Penty, Ashkir Parekh, Rowan Brug, Dinesh Vijan, Anil Mehta, Irshad Kamil, Andrew Heffernan.

Marondera comes alive!

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
Marondera is expected to come alive this weekend with a series of enthralling gigs lined up at Club Rat & Mouse where all the action will be. As is expected at the close of the Marondera Agricultural Show revellers will be spoilt for choice as several pleasure spots dotted in the town will be

Fans spoiled for choice

Problem Masau Arts Correspondent
Pamuzinda Highway Xscape tonight will explode into a revelling mood when sungura musician Aleck Macheso shares the stage with one of Zimbabwe’s talented guitarists, Progress Chipfumo. Macheso, a gifted bassist, dancer and vocalist, is also expected to take fans down memory lane with hit songs

Family fun fiesta!

Arts Correspondent
A STAR-STUDDED line-up of some of the country’s leading musicians will headline this year’s edition of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Commissioner-General’s Funfair to be held at the Morris Depot Grounds in Harare tomorrow. Topping the bill at the family fun fiesta will be sungura musician Alick

Israeli PM promises ‘tough response’

JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON — In an open letter to the Israeli public, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to deliver a “tough response” in his UN speech yesterday to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s address to the General Assembly a day earlier. Netanyahu made the remarks as

Putin blames West for global chaos

MOSCOW — The Russian leader did not hesitate to name who is responsible for sowing the seeds of disorder that is gripping many parts of the world, including Syria. Commenting on the “Arab Spring” and the ongoing Syrian conflict, he said: “Our position is to help carry out changes for the better in

Google’s Schmidt defends hosting of anti-Islam film

SEOUL/ BANGKOK — Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt defended yesterday YouTube’s hosting of an anti-Islam film that sparked violent global protests, saying the answer to “bad speech is more speech” — not a ban. Google, the parent company of the video-sharing site, has blocked access

Nigeria, Saudi Arabia in diplomatic face-off?

LAGOS — Nigeria and Saudi Arabia may have engaged in a diplomatic face-off as Nigeria gave the Saudi Arabia government 24 hours to expedite action in resolving the issues surrounding the detention and deportation of some of its female pilgrims. More than 750 Nigerian female pilgrims in

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