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Music Crossroads Zimbabwe will next month roll out shows across the country to promote musical outfits that were nurtured by the organisation after realising that most of the bands were now popular in other countries but remained relatively unknown in the Zimbabwe. “We have good groups like‘I was never on Jamaican radio’
Stories by Problem MasauMiss Global Zimbabwe Mutsa Mutare has refuted claims by some media sections that she was summoned to a radio station in Jamaica to explain President Mugabe’s alleged comments on Jamaican men when she was competing in the just-ended Miss Global International, on the Carribean
Let’s not tolerate greed, unilateralism in health sector
The country’s bid to achieve universal access to health services and meeting the Millennium Development Goals is in jeopardy if the greed and unilateralism within the health sector is not nipped in the bud. The health delivery system has borne the brunt of the sanctions for more than aIran scoffs at Israel’s air defences
TEHRAN. — Iran yesterday scoffed at Israel’s air defences as it confirmed Tehran had provided Lebanon’s militant group Hezbollah with the sophisticated drone which overflew the Jewish state earlier this month. Iran’s “capabilities are very high and are at the disposal and service of IslamicSyrian army launches counter-strike
BEIRUT. — The Syrian army launched a counter-strike against rebels in the north yesterday, in a bid to wrest back control of positions lost in recent days, a monitoring group said. In the northwestern province of Idlib, much of which is now in rebel hands, the army used fighter jets to bombardRussians directly elect governors
MOSCOW. — Russia welcomed its “single voting day” yesterday, with voters directly electing governors in five regions for the first time in eight years, the country’s Central Elections Commission (CEC) said. The direct gubernatorial elections took place at the Amur Region in the Far East, the BryanskMorsi agrees to keep prosecutor-general
CAIRO. — Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday agreed to keep the country’s prosecutor-general in office, which ended a standoff with the country’s judiciary. In a statement released on Saturday, Egyptian presidency spokesman Yasser Ali said the Supreme Judicial Council petitioned Morsi2,2 million Australians living in poverty — report
CANBERRA. — A key welfare organisation said in a report released yesterday that more than 2,2 million Australians, or one in eight people, are living below the internationally accepted poverty line used to measure financial hardship in wealthy countries. Australian Council of Social Services (ACOSS)More firms attain ISO certification
At least 108 companies in Zimbabwe have attained the International Standards Organisation 2001:2008 (IS0 2001:2008) certification this year, up from 86 last year. Many companies had lost ISO certification during the hyperinflationary era as they could not procure new equipment or maintainCompetition body probes Cimas
Tawanda Musarurwa Business ReporterTHE Competition and Tariff Commission says it has commenced full-scale investigation into some unfair business practices by Cimas. “The CTC is embarking on an investigation, in terms of Section 28 of the Act, into allegations of restrictive practices by Cimas Medical Aid Society in the provisions