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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business ReporterTransport, Communications and Infrastructure Development Minister Nicholas Goche is leading the Zimbabwean delegation to the International Telecommunication Union Telecom World Conference in Dubai which began yesterday and ends on Wednesday. Key discussions and debates on major
New labour body formed
Business ReporterA new labour organisation, Zimbabwe Industrial Revolution Workers’ Federation, has been launched with the aim of bridging the gap between employers and the employees. Addressing journalists in Harare on Friday, ZIRWF president Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Makureya said the
Polluters must pay up
Jeffrey Gogo Climate StoryVULNERABLE African countries should seriously consider claiming damages from the developed world for injuries caused by climate change in their home economies. This option may be radical, and could stretch international law into virgin territory. But then, beyond the UN Framework
Marginal gains for ZSE counters
Business ReporterTHE Zimbabwe Stock Exchange industrial index closed the week firm on Friday after recording a marginal increase of 0,37 percent on the back of gains in selected shares across the board. But the mining index was steady at 87,48 points. But week on week, it was up 0,21 percent. On the other
MPs demand more time for Budget review
Tawanda Musarurwa Business ReporterMembers of Parliament will need up to a month to review the 2013 National Budget, the chairman of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment has said. Mr Paddy Zhanda said this would mark a significant shift from previous years when the committee was
SA on Zim trade mission
Martin Kadzere Senior Business ReporterFORTY South African firms are set to participate at the fourth Zimbabwe-South Africa Investment and Trade Initiative, which seeks to promote trade and investment between the two countries. The initiative will include two investment seminars and exhibitions being held in Harare and Bulawayo,
Chaka Chaka releases 22nd album
Johannesburg. — She is referred to as the “Princess of Africa” — that’s Yvonne Chaka Chaka, South Africa’s township pop music icon who has consistently made good music for over 20 years. Chaka Chaka was born in Dobsonville, Soweto, as one of three sisters. She was discovered by PhilDaggers drawn in hip-hop war
Arts CorrespondentHip-hop awards organisers are sharply divided over the nominees for the second edition of the Zim hip-hop awards scheduled for December. The organising team that includes Aldrian Harrison, Alexander Mutumha, Kevin Kumire, Tendai C. Tanga and Tendayi Zonde failed to settle their
Hwenje’s Village remembers Dhewa
Entertainment ReporterUpcoming sungura musician Peter Moyo will this Friday hold a belated memorial gig for his late father Tongai Moyo, at Hwenjes Village, Glen Norah, where he was billed to perform the day he died. Tongai died on October 15 last year, hours before he was due to go on stage in a gig designed to