adminWhite-collar crime gobbles millions
From Innocent Ruwende in NyangaWhite-collar crime costs Zimbabwe close to US$515 million annually and courts should pass appropriate sentences to deter would-be offenders, a Cabinet minister has said. Speaking at the Second White Collar Summit for Africa under way in Nyanga, Minister of State in Vice President Joice
Safeguard values, independence: Mujuru
Tendai Mugabe in BingaVice President Joice Mujuru yesterday said the Copac draft diverted from the people’s views and people must vote wisely in the referendum to safeguard values and gains of independence. VP Mujuru was speaking while addressing scores of people at the handover of 9 000 exercise books at
Petty things that seperate women
Egpha JoomoLast week the world celebrated the International Rural Women’s Day in honour of those unsung heroines in the rural areas. These women sustain families, produce much of the world’s food, and develop rural areas under very difficult conditions. There is also the International Women’s Day to
Council right to close unlicensed shops
Local authorities in Zimbabwe are required, by law, to licence shops operating in their areas for a number of very good reasons. People go to shops, or so the owners hope, and so the shop must be healthy (meaning staff have access to a bathroom and the like), must have an emergency exit inGasho hails Mbada Sports Reporter
SONGWRITER Never Gasho has urged the corporate world to emulate Mbada Holdings in sponsoring sport and help put the country on the world map.Popularly known as Chief Mutota Gasho, the musician recently composed a song paying tribute to Mbada Holdings for their contribution during the
Outrage over EU Nobel Peace prize
Hebert Zharare Political Editor
The awarding of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union has sparked outrage with local political and social commentators describing the process as a travesty of justice. The EU got the prize for reportedly promoting peace, democracy and human rights over the past six decades.
Harare Sports Club conquers all
Paul Munyuki Sports ReporterUNDOUBTEDLY, Harare Sports Club proved beyond any doubt they were the most outstanding team in the just-ended National Rugby League proving the best both on the field and administratively. Coached by Nsikelelo “Sykes” Sibanda with Blessing “Bhuru” Chiutare coming in as the
Shabanie, FC Platinum fight for accomodation
From Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane
SHABANIE Mine Football club are breathing fire after they were elbowed out by rivals FC Platinum from the lodge they had booked to fuel tension ahead of the Mbada Diamonds quarter final clash at Mandava Stadium this afternoon. Shabanie booked at the top-of-the-art Pote Hill Lodge on
Chinamasa/Gumbo: The risks and pain of describing villainy
What is all this hau hau around Chinamasa and Gumbo? Vatadzei? What is their crime? But before that, a bit on our Prime Minister. Finally he is beginning to do right. His legal team has at last seen sense. It is beginning to engage the lawyers of Locardia Karimatsenga, the premier’s first wife.
Let it be remembered that the Karimatsenga lawyers actually offered an out-of-court settlement of this whole matter, well before the matter got to what it eventually became, namely an unschooled shout in the village, only re-enacted in modern courts. And to speak in support of this latest approach is not to suggest that this is what will bring about settlement. It could very well fail, as indeed it is beginning to look like. But
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Zimsec’s quick reaction to leak impressive
The swift action by the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council to withdraw thirteen Ordinary Level examination papers after an acting headmaster lost them while travelling from Bulawayo is the kind of quick intervention that public institutions are expected to take whenever things go wrong.