adminZim firms to attend energy indaba
Business ReporterZIMBABWE will get an opportunity to attract foreign direct investment into the energy sector when local firms participate at the Africa energy indaba scheduled to take place in South Africa next year.
Firms to reduce energy bills
Business Reporter
Companies using high volumes of diesel in their operations are poised to make substantial savings on their energy bills following the introduction on the local market of a device that significantly cuts
Fake cleaning products flood market
Business ReporterAn influx of fake and sub-standard industrial cleaning products has affected the confidence of customers in the business, a manufacturer of cleaning materials has said. Dominion Business
Sponsored war against Zanu-PF bound to fail
Bowden Mbanje and Darlington Mahuku
Last week various provinces in Zimbabwe reaffirmed their endorsement of President Mugabe as the Zanu-PF presidential candidate for the harmonised elections scheduled for 2013. What is fascinating is the way the private media in their world of fantasy has gone into overdrive trying to suggest a presidential candidate for the revolutionary party. This clearly exposes signs of panic within the donor community. The endorsement of President Mugabe has clearly upset their hideous plans since they
When a national leader reduces himself to a family head
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections
In the village in the land of milk, honey and dust, or Guruve, a man who plants grapes by the roadside where hungry people pass by and one who marries a pretty woman in a village where most
Youths unite for a good cause
Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
One does not need to be HIV positive to be passionate in making a difference to the lives of those infected and those affected with the virus. Youths growing up in a difficult environment in Hatcliffe Extension came together and founded an organisation that sought to bring relief to the hard lives they and their peers faced. Vision HIV/Aids was formed in 2005 by youths. They were directly affected by HIV and Aids as there were many orphans in their midst. The youths came together to assist fellow orphans and vulnerable children aged between 0-18 years.
They later spread to marginalised areas in Harare to cover Hopely, Whitecliffe, Caledonia and Epworth. Funds permitting they intend to cast their net wider. This festive season, the group has launched a festive hamper promotion and seeks to see that children within their reach do not go hungry. “We would like to see that no child living under difficult circumstances goes to bed
Church of England says no to women bishops
THE Church of England has voted against allowing women to become bishops, guaranteeing more internal strife over an issue that has for years divided the church for the world’s 80 million Anglicans.
The ordination of women bishops in the Church of England was narrowly rejected on Tuesday by its ruling General Synod.
Insuza man’s confession stuns court
Court Reporter
A man employed as cattle tender in the Insuza area of Matabeleland North Province shocked a packed courtroom yesterday when he claimed that he raped a 12-year-old girl because he was craving for a woman.
The man aged 27, told regional magistrate Mrs Fadzai Mthombeni that he had initially tried to rape the girl on 7 November this year, but she pushed him away.
Bankers seek clarity from Biti over deposits
Business Reporter
THE Bankers Association of Zimbabwe wants Finance Minister Tendai Biti to clarify certain issues before the banking sector agrees on a framework for determining interest rates and bank charges.
Does new constitution have workers’ input?
UNFORTUNATELY I have not had the opportunity to study the Draft Constitution compiled by Copac to acquaint myself with how this new document expected to be our supreme law addresses…