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Business ReporterECONOMIC Planning and Investment Promotion Minister Tapiwa Mashakada is hopeful of Zimbabwe’s economy, describing 2013 as a “watershed year”. “There is no need to be pessimistic,” he said in an address to delegates at the Zimbabwe Economic Symposium in Harare yesterday. “Things
TN Bank to delist
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterTN Bank Limited will today delist from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after 96,3 percent of the bank’s minority shareholders accepted an offer from Econet Wireless Zimbabwe to acquire their stake. Minority shareholders held a total of 76 204 093 shares prior to the Econet Wireless offer. But 72
Bob ‘89 preps gain momentum
Grace Chingoma Sports ReporterTHE preparations for the Bob ‘89 Super Cup gained momentum on Wednesday night when the fund-raising dinner raised US$190 000 in cash and pledges ahead of the first leg tie between Dynamos and Highlanders at Barbourfields on Sunday. The mining firms flexed their financial muscle on the night when they jointly
Rugby season gets underway
Paul Munyuki Sports ReporterTHE local rugby season gets underway tomorrow at Old Hararians Sports Club when the Spar Summer Series kicks off. The event marks the beginning of the rugby season and will be used to select the sides that will represent the country at the Zimbabwe Spar International Sevens tournament at Harare Sports Club in the second
Nigeria eye greatness
JOHANNESBURG. — Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi warned that his team was still far from greatness, though the potential was there after they reached their first Africa Cup of Nations final in 13 years on Wednesday. A stunning first-half display helped the Super Eagles demolish Mali 4-1 in their semifinal at the Moses MabhidaDelirium in Burkina Faso after final berth
OUAGADOUGOU. — There was mass hysteria in Burkina Faso on Wednesday night after the national team defeated Ghana to reach their first Africa Cup of Nations final. Uncountable numbers of Burkinabe — men, women and children — trooped out of their homes to celebrate the Stallions’ historic victory. Some broke down in‘They played like Brazil’
JOHANNESBURG. — Mali goalkeeper Mamadou Samassa compared their Wednesday’s opposition to five-time World Cup champions Brazil after they succumbed to a 4-1 drubbing at the hands of the Super Eagles of Nigeria in the semi-finals of the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Durban. The 22-year-old, who plays for GuingampWhere rains are are like manna!
Rutendo Mapfumo Features CorrespondentA DARK cumulonimbus cloud covers the sky and the thunderclap brings a fierce roaring from heaven. The trees shake vigorously from the strong winds and is becomes clear that the floodgates of heaven are preparing to open up. Terrified little children clutch and hide behind their mothers as
Zimbabweans must sober up
Arthur Kaseke Features CorrespondentThe year 2012 will go down in our history as the worst in terms of the number of fatalities witnessed on our roads during the festive period.
According to police statistics over 170 people perished on our roads, with about 730 being injured from road traffic accidents alone. Experts
Disabled cry out for inclusion
Loverage Nhamoyebonde Features CorrespondentIt is fact, not fiction, that persons with disabilities often encounter many daunting challenges in fighting for inclusion and recognition in many social, economic and political activities the world over. Their plight has been worsened by high incidences of stigma and discrimination, segregation