Can the Phoenix rise again?

Clarkson Mambo
WHILE the proverbial Phoenix is known for its power to rise from the ashes after its demise, this has not been the case for the birds carrying our national flag in the skies — Air Zimbabwe.

Govt resolves UNWTO funds hitch

Golden Sibanda recently in Berlin, Germany
GOVERNMENT will release funds for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly in small monthly payouts to overcome constraints of mobilising the US$12 million lump sum required for the event.

SECZ opposes Lifestyle delisting

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
THE Securities Commission of Zimbabwe has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking an interim order to stop Lifestyle Holdings from holding a shareholders’ meeting to seek permission to delist the company from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.

Fuel prices up but . . .

Business Reporter
THE recent increase in excise duty on fuel may trigger a series of price increases, but the impact on inflation will be “marginal”, local economists have said.

Firing squad executes 7 robbers in public

RIYADH. – A Saudi firing squad yesterday executed in public seven men convicted of armed robbery despite last-minute appeals by rights groups that their lives be spared, the interior ministry and a witness said.

Banda to drop arrested economic minister

BLANTYRE. – Malawi President Joyce Banda may consider to replace minister of economic planning and development Goodall Gondwe currently under arrest for the alleged coup plot.

Stoning incident leaves teenage girls behind bars

BLANTYRE. — Three girls who were arrested during primary school pupils’ demonstrations last month have been incarcerated at Mpemba Reformatory Centre by Blantyre Child Justice Court on Tuesday.

N. Korea takes swipe at S. Korean leader

Seoul. -North Korea took its first official swipe at South Korea’s new president yesterday, employing a well-known sexist phrase to paint Park Geun-Hye as overbearing and manipulative.

Into the unknown as season starts

MELBOURNE. – Sebastian Vettel’s rivals, perhaps more in hope than expectation, are looking to this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix to usher in a season where the German and his Red Bull team have their three-year monopoly of Formula One titles broken.

Back-chat costs Aussie players

SYDNEY. – Australia cricket coach Mickey Arthur yesterday said a team culture including unacceptable “back-chat” and “attitude” forced him to controversially axe four players for the next Test in India.

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