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.

Djokovic pulls through

INDIAN WELLS. — Top-ranked Novak Djokovic reached the fourth round at the BNP Paribas Masters Open tennis tournament on Tuesday when he beat Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (4), 6-1 for his 20th consecutive victory.

Kenyatta victory: Defiance to Western affirmation

In a week leading to Zimbabwe’s referendum on a new constitution and at a time we are experiencing bizarre claims of supernatural happenings across the country, it is a bit of a quandary for any columnist to focus on a topic far away from home. Claims about the occurrence of godly

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