SAA borrows US$170m

JOHANNESBURG.  — South Africa’s embattled state airline has borrowed about US$170 million to cover operating costs amid crippling financial trouble, a spokesman said yesterday. National carrier South African Airways raised the 1,5 billion

No anniversary party for Hollande

PARIS. — Under fire from right and left, French President Francois Hollande yesterday spent the first anniversary of his election triumph hunkered down with ministers to thrash out a comeback strategy. Hollande, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault

Roki rocks and rolls!

Tafadzwa Zimoyo
Urban grooves sensation Rockford “Roki” Josphats put up a well-choreographed performance at Telecel Main Stage at Hifa on Sunday afternoon.

‘Income inequalities threaten Africa’

Business Reporter
AFRICA’S economic growth trajectory, largely driven by minerals and energy boom, is threatened by illicit capital outflows and widening income gaps, international agency Oxfam has warned as top Africa businesspeople converge on Cape Town,

Vanessa Sibanda now a mother

Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter
TOP model Vanessa Sibanda is now a mother after she was blessed with a bouncing baby boy.
The former Miss Tourism Zimbabwe Vanessa, who is currently out of the country, gave birth to her first

Mhere steals show in Gutu

Arts Correspondent
UPCOMING gospel artiste Mathias Mhere stole the show on Saturday at a family show held at Mushayavanhu Business Centre in Gutu.

Vetkuk vs Mahoota gig lives up to billing

Brenda Phiri Arts Correspondent
THE much-hyped Vetkuk vs Mahoota real gig at the Circus International over the weekend was yet another thriller.

Book of African Records to launch schools TV quiz

Entertainment Reporter
THE Book of African Records, a Zimbabwe-based project that collects and documents the greatest achievements by Africans and Africa, says it will launch a quiz tournament in June this year.

‘African economies must tackle poverty’

MAPUTO.  —  Stellar growth in Africa’s economies must be matched by efforts to tackle poverty and protect against less rosy times ahead, the IMF’s number two warned yesterday.
IMF deputy managing director David Lipton said “Africa is beginning to deliver on its economic

Ethics good for business

Bradwell Mhonderwa Business Ethics
ESTABLISHING a positive relationship between ethics and financial performance has been a longstanding pursuit of researchers in business dynamics.
This is justifiably in response to the inquiry whether there is any proven link between

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