South Africa, Nigeria seek to boost ties

CAPE TOWN. — The leaders of Africa’s two largest economies, South Africa and Nigeria, were meeting yesterday in an effort to improve sometimes patchy ties. South African President Jacob Zuma and his Nigerian counterpart Goodluck Jonathan are

Court throws out poll case

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter
The Supreme Court has refused to hear the application in which a Harare man, Mr Jealousy Mawarire, is seeking to compel President Mugabe to proclaim election dates by June 29 on the basis that the

Mourinho hits back

MADRID. — Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at his own player Pepe after the defender said Mourinho ought to have more respect for club captain Iker Casillas.

Spurs out to crash Chelsea

LONDON. — Juan Mata’s decisive strike at Manchester United at the weekend means Chelsea can all but guarantee Champions League soccer qualification by beating fifth-place Tottenham Hotspur at

MDC-T delaying tactics. . .Party deliberately stalls Constitutional Bill debate

Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
MDC-T has been accused of deliberately stalling debate on the Constitutional Bill as the party, whose fortunes are in free-fall, resorts to all manner of tricks to delay the impending harmonised elections.

Replace imports with local produce

Ben Chiganze
A Bassfisherman’s Approach

ACCORDING to recent statistics, the trade deficit between Zimbabwe and South Africa is  US$530 million. Zimbabwe is importing goods worth US$3,2 billion from South Africa compared to exports of US$2,7 billion to that

 

CZI boss bows out

Business Reporter
CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Industries president Mr Kumbirai Katsande will not offer himself for re-election when the industrial lobby group holds its annual congress in Bulawayo in July this year. The Herald Business understands that

Mining growth under threat

Business Reporter
THE Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe will hold its 74th annual general meeting in Nyanga next week to deliberate on issues besetting the sector amid doubts the projected 17 percent growth target in the mining sector will be met this

Hwange tender raises storm

Lloyd Gumbo Business Reporter
THE tender for the expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station has raised eyebrows amid revelations that the State Procurement Board awarded it to a company that charged over US$300

Security sector reform demands hallucinatory

The demands by the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for the security sector to be reformed are both preposterous and hallucinatory as they do not apply anywhere in this world,

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