adminIs Obama the New Nixon?
Jonathan Franklin
WITHOUT going over the edge to Rush Limbaugh territory, the internal spying on reporters and politicization of the IRS do raise the question. Could Obama be trumping “Tricky Dick” on the latter’s home turf? Few politicians can match Richard Milhous Nixon for obsession with leaks, propagation of secret wars and creation of a list of enemies.
Bira Night lives up to billing
Problem Masau Arts CorrespondentA capacity crowd turned up at the Book Café for the much-hyped Bira Night which was held as part of the Zimbabwe International Carnival now underway.
Mbira Dzenharira showed they are still a force to reckon with when they gave a brilliant performance that left the audience in awe. Sekuru Gweshe also showed that he was not a
Beauty without brains syndrome haunts pageants
Ruth Butaumocho Entertainment Editor
The beauty without brains syndrome continues to haunt the local beauty pageantry judging by the levels of ignorance local models continue to show during the mandatory question and answer segment.
Is the AU equipped to serve Africa’s people for another 50 years?
Geoges Nzongola-Ntalaja
THE African Union (AU) is now 50 years old. Amid the celebrations this week, the AU — which was established as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 — needs to take stock of its strengths and weaknesses as an intergovernmental organisation designed to promote the pan-African agenda politically and economically.US$84 900 airtime vanishes
Tendai Rupapa Senior court reporterNetOne Cellular (Private) Limited lost thousands of dollars to its customer care service officer who allegedly converted US$84 900 worth of airtime to his own use.
Reuben Langton Mujuru (29) was a salesman when he allegedly committed the offence.
FNB boss resigns
JOHANNESBURG. – South Africa’s First National Bank announced yesterday the resignation of its long-serving chief executive Michael Jordaan.Jordaan (45) will step down at the end of 2013 after a decade at the helm, parent company FirstRand Limited said in a statement.
Bogus doc with only 2 O-Level passes jailed
Andrew Kunambura Bindura BureauA BOGUS medical doctor, who established and operated a clinic for three months in Shamva with only two Ordinary Level passes, was recently jailed for an effective four-and-a-half years by a Bindura magistrate.
Court nullifies introduction of private Bill
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior ReporterTHE Supreme Court has nullified the introduction of the Urban Council Amendment Bill HB 5/2011 into Parliament last year on the basis that the motion had been moved by individual legislators who had no such powers in terms of the Global Political Agreement.
DJ Munya, accomplices remanded in custody
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court ReporterSTAR FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo, accused of killing a man he suspected of having an extra-marital affair with his wife, yesterday appeared in court alongside his two accomplices charged with murder.
Associated Press team in abortive mission
Senior ReporterTHE two American journalists who were denied entry into Zimbabwe on Tuesday morning soon after their arrival were an Associated Press disciplinary committee that had come to investigate allegations that their photographer Tsvangirai Mukwazhi had recently been assigned to work in Prime Minister’s Office, sources said yesterday.