There’s wealth in property

Research and history have shown that there are essentially three ways to become wealthy, that is being an entrepreneur, being an artiste (having extra- ordinary talent) or through real estate ownership. This article looks at various ways of building wealth in a modern

Greek unions call for general strike

ATHENS. — Greece’s main unions yesterday said they would hold a general strike on July 16 to oppose a new round of civil service job cuts announced by the government to secure EU-IMF loans. “An emergency meeting of the executive committee has decided to

Tax concessions for the elderly

DID you know that persons aged 55 years or above are considered as elderly persons for Income Tax purposes and that they are eligible to a number of tax concessions?
Tax concessions for the elderly provide relief either by reducing the tax

Emirates increases flights to Bangkok

Business Reporter
EMIRATES yesterday announced that it would introduced a sixth daily, non-stop service between Dubai and Bangkok from October 27. The airline’s additional service will operate as EK370 departing Dubai at 1520hrs and arriving in Bangkok at 0020hrs the following day. The return

One country, one destiny

Reason Wafawarova
IN order to rally people around their cause it is strategically important for political parties to create fear-instilling enemies. Where no such enemies exist they are often conveniently created, and for opposition parties, the leadership of the incumbent

Of MDC-T, blood-letting, AK47 rifles, war veterans

The Arena Hildegarde
SOME people have missed great opportunities, bright futures and even messed up friendships because of reckless utterances? We have freedom of speech, but if that freedom is used irresponsibly, it costs. The writer of the book of Proverbs gives a stark

Impala escapes hungry predators by jumping into a car full of tourists

Desperate times require desperate measures – and when an impala was targeted by two vicious cheetahs, it made a jump for it that will not soon be forgotten. The distressed animal was captured on camera leaping into a car full of tourists in order to escape the predators. The terrified animal appeared to be seconds away from death when an

New ART guidelines out

Cathrine Murombedzi HIV Walk
In developed countries a person can start anti-retroviral therapy the moment they find out that they are HIV positive. One does not have to wait for the virus to progress thereby causing deterioration in one’s health. That would be an ideal set-up – nip the virus in the bud before it nestles. A country’s economic background usually determines

Let’s make the most of UNWTO

Victoria Ruzvidzo Business Focus
That Zimbabwe will next month host the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly is a momentous development that we should not take lightly at all as a country. Debate around the impending harmonised elections, now just three

Biti frustrating grain imports

Elita Chikwati, Agriculture Reporter
The distribution of the maize imported from Zambia is ongoing in drought stricken provinces but Finance Minister Tendai Biti was derailing the importation of more grain. Government imported

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