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Nile Bowie WITH another five years in power, Mugabe promises to expand his “indigenisation” policy, whose failure would beget a drying up of foreign investment and increased economic isolation.
Editorial Comment: Bankers’ progressive pledge, a blank cheque for other sectors
Zimbabwe’s financial sector is not in turmoil as widely rumoured and banks have pledged to work with the new Zanu-PF Government in confronting challenges besetting the economy.
America: Addicted to war
Stephen Lendman It’s been that way from inception. America’s history reflects violence. It’s blood-drenched. It glorifies war. It does so in the name of peace. America believes war is peace.…
Namibia to airlift elephants to Cuba
Windhoek. — Namibia will airlift 10 rhinoceros and five elephants to Cuba next month, concluding a massive translocation project of 135 animals taken from its national parks, the environment ministry…
Brazilian firm confident of finding oil in Windhoek
WINDHOEK. — Finding large quantities of oil in Namibia is only “a matter of time” the head of Brazilian oil firm HRT said yesterday, playing down lacklustre initial drilling results.
Keita bags 77,6 percent of vote
BAMAKO. – Mali announced Ibrahim Boubacar Keita as its new leader yesterday after confirming that the ex-prime minister had won a landslide victory in a presidential poll intended to give…
At least 525 protesters gunned down in Egypt
CAIRO/PARIS. – At least 525 were killed on Wednesday when the police forcibly cleared protest camps set up by supporters of toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, a health ministry official…
Vavi goes on ‘special leave’
Johannesburg. – Numsa, a strong ally of Zwelinzima Vavi, confirmed yesterday that the Cosatu general secretary has been suspended, while an official statement from the trade union federation was still…
Judgment reserved in Timba case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter The Electoral Court has reserved judgment on an application by MDC-T official Mr Jameson Timba in which he is seeking to compel the electoral commission to…
Fake pastor jailed for fraud
Stanley Mushava Herald Reporter A Chitungwiza man who swindled a woman of more than US$13 000 by misrepresenting to her that he was a pastor with the privilege of importing…