Knives out for Cypriot central bank chief

NICOSIA. — Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades wants the central bank governor axed in frustration at delays in approving the new board of the Bank of Cyprus, the island’s largest lender,…

Stay with your flock, Pope urges bishops

VATICAN CITY. — Pope Francis yesterday lashed out at what he called the scandal of “airport bishops”, urging his peers to remain rooted in their dioceses and spend less time…

Meikles Stores feels the heat

Business Reporter MEIKLES LIMITED is reviewing the trading model for its departmental retail unit, Meikles Stores, which has been forced to retrench 55 workers due to viability challenges.

‘Give them a second chance’

Marshall Bwanya Features Writer Prisons are mostly viewed as dark and gloomy institutions, that facilitate incarcerated inmates for sole punishment and retribution.  Some members of society fail to realise that…

Chez Ntemba hosts Dollarbill’s birthday bash

Entertainment Reporter Chez Ntemba Night Club will tomorrow play host to one of the biggest parties featuring some of Harare’s top DJs to mark Dollarbill’s birthday. Dollarbill, whose real name…

Tuku, Sulu, Jah Prayzah for UK tour

Mercy Bofu Entertainment Reporter ZIMBABWE’S musicians still trek to Britain as attested by the number of artistes who have toured that country to stage live shows. Since the beginning of…

Gaddafi’s son appears in court

TRIPOLI. — Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s second-eldest son, Saif al-Islam, made a rare appearance yesterday in a court in Libya’s Zintan, west of the capital Tripoli on security charges.

Sanganai preps gather steam

Preparations for the annual Sanganai/Hlanganani World Travel and Tourism Africa Fair have reached an advanced stage with over 900 exhibitors having registered to showcase their products.

Agony of a cancer patient

Regina Pasipanodya Features Correspondent Since being diagnosed with cancer in March 2011, life has never been the same for Nyarai Musanzika of Kuwadzana Extension, Harare. An orphan and the only…

Obama accuses critics of ‘extortion’

WASHINGTON. — US President Barack Obama accused his critics on Wednesday of extorting him over raising the US debt ceiling, as a Republican budget gamble brought the prospect of a…

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