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STOCKHOLM – US President Barack Obama left Sweden Thursday for a G20 summit in Russia where he will try to bridge divisions over his push for strikes against the Syrian…
Egypt interior minister survives assassination bid: security
CAIRO – Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim survived an assassination attempt when a car bomb Thursday ripped through his convoy in a Cairo street, security officials told AFP. The explosion,…
Workers need to observe rules
Davies Ndumiso Sibanda Labour Matters Many workers get dismissed for failing to observe procedure or rules and some get dismissed for bending or creating their own rules. Where the employer…
Commonly asked questions about EMA and the environment
Zimbabwe is one country which has made great strides in prioritising environmental issues in its development agenda. This has consequently created keen interest among its citizens as people now see…
Taxation of partnerships
Did you know that a partnership business is where two or more individuals are in business together making and sharing profits and losses. The individuals are equally and personally liable…
Putin demands ‘convincing’ Syria evidence
Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, has warned the US against taking one-sided action in Syria, but has also said that Russia “doesn’t exclude” the possibility of supporting a UN resolution…
Defence chiefs meet over DRC
KAMPALA — Defence chiefs and foreign ministers from Africa’s Great Lakes region met yesterday in the latest bid to end fighting in resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Congolese troops,…
Mali’s new leader vows to unite divided nation
BAMAKO — President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita pledged yesterday to unite Mali and end endemic corruption as he was sworn in to lead the deeply-divided west African nation’s emergence from months…
Former Syria defence minister defects in break with Assad
FORMER Syrian Defence Minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey, a senior member of the opposition Syrian…
Arson attack on ANC headquarters draws outrage
CAPE TOWN — A fire-bomb attack on the headquarters of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) drew outrage from the politics arena yesterday. The Congress of South African Trade…