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LONDON. — The euro strengthened from a six-week low against the dollar after a report showed manufacturing in the currency bloc expanded for a fourth month in October. The 17-nation…
Hubby sues wife over ugly kid
BEIJING. — Many people are used to returning merchandise if they find that it doesn’t match their needs. But one Chinese man went a step further, and returned his wife…
Zera bemoans slow progress of IPP power projects
THE Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority is concerned with the slow pace at which some licensed Independent Power Producers are implementing their projects. Zera has in recent years licensed about 12…
China’s leaders to start reform summit
SINGAPORE. — China’s Communist Party leaders will enter a policy-making summit this week with the economy on an upswing, services and manufacturing surveys show. A non-manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index rose…
Bongo Maffin makes a comeback
MULTIPLE award-winning kwaito group Bongo Maffin are ready to come back with a bang after a long eight-year break from the music industry. Former member Speedy has also reunited with…
We must eat, breathe and sleep ethics
Bradwell Mhonderwa Business Ethics The prevalence of unethical business practices in the country points to the fact that our collective effort to curtail such behaviours is still very low, piecemeal…
SA approves R4bn energy projects
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa approved R33,8 billion rand for 17 clean-energy projects in the third of five bidding rounds of a program to cut its reliance on coal. The Department…
SA mineworkers strike in second day
JOHANNESBURG. — A strike called by South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers at Northam Platinum Ltd over wages continued into a second day as the company said it has proposed…
Generation boss, SABC on collision course
GENERATIONS boss Mfundi Vundla and the SABC are on a collision course after he allegedly defied the broadcaster’s demand that he offer his cast blanket contracts containing no “punitive” clauses.…
Who is entitled to survivor’s benefit?
The families of deceased national pension scheme contributors or pensioners are entitled to a survivor’s benefit, which will either be a one-off allowance or a monthly pension. The survivor’s benefit…