adminArab ministers to discuss Israeli-Palestinian talks
CAIRO. – Arab foreign ministers are to meet in Cairo on December 21 to discuss troubled peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel, the Arab League said yesterday. The announcement…
New rules for asset management firms
A NEW set of rules and requirements for asset management firms and collective investment schemes will only be adopted next year after consultations with industry players, the Securities and Exchanges…
David Moyes in Spain to watch Koke
LONDON. — Manchester United manager David Moyes was present at the Vicente Calderon on Wednesday evening and it is understood that he was taking a closer look at Atletico Madrid…
Mandela sanitised by hypocrites and apologists
Seumas Milne WE have now had a week of unrelenting beatification of Nelson Mandela by exactly the kind of people who stood behind his jailers under apartheid. Mandela was without…
The year the Tiger didn’t roar
LONDON. — It was supposed to be the year of Tiger versus Rory but, as ever, the game confounded expectations. Instead, this was the season where nice guys showed conclusively…
A gallant fighter gone too soon
Brigadier-General Misheck Tanyanyiwa Chimurenga name: Nemi Tichapedzerana “A courageous man gone too soon, the pain is too much to bear.” This was the overwhelming pain that most mourners who attended…
When democracy becomes expensive
Mr Speaker Sir Lloyd Gumbo Malaysia’s Balani Moses, executive editor of The Sun newspaper in that country says, “News is something, someone, somewhere tries to hide somewhere, anything else is…
Valuing our cultural heritage
Dr Tony Monda Art Zone Various definitions of culture reflect differing theories for understanding, or criteria for evaluating, human activity. In post-colonial Africa there has been the propensity to emphasise…
Ex-detainees split
Senior Reporter The Zimbabwe Ex-political Prisoners Detainees Restrictees Association (Zipedra) has split into two factions following a dispute over the control of the organisation and allegations of embezzling over US$330…
Book Cafe hosts Star FM’s Otis & R Kay
Jonathan Mbiriyamveka Entertainment Reporter Star FM’s Drive Time host Otis Fraser and producer R Kay will be rocking the Book Cafe this Sunday for what’s been dubbed “The Sunday Mix”.…