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NAIROBI/JUBA. – A regional bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), yesterday dispatched its first team of observers to the conflict-affected South Sudan to monitor the ceasefire. A ceasefire has…
Soul Jah Love, wife in no show
Kumbirayi Shoniwa Entertainment Reporter The much hyped Zimdancehall show hosted by Aftershock Entertainment at Super Label Club in Harare was a full-house event and various artistes took to the stage…
How the French continue to live off Africa
Siji Jabbar Just before France conceded to African demands for independence in the 1960s, it carefully organised its former colonies (CFA countries) in a system of “compulsory solidarity” which consisted…
Gold miners raise red flag
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter Gold mining companies are lobbying Government for a reduction in the rate of royalty and power tariffs applicable to the sector to avoid potential collapse…
It’s the Oscars — and yet again the winner slips away
John Pilger This is a “vintage year”, say Hollywood’s hagiographers on cue. It isn’t. Most movies are made to a formula for the highest return, money-fuelled by marketing and something…
Hovhorosi style goes green
Kumbirayi Shoniwa Entertainment Reporter Youth organisation Zimbabwe Entrepreneurship Youth Action (ZEYA) who made waves in 2012 with their unique overalls designs which are emblazoned with President Robert Mugabe’s signature, have…
Egypt court acquits Al Jazeera scribe
CAIRO. – An Egyptian court yesterday acquitted a cameraman working for Al-Jazeera television and 61 others accused of taking part in clashes in Cairo, judicial sources said.
D-Day for Gumbura
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter Harare regional magistrate Mr Hoseah Mujaya is today expected to hand down sentence on RMG Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura, who was…
Editorial Comment: Zimra should be merciless with tax evaders
The news that Zimra is investigating the extraordinary salaries earned at some State-linked enterprises to determine if full taxes were charged on everything paid to executives might just send a…
‘Sound proposals key in getting Chinese funding’
Business Reporter LOCAL firms should submit sound and bankable investment proposals to obtain funding from Chinese banks, Industrial Development Corporation has said.