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Arts Correspondent All is set for this year’s Jerusarema-Mbende Dance Festival that comes to life today at Murewa Culture Centre. During the two-day competition 20 schools from Murewa and other places…
Econet to launch cross border remittance
Business Reporter ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa will from next month be able to send money home directly through EcoCash following approval of the service in South Africa. Econet and its partners…
Adoption of SDGs nigh
Virginia Muwanigwa Gender Protocol As the United Nations General Assembly meets later this month, adoption of the SDGs is on the agenda. The final draft of the outcome document for the…
Golden opportunity for budding writers
Arts Correspondent Budding writers have been invited to submit their works for consideration in the Flash Fiction Category of the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature. In a statement released yesterday, the…
Rand holds to gains
JOHANNESBURG. — The rand was trading in a firmer environment against the dollar yesterday morning having strengthened by about 20c since Wednesday morning. Investor focus remains squarely on the US Federal…
Power crisis: SPB bungling worrisome
Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker Sir Zimbabwe is facing a serious electricity crisis as the Kariba hydro-power station — the country’s flagship power plant — has reduced its generation capacity from…
S Korea donates to rural libraries
Immaculate Hove Arts Reporter In a bid to facilitate access to information and literature in marginalised communities Africa Book Development Organisation has partnered with South Korean embassy to distribute computers and…
Gold near highest
SINGAPORE. — Gold was trading near its highest in a week yesterday, adding to overnight gains from its biggest jump in nearly a month, as sluggish US inflation data eased…
FDI Yes, but local is lekker for development agenda
Joram Nyathi Spectrum FOR the first time in many years, Zanu-PF is being put on its mettle in terms of both policy and principle. The test is in whether the…
Africa must learn from Europe’s structural failures
James Schneider Correspondent THE euro’s internal contradictions have sent Greece into a depression, contributed to a near continent-wide stagnation, and threaten to derail an entire political project. Africa, which may…