adminAs oil slumps, emerging markets bear the brunt
SINGAPORE. — Sentiment toward emerging-market assets turned more bearish as oil slumped below $36 a barrel and concern lingered that the slowdown in China will affect global growth.
Ups and downs of music in 2015
Fred Zindi Suddenly, it is January again! We enjoyed Christmas after the lock-down jam with Mafikizolo, Tuku and Jah Prayzah. Indeed time flies. With the blink of an eye, 2015…
City sends Zvobgo on forced leave
Nyemudzai Kakore Herald Correspondent Harare Water director Engineer Christopher Zvobgo, has been sent on forced leave with immediate effect to pave way for investigations following rampant illegal water connections to…
Barber rapes mentally challenged woman
Bulawayo Bureau A 53-year-old Bulawayo barber allegedly raped a mentally challenged woman and gave her a loaf of bread to buy her silence. Bernard Muronza, of Thorngrove suburb, allegedly bought…
Pasuwa eyes friendly matches
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor WARRIORS coach Callisto Pasuwa is still hopeful his charges will be able to secure at least two warm-up matches in order to gauge their preparedness…
Deathbed of the WTO
Horace G. Campbell Correspondent The 10th WTO Ministerial Conference was supposed to showcase Kenya’s place as a diplomatic and commercial leader in Africa, but instead made Kenya appear naïve and…
Counter-extremes of the black identity
Literature Today Stanely Mushava The post-prophetic US is characterised by increasing repression and stratagems of co-optation by the political and corporate establishment.
Zim turns to fossil energy, as drought bites
Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story With back-to-back droughts since 2013, Zimbabwe’s main hydroelectric power plant at Kariba is failing, forcing the southern African nation to turn to dirtier fossil fuel-based energies…
Nigeria unveils Africa’s biggest Jesus statue
Abajah. – Nigeria on Friday unveiled a nine-metre tall statue of Jesus Christ carved from white marble, thought to be the biggest of its kind in Africa.
Shi’ite cleric’s execution sparks protests
DUBAI/RIYADH. – Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran early yesterday and Shi’ite Muslim Iran’s top leader predicted “divine vengeance” for Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric.