adminYear-on-year inflation rate for January gains
The year-on-year inflation rate for the month of January 2016 gained 0,29 percentage points at -2,19 percent, improving marginally on the December 2015 rate of -2,47 percent. Albeit still weak,…
Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies
NEW YORK. — Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who served as the United Nations secretary-general between 1992 and 1996, has died at the age of 93, the UN Security Council announced yesterday.
Shortage of Maths, Science teachers hits Matabeleland
Abigail Mawonde Herald Correspondent THERE is a shortage of Science and Mathematics teachers in Zimbabwe with the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces the hardest hit. Addressing a curriculum review meeting attended by…
ProGroup needs $20m for recapitalisation
Business Reporter Fast Moving Consumers Goods-focused company, ProGroup Holdings requires $20 million to recapitalise its business in a bid to consolidate its market share in the local manufacturing sector.
Celebrating our literary heritage
Beaven Tapureta Bookshelf The 15th NAMA ceremony held last Saturday had legends in the arts and culture sector presenting awards to the winners and this just locked very well with the…
Maid slices child (4)’s upper lip
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent A Harare maid who sliced the upper lip of her employer’s four-year-old daughter with a knife as punishment for failing to cut tomatoes was yesterday sentenced to…
Pacman sparks firestorm
MANILA. — Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has sparked a firestorm of criticism in the Philippines after describing gay couples as “worse than animals”. Nearing the end of a…
Lake Victoria major water-borne diseases’ breeding site: Officials
ARUSHA. — Africa’s largest fresh water source, Lake Victoria, has been named a major breeding ground for waterborne diseases, putting millions of people at risk, officials warned on Monday.
Refugees prefer relocation to countries of choice
KIGALI. — Following the announcement by the government of Rwanda to relocate Burundian refugees residing in the country to other countries, refugees prefer to be located to nations of their…
ANC slams calls for Zuma to step down
CAPE TOWN. — The ANC yesterday said opposition parties had dragged the level of debate on President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address down to a shameful level, after…