adminZB engages central bank over high NPLs
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter ZB Holdings says its non-performing loans are unlikely to fall below the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe set threshold of below 10 percent by June and has…
Malcolm X at 91: A foremost revolutionary Pan-Africanist
Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali Correspondent Malcolm X is widely credited with spreading Black nationalism and revolutionary Pan-Africanism in the Western Hemisphere. On a visit to Nigeria, he was given…
Govt assures schools on BEAM payments
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau Government has assured schools that fees for disadvantaged children under the Basic Education Assistance Model (BEAM) will be paid to schools as funds become available. This comes…
Zim makes progress on health
Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter Zimbabwe continues to make progress in improving maternal, child and general health throughout the country, the preliminary Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey (ZDHS) results have revealed.
Buhari to keep Delta amnesty programme
Lagos. — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari vowed yesterday to keep and “re-engineer” a controversial amnesty programme for Niger delta militants designed to stem attacks that have slashed oil exports but…
Call for level playing field in cement sector
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter Government has been called on to create a level playing field in the cement manufacturing industry as cheap imports continue to flood the sector. About 60 000…
Businessman accumulates $71k maintenance arrears
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau KADOMA businessman Jameson Rushwaya has been summoned before a Chinhoyi magistrate for defaulting on child maintenance amounting to $72 000. Rushwaya (48), who is cited in court…
Israeli PM’s wife may face fraud charges
Jerusalem. – Israeli police said yesterday they had completed a probe into allegations Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife used public funds for their private villa, with the findings…
‘Zim trade routes secure’
Conrad Mwanawashe Business Reporter THE Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Constantine Chiwenga says Zimbabwe’s trade routes through Mozambique in spite of the sporadic political skirmishes in that country.
Party under fire over racist remarks
Frankfurt. – The right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party found itself under fire yesterday after a leading member made racist remarks about the national football team’s defender Jerome Boateng,…