Reprieve for Kasukuwere

Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Zanu-PF national political commissar Cde Saviour Kasukuwere got a reprieve yesterday after a scheduled meeting at which Mashonaland Central Province had vowed to kick him out of…

Errant teachers to lose certificates

Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent GOVERNMENT is crafting a new law to compel colleges and universities to withdraw certificates of errant teachers and lecturers who sexually abuse pupils and students in return…

Giving up on American slave literature for now

Christopher Farai Charamba The Reader For quite some time I have been obsessed with literature by black writers. At one point I restricted it specifically to African authors and consumed…

ZBC launches national languages

Pamela Shumba and Robin Muchetu, Sunday News Senior Reporters ENGLISH is a colonial language that was used to undermine the country’s native languages and destroy the culture of Zimbabweans, Minister…

US$15m ‘siphoned’ from Freda Rebecca

Africa Moyo and Darlington Musarurwa More than US$15 million could have been siphoned from gold miner Freda Rebecca (formerly Mwana Africa) through a series of underhand dealings by its new…

Timeline of key events

2008 – Mwana Africa, which had significant nickel and gold assets, decides to mothball operations. However, as the economy improves, the business decides to raise funds to restart operations through…

RBZ closes the taps on bond notes

Livingstone Marufu DESPITE ever-growing demand for cash, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe says it will not immediately issue new bond notes to add to the US$121 million in value already…

Mystery of the stronger rand

THE South African rand is rallying in the midst of a grave political crisis, confounding many of the experts who expected a disaster after Pravin Gordhan’s axing. What is happening…

Importance of withholding tax

Taurai Changwa Business Forum THE attempt by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority to start deducting 10 percent withholding tax from tobacco farmers’ earnings met dogged resistance from various quarters. They felt that farmers…

‘We ain’t proud of what happened’

In the past fortnight, Asa Resources in general and Freda Rebecca in particular have been in turmoil. After revelations of alleged externalisation and smuggling of gold bullion, the company’s board…

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