adminZimra decision riles health minister
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has been keeping 10 refuse compactors bought by Harare City Council at a bonded warehouse for over a month after failing to clear the trucks which are not meant to pay duty.
Sirleaf wins Mo Ibrahim Prize for African leadership
Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf yesterday won the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize.
Chitungwiza to assist 600 families
Chitungwiza Municipality has pledged to assist at least 600 underprivileged families in its jurisdiction, an official has said. The municipality launched its inaugural Mayor’s Cheer Fund Dinner over the weekend at a local hotel in a bid to raise about $30 000 that will be directed towards helping the needy.
ANC meets to ‘finalise’ Zuma exit
South Africa’s ruling ANC party met yesterday to “finalise” the departure of scandal-tainted President Jacob Zuma, who has refused to resign, as opposition parties called for early elections.
Zimbabwe’s pricing dilemma
Zimbabwe’s quest for economic competitiveness and new business is connected to market pricing of goods and services. Competitive prices incentivise suppliers through healthy profit margins while attracting adequate demand for acceptable levels of product quality.
BREAKING: ANC recalls Zuma, Ramaphosa to be SA president
JOHANNESBURG. – Events all over the country are in motion to remove President Jacob Zuma from office and facilitate the leadership transition within the ANC following an urgent marathon meeting…
The Volta River Project: How Nkrumah’s dream was frustrated
IN 1992, BBC-TV showed a remarkable documentary entitled “Black Power”. It was about Ghana’s Volta River Project, which the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah had planned as the core of an integrated industrial programme to transform the three-year-old independent Ghana into an industrialised country in the space of just a generation.
‘Africa must get it right on urbanisation’
KAMPALA. – No country in the world has ever developed without urbanising. This has been the case in Europe and North America, and in recent decades, cities provided the foundation of the so-called “East Asian Miracle”.
Seize dualisation project opportunities, firms urged
Government has challenged local construction companies in Masvingo to up their game and seize the opportunities created by the impending $1 billion Harare-Beitbridge Highway dualisation project.
Opposition parties want Parliament dissolved, early elections
Opposition parties yesterday agreed that Parliament should be dissolved following a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma.