Focus on the basics of life, be simple

UNLESS you take control and set goals to shape your own life, circumstances will shape it for you.Goals are dreams with

Military past turned into tourist draw

VENTSPILS.
Bouncing along a dirt track in the middle of Latvia in the back of an old Soviet army truck, breathing a heady mixture of petrol

Gold prices rise as weak dollar fuels bargain hunting

LONDON
GOLD prices rose 0,5 percent in Europe yesterday, supported by a rebound in the euro versus the dollar, and as investors took

Do we learn from failed projects?

STATISTICS carried out around the globe show that projects fail more often than they succeed. Studies by the Standish

US$100m for projects

By Fanuel Kangondo
The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe has invested over US$100 million in housing, energy and transport sector

Turnall water pipes safe: SAZ

By Golden Sibanda
THE Standards Association of Zimbabwe and the Institute of Mining Research have endorsed as “safe and similar to those

Govt seeks ouster of Hwange directors

GOVERNMENT – the major shareholder in Hwange Colliery Company – wants to remove three non-executive directors from

Women power . . . Does it affect African leadership?

This is Part 1 of the cover story of the July 2011, New African edition. “Behind every successful man is a woman” goes the

Chavez returns to Venezuela

CARACAS.
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming from Cuba yesterday and declared himself “fine” despite

Otto Habsburg dies

VIENNA.
Otto Habsburg, the eldest son of Austria’s last emperor who became a champion of Europe’s enlargement, died yesterday in