Big Brother Africa television reality show entries close

Auxilia Katongomara

THE curtain came down yesterday for those aspiring to participate in the forthcoming reality television series Big Brother Africa.

Govt to disburse UNWTO general assembly publicity campaign funds

Harare Bureau

GOVERNMENT will this week disburse funds for the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly publicity campaign to be co-hosted by Zimbabwe and Zambia in August this year.

Malawi strike cripples govt

Blantyre — Striking Malawian civil servants claimed to have brought government business to a halt on Wednesday, as they staged a walkout to demand higher wages.

Dozens withdraw in Harvard cheating scam

BOSTON  — As many as 60 students have been forced to withdraw from Harvard University after cheating on a final exam last year in what has become the largest academic scandal to hit the Ivy League school in recent memory.

Eurozone recession deepened at end of 2012

The eurozone recession deepened in the final three months of 2012, official figures show.

Call for international visual arts competition submissions

Bruce Ndlovu

Visual artistes from around the country have been invited to make submissions for the 55th Venice Biennale, an international visual arts competition.

Sanogo to head Mali reform committee

Bamako — The leader of a March coup that ousted Mali’s government, exacerbating a crisis in which Islamist rebels went on to seize over half the country, was sworn in on Wednesday as head of a military reform committee.

Business forum launched

Mbongeni Ncube

A business forum, the Business Breakfast Talk and Networking, that aims to bring together captains of industry, business professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs in growing their businesses, has been launched in Bulawayo.

House music fans in for a treat

Entertainment Reporter

BULAWAYO house music fans are in for a treat tomorrow night when prominent South African DJ, Tira, performs at Country Rest Camp.

EDITORIAL COMMENT:Use of ICT in judicial service system long overdue

Proposals that the Government should come up with legislation to permit witnesses outside the country such as those overseas to give evidence by video link in order to reduce the costs of criminal trials should be seriously considered.