Opinion & Analysis »
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 16:15
HARARE - Sanctions, as penalties aimed at a State, entity or individuals to change their behaviour, have been central to Zanu PF’s political campaign for a long time. Yet the party’s claims on effects of sanctions have barely been cogently challenged....Read More
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World »
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 15:41
LOS ANGELES - Angelina Jolie says that she has had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that made it extremely likely she would get breast cancer. The Oscar-winning actress and partner to Brad Pitt made the announcement...Read More
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News »
Monday, 13 May 2013 10:35
HARARE - Poor funding by government is fuelling high incidences of cervical cancer cases and fatalities, a Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) official has said. Caz programmes general manager Junior Mavu said government should prioritise the preventable and curable disease that...Read More
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News »
Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:53
HARARE - The European Union (EU) delegation in Zimbabwe has purchased 63 ambulances worth $2,8 million, which they will hand over to the Health ministry on Friday, the delegation head has said. Aldo Dell’Ariccia, the EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, yesterday said...Read More
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 13:40
BULAWAYO - A Bulawayo-based micro finance institution was yesterday besieged by hundreds of irate clients for late payment of return on investment. Visibly angry clients blocked the entrance of Perfectshot Investments, shouting obscenities and threatening to storm the offices. Perfectshot...Read More
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Business »
Friday, 03 May 2013 10:29
HARARE - Interfin Financial Services Limited (IFS) plans a deposit to equity swap deal as part of strategies to rescue its troubled flagship subsidiary Interfin Bank. If approved, the transaction could see the bank’s top depositors such as pension fund National...Read More
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Entertainment » Vasco Shaya, Entertainment Writer
Thursday, 02 May 2013 14:01
HARARE - The planned tour of Zimbabwe this month end by two popular American gospel artistes Cece Winans and Pastor Donnie McClurkin is off. Red Ink Events, who were behind the efforts to bring the popular duo to Zimbabwe, failed to...Read More
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News »
Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:40
HARARE - Harare city’s emergency department has just three ambulances to service over three million residents. The city, which is currently struggling with disease outbreaks and a myriad of accidents, runs 12 polyclinics with a dilapidated fleet of ambulances and authorities...Read More
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News »
Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:30
HARARE - Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) executive has suspended its secretary-general Francis Duri over allegations of fraud involving over $233 000 plus 1 000 euros. Duri is alleged to have diverted donor funds allocated for various projects as well...Read More
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News »
Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:28
HARARE - Police yesterday disrupted Workers’ Day celebrations organised by the Concerned Affiliates of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions at Raylton Sports Club in Harare. They rounded up leaders including Raymond Majongwe arguing that the police did not authorise the...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 14:30
HARARE - It is lamentable that our politicians and other senior State bureaucrats have now resorted to blaming sanctions for almost anything that goes wrong without examining the real cause of societal challenges. That form of scurrilous pitch, while it sounds...Read More
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Features »
Wednesday, 01 May 2013 13:57
WEDZA - Donning a straw hat to avoid the scorching heat, Bothwell Chimanga, 19, stood mesmerised as a group of dancers from Harare gyrated on a makeshift stage in between peace speeches at Wedza centre. Chimanga was part of hundreds of...Read More
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Africa »
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 13:23
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's governing African National Congress (ANC) has defended its filmed visit to Nelson Mandela, saying it was not a "publicity stunt". They were the first pictures of the former South African president since he left hospital on 6...Read More
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News »
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 09:52
HARARE - Marital bliss is under threat in Harare, where domestic violence cases have spiked — and this has something to do with sanctions — at least according to the police. Fights breaking out in homes have become so frequent that...Read More
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Africa »
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:08
TRIPOLI - A car bomb has exploded outside the French embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli, wounding two French guards and several residents. The blast in Tripoli destroyed the embassy's ground-floor reception area and perimeter wall, as well as damaging neighbouring...Read More
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