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German hope for Musona

Kaizer Chiefs have already started preparing for life without striker Knowledge Musona, according to the club head coach Stuart Baxter.
Independence: New mindset wanted

Tomorrow is Independence Day, which undoubtedly is an important milestone in the country’s history.
Police torture Mbada Diamond employees

POLICE in Mutare allegedly tortured six Mbada Diamonds employees to extract information to implicate prominent Mutare businessman, Mudassar Khan who is accused of receiving stolen diamonds from the mine.
ART Corporation in expansion drive

LISTED diversified group ART investors are mulling the expansion of their business portfolio to include manufacturing of industrial products.
ZB in wrangle with dismissed workers

CONTRACT workers, who were laid off by ZB Financial Holdings last month, are up in arms claiming they were unfairly dismissed.

Early pressure for Mutasa, Mawiwi

They were billed to be early front runners in the Castle Lager Premier League title tussle but Harare City and FC Platinum have surprised many with their slow start in the campaign.

Kagame a generous dictator

Rwandans have been commemorating the 20th anniversary of the mass slaughter that convulsed their nation in 1994 and left a legacy of civil strife.

New twist to Mugabe succession race

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has added yet another twist to the Zanu PF succession race by hinting he may prefer another candidate to take over from him other than the two front runners.

Zim economy in deflation challenges

ZIMBABWE’S year-on-year inflation rate shed 0.42 percentage points on March 2013 rate to close the month of March 2014 at -0.91%.

Politics

Matinenga urges MDC-T to debate succession

FORMER Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga has urged the MDC-T to start an open debate on leadership renewal.

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Zim @34: Nation goes through motions

SCORES of thousands of Zimbabweans will tomorrow converge at the 65 000-seater National Sports Stadium in Harare which will be the centre-piece of countrywide celebrations of the nation’s 34 years of Independence.

Govt to fork out US$15m on MPs’ cars

THE cash-strapped Zimbabwe government will splurge close to US$15 million on luxury cars for its 355 legislators at a time government is struggling

Govt fuels liquidity crisis

Government is fuelling the country’s already critical liquidity situation as it emerged this week that the state accounted for 60%

MDC-T moves to expel Mangoma

THE troubled MDC-T is moving to expel suspended deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma as well as his lawyer Jacob Mafume,

Business

ART Corporation in expansion drive

LISTED diversified group ART investors are mulling the expansion of their business portfolio to include manufacturing of industrial products.

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Murowa diamonds slump 34%

GLOBAL mining giant Rio Tinto plc says diamond production at its Zimbabwean producer Murowa Diamonds has slumped 34%.

Small scale miners in sponsorship talks

THE Zimbabwe Artisanal and Small Scale for Sustainable Mining Council are involved in talks with various donors to formalise operations of more than 1,5 million small- scale miners.

Need for speed to liberate Zim economy

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group held the annual Spring meetings in the United States last week.

ZB in wrangle with dismissed workers

CONTRACT workers, who were laid off by ZB Financial Holdings last month, are up in arms claiming they were unfairly dismissed.

Opinion

Independence: New mindset wanted

Tomorrow is Independence Day, which undoubtedly is an important milestone in the country’s history.

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England’s cold shoulder hurting Zim cricket

For more than a decade, Zimbabwean cricket has hogged the limelight, unfortunately for reasons and much less to do with onfield activity.

Former dictators drawn back home

“I prefer death to surrender,” said Pakistan’s former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf.

See people for who they are

WHEN we interact with other people on a daily basis, we formulate our opinions about them regarding their demeanour, language, appearance and other various ways in which people are ordinarily categorised.

Continued Zim dollar rumours hurt economy

LAST week this column observed that, notwithstanding the multitude of scarcities and shortages afflicting Zimbabwe, the country has some surpluses, of which poverty continues to be one of the greatest of the few surpluses.

Sport

German hope for Musona

Kaizer Chiefs have already started preparing for life without striker Knowledge Musona, according to the club head coach Stuart Baxter.

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Highlanders misses out on transfer jackpot

Highlanders duo of Milton Ncube and Peter ‘Rio’ Moyo have both agreed terms with Ajax Cape Town and Mpumalanga Black Aces respectively.

Zim Cricket starts afresh

Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) has cleared its debts courtesy of a financial injection from world governing body the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Confusion hits PSL

Confusion reigns in the country’s top-tier league over the formula to be adopted for promotion and relegation to and from Division One leagues.

Castle Lager Premier League erupts

THE four-month wait is over; Castle Lager Premier League football returns with promises of yet more enthralling entertainment and bruising battles.