GENEVA – More than 1,900 people have now died in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. There have been 3,500 confirmed or probable cases in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. “The outbreaks are racing ahead of the control efforts in these countries,” WHO chief Margaret Chan said. The WHO is meeting…
WALES – Western leaders have criticised Russia for its “destabilising” influence on the crisis in Ukraine, at the start of a Nato summit in Wales. Nato and the UK warned that pressure on Russia would be increased if it did not change course in eastern Ukraine. Prior to the summit, Ukraine’s president briefed US and…
HARARE – Global software giant Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) says it has no plans to open an office in Zimbabwe, but will partner locals. Hani Shakeel, Microsoft’s regional product manager for the Middle East and Africa, told Business Live that the company was “happy with the present arrangement, which empowers local firms”. “We do have people…
HARARE – Listed roofing materials manufacturer Turnall Holdings is mulling to retrench as part of strategies to contain costs and survive Zimbabwe’s harsh economic environment. The group’s marketing manager, Caleb Musonza, said the company was considering the route as it “exploits all possible cost cutting mechanisms”. “At this point in time, what I can say…
HARARE – Big Brother Africa 2014 titled “Hotshots”, which was supposed to begin on Sunday, has been postponed indefinitely after the house which was supposed to house contestants for the 91-day reality show, went up in flames on Tuesday . M-Net and Endemol SA, the organisers of the reality show, confirmed the razing of the…
HARARE – Patrick Chinamasa, Zimbabwe’s Finance minister, yesterday told Parliament that President Robert Mugabe returned home without any money from his official State visit to China as legislators demanded details of the deals signed with Beijing. The debate over Mugabe’s trip to China created chaos in Parliament with legislators exchanging angry insults. Chinamasa was grilled…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court has ordered the stay of prosecution of Election Resource Centre (ERC) officials accused of illegally conducting voter education. A full bench of the Con-Court judges ruled that there was no reasonable suspicion warranting the ERC and three others to face criminal charges. The ERC is accused of conducting voter education…
HARARE – Tuku is not efficient in overseeing and providing astute business leadership at his band as corroborated by Eric Kasamba aka Picky. He lacks the basic imperatives required to lead his band and fails to overturn bad decisions made by his manager. Tuku and Picky worked together in the same band, the Black Spirits…
HARARE – Zimbabweans must brace for a price hike and shortages of cooking oil, washing powder and laundry bar soaps as the downside of the introduction of a 40 percent surtax on the imported basics takes effect. In an effort to protect the local industry from unfair competition from imported products, the government hiked import…
HARARE – Unheralded United Family International Church (UFIC) Choir is up for five gongs in the revived Zimbabwe Music Awards (Zima) set for the Rainbow Towers on October 3. The UFIC choir has been nominated in the Best Duo or Group, Best Contemporary Choral Music categories for the albums Divine Solutions Volumes 2 and 3…
