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A FOUR-WAY row has erupted in Lusaka over the attempts by more than 200 Zambian women married to African National Congress cadres to join their husbands in South Africa. The…

BOTSWANA’s reputation as a democratic, corruption-free country has been shattered by recent scandals which forced three ministers, including the Vice-President, to step down. Even President Ketumile Masire conceded in a…

Margaret Dongo only joined Parliament in 1990 as a ZANU (PF) candidate. Her entrance into the contest for the parliamentary seat in itself indicates she was a survivor because most…

- management stealing left, right and center The once bustling Wankie Colliery Company, which was taken over by the government from the giant Anglo-American Corporation, is now making losses. This…

The scramble for food is not only limited to individuals. Hotels too are now spending more of their management time trying to procure essential commodities and, of course, at reasonable…

- only political intervention can save it The proposed vehicle assembly joint venture between Italian company, Fiat, and the Harare-based Zimbabwe Automotive Industries which was launched with pomp and ceremony…

Roy Lander, chairman of Anglo-American Corporation and several other companies in Zimbabwe, is going places. He is now on the board of the state-controlled Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) following…

For the past 11 years Zimbabweans have thronged to the National Sports Stadium -or before its construction to Rufaro Stadium- on April 18 to celebrate the country's independence anniversary. Even…

The present excessive supply of all meat products will lead to a protracted period of severe shortages later this year, the First Merchant Bank has warned. Some even believe the…

The reappointment of the country's eight provincial governors for only a period of three months -which coincides with the end of the current financial year- has increased speculation that this…