Move over here comes the chef

There is no doubt that the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair is the greatest event for Bulawayo. In that one week, once every year, Bulawayo steals the limelight from Bambazonke. Business…

Ansah’s Capacity

Reports that the head of the Harare-based, World Bank-funded African Capacity Building Foundation, Jonathan Frimpong-Ansah quit just after bank president, Lewis Preston's visit to the capital has left many wondering…

Where does Nkomo stand?

The appointment of Stephen Nkomo as resident minister for Matebeleland South has left most people baffled. Nkomo is a deputy minister and a deputy minister can never act as a…

ZBC broke?

THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, which was given a grant of $9.85 million to cover some of its losses and to help run Television Two and Radio Four, seems to be…

Frauds-insights

COMPUTER fraud has shown obvious appeal. Experts say only one out of 22 000 computer criminals is sent to prison. They estimate that only one percent of all computer crime…

ANC wives stranded

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…

Corruption scandals rock Botswana

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…

ESAP torpedoed

Zimbabwe's economic structural adjustment programme which was already six months behind schedule has been torpedoed by the current drought whose severity is becoming more obvious by the day. Cereal production…