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ZIMBABWE

'No early Zim dollar return,' says Mugabe

President Mugabe has revealed that a Zanu-PF Government will not rush to re-introduce the Zimbabwe dollar if elected to power on July 31 as the party is mindful of avoiding a repeat of the hyperinfla...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2013

AFRICA

Mandela banknotes defective

Johannesburg - An important security feature on the new Mandela banknotes – which were rolled out in November last year - has been found to be defective, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.The sec...

By Sapa | Published: 08 July 2013

TRANSPORT & TOURISM

Construction of Beitbridge Hotel finished

THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has completed the construction of the $32 million Beitbridge Hotel and is scouting for potential clients that could take over its management.NSSA managin...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2013

MIDDLE EAST

Lalu Samuel ranked among top 100 Indian leaders in the UAE

1 July, 2013, Sharjah, UAE: Forbes Middle East announced the coveted list of the Top 100 Indian Leaders in the UAE at an impressive ceremony hosted recently at The Oberoi, Dubai, UAE. Lalu Samuel, Ch...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 July 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Business engages govt over taxes

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries last week engaged the government to discuss the increase in direct and indirect taxes that are affecting the manufacturing sector in a bid to address the chal...

By Business reporter | Published: 08 July 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe to host finance expo

Zimbabwe will host its first Finance, Banking and Insurance Exhibition (ZFBIEX), from July 24 to 25.The expo, which will be held under the patronage of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr Gideo...

By Business Reporters | Published: 08 July 2013

ZIMBABWE

5 shortlisted for ZSE automated trading system installation tender

FIVE firms have been shortlisted to undertake a project to install the Automated Trading System at the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE), the chief executive, Mr Alban Chirume has said. Last month, the bo...

By Business Reporter | Published: 08 July 2013

CAREERS

Apply to meet and interview with Africa's top employers in Johannesburg

Global Career Company is getting in touch employment seekers to let them know about upcoming opportunity to connect, network and interview with major African employers at Careers in Africa Johannesbu...

By Jacob Mafu | Published: 05 July 2013

AMERICAS

US added more workers in June than forecast

Employment increased more than forecast in June, wages picked up and the U.S. jobless rate held close to a four-year low as the world's largest economy weathered the effects of higher taxes and feder...

By Bloomberg | Published: 05 July 2013

AFRICA NEWS

Islamists rally against Morsi's ousting

Cairo - Tens of thousands of supporters of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood on Friday protested in Cairo in mass rallies called to reject the military's ouster of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi."May God ...

By AFP | Published: 05 July 2013

SOCCER

Bafana Bafana to honour Madiba

Johannesburg - Bafana Bafana will play two friendly internationals within the space of four days in August, in honour of former president Nelson Mandela, the SA Football Association (Safa) confirmed ...

By Sapa | Published: 05 July 2013

SOCCER

Wayne Rooney not for sale

Manchester United's new manager David Moyes says he has no intention of selling striker Wayne Rooney."Wayne Rooney is not for sale. He's a Manchester United player and will remain a Manchester United...

By BBC | Published: 05 July 2013

BUSINESS NEWS

Econet hands over $100 000 command centre to UNWTO

Econet Wireless has handed over a $100 000 command centre to the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality ahead of the UNWTO General Assembly to be held next month.Econet is due to commission another com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 July 2013

HOW TO

Youth live too much for the now

Only about 50% of employed youth contribute to a pension or provident fund and only 13% have a retirement annuity, according to Old Mutual.Lynette Nicholson, head of research at Old Mutual, described ...

By Business reporter | Published: 05 July 2013

ASIA PACIFIC

Asia shares up 1.25% by break

Tokyo - Tokyo stocks rose 1.25% in the morning session on Friday, following a rally on European markets after the eurozone and British central banks signalled their easy-money policies would remain in...

By AFP | Published: 05 July 2013

AMERICAS

Dollar gains, global shares flat ahead of US jobs data

LONDON - The dollar rose against the euro and sterling on Friday after the British and eurozone central banks said they planned to keep rates low, while commodities fell in nervous trading before a cr...

By Richard Hubbard | Published: 05 July 2013

AFRICA

NUM to strike at four De Beers businesses

THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will start a strike from this evening at four De Beers businesses in South Africa, including three mines, the union said.De Beers, the world’s largest produce...

By Allan Seccombe | Published: 05 July 2013

EDUCATION

What are Money Markets?

UNTIL problems surfaced during the global financial crisis, money markets were often taken for granted as plain-vanilla, low-volatility segments of the financial system.For the most part, money market...

By Randall Dodd | Published: 05 July 2013

EDUCATION

Forecasting for a better future

"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry", said the Bard over 400 years ago and we haven't devised any way of looking into the future in the interim. We have, however, advanced exponentially...

By Regenesys | Published: 05 July 2013

HOW TO

How to build the perfect investment portfolio

Investment portfolios - or, in plain English, collections of assets - can diminish the risk inherent in stock markets by diversification or avoiding having too many eggs in one basket.A huge industry ...

By Ian Cowie | Published: 05 July 2013

SOCCER

Pep Guardiola will feel the heat

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has piled the pressure on Pep Guardiola to succeed at Bayern Munich following Jupp Heynckes' spectacular last season in charge.Heynckes guided Bayern to a histori...

By Sports reporter | Published: 05 July 2013

SOCCER

Thiago Silva dreams of Barca but

Thiago Silva has admitted it would be a dream come true to wear the Barcelona jersey, but has stressed he is happy at Paris Saint-Germain at the moment.The 28-year-old's agent recently invited the Ca...

By Sports reporter | Published: 05 July 2013

SOCCER

Zifa hunts for a local coach

ZIFA has ended speculation on Klaus Dieter Pagels' future as Warriors coach after the association's president Cuthbert Dube yesterday announced that they are in the hunt for a local coach.Pagels' con...

By Sports reporter | Published: 05 July 2013

TENNIS

Cara Black and partner out

CARA Black and her partner are out of the Wimbledon mixed doubles after losing 6-3, 2-6, 3-6 to the Canadian-French partnership of Daniel Nester and Kristina Mladenovic on Wednesday.After a promising...

By Sports reporter | Published: 05 July 2013

RUGBY

Crusaders wallops Chiefs

Christchurch - All Black captain Kieran Read scored two tries and flyhalf Dan Carter kicked 18 points, surpassing 1 500 points in Super Rugby, as the Crusaders took a vital bonus point from a 43-15 w...

By AP | Published: 05 July 2013

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