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- BEITBRIDGE police have arrested 12 Somali refugees who were attempting to sneak into South Africa through Duliba-dzimu Gorge along the Limpopo River. |
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- NEARLY half of Harare's treated water is being lost to mainly unscrupulous companies and individuals who abuse fire-fighting systems installed on industrial premises and in commercial buildings, and, to a much less extent, through leakages. |
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- In the 1970s, at the height of the southern African liberation wars, Botswana was one of the countries in the frontline of the region's political heat. It was the only country in independent Africa surrounded by three hostile white racist regimes. But with Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, Namibia in 1990 and South Africa in 1994, Batswana rightly hoped for prosperous and peaceful neighbours. However, Zimbabwe has totally dashed this dream. |
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- VETERAN long distance runner Abel Chimukoko believes his knowledge of the Nairobi course will help him improve on last year's performance in the Standard Chartered Bank World Relay Marathon in Kenya on Sunday. |
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- TINASHE Rioga, the Zimbabwean charged with attempting to hijack a South African Airways aircraft, had his trial postponed to October 31 by the Bellville regional court in Cape Town yesterday. |
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- SOME sections of European and Asian media have hailed Zimbabwe as a safe tourist destination that is set to regain its position as one of the major players in world tourism. |
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- HARARE City Library yesterday received 200 boxes of textbooks worth $40 million from World Vision International. |
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- FOOTBALL, just like music and all other forms of art, has shown that it is almost impossible to get people to agree on anything given that tastes differ vastly. Of course, there are certain issues where people -- barring a handful of worshippers -- share similar concerns like when music lovers question Tongai Moyo and various Urban Groovers' originality in their work or who to blame after a humiliating defeat by the Warriors. |
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- THE Science and Technology Innovation Bill which seeks to enhance the learning, research, appreciation and development of sciences is on the cards and would soon be presented before Parliament, a senior Government official has said. |
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- MOBILE phone service provider NetOne has installed equipment worth US$7,5 million to upgrade its mobile switching centres and base stations countrywide. |
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- TN Financial Services Ltd may have acquired Trust Holdings Ltd's leasing subsidiary, Trustfin through the back door, in a fresh corporate governance wrangle to rock THL. |
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- THE National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority has completed the construction of three lodges and a 170km road that links centres in Gonarezhou National Park. |
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- ZIMBABWEAN businesses will exhibit locally-produced products in Equatorial Guinea from November 1 to November 4 2006 as a way of enhancing trade between the two countries. |
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- THE Harare Basketball Association League is finally going to start this weekend albeit on a low note as less than half the clubs have paid the annual affiliation fees, writes Paul Munyuki. |
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- PREPARATIONS for the 2006/7 cropping season have reached an advanced stage with both commercial and subsistence farmers now in the process of planting long-season crops, the Department of Agricultural Research and Extension Services has said. |
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- ZIMBABWE recorded a 45 percent increase in tourist arrivals in the first nine months of 2006 compared to the same period last year, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority has said. |
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FNBS Set (Oct 27 2006 18:59 GMT) - FIRST National Building Society -- in liquidation -- will soon start paying off depositors and creditors after stakeholders on Wednesday were satisfied with the liquidators' first report on operations of the firm. |
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- CUSTOMS experts from Eastern and Southern African countries attending a three-day conference in the capital have been urged to exchange information and compare ideas on how to effectively combat smuggling in ESA countries. |
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- OUTGOING Austrian ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Michael Brunner, yesterday bid farewell to President Mugabe in Harare. |
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- THE war against relegation staggers into another crucial lap -- with the four teams in the dock facing yet tough games that they can't afford to lose. But Zimbabwe Saints, in all honesty, have really nothing to be fighting for -- a glance at the league table and their current form can only drain hope from the most optimistic of their supporters. |
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- A SENIOR police officer has underscored the need to set up police bases in newly-resettled and remote areas to reduce crime countrywide. |
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- HIGH-FLYING Lengthens returned to their Division One campaign with a bang after a ruthless 5-0 destruction of Shamva Mine on Wednesday to go seven points clear at the top of the table. |
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- A HARARE detective, who masterminded the Hatfield shootout that claimed two notorious armed robbers in March, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly shooting a fellow policeman whom he accused of bribery. |
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- THE Government is working on modalities to make fuel available throughout the country's tourism corridors for the coming festive season. |
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- AN inputs clerk stationed at cotton firm Tafuna Cargill's Shamva branch has been arrested for allegedly stealing his employer's pesticides worth $5,8 million. |
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- TRADITIONAL medical practitioners have started granting off days to patients following a Government directive authorising them to do so. |
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- OLIVER Reginald Kaizana Tambo was leader of the African National Congress (ANC) for 23 years in exile, while Nelson Mandela was imprisoned. |
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- South African police have arrested a Zimbabwean man along with a Malawian national and a South African for conniving to smuggle 180 cartons of cigarettes into that country through an illegal crossing point along the Limpopo River. |
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- CHEETAHS manager Bruce Hobson believes his charges will hold their own at the International Rugby Board Sevens Series tournaments in Dubai and South Africa in December. |
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- PRIVATE doctors have entered into partnerships with the corporate sector to refurbish State hospitals and clinics. |
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- Leading PC manufacturer Acer has accused Microsoft of ratcheting up the cost of Windows... |
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- Urgen israelíes a su gobierno a trasladar presos palestinos a ...... En caso de no contar con las prisiones suficientes en los territorios ... La agrupación israelí informó asimismo que la presencia de las cárceles en IsraelMilenio ...DICEN LOS VIEJOS DER LUGAR (LOS MALICIOSOS): KE LA REINA DEL GALLINERO A MANDAO UNA PALOMA MESAGERA PAKE DIGA KELOS MANDEN AKI, KESU ASALARIAOS ALOS KE PAGA TIENEN PECHO DE YERRO Y AI SITIO PARA TOS. |
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- I need a new design for my website, www.interxx.com. The requirements are as follows: 1. |
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- LASHAWN BARBER is liveblogging from GodBlogCon.... |
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- Hi All First Thing, I do not take wedding photographs , but I am often asked to. When I say no, I am asked for advice so I thought I would offfer it in here as well. Most people I suspect will book a photographer that has been recommended all I can say is get booked in fast but also beware of operators, see below. For all people booking a wedding photographer you need to be aware how the system often works. A wedding photography studio may have thirty weddings to cover on a single Saturday |
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- CircuitCity.com offers the Sony WEGA KD34XBR970 34" Flat Screen HD Television for $849.99. Dodge the $54. |
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- Take that, ZOG! Hey, the Iranians may be muds, but anyone who stands up to mankind's enemy is okay in my book. Here's a question: Should we feel insulted or flattered by the fact that Olmert is... |
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- I have a 1/4 page (3 1/2 x 5 inch) ad that I have created in Adobe InDesign. I need 15 copies of it in different sizes. I need each size to be named DiningTableLegs_WWJ.pdf, where WWJ is a magazine (more...) Keywords: |
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- I actually do have lunch frozen for four out of five work meals next week. But there is no real good time in the week to do a batch job in the kitchen. |
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- I was referencing something that I mentioned earlier in this thread and elsewhere.My biz site has hovered around being an industry authority site for some time. Last year we linked with a specific anchor text backlink along the lines of "industry phrase" services state name, state name, city name to a new site that had 0 bls. |
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- The high street bank today apologised to NetSurf users for locking them out of their web bank accounts, and re-enabled their access. HSBC said it now recognises NetSurf and RISC OS, adding: "We welcome all standards compliant browsers and platforms." The move was welcomed by punters, who were amazed that a global corporation had responded positively to the needs of a niche platform. |
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- Excerpt: "the fear of getting sued – or, as we tend to euphemistically refer to it, 'fiduciary concerns' – remains one of the most frequently cited reasons for inaction. We tend to forgo offering investment advice to participants because we are afraid of getting sued, for instance – and we forestall implementing an investment policy statement – or taking a questionable fund off the menu – for much the same reason. (Nevin E. Adams, Editor-in-Chief, PLANSPONSOR) |
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- Excerpt: "Federal regulators are investigating 27 mutual fund companies that they say have siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from investors by secretly taking kickbacks from contractors seeking to provide services to the fund companies, according to a newspaper report Thursday." (AP via Yahoo! News) |
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- Excerpt: "The consumer advocacy group Citizens for Economic Opportunity on [October 35] filed suit in a Connecticut court alleging that limited-benefits health insurance plans sold by Aetna subsidiary Strategic Resources Company mislead consumers into thinking they have more comprehensive coverage than the plans provide, the AP/Houston Chronicle reports." (Kaiser Family Foundation) |
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- Excerpt: "The change introduced by Congress affects how much this capped annual amount is worth when companies convert it into a lump sum. In calculating this sum, the new law requires companies to use a higher interest rate -- 5.5 percent, up from a variable rate that was below 5 percent most of this year -- as the assumed rate of return, which effectively lowers the maximum allowed lump-sum payment." (The Wall Street Journal via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) |
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- Excerpt: "Domestic partners of University of Cincinnati faculty and non-union employees will have access to benefits, including life insurance and long-term care insurance, the university's trustees decided today." (The Enquirer) |
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- Excerpt: "The world's largest automaker is being driven deep into financial trouble not only by the cars of its competitors, but also by the medical bills of its own workers and retirees. Last year, GM spent $5.3 billion on health care -- enough to buy a GMC Yukon for each of its U.S. |
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- Excerpt: "Some aspects of what the people want are clear enough. Over and over, we are told that individuals want the right to choose their own doctors. Doctors want to regain control over their patients' care -- they don't want insurance company bean counters telling them what to do. Patients and doctors want evidence-based standards for appropriate medical care -- not formularies dictated by pharmaceutical companies. |
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