Mbeu thrives despite Covid restrictions Ashton Nyahora popularly known as Mbeu Nhau Correspondent “… is like a mustard seed … though it is the smallest of all seeds, when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in …
Read More »Desperate degreed people turn-up for nightclub job
Scores of graduates from various universities throughout the country and even abroad were part of over 300 jobseekers that turned up for #Hashtag Nightclub job interviews conducted in Bulawayo last week.The place was crawling with job seekers, who after years of joblessness, are prepared do anything.Unemployment in Zimbabwe is estimated …
Read More »How Magufuli has steered Tanzania down the road of an authoritarian one-party state
By Nicodemus MindeTanzania’s 2020 general elections resulted in a predictably easy victory for one of Africa’s oldest ruling parties, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.The National Electoral Commission declared the incumbent, John Magufuli, the winner with 84.4 percent of the vote. His closest challenger, Chadema’s Tundu Lissu, garnered a paltry 13 percent.The ruling …
Read More »Opportunistic costs hamper diabetes screening among country’s poorest
By Nhau Correspondent“This is a great initiative and I hope government will continue bringing such services to our communities,” said Colletah Sigwadi, a farmer from Mvuma, who came through to a three-day diabetes screening exercise which was carried out by the Ministry of Health and Child Care in Gweru last …
Read More »Spain’s BBVA to sell U.S. banking arm to PNC for $11.6 billion
Spain’s BBVA BBVA.MC is to sell its U.S. business to PNC Financial Services Group Inc PNC.N for $11.6 billion in cash, in one of the biggest global banking deals this year. The sale will further consolidate the U.S. banking sector, but has also instantly prompted speculation BBVA could now use …
Read More »Asia marches on
The announcement, a week ago, that Pfizer PFE.N had developed a very effective vaccine has investors hoping for similar good news soon from rival Moderna MRNA.O and looking past a tough winter to a better spring and summer ahead. Besides the virus, Brexit trade talks are chief among European investors’ …
Read More »Global stocks head for record high on recovery, vaccine hopes
Global stocks eyed a fresh record high on Monday as signs of economic recovery in China and Japan, recent strong corporate earnings and hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine bolstered investor sentiment. The MSCI World Index of global shares rose 0.4 percent to 608.98 points, just shy of the record high …
Read More »Zambian Finance Minister says bondholders to blame for default
Zambia’s Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu said bondholders brought last week’s default upon themselves because they refused to sign confidentiality agreements that would have allowed him to share more information on debts from Chinese lenders.In a near hour-long interview broadcast on state television late Sunday, Ng’andu also called on the International …
Read More »Field day for thieves at Ginimbi funeral
By Daniel KachereGenius “Ginimbi” Kadungure’s “final party” had several mini events within it, which saw it touching almost every one’s life in Zimbabwe. Even the elderly living in far-flung rural areas found themselves asking who this Ginimbi was. Top artists like Jah Prayzah and Killer T performed at the funeral …
Read More »“Ginimbi bought himself a bicycle in Form Two”
By Daniel KachereGenius “Ginimbi” Kadungure was always a hustler, who wanted to be the best in everything he did. This trait, according to a High School sweetheart, saw him being a “boss and leader” from a very young age. However, he sometimes borrowed monies which he failed return and undertook …
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