Letter from America
By Ken Mufuka

Allow me to deal with a thorny theological issue. When New Jersey Chris Christie announced that state and national flags in New Jersey were to be flown at half mast in honour of a singer, Sister Whitney Houston, who had lived her last days in a dissolute state of mind and spirit, there was an outcry from conservatives and bigots.

Wellington Majora

THE implications of a well-managed supply chain are becoming clearer as companies see the efficiencies of scale and value a well-executed supply chain brings to an organisation. The role of appropriate supply chain strategy mixed with the choice of logistics providers and supply chain technology is becoming imp-ortant in achieving a competitive advantage.

THE  United Nations Summit on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) concluded on September 22 2010 with the adoption of a global action plan to achieve the eight anti-poverty goals by their 2015 target date and the announcement of major new commitments for women’s and children’s health and other initiatives against poverty, hunger and disease.

THE private sector has never played a greater or more influential role in international economic development than it does today.

UNDER preferential access to the European Union (EU) market and prior to the present economic crisis, Zimbabwe was among one of the five most successful Africa Caribbean Pacific (ACP) countries in taking advantage of preferential access to the EU market, and is bound to increase its EU exports.

OLIVER Mtukudzi, one of Zimbabwe’s top musicians has endorsed the Africa-wide petition calling on African governments to re-affirm their commitment to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015.

GUIDED by the Millennium Development Goal number  (MDG) 8, which is the role of private sector in building global partnerships for development, as a mobile network operator, Net*One, we have an active role that we are playing in ensuring that this particular objective is reached by key partnerships which we have struck to develop our nation into a global player.

Role of companies in achieving MDGs
THE MDGs express a wish and a promise that we — as a global society — can make poverty history.

Njabulo Ncube, Assistant Editor

THE Chinese say 2010 is the year of the tiger — an animal considered to be the king of all beasts in Asia.
The tiger represents power or energy. It is also an unpredictable animal in the cat family.

Shame Makoshori, Chief Business Reporter

WHEN South Africa won the bid to host the World Cup, the excitement was so contagious that one would have been forgiven for thinking that Zimbabwe was an extension of Africa’s largest economy.