Haaretz - Israel News - Israeli dot.coms - recovering and flourishing: "Israeli dot.coms - recovering and flourishing
By Galit Yemini
Paz Dror, now 30, founded Homeless, the apartment rental Web site, in 2000. Dror survived the three years of crisis following the bursting of the high-tech bubble and the ensuing decline of dot.com prestige. Today, four years later, he is reaping the fruits of his perseverance."
Thursday, October 28, 2004
Monday, October 25, 2004
ZWNEWS.com - linking the world to Zimbabwe
ZWNEWS.com - linking the world to Zimbabwe: "Vic Falls bridge lifespan upprint friendly version
author/source:Financial Gazette (Zimb)
published:Thu 21-Oct-2004
posted on this site:Mon 25-Oct-2004
Article Type : News
Bridge overloaded for the past 15 years
Nelson Banya
The Victoria Falls Bridge, the gateway to trade between Zimbabwe and other SADC member states such as Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is fast approaching the end of its lifespan and urgently requires reconstruction to avert a potentially disastrous structural failure. The bridge was constructed and opened to traffic in 1905 with a lifespan of up to 100 years, which ends in 2005. Officials in the National Railways of Zimbabwe's (NRZ) infrastructure division revealed that the bridge, which carries a railway line, a roadway and a pedestrian walkway, had for long been overburdened due to lack of load restrictions. The 1929 design load for the roadway was derived from two five tonne axles spaced about three metres apart. Two such lorries were allowed side by side to give an intensity of one tonne per foot (or 32.8 kiloNewtons per metre)."
author/source:Financial Gazette (Zimb)
published:Thu 21-Oct-2004
posted on this site:Mon 25-Oct-2004
Article Type : News
Bridge overloaded for the past 15 years
Nelson Banya
The Victoria Falls Bridge, the gateway to trade between Zimbabwe and other SADC member states such as Zambia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is fast approaching the end of its lifespan and urgently requires reconstruction to avert a potentially disastrous structural failure. The bridge was constructed and opened to traffic in 1905 with a lifespan of up to 100 years, which ends in 2005. Officials in the National Railways of Zimbabwe's (NRZ) infrastructure division revealed that the bridge, which carries a railway line, a roadway and a pedestrian walkway, had for long been overburdened due to lack of load restrictions. The 1929 design load for the roadway was derived from two five tonne axles spaced about three metres apart. Two such lorries were allowed side by side to give an intensity of one tonne per foot (or 32.8 kiloNewtons per metre)."
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Found Innocent
Guardian Unlimited | World Latest | Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Found Innocent: "Saturday October 16, 2004 3:46 AM
AP Photo HRE106
By ANGUS SHAW
Associated Press Writer
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted of treason Friday in a stunning decision from a court system that routinely favors President Robert Mugabe's government.
The court's decision was seen as a boost for the opposition, which has struggled with Mugabe's tightened grip on power and his efforts to silence dissent with sweeping security laws that restrict freedom of speech and association. Mugabe has ruled this southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. "
AP Photo HRE106
By ANGUS SHAW
Associated Press Writer
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was acquitted of treason Friday in a stunning decision from a court system that routinely favors President Robert Mugabe's government.
The court's decision was seen as a boost for the opposition, which has struggled with Mugabe's tightened grip on power and his efforts to silence dissent with sweeping security laws that restrict freedom of speech and association. Mugabe has ruled this southern African nation since it gained independence from Britain in 1980. "
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Zimbabwe internet radio station
Eric Knight joins Zimbabwe internet radio station
Eric Knight joins Zimbabwe internet radio station
TOP GUNNER: Eric Knight doing what he knows best
By Staff Reporter
Last updated: 10/14/2004 01:56:05
SWIVELLING on his chair at an East London location, Eric Knight, born this month 36 years ago, can at last smile.
Eric Knight joins Zimbabwe internet radio station
TOP GUNNER: Eric Knight doing what he knows best
By Staff Reporter
Last updated: 10/14/2004 01:56:05
SWIVELLING on his chair at an East London location, Eric Knight, born this month 36 years ago, can at last smile.
Friday, October 08, 2004
You were right, Gono
The Zimbabwe Independent: "You were right, Gono!
By Eric Bloch
WHEN the then newly appointed governor of the Reserve Bank, Gideon Gono, presented his first Monetary Policy statement last December, he foreshadowed that the year-on-year inflation rate would decline to 200% or below by December. Most economists, analysts and businessmen received his projection with great scepticism and cynicism."
By Eric Bloch
WHEN the then newly appointed governor of the Reserve Bank, Gideon Gono, presented his first Monetary Policy statement last December, he foreshadowed that the year-on-year inflation rate would decline to 200% or below by December. Most economists, analysts and businessmen received his projection with great scepticism and cynicism."
Zimbabwe under new colonianlism
The Zimbabwe Independent: "Zimbabwe under new colonialism
Godfrey Marawanyika
FORGET smart partnership and South-South cooperation, a new form of colonialism is developing in Zimbabwe although this time around it has nothing to do with territorial occupation. Chinese entrepreneurs are dumping their substandard goods on Zimbabwe from clothes and toys to toilet tissues."
Godfrey Marawanyika
FORGET smart partnership and South-South cooperation, a new form of colonialism is developing in Zimbabwe although this time around it has nothing to do with territorial occupation. Chinese entrepreneurs are dumping their substandard goods on Zimbabwe from clothes and toys to toilet tissues."
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