adminTariq Aziz, Iraqi ex-minister, sentenced to death
Tariq Aziz, for many years the international face of Iraq under Saddam Hussein, has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
Victoria Falls restaurant embroiled in controversy
Victoria Falls Reporter
ENVIRONMENT Africa (EA), the non-governmental organisation which is allegedly on the forefront of calling for the demolition of the Victoria Falls rainforest restaurant, has been accused of backtracking on its earlier decision of approving its construction.
Redcliff council, Chiyangwa clash over land
Midlands Reporter
Cash-strapped Redcliff Town Council has reversed the land deal they entered into with Pinnacle Holdings which helped sustain council operations at the height of the local authority’s challenges last year.
Government sets up ministerial committee to probe Air-Zimbabwe
Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has set up an inter-ministerial committee to investigate problems affecting Air Zimbabwe as the airline had reached an agreement with at least 80 workers over their retrenchment packages.
Biti to consult with Chinamasa on poll budget
From Lloyd Gumbo in GWERU
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti is set to hold consultations with Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa to map the way forward on budgeting for elections set for the middle of next year.
Chiyangwa seeks stake in Zisco
By Martin Kadzere and Golden Sibanda
NATIVE Investments chairman Mr Philip Chiyangwa has written to President Mugabe expressing interest in partnering the eventual winner of Government’s shareholding in the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company.
MDC-T: How lies become the truth
by Tendai Midzi
GEORGE Orwell in one of his seminal writings once remarked that political prose is formed “to make lies sound truthful … and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”
Ensure hygienic habits: Experts
Health Reporter
Washing hands with water alone is not enough protection against bacteria that cause diseases, health experts have said.
‘Biti papers filed late’
THE Supreme Court yesterday struck off the roll a case in which Finance Minister Tendai Biti is challenging his arrest and detention in 2008 because he filed his papers late.
Newly weds split after 5 days
Bulawayo Bureau
IN probably the shortest marriage on record, a Bulawayo man filed for divorce when his wife of five days revealed that she was two months’ pregnant with another man’s child.