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By Bright Madera
A LOCAL investor snapped up 10 million RTG shares valued at US$150 000 on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange on Monday in a special bargain deal executed at US1,50c a share.
Drug mules jailed
TWO Tanzanian drug mules, who were last week convicted of swallowing cocaine capsules worth over US$200 000, were yesterday slapped with effective four-year jail terms.
Chinese firms to invest in Zim hotels
By Isdore Guvamombe
ZIMBABWE has entered into a tourism promotion, marketing and development agreement with 80 Chinese tourist wholesale companies, after marathon meetings held at the China Foreign Tourism Investor Conference held in Shanghai recently.
Over 390 000ha of small grains planted
Herald Reporter
Farmers countrywide have so far put 392 207 hectares of land under small grains with the figure expected to rise as planting continues.
Agric sector needs US$800m
Agriculture Reporter
THE agricultural sector requires a minimum of around US$800 million to effectively finance this summer and winter’s cropping programmes for both the smallholder and large scale sectors.
Civil servants’ strike unlikely to take off
Herald Reporters
A proposed civil servants’ strike over low salaries is unlikely to take off as divisions among their representatives have emerged.
Sandy rules out relocation
By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
Songstress Sandra Ndebele, who recently wed her longtime boyfriend Nkanyiso Mbusi Sibindi, has ruled out any plans of joining her husband in the United Kingdom, where he is based.
Brazil keen to widen relations with Zim
Herald Reporter
BRAZILIAN envoy Senator Marcello Crivella yesterday paid a courtesy call on Acting President Joice Mujuru and delivered a special message from President Dilma Rou-sseff.
Prestigious Miss Zimbabwe returns
By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
The glitz and glamour of catwalk will return this Friday when models from all parts of Zimbabwe converge on the capital for the Miss Zimbabwe contest boot camp.
Morocco, South Africa top 2015 AFCON bid
JOHANNESBURG.
South Africa and Morocco went head to head seven years ago for the right to stage the first World Cup in Africa and the former emerged 14-10 winners after a Fifa executive vote.