adminCZI draws up proposals for Dimaf distribution
Harare Bureau
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries has drawn up comprehensive proposals on the criteria for selecting beneficiaries under the Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (Dimaf) and called for immediate action on the facility. It has made suggestions on the disbursement modalities of the facility whose distribution is being delayed by disagreements among stakeholders.
Certain quarters of the Bulawayo constituency had reportedly demanded that only firms headquartered in that city should access the facility. And CZI has lamented the fact that the funding made available in the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy review remains unused, despite the financial haemorrhage in firms.
How to check out a used local or imported car
Features Reporter
There are so many things that can be a daunting experience and this is truer if you are considering buying a car for the first time. There are many things to look for when buying a used car but one important factor is to give the car a physical check before making your final decision.
When boys face sexual violation by women
By Mandla Masingi
When Mixo (not his real name) was a boy growing up in Limpopo, a woman who lived in a nearby hut would call one of the boys playing outside to come and see her.
The first time she called him, she asked the boy to take off his pants. Afraid, he ran away. But after some of his friends came out boasting about having sex, he got curious. The next time she called, he also had sex. Mixo was 10 years old at the time.
US forces quit Iraq nine years on
The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait yesterday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock.
The last of roughly 110 vehicles carrying 500-odd troops mostly belonging to the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, crossed the border at 7:38 am (0438 GMT), leaving just a couple of hundred soldiers at the US embassy, in a country where there were once nearly 170 000 troops on 505 bases.
Officer testifies on soldier’s access to secrets
FORT MEADE Md. — An intelligence officer who worked with the Army intelligence analyst accused of giving US secrets to the WikiLeaks website said yesterday that the soldier was considered to have an especially high understanding of enemy threats in Iraq and had to be trusted to keep the material he saw private.
Iran broke into CIA drone command
A report says that Iran not only cracked communications system of the RQ-170 stealth drone and forced it to land inside the country, but also broke into CIA’s secret drone command centre.
According to an article published by DEBKAfile military intelligence website, Iranians not only unlocked the Sentinel’s secret software but also penetrated the command and control centre running the drones from CIA Headquarters at Langley in McClean, Virginia. They then delved into the satellite connection between Langley and the drone.
Armed gangs kill seven Syrian troops
Seven Syrian soldiers have been killed in clashes with armed gangs in the central province of Homs, the north-western province of Idlib and rural areas near the capital Damascus.
Toxic liquor leaves village of widows
Sangrampur — They are already calling it the “widow village”.
In the space of just a few short days, the close-knit community of Sangrampur in eastern India — along with a number of smaller surrounding villages — has been devastated by a case of mass poisoning from toxic, home-brewed alcohol.
Philippines searches for hundreds after typhoon kills 650
CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines — Rescuers searched for more than 800 people missing in the southern Philippines yesterday after flash floods and landslides swept houses into rivers and out to sea, killing more than 650 people in areas ill-prepared to cope with storms.
I know things you should know: Mbeki
Johannesburg — Former president Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday that South Africans deserved to know facts about the country’s history which were not yet public knowledge.