adminDivorce costs Gibson $425m
Los Angeles — Mel Gibson’s ex-wife has been awarded half his $850m fortune in their divorce settlement.
MJ’s mom seeks impersonators
Was Katherine Jackson on a scouting mission to check out a Michael Jackson tribute artiste for business reasons, or was it a case of a mother missing her son?
Nigerian leaders rapped after Islamists attack churches
ABUJA — Nigeria lacks competent leaders to tackle its security problems, a former military ruler said yesterday, following Christmas Day bomb attacks on churches by Islamist militants that killed more than two dozen people.
Ex-South Korean first lady heads north for condolences
The widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, the author of a now-jettisoned engagement policy with North Korea, crossed the fortified land border between the two sides yesterday to pay her respects to deceased Kim Jong-il.
Sudan army kills Darfur rebel leader
Sudan’s army has killed a key rebel leader from the western Darfur region along with 30 of his troops, officials said, three days after the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) said it had begun advancing on the capital Khartoum.
DPRK paper says Kim Jong Un now leading country
PYONGYANG — A leading Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) newspaper said yesterday that Kim Jong Un took over leading the country the day after top leader Kim Jong Il died.
In an article entitled “Today and Tomorrow of Songun Korea,” Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), said all the DPRK’s work was being firmly carried out under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.
Byo miners’ organisation launched
Business Reporter
A NEW small-scale miners’ organisation called Bulawayo Miners’ Association has been established to directly represent the interests of the miners in the city.
Standard Chartered employees await no settlement certificate
Business Reporter
STANDARD Chartered Bank employees are yet to get a certificate of no settlement to pave way for an industrial action compelling their employer to pay decent salaries in line with other banks.
The workers through their representative, the Zimbabwe Banks and Allied Workers Union (Zibawu), recently issued a 14-day industrial action notice, which expired on 20 December to compel their employer to adjust their salaries as well as discuss on Employee Share Ownership Scheme.
Association assures nation of adequate poultry supplies
Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) has said it has adequate chicken supplies to meet the national demand during this festive season.
AirZim plane released
AirZim plane released
Harare — The Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 which was seized in London last week over a debt owed to a United States-based company has returned, an official said on Sunday.