adminZvishavane council chairman, councillors on collision course
From Paul Mundandi in Zvishavane
Zvishavane Council chairman Councillor Alluwis Zhou has taken control of the newly purchased council minibus and has vowed not to return it until a new official vehicle is bought for him.
He wants a new car to replace the twin cab which was bought for him last year.
Habitual housebreaker jailed eight years
Court Reporter
Bulawayo magistrate Mrs Rose Dube has sentenced to eight years in prison a serial housebreaker who had terrorised Bulawayo residents in a series of burglaries in the company of two other men.
George Khulani Dube, aka Thulani Dube (30), of 12519 in Cowdray Park, was on Friday convicted of four counts of unlawful entry and theft and one case of theft from a motor vehicle, which he committed between August and November this year.
Durban talks: debt, doubt loom large
Durban — Economic crisis and the top three polluters China, the US and India, loomed as obstacles to a new global deal at the start of a second make-or-break week of UN climate talks in the South African city of Durban.
DRC scrambles to tally votes as tensions mount
KINSHASA — Congo electoral officials struggled to finish counting votes from last week’s presidential election yesterday, sending helicopters to remote polling stations in an effort to meet a midnight deadline.
Hundreds arrested after anti-Putin rally
Hundreds of Russian opposition supporters are being held by police following overnight protests in Moscow against the results of Sunday’s parliamentary elections.
About 250 people were detained yesterday morning and face being held for up to 15 days, said Olga Shorina, a spokeswoman for the Solidarnost (Solidarity) activist group that organised the protest.
Several thousand people took to the streets in central Moscow late on Monday to protest against alleged fraud and voting irregularities after Vladimir Putin’s United Russia retained power, albeit with a greatly reduced share of the vote.
Concern over delay in wheat producer price announcement
Business Reporter
FARMERS have bemoaned Government’s delays in announcing the new producer price of wheat saying the development has seen growers withholding their crop.
Rise in cost of living worrying: CCZ
Business Reporter
THE Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) has expressed concern over the rise in cost of living in November saying although the increase is marginal, it impacted negatively on low-income urban earners.
Mat North, South to hold separate business awards
Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) will hold separate annual business awards ceremonies for Matabeleland North and South provinces.
Take hunting seriously Zimbabweans urged
Business reporter
ZIMBABWEANS have been urged to take the hunting industry seriously as it is one of the major tourist attractions.
Speaking at the Safari Operators Association of Zimbabwe (SOAZ) 6th annual general meeting held in Bulawayo last week, a representative of the African Hunting Gazette of South Africa, Mr Richard Lendrum, said there was need to support hunting in Africa.
Rand tracks softer euro
Johannesburg — The rand weakened against the greenback in midday trade yesterday, tracking the euro after S&P’s decision to put 15 of the 17 eurozone countries on a negative ratings watch.
A local dealer noted that a sustained push above R8.10/$ would lead to further rand weakness. However he added that the local unit had settled into a range.
“We are still very much headline driven,” he said.