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BAGHDAD — One of Saddam Hussein’s closest aides who handed down many of the dictator’s repressive orders was executed in Iraq yesterday, the justice ministry said.
Chinese secretly copy Austrian town
A group of Austrians whose scenic mountain village has been copied down to the statues by a Chinese developer attended Saturday’s opening in China for the high-end residential project but were still miffed about how the company did it.
Employees panic as Colliery adopts new management system
By SIKHUMBUZO MOYO recently in Hwange
HWANGE Colliery Company Limited employees are in panic over their future at the colliery after the company introduced and adopted the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) management system that will see more than 300 employees losing their jobs.
The company’s managing director, Fred Moyo, confirmed the new system during an interview on the sidelines of the Kamandama Mine Disaster commemorations held at the disaster site in Hwange on Wednesday.
Bindura Nickel to propose $21m rights issue to resuscitate Trojan Mine
Business Reporter
Bindura Nickel Corporation (BNC) will next month undertake one of the country’s biggest rights issues since dollarisation to raise $21 million of the $33 million needed to fund resumption of operations at Trojan Nickel Mine.
Mbanje peddler jailed 15 years
Court Reporter
A man staying in Bulawayo’s Waterford suburb who was arrested for possessing 88,37 kilogrammes of mbanje with a street value of more than $8 000 was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Man on the run after ‘raping’ stepdaughter (7)
Chronicle Reporter
CASES of child sexual abuse are rife in Figtree, Matabeleland South, with the latest involving a 49-year-old man from West Acre who is on the run after allegedly raping his seven-year-old stepdaughter and threatening to slit her throat if she told anyone.
Kenya police lists possible terror targets
NAIROBI — The Kenya police force has listed seven buildings, including the headquarters of the revenue authority, as being under immediate risk of a terror attack from an al-Qaeda-linked militant group that has threatened to bring down skyscrapers in Kenya’s capital city, an internal UN security report says.
Youths accuse BCC of sabotage
Chronicle Correspondent
A youth organisation, Inotho Kwabatsha/Upfumi Kuvadiki, has accused the Bulawayo City Council of sabotaging the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act by giving preference to foreigners over locals when issuing business operating licences.
Financial woes haunt Warriors
Harare Bureau
ZIFA’S financial woes returned to haunt the Warriors yesterday when the senior national team was forced to defer their trip to Mozambique after failing to secure their air tickets on time.
Inaugural Zim-China fair to be held next month
Zimbabwe will next month hold the inaugural Zimbabwe-China Trade Fair aimed at fostering trade relations between the two countries.