adminChamber supports value addition
Business Reporter
CHAMBER of Mines president Mr Winston Chitando yesterday said mining firms fully supported the setting up of a platinum refinery in the country, but it should have “economic justification”. “Does the chamber believe that a refinery should be established in Zimbabwe? The answer is ‘Yes’. But it is an
Govt reviews Essar deal
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
GOVERNMENT is renegotiating with Essar Africa, the Ziscosteel deal to ensure it retains control of Buchwa Iron Ore Mining Company, renamed NewZim Minerals. Under the new agreement, Government wants the Indian firm to buy the rights to Bimco’s iron ore claims. In an interview on the sidelines of
Man rapes minor girlfriend
Court Reporter
A 29-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a minor whom he claimed was his girlfriend appeared in court yesterday charged with rape. Appearing before Chitungwiza magistrate, Ms Olivia Mariga, Moven Gomba of Chitungwiza denied the charges and was remanded in custody to September 24 for
Rushwaya trial deferred to October
Court ReporterThe trial of former Zifa chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya, accused of corruptly concealing transactions from a principal, failed to open again yesterday after the State made a U-turn and agreed to postpone the matter to October 23 this year. Presiding magistrate Ms Esthere Chivasa said
Protestor shot dead
SANAA — Yemeni police yesterday shot dead a protester and wounded five others when they opened fire on a crowd attempting to storm the US embassy in Sanaa to protest a film mocking Islam, a security official said. The shooting came as protesters, chanting “O, messenger of Allah . . . O,Mursi calls for calm as crowd pelts US embassy
CAIRO — Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Mursi yesterday slammed a film deemed to mock the Muslim prophet but warned against the use of violence as angry crowds pelted the US embassy in Cairo. Police fired teargas to disperse the latest protest by stone- and bottle-throwingSA strikers vow to cripple industry
RUSTENBURG — Thousands of protesting miners vowed yesterday to cripple South Africa’s mining industry a day after bringing the world’s top platinum producer to a standstill. Around 5 000 workers were addressed by activists at a sports stadium at Anglo American Platinum’s Rustenburg complex,Small grain production boosts yields
Tarisai Machakaire Herald ReporterStakeholders in the agriculture sector have urged farmers to take up small grain production to boost yields for the 2012/2013 farming season.
Speaking in separate interviews, the stakeholders said small grain crops were drought-tolerant making them better performers in poor seasons.
Zim to import 70pc of soyabean needs — expert
Senior Agriculture ReporterZIMBABWE will need to import 70 percent of its annual soya bean requirements after drought and late planting affected yields for the 2011/12 cropping season. National Soyabean Promotion Programme co-ordinator Professor Sheunesu Mpepereki yesterday revealed that the country only
RIP Chadenga
Isdore Guvamombe Features EditorAt midday on Saturday September 8, 2012, two helicopters landed at a football pitch outside an old Roman Catholic Church at Chinyuni, Mujawo Village, in Chirumanzi. It was quite a spectacle, raising wafts of dust, shaking trees and their branches, troubling clothes and the people that wore