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Escalating tensions in China over disputed islands have forced some Japanese companies there, including electronics-production giants Canon and Panasonic, to suspend work.
ANC slams British for Marikana crisis
Johannesburg — ANC leaders have blamed British media, “populism and mavericks” — such as expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema — for the ongoing violence in Marikana and surrounding mines.
Locardia vows to deal with Tsvangirai
Harare Bureau
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s wife Ms Locardia Karimatsenga says she is not yet done with him until he owns up to their marriage.
Masomere eager for FC Platinum clash
Midlands Correspondent
SHABANIE Mine mentor Luke Masomere says his prayers of having another showdown with neighbours FC Platinum were answered when his side beat Hwange 1-0 in the first round of the Mbada Diamonds Cup on Sunday.
Full payment of enumerators in doubt
Harare Bureau
THE payment of full allowances to 2012 census enumerators is now in doubt as Government is concentrating on raising salaries for civil servants.
Finance Ministry principal director Mr Pfungwa Kunaka said Treasury was trying to strike a balance between raising money for salaries and paying the enumerators.
He described the delay in paying enumerators as a “cashflow management issue”.
“We also have salaries to pay and this means we have to strike a balance between paying the salaries and paying their allowances. We are looking for the money to pay them.”
Mr Kunaka, however, said the enumerators were likely to be paid “something” this month.
“We gave them the first payment through the $8 million we released to ZimStat and we will make another payment this month once we strike the balance.”
Call on Govt to revive Air Zimbabwe
THE Government should come up with a comprehensive plan to revive Air Zimbabwe’s viability to improve the country’s accessibility, ZimbabweTourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer Mr Karikoga Kaseke has said.
Air Namibia aeroplane held in Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls Reporter
Bosso, DeMbare clash looms
Lovemore Dube
Mbada Diamonds Cup results left Zimbabweans staring at what could be the biggest soccer match in years — a Dynamos and Highlanders semi-final clash.
Cheetahs begin Middelburg Sevens preparations
Mehluli Sibanda
THE Zimbabwe national Sevens rugby team, the Cheetahs, went into camp in Harare yesterday as they start preparations for the annual Middelburg Sevens at Middelburg High School in Mpumalanga, South Africa on Friday and Saturday.
Tsvangirai: Sex addiction and denial
Batsi Chikura
THE recent sex scandal that has rocked the life of the lascivious Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Morgan Tsvangirai, left many with some intriguing questions: is the Prime Minister a sex addict, just has poor judgment or is a bystander in a smear campaign or all of the above?