Mujuru opens brick-making plant

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
ACTING President Joice Mujuru yesterday officially commissioned a US$4 million brick-making plant wholly owned by a local company, Vaka Concrete Limited. Located in Sunway City Industrial Park, about

Zhanda steps down

Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Business Reporter
Murray & Roberts Zimbabwe board chairman Mr Paddington Zhanda has stepped down after he was asked to resign as regulatory authorities raised “conflict of interest” concerns due to his shareholding in

Investigation of Machel’s death reopened

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s elite police unit the Hawks have launched a fresh investigation of the 1986 plane crash on its territory that killed Samora Machel, the president of Mozambique who was a

Zuma versus Motlanthe in Mangaung?

JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress (ANC) is set for a senior leadership tussle in Mangaung next week, with Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe taking on President Jacob Zuma for

Pressure monuts on Alan Pardew

LONDON — Alan Pardew was hailed last season as a steady hand on the Newcastle United tiller but finds himself contemplating an impending relegation battle ahead of a clash with wounded English

Nadal targets comeback

PARIS — Andy Murray joined Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and the injury-cursed Rafael Nadal as a Grand Slam tennis title winner in 2012 as the big three became the fab four. But with the 2013 season

Watson to lead USA

LONDON — Tom Watson will become the oldest captain in Ryder Cup golf history after being named as United States skipper for the 2014 event at Gleneagles. The 63-year-old succeeds Davis Love III

England recover

NAGPUR — Debutant Joe Root and Matt Prior led England’s fightback against India on an attritional first day of their final Test cricket match in Nagpur yesterday. After winning the toss England slumped to

Messi keep on scoring

MADRID — Lionel Messi extended his record for goals scored in a year on Wednesday night as the Argentinian maestro scored both Barcelona’s goals in their 2-0 win away at Cordoba in their Spanish Cup

DV Act helpful, but . . .

Tawanda Ngena Features Correspondent

Natasha Ncube (not her real name) has no kind words for the police. Earlier this year, the 31-year-old mother of two was brutally assaulted by her husband after she bumped into a romantic text message

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