New trade route to Europe

Beijing — A 19 000-tonne cargo vessel is making the first journey by a Chinese merchant ship to Europe via the Northeast Passage, a shortened route that could revolutionise trade,…

Banks cut 5 500 branches across Europe

LONDON — Banks cut 5 500 branches across the European Union last year, 2,5 percent of the total, leaving the region with 20 000 fewer outlets than it had when…

Hotels offer holiday promotions

Business Reporter Players in the tourism industry are expecting a boom in bookings during the Heroes and Defence Forces Day holidays. Some hotels are offering specials to guests who book…

Of Tsvangirai’s Facebook confessions

Tinomudaishe Chinyoka Disney is not known for doing many movies about black people, starring a majority of black people, and generally painting them in a good light, but in their…

MDC-T should concede defeat

Jupiter Punungwe The MDC has refused to concede defeat, even where allies like National Constitutional Assembly chairman Professor Lovemore Madhuku have advised that normally you do not contest such margins…

Indigenisation won the vote

Rangu Nyamurundira Politics, its ultimate expression that is winning the will of the people to be governed, is after all a game of thrones. In this game the contenders must…

Editorial Comment: MDC parties, let this be your day of repentance

Today we join the nation in celebrating the lives and deeds of the heroes and heroines, both living and dead, who dedicated their lives to liberate Zimbabwe from the shackles…

Female ‘rapists’ pounce on SA man

Crime Reporter A SOUTH AFRICAN man was last week sexually abused and robbed by three women in Mutare, police said. The man lost a pair of shoes, his passport, a…

Gardener fatally stabs 18-month-old son

Herald Reporter A 39-YEAR-OLD gardener from Borrowdale, Harare, fatally stabbed his 18-month-old son after accusing his wife of having an affair. Harare provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tedius Chibanda said police…

Man axes ailing sister on head

Court Reporter A Chitungwiza man will spend three years in jail after being convicted of striking his ailing sister with an axe on the head during a domestic dispute. Godfrey…

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