adminSuspected separatists rounded up in Zambia
LUSAKA. — Zambian authorities have arrested 45 people on suspicion of being part of a separatist movement, the defence minister said yesterday. They were apprehended over three days last week…
Kenya mulls new currency design in 2015
NAIROBI. — The Kenyan government plans to introduce new currency in 2015 as required by the new constitution which is against the use of an individual’s picture on Kenyan money.
Baby-bashing cop detained
ZHENGZHOU. — A policeman who is alleged to have seriously injured an infant by grabbing her and hurling her onto the ground had been detained in central China’s Henan Province,…
Battlelines drawn
Kudakwashe Pembere Business Reporter As the fight for market share among mobile phone networks in Zimbabwe intensifies, it is the customers who are emerging the winners as the three networks…
Tendayi Gahamadze: Man a on mission
Constance van Niekerk in VEREENIGING, South Africa ONE day all the foreign students under the scholarship at the university where I was in Germany were invited for a week’s seminar…
Meikles to lay off 55 workers
Business Reporter MEIKLES STORES says it will lay off 55 workers in Harare and Gweru as the retail giant continues making losses since the advent of dollarisation four years ago.…
Paris Jackson devastated: Mom
LOS ANGELES. — Michael Jackson’s ex-wife said in a Los Angeles court on Thursday that their daughter Paris is “devastated” over her father’s death and “doesn’t feel like she has…
Low cotton output projected
Business Reporter A SHARP decline in local cotton output is projected this year while concerns abound that crop funding by merchants for the next season may be lower than the…
Timberlake to receive prestigious award
LOS ANGELES. — Justin Timberlake will receive his award live at Brooklyn’s Barclays Centre on MTV (DStv Channel 130) at 03:00 CAT next Monday. The VMA’s primetime premiere airs later…
Old Mutual to leverage on growth in Africa
Business Reporter Old Mutual plc plans to leverage on growing opportunities in Africa to consolidate its foothold on the continent. The group, whose operating profit before tax rose 14 percent…