adminWhange Agric Show records increased number of exhibitors
Patrick Chitumba Victoria Falls Reporter THE 9th edition of the Whange District Agricultural Show saw a slight upsurge in the number of exhibitors this year, show chairperson, Mr Herbert Sansole…
BNC eyes positive cash flow
Harare Bureau BINDURA Nickel Corporation is projecting a cash positive position by the end of next month after overcoming its immediate funding constraints by revising its mining plan.
Alcoa, HP, BoA lose blue-chip status
NEW YORK — Alcoa, Hewlett-Packard and Bank of America are losing their official blue-chip status: all three are being dropped from the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the index owner announced…
Sick leave costs SA billions
JOHANNESBURG — The biggest job loss category in the country in August was permanent jobs, according to the latest Adcorp Index. The index shows that the economy shed 34 654…
BoE mulls ditching paper pounds for plastic
LONDON — The Bank of England is moving closer to ditching paper pounds and following Australia and Canada into switching to plastic banknotes instead.
Chicken price tariff battle gets ugly
CAPE TOWN — Tensions rose in Parliament’s agriculture portfolio committee yesterday when local chicken producers and importers clashed over a proposed increase in tariffs.
Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty before international court
KENYA’S Deputy President William Ruto pleaded innocent to crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court yesterday, while back home Kenyans hoped the case would not reignite political violence…
Syria backs Russia’s chemical weapons plan
SYRIA accepted a Russian proposal yesterday to give up chemical weapons and win a reprieve from US strikes, while its warplanes bombed rebel positions in Damascus for the first time…
44 killed in collision of two buses in Iran
FORTY-FOUR people were killed and 39 injured in Iran when two passenger buses collided outside the capital Tehran and caught fire, Iranian media reported yesterday.
Marikana grenade use under scrutiny
PRETORIA — Evidence leaders at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry have revisited the use of stun grenades on protesting mineworkers at Marikana last year.