adminCosatu taken to court over Vavi
THE Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) has been served with legal papers challenging the suspension of its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, Numsa’s Irvin Jim said.
Rocket attack kills 15 militants in Sinai: Egyptian state TV
FIFTEEN militants were killed in the Sinai Peninsula by rocket fire, Egyptian state TV reported yesterday, after witnesses said army helicopters had attacked militant strongholds in the area.
Sri Lanka faces terror threat
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka risks a “re-emergence of terrorism” as Tamil Tiger rebels and their sympathisers living abroad revive a campaign for a separate state, the country’s top defence official…
UNWTO assembly legacy to stay on for generations to come
Patrick Chitumba THE beat may have officially ended with the end of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly last week but the legacy of the global event…
Editorial comment: Allocate more resources for development of sport
LIP service is something that most governments and sports ministries pay to the development of sport especially at schools. These are institutions manned by people with behavioural sciences to better…
Mining dispute erupts in Matobo
Senior Reporter A fresh wrangle between Bulawayo businessmen and a consortium of youths has erupted over control of Nugget Gold Mine in Matobo District.
Work on Nkomo statue starts
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter THE National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) has resumed work on the re-construction of a pedestal on which the statue of the late Vice President…
Mpopoma family loses property in inferno
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter A FAMILY from Bulawayo’s Mpopoma suburb lost property worth hundreds of dollars when the house it was renting caught fire on Sunday evening.
Chiefs call on schools not to send home pupils
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent CHIEFS in Mangwe and Bulilima Districts have called on school authorities to desist from sending home pupils over unpaid fees. The chiefs said many parents were…
Solder loses uniform to robbers
Midlands Correspondent A soldier recently lost his uniform, cash and a cellphone to two robbers who had given him a lift, police have confirmed. Norman Taramba, who is based at…