adminRousseff blasts US
UNITED NATIONS. — Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff lambasted US spying on her country at Tuesday’s UN summit, calling it a “breach of international law.”
Mining sector in 35pc growth
Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter THE mining sector has grown by an astonishing 35 percent in the period 2009 to 2011 with the sector’s contribution to Gross Domestic Product increasing…
Muzinda to turn pro
Collin Matiza Sports Editor WOMEN’S motocross legend Stefy Bau of the United States is determined to help promising young Zimbabwean rider Tanya Muzinda to become the first ever professional female…
White widow’s untold story
JOHANNESBURG. — A British woman thought to be linked to the Nairobi mall attacks used an assumed South African identity to take out bank loans and rent property in Johannesburg,…
Diddy tops Forbes’ Cash Kings list
DIDDY tops Forbes’ Cash Kings 2013: The World’s 20 Highest-Paid Hip-Hop Artistes, with estimated earnings of US$50 million thanks to income generated from Ciroc Vodka, Bad Boy Entertainment and the…
Econet expands EcoCash platform
Business Reporter ECONET Wireless is undertaking a multi-million-dollar expansion of its mobile money service, EcoCash, which will make the system four times bigger. This will pave the way for the…
Cuba gets serious on development path
HAVANA. — Cuba’s Council of Ministers has approved a series of “strategic” development measures as part of an ongoing process to modernise its aging economic model, official media reported on…
Villagers claw through quake wreckage to create homes
AWARAN. — Desperate villagers in south-west Pakistan clawed through the wreckage of their ruined homes yesterday, a day after a huge earthquake struck, killing more than 300 people and creating…
China orders 68 Airbuses
BEIJING. – Three Chinese companies have ordered a total of 68 A320 aircraft, Airbus announced yesterday as air travel takes off in the world’s most populous country.
NetOne disconnects unregistered clients
State-owned mobile phone network provider NetOne says it has disconnected over 100 000 unregistered subscribers as it complies with a directive from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe.