adminCheap imports affect farmers’ viability
Business Correspondent THE local milling industry is importing about 80 percent of raw materials due to local farmers’ inability to meet demand, the vice chairman of the Grain Millers of…
Zimbabwe to host FIATA conference
Beitbridge Bureau ZIMBABWE has won the right to host the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Association (FIATA) Africa and Middle East Region field conference next year after outbidding United Arab…
Super Typhoon Haiyan tears Philippines apart
MORE than 10 000 people are feared dead after the fiercest typhoon ever recorded laid waste to The Philippines’ east, overwhelming emergency services and leaving bodies rotting in the streets of…
Ethiopia considers joining AU force in Somalia
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia is considering integrating its troops in Somalia into the bigger UN-backed African Union force amid efforts to boost operations against Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels, officials said yesterday.…
Voter registration resumes, calm returns to Bekkersdal
DAY two of the voter registration weekend started at 8am yesterday at voting stations across the country, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said on its Facebook page. A total of…
Anger over offensive skit
BEIJING — Hundreds of protesters have staged a demonstration outside the headquarters of the American Broadcasting Company, demanding a formal apology over comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s recent offensive skit. Protesters including…
Rouhani vows to preserve Iran’s nuclear rights
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that Iran will not abandon its nuclear rights, including uranium enrichment, media reported a day after a fresh round of talks with world…
Fan strips for Sniper Storm
Entertainment Reporter A girl stunned revellers when she jumped on stage and stripped for Donald Chirisa aka Sniper Storm during his show at Bulawayo’s Hustlers nightclub on Friday night. The…
Venezuelan crowned Miss Universe
MOSCOW — A 25-year-old Venezuelan who appears on TV in her country and is an accomplished flamenco dancer is the new Miss Universe. Gabriela Isler was crowned on Saturday night…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Rural councils have no justification to increase tariffs
HARARE City Council, the country’s biggest local authority, has announced a $369,3 million budget for 2014 which will result in tariffs and other service charges being revised downwards while ambulance,…