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BLANTYRE. – A Malawian minister on Thursday criticised Western donors for withholding aid worth US$150 million after the government exposed corruption, saying it could prompt other African leaders to stop…
Philippines typhoon death toll surpasses 5 200
MANILA/WASHINGTON. – The number of people confirmed killed when a super typhoon devastated the Philippines surpassed 5 200 yesterday, the government said, making it one of the country’s deadliest natural…
Latvia supermarket death toll rises to 45
RIGA. – Rescuers in Riga retrieved bodies from a collapsed supermarket yesterday and combed the rubble for survivors as the death toll from Latvia’s worst post-Soviet disaster mounted to 45.…
Kennedy remembered
DALLAS. – With flags fluttering at half-staff, the United States paused yesterday to mourn President John F Kennedy and a generation’s broken dreams, cut down 50 years ago by an…
A triumph for Harare City on Super Sunday will be a popular story among thousands, if not millions, of neutrals around the country
Sharuko On Saturday SILAS Songani, the Zimbabwe international forward who has played his way into the hearts and soul of football fans in this country, was a prominent feature on…
Frelimo set for convincing victory
MAPUTO. — Preliminary results from Mozambique’s largely peaceful local elections pointed to a comprehensive victory for the ruling party and a potential shake-up among the country’s opposition parties. Frelimo, which…
ILO donated equipment lies idle
Oliver Kazunga Business Reporter THE International Labour Organisation (ILO) has expressed concern over state-of-the-art woodwork equipment worth $100 000 it donated almost a year ago to Bulawayo community that is…
Govt looks into motor industry challenges
Harare Bureau GOVERNMENT is reviewing factors blighting viability of the motor industry in the wake of the shutdown of Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries last year due to crippling financial woes…
Small-scale miners ordered to form one body
Business Reporter THE Ministry of Mines and Mining Development has directed small-scale miners’ associations to form an umbrella body within the next three months to represent the interests of all…
Radar targets 60 million bricks
Harare Bureau RADAR HOLDINGS is targeting to produce 60 million bricks in the current financial year with a 19 percent increase in volumes anticipated after the completion of a dedicated…