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Bangui – At least 12 people including children and a pregnant woman, have been killed by Christian vigilantes in the Central African Republic, a military source said yesterday, amid rising…
Abattoirs and the Zimbabwe meat trade
CONTINUING the series on meat and livestock, this week I am going to focus on abattoirs and the meat trade, again drawing on our work in Masvingo. Just as we…
Fire ravages major market in Kampala
Kampala – A large fire ravaged a major market in Kampala yesterday, sparking clashes between traders and police who used live bullets, water cannons and tear gas to disperse the…
Development projects must benefit locals
NEXT year there will be two major activities that are going to happen in Bulawayo, each of them with huge potential of changing the lives of the people of the…
US halts army shipments out of Afghanistan
The United States has suspended shipments of equipment out of Afghanistan through Pakistan due to protests against US drone strikes that posed a risk to truck drivers. Pentagon issued a…
Local designers to exhibit at fashion show
Courage Musariri Entertainment Reporter BULAWAYO fashion experts will tomorrow night hold a fashion show at the Bean There Café in Hillside to promote their online Fashion District Shop. The aim…
Locals have not shed Zim dollar pricing mentality
Since the opening up of the economy with dollarisation in 2009, concern has been raised over imports flooding the local market. Because of events leading to dollarisation such as hyperinflation…
President appoints commissioners
Harare Bureau President Mugabe has appointed commissioners to the Defence Forces Service Commission, Police Service Commission and the Prison and Correctional Service Commission in terms of the new Constitution. Commissioners…
Workers besiege Tsvangirai’s office, home over salaries
Harare Bureau MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is failing to pay workers he recruited for the parallel government structures when he was still prime minister, with hordes of them besieging his…
Magistrate dresses down teacher
Thandeka Moyo Court Correspondent A POLYGAMOUS teacher from Tsholotsho yesterday courted the ire of Bulawayo magistrate Victor Mpofu when he sauntered into court wearing sandals with a toothpick hanging from…