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Kinshasa. — The head of the UN Mission for Stabilisation of the Congo (Monusco), Martin Kobler, said yesterday during a press conference that a humanitarian catastrophe is happening in the …
Mines ministry loses US$500k in bank fraud
Senior Court Reporter The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development allegedly lost over US$500 000 to two bank employees who transferred the money from the ministry’s account into their own…
Doing anything for money
Godwin Muzari Showbiz Mirror The surge of strip-tease that has been swirling through the local showbiz terrain like a whirlwind since a couple of years ago, sweeping a considerable number…
Mahela floors Bangladesh
DHAKA. — Mahela Jayawardene became Test cricket’s sixth-highest run-getter with a glorious unbeaten double-century as Sri Lanka compounded Bangladesh’s misery in the first Test in Dhaka yesterday. The veteran right-hander…
Beyonce’s dress for US$250k
One of Beyonce’s biggest fans has offered to buy her Grammy’s dress for US$250 000 from the designer Michael Costello. The “XO”’ hitmaker, who caused controversy with her steamy performance…
Banned for life
Court Reporter AN unlicensed truck driver has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for running over a pedestrian. Tatenda Masedza of Hatfield in Harare was also…
Funeral festivals in Ghana
Damian Avevor A worrying phenomenon creeping into the Ghanaian society these days is the way funerals are becoming competitive festivals where wealth is lavishly displayed leaving huge debts burdening the…
Are huge salaries justified?
Zachary Aldwin Milkshake in the Boardroom Take for instance the US$230 000 that Premier Service Medical Aid Society boss was earning, this translates to about US$1 500 an hour (working…
Don’t destroy timber, fruit plantations: Minister
Agriculture Reporter Timber plantations and fruit estates are under threat from resettled farmers who are clearing the land for other uses. Manicaland and Matabeleland South are the most affected provinces.…
Sedco, Westia Group sign funding MoU
Business Reporter LOCAL equipment distribution company Westia Group last week signed a memorandum of understanding with the Small Enterprises Development Corporation that will see beneficiaries’ access equipment on credit from…