Zim back on track

SYLHET. — Skipper Brendan Taylor and Hamilton Masakadza kept Zimbabwe’s hopes alive in the World Twenty20 cricket tournament yesterday with a hard-fought five-wicket win over the Netherlands in Sylhet. Taylor…

Editorial Comment: CEOs salary cap progressive, the work begins

The drastic action taken by the Government over the maximum pay for heads of local authorities and those parastatals and state entities that receive tax-payers’ grants or subsidies can only…

Govt to set up lithium plant

Business Reporter— GOVERNMENT is planning to set up a lithium processing plant in Bulawayo, which would be crucial in the production of batteries in the country, an official said. Mr…

Nkandla overhaul excessive: Public Protector

PRETORIA. — The excessive amount spent by government in the overhaul of President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla home was unconscionable, Public Protector Thuli Madonsela said yesterday. “The expenditure incurred by…

Court hears Pistorius shot Reeva in hip before head

PRETORIA. — Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend first in the hip before hitting her fatally in the head through a locked toilet door, a police ballistics expert testified yesterday at…

CABS gets $10m loan from French firm

Business Reporter PROPARCO, a French Development Finance Institution yesterday signed a five-year loan agreement for $10 million with CABS. Proparco, which also signed a $10 million loan agreement with NMBZ…

NATO: A bunch of warmongers

Brian Cloughley The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato) has deployed reconnaissance aircraft to Poland and Romania “to monitor the Ukrainian crisis” in order to “intensify our ongoing assessment of the…

ZRU divided over Middleton

Paul Munyuki Sports Reporter THE Cheetahs coaching job reached new crisis levels yesterday following revelations that the Zimbabwe Rugby Union are now divided on who to choose between incumbent Gilbert…

Chibvuri’s pro debut

Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter BIGGIE Chibvuri will make his debut on the professional golf scene at the US$10 000 Pre-Open Classic golf tournament, which tees off at Royal Harare this…

Govt reviews gold miners submissions

Business Reporter Government is reviewing submissions made by gold mining companies pleading for a reduction in royalties to save the industry from potential collapse amid low bullion prices on global…

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