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Fungai Lupande Court Reporter MDC-T councillor for Harare’s Ward 33 (Budiriro) Sydney Chirombe, who was allegedly caught having sex with another man last week, was yesterday denied bail at the…
MPs to forfeit allowances
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter Members of Parliament who will get vehicles under a Parliamentary loan scheme will not be paid sitting allowances for the next four years with the benefits…
Metallon mulls adopting solution mining
Business Reporter Zimbabwe’s largest gold mining group, Metallon Gold, is considering adopting the solution mining method at its Mazowe operation to increase production as prices fluctuate, a company official said.
Pair gets 14 years for fatally assaulting reveller
Chief Court Reporter TWO soldiers will spend 14 years in jail for killing a Central Intelligence Organisation operative in a taxi fare dispute in Harare two years ago. Brown Mwale…
‘Chikwata will be back’
Takudzwa Chitsiga Sports Reporter CASH-STRAPPED Zimbabwe Saints, who were expelled from the Southern Region Division One after they failed to pay their affiliation fees, say they will bounce back a…
Rand strengthens as emerging-market jitters abate
Johannesburg. — THE rand firmed by about 5c against the dollar at midday yesterday as emerging-market concerns abated and inflation data for April came in slightly higher than expected.
SA’s new legislators sworn in amid drama
CAPE TOWN. — South Africa’s fifth democratic parliament was inaugurated yesterday, with Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng presiding over the swearing in of 400 new legislators.
West’s Putin anger: The case for a strong Russia
Tichaona Zindoga Senior Political Writer One only has to look at the current outpouring of hatred and righteous anger towards Russian President Vladmir Putin to realise that Putin is heading…
Where will the retrenched workers go?
John Manzongo At the Workplace Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation Zim Asset could not have come at any better time than now when the nation needs guidance on how…
Mubarak sentenced three years for graft
CAIRO. — An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced deposed president Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison on corruption charges, in one of two trials after the 2011 uprising that ended…