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LONDON. — Defiant Manchester City insist they will block any attempt by Yaya Toure to force through a move this summer. Toure has stunned newly-crowned champions City by backing his…
PPC raises Zim capex to $280m
Enia Nyakudzambara Business Reporter PRETORIA Portland Cement, Zimbabwe’s largest cement firm, has raised its capital spending budget on expansion projects to about $280 million, a senior company official said.
Zimplats to process matte at Selous metal refinery
ZIMPLATS could soon begin partially processing its matte at the Selous-based base metal refinery once refurbishment is completed. Impala Platinum, which owns 87 percent shareholding in the country’s largest platinum…
Chipfumo faces jail over debt
Prosper Dembedza Court Reporter Musician Progress Chipfumo was yesterday dragged to the Harare Magistrates’ Civil Courts by a man who is claiming US$173 for posters and a banner he made…
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.
No joy for sodomy duo
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…
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.