adminPray for peace, Nigerian President urges Muslims
ABUJA. — President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday urged Muslims to use the period of this year’s Ramadan to offer special prayers for peace and security in the country. He also…
Delta wants to pay ex-worker in Zim dollars
Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter DELTA Beverages is refusing to pay a former worker more than U$28 000 in back-pay and damages awarded to him in a labour dispute arguing…
No more speed chases: Gwindi
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter Harare City Council traffic cops will no longer chase after motorists or throw spikes at them following the computerisation of the city’s traffic management system. In…
FLAZ expects full subscription of bond by month end
Business Reporters Fidelity Life Assurance of Zimbabwe Limited is expecting its $5 million bond issue to be fully subscribed by the end of this month as many investors have expressed…
Forlan to stay
RIO DE JANEIRO. — Diego Forlan isn’t ready to announce his retirement from international football, even though he knows that at his age the clock is certainly ticking. The 35-year-old…
Scolari upbeat
RIO DE JANEIRO. — Brazil boss Luiz Felipe Scolari said his team were “three steps from heaven” after beating Chile on penalties to reach the World Cup soccer quarter-finals on…
ISIL ‘crucifies’ 8 rebels in Syria
BEIRUT/BAGHDAD. — A jihadist group in Syria has publicly executed and crucified eight rebels fighting both President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the jihadists, a monitor said yesterday.
EFF-AMCU nexus on platinum strike
Udo W Froese Afrika The Other Side THE five-month long strike led by Joseph Mathunjwa and his cohorts of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), which includes the…
Flexing military muscles does not reflect strength — Xi
BEIJING. — Chinese President Xi Jinping at the weekend called on countries to uphold common security, saying flexing military muscles only reveals the lack of moral ground or vision rather…
‘Sugar’ reclaims Ironman gong
Augustine Hwata in KADOMA THREE years after he lost the Ironman title, Isaac “Sugar” Chimuchenga, reclaimed the crown when he dethroned Vincent Kandiyero at this year’s edition. The Gweru-based hulk…