South African metal workers ‘reject wage offer’

Striking South African engineering and metals workers have rejected an improved wage offer to end the country’s largest-ever strike, firms say, as the stoppage begins to affect the vital car-manufacturing…

Car bomb kills two near Somali parliament

A suicide car bomb has killed at least five people in an attack at the entrance of the Somali parliament, witnesses told AI Jazeera. The blast yesterday killed at least…

Egyptian court sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison

CAIRO – An Egyptian court sentenced Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie to life in prison yesterday, the court’s judge said, for inciting violence that erupted after the army deposed Islamist…

400 fuel trucks set ablaze in Afghanistan

A massive fire has destroyed more than 400 vehicles carrying fuel and oil for US-led forces near Afghanistan’s capital city of Kabul, police say. Afghan police spokesman Hashmatullah Stanekzai said…

Moyo on Dr Joshua Nkomo

HE was reported by the Rhodesian Press as being the first “native millionaire” and was the first transport operator to bring a diesel-powered bus to the Matabeleland region.

Future not bleak after all, says ZNCC 2014 Businesswoman of the Year

BUSINESSES in Zimbabwe especially Bulawayo have been scaling down operations or closing down due to financial constraints but the future is not all that bleak as witnessed by the performance…

Makomo targets to export 90 000t to SA

THE country’s biggest coal mine — Makomo Resources — is targeting to export 90 000 tonnes of coal to South Africa once it commissions its $14 million washing plant as…

Mining sector leads in investment

MINING remains the leading sector in terms of investment inquiries and actual approvals by the Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) with South Africa and China being the major source markets.

CSC finds goat meat market

THE Cold Storage Company has identified a market to supply about 1 600 dressed goats a week to the United Arab Emirates and Asian countries, an official has said.

Farmers urged to store grain correctly

FARMERS have been urged to use preservation techniques when storing their harvested crops so as to guard against qualitative and quantitative losses.

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