adminChinamasa to unpack China trip
Business Reporter FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa will tomorrow unpack the vast opportunities unlocked by President Mugabe’s visit to China last month at a breakfast for captains of…
Weak US jobs numbers support gold
SINGAPORE — Gold extended gains to a second session on Monday, boosted by a disappointing US nonfarm payrolls report that eased concern about an early interest rate increase, with investors…
Prince William, Kate expecting
Prince William and his wife Kate are “very pleased” to announce that they are expecting their second child, Kensington Palace said yesterday. The prince’s grandmother Queen Elizabeth II was said…
Dumisani Maraire’s big musical footprint
Ignatius Mabasa Shelling the Nuts Dumi, as he was affectionately known, freely and happily shared his skills and knowledge, becoming an ambassador of the nyunga-nyunga mbira and marimba music in…
Zim unemployment: The politics of figures
Bernard Bwoni Correspondent In Zimbabwe the actual unemployment rate is in the region of 10,5 percent, contrary to some sensational figures of 85-90 percent as carelessly paraded by some economists.…
Farmers lose $500k maize to miller
Fungai Lupande Court Reporter Superfresh (Pvt) Ltd general manager Takudzwa Nyika yesterday appeared in court facing allegations of duping farmers of more than 1 000 tonnes of maize worth about…
Boy (4) assaulted over maintenance
Court Reporter A 33-year-old Chitungwiza woman who assaulted her four-year-old son as punishment for his father’s alleged irresponsibility has been ordered to perform 350 hours of community service.
Defence chiefs pay tribute to AFZ plane crash pilots
Farai Kuvirimirwa Herald Reporter A joint military parade was held yesterday for two Air Force of Zimbabwe pilots who perished when their trainer plane crashed in a compound while rehearsing…
Nigeria records 19 cases
LAGOS. — The Nigerian government yesterday said the country has recorded another Ebola case in southwest Lagos state, bringing the total number of Ebola cases to 19 with seven fatalities.
Construction starts at PPC Zim plant
Business Reporter PPC Zimbabwe says its new cement plant construction project in Harare is expected to be completed by March 2016 and upon commissioning will further position the company as…