adminMakomo workforce grows to 600
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter HWANGE-based coal mining firm, Makomo Resources, has increased its workforce to about 600 from 38 when it started operations in 2010.
Liberia’s chief medical officer under Ebola quarantine
Liberia’s chief medical officer has put herself under quarantine for 21 days, after one of her assistants died from the deadly Ebola virus. Bernice Dahn, a deputy health minister, said…
Japan volcano: Rescue teams find 31 bodies
The bodies of 31 hikers have been found near the top of Japan’s Mount Ontake a day after a sudden volcanic eruption. The hikers were not breathing and their hearts…
Iranian president tells world powers to speed up nuclear talks
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned that time is running out for negotiating a permanent agreement on his country’s nuclear programme.
UK minister resigns after falling for journalist sexting sting op
UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party has accepted the resignation of Brooks Newmark, Minister for Civil Society, who was caught sending explicit photos of himself over social media networks.
Editorial Comment: Lack of funding hampers Zim’s progress
THE continued denial of private sector access to lines of credit by international financers not only exposes their skewed stance against Zimbabwe but works against the very same global economic…
Relief for Binga school girls
Tapfuma Machakaire “We need time to rest, to play and to visit friends.” This is the silent and salient call from the girl child in Binga, one of the poorest…
Corrupt lands officers face arrest
Harare Bureau AT least seven lands officers from various provinces are under investigation for illegal land allocations in return for money. The Ministry of Lands and Rural Resettlement reported the…
‘Targeted sectors will unlock country’s economic potential’
Cletus Mushanawani in Nyanga ZIMBABWE has targeted major economic enablers among them energy, telecoms, transport and irrigation sectors to unlock the country’s economic potential, a cabinet minister has said.
Civil servants deserve decent accommodation, says Mathema
Chronicle Reporter MATABELELAND North Provincial Minister Cain Mathema has said civil servants deserve decent accommodation as he condemned the present arrangement of sharing houses.