adminBritish police launch terror awareness programme
LONDON — British police yesterday urged the public to be alert to potential terrorist activity as they said the threat of extremist attacks would last for several years.
Interim government meets in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU — Burkina Faso’s interim government met for the first time yesterday, with the military retaining key jobs some three weeks after it seized power amid a popular uprising.
Puzzled voters will shun Japanese election: experts
JAPANESE voters, puzzled as to why Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is calling an election now and unimpressed by opposition alternatives, may shun a December 14 election in record numbers.
South African Idols victory thrills Bones
From Melissa Mpofu in South Africa After braving the long South African Idols audition queues, rigorous auditions and nasty comments from the competitions’ no-nonsense judges, Gareth and Randall, Pietermaritzburg’s Vincent…
Zim tobacco growing rebound astounding
Ian Scoones The rebound of tobacco production in Zimbabwe is striking. From a low in the mid-2000s of only around 48 million kgs, the last season produced 216 million kgs,…
Will Iran deal-wreckers prevail?
By Paul R Pillar IRAN appears ready to sign an agreement tightly constraining its nuclear programme in exchange for some sanctions relief, but neocons and other US hardliners appear determined…
Editorial Comment: Manage wealth fund well for posterity
President Mugabe recently signed the Sovereign Wealth Fund Bill into law. A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is designed to ensure that revenue accruing from the commodity boom or economic success…
2 die, 41 injured in bus accident
Mpumelelo Nyoni Chronicle Reporter TWO people died on the spot while 41 others were injured after a bus they were travelling in rammed into a stationary haulage truck in Beitbridge…
Buka, Nhema in central committee race
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent ZANU-PF senior members Cdes Flora Buka and Francis Nhema, who were recently disqualified by the Midlands provincial coordinating committee from participating in the central committee elections,…
381 Bulawayo delegates for Zanu-PF Congress
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter ABOUT 381 Zanu-PF delegates from Bulawayo have been registered to represent the province at the party’s Congress that will be held in Harare from December 2…