adminCaledonia plan de-risks Blanket Mine investment
Harare Bureau CALEDONIA Mining Corporation has de-risked the revised investment plan for its $70 million development of Blanket Mine to the end of 2017 with mining largely confined to indicated…
Ex-IMF boss goes on trial for ‘pimping’
FRANCE — Ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn arrived in court yesterday to stand trial for “pimping” as part of a prostitution ring, four years after a sex scandal cost him his…
Mavhaire Zesa tender reversed
Felex Share Harare Bureau ZESA Holdings has reversed an inflated tender for smart meters which had been corruptly pushed by former Energy and Power Development Minister Dzikamai Mavhaire with the…
Chapungu clear air on Tapera
Sports Reporter CAF A Licence holder John Nyikadzino is in charge of Chapungu Football Club and may, at his own will, consult Jairos Tapera on any technical issues, the airmen’s…
Russia, Zim eye ‘police cooperation’
Harare Bureau RUSSIA’S State Secretary and Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Igor Zubov arrived in Harare yesterday for a two-day official visit during which bilateral security agreements are expected to…
Unavailability of White City Stadium affects schools athletics
Sports Reporter THE unavailability of White City Stadium is affecting schools’ athletics programmes with the Bulawayo Metropolitan Province’s National Association for Primary School Heads itching to use the refurbished facility.
Blast close to venue of Nigerian president’s rally
KANO — A blast ripped through a car park outside a stadium minutes after Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan had addressed a re-election campaign rally there yesterday, witnesses said.
183 Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death
CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced 183 supporters of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood to death yesterday on charges of killing police officers, part of a sustained crackdown by authorities on…
Lesotho PM’s guards shot, bystander killed
MASERU — Two bodyguards tasked with protecting Lesotho’s Prime Minister Tom Thabane were shot and wounded on Sunday and a bystander killed in the crossfire, five months after a failed…
Patriots beat Seahawks in dramatic Super Bowl
The New England Patriots overcame the “deflate-gate’ row to beat the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 in the Super Bowl. The Patriots are being investigated over allegations they under-inflated balls in beating…