adminIvorians aim to banish ‘chokers’ tag
CÔTE D’IVOIRE have a better balance between work horses and match winners allied with a steely determination to end a long drought in the African Nations Cup, coach Herve Renard…
Ebola vaccine: safe, but yet to prove potency
LONDON — A vaccine against the Ebola virus about to be tested on 30,000 people in West Africa is safe, but has yet to prove its efficacy. It sailed through…
Witness takes the stand in Strauss-Kahn ‘vice ring’ trial
LILLE (France) — Lurid details of lunchtime group parties emerged yesterday as an former sex worker nicknamed “Jade” took the stand in a French trial over a high-end vice ring…
Zim has got talent…Meet scriptwriter behind Generations
Brenda Phiri Harare Bureau The name Obey Machipisi might not ring a bell in the minds of Zimbabweans, but it resonates like a hurricane within the South African arts industry.…
Insurance industry agrees on backdated pay rise
THE insurance industry has agreed to award employees a 2.5 percent salary increase, which will see the lowest paid employee earning $560 up from $546. In a Statutory Instrument published…
15 survive head-on collision
Nokusa Masuku Chronicle Reporter FIFTEEN people narrowly escaped death when two commuter omnibuses collided in Bulawayo’s Southwold suburb along Plumtree Road last night. Three ambulances ferried more than a dozen…
Caps coach permit application not on immigration records
Sikhumbuzo Moyo Senior Sports Reporter The Department of Immigration said yesterday that that they had not seen Caps coach, Mark Harrison’s application for a work permit. This is in sharp…
Police lobby for longer sentences as rape cases increase
Midlands Correspondent POLICE said they were lobbying for a minimum of 40 years imprisonment for rape in the wake of increasing cases, most of which involve minors. Speaking during a…
Visa breach Petra head in court
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter THE newly-appointed headmistress of Petra High School in Bulawayo was on Monday dragged to court for allegedly violating conditions of her residence permit.
Tetrad in mire
Senior Business Reporter TETRAD Investment Bank has been placed under provisional judicial management of Winsley Militala of Petwin Executor and Trust Company (Pvt) Ltd. This follows an application by the…