adminNicozDiamond to earn $6m from housing project
Short-term insurer NicozDiamond has completed 20 units under the first phase of its Hatfield Diamond Villa project, an official has said. Chief executive officer Grace Muradzikwa said houses were complete and…
Virginia tobacco exports rake in over $200 million
Business Reporter Virginia tobacco exports have so far earned the country $211,9 million with China remaining the leading exporter after buying 19,3 million kg worth $166,7 million at $8,63 per…
Cellphones in schools, the grand debate
Christopher Farai Charamba Correspondent The Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora has recently defended the decision to allow cellphones in schools, and rightly so. One however, cannot ignore the…
Mexico cops arrest ‘hit boy’ (13) armed with AK-47, pistol
Monterrey. — Mexican police arrested a 13-year-old boy who was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol, weapon cartridges and marijuana, a prosecutor said on Sunday.
Diamond firms agreeable to merger
Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter ALL seven diamond mining firms in Zimbabwe are agreeable to a merger into one giant company, where they will share 50 percent shareholding among themselves with…
Jealous ex-lover sleeps on doorstep to deter rival suitors
Prosper Dembedza Court Reporter A woman yesterday told the Harare Civil Court that her ex-lover was in the habit of sleeping at her doorstep every night to prevent her boyfriends…
‘Nigeria ready for free, fair, credible elections’
Abuja. — The head of Nigeria’s electoral body said yesterday it was ready to conduct presidential and parliamentary elections in less than two weeks’ time, after the vote was delayed…
Nzuwa allays salary cut fears
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter Government will not reduce salaries for civil servants as doing so is a violation of the country’s Constitution, Civil Service Commission chairperson Dr Mariyawanda Nzuwa has…
Candidates file nomination papers
FOUR candidates aspiring to represent Hwedza North Constituency in the National Assembly, yesterday filed their nomination papers at Marondera magistrates’ courts ahead of the by-election slated for May 15.
Paraffin’s legacy lives on
Tawanda Marwizi Arts Correspondent When Paraffin and his wife Mai Sorobhi visit a dentist for treatment of the latter’s toothache, there is real drama. Mai Sorobhi is in pain and…