admin1 dies, 4 injured in Beitbridge crash
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau One person died, while four others were injured when a South Africa-bound cross border bus side-swiped with a truck last Friday at the 238km-peg along the Masvingo-Beitbridge…
Wife gives hubby poison-laced food
Prosper Dembedza Court Reporter A Harare man claimed he survived miraculously after his wife served him with food laced with poison on three different occasions. Gideon Nenguwo told a Harare Civil Court…
CSC poised for rebound
Munyaradzi Musiiwa Midlands Correspondent THE Cold Storage Company (CSC), once the country’s leading meat processor, is on the verge of striking a $90 million deal with undisclosed foreign investors, which will…
Housing stands scam sucks in lawyers
From George Maponga in Masvingo Two prominent Masvingo lawyers have been sucked in a fake housing stands scam, after they allegedly certified copies of forged documents that were used by…
New deal to combat trade in illegal timber
TORONTO. — Forest protection agencies in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Mozambique and Madagascar will step up joint efforts to combat the rapidly expanding trade in illegal timber under a new deal. The…
Sudan, US to hold sanctions talks
KHARTOUM. — Sudan’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour said Tuesday that he is expecting to meet US State Secretary John Kerry later in New York on lifting US sanctions on Sudan…
‘The Great Escape’
MOSCOW. — Two 5-year-old Russian boys staged their own version of “The Great Escape” from a kindergarten in the Urals, using spades to dig a tunnel. Then, like Steve McQueen…
Queen Elizabeth: Britain’s longest-reigning monarch
LONDON. — The Queen has thanked well-wishers at home and overseas for their “touching messages of kindness” as she becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch. Speaking in the Scottish Borders, the 89-year-old monarch…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Govt’s global re-engagement efforts noble
THE International Monetary Fund has commended Zimbabwe for moving forward with reform programmes to reignite the economy and the commitment to re-engage with multi-lateral financial institutions. The process to re-establish ties…
Al-Shabaab claims holding Uganda soldiers hostage
MOGADISHU. — Somalia’s Islamist Shebab insurgents claimed yesterday to be holding Ugandan troops hostage after an attack last week, although Kampala has said all its troops are accounted for. “The soldiers…