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Cuban President Raul Castro called on the entire Cuban population to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus yesterday and ordered 9,000 army troops to help stave off…
Assange lawyers ask Swedish court to drop warrant
Stockholm – Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said yesterday they had asked a Stockholm court to lift a pan-European warrant for his arrest over a 2010 rape allegation. His lawyers…
Bomb threat at Jo’burg High Court
The Johannesburg High Court has been evacuated following a bomb threat. Convicted criminals Radovan Krejcir, Desai Luphondo, former East Rand organised crime Warrant Officers Samuel Modise Maropeng, Jan Lefu Mofokeng and…
Germany fears xenophobia taking hold
Berlin – Germany fears xenophobia is taking root in its former communist east, where Islamophobic movement Pegida was born and where two recent incidents involving anti-migrant mobs shocked the country. The…
Duty deal in pipeline for Byo firms
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter— THE government is open to discussions that can lead to Bulawayo industries being exempted from paying import duty on certain raw materials to promote the revival…
Troubled HCCL admits insolvency
Business Reporter HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) yesterday admitted being insolvent with a $69.1 million tax liability to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority worsening its plight. In a statement accompanying its re-published…
Diamond mining companies evicted ZCDC becomes wholly state-owned
THE government has told all diamond mining companies to immediately cease mining activities and vacate the mining concessions they were operating on. The development means there has been an instant restructuring…
Irrigation scheme improves villagers’ lives
Whinsley Masara Business Reporter AT a time when the country is pondering at the El Nino effect amid fears over food shortages, Pollards Irrigation Scheme has become an oasis of hope…
Grain prices go up
Bianca Mlilo Business Reporter TRADERS in Bulawayo have increased the price of maize and small grains by more than 50 percent citing increasing demand. A snap survey by Business Chronicle yesterday revealed…
Arda to establish pastures in Mat South
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent THE Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (Arda) plans to establish 2,000 hectares of pastures in Matabeleland South province that will be used as grazing land for livestock. Arda…