adminDeka water pipeline gets 25pc upgrade
Harare Bureau India’s Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) has completed 25 percent of the upgrade works on the Zimbabwe Power Company’s Deka Pipeline Water Project, a senior company official…
Go Beer loses property to former workers
Midlands Correspondent GO-BEER breweries properties went under the hammer last Tuesday after the opaque beer manufacturer failed to settle $40,879 in outstanding salaries for seven employees. The workers won a court…
Embrace ICTs, ZimTrade tells SMEs
Business Reporter SMALL to medium enterprises (SMEs) should embrace information and communication technologies if they are to effectively compete with their formal sector counterparts, ZimTrade has said. ICT is an umbrella…
Meat crisis looms in Botswana
FOLLOWING the reported incursion of a buffalo at Moreane Crush in Botswana’s Lotlhakane East, near Kanye, the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has banned the movement of cloven-hoofed animals and…
ANC top dogs working on ‘Zuma exit plan’ — report
Cape Town — Senior ANC leaders have begun working on a plan to remove President Jacob Zuma —but only after the local government elections, a Sunday newspaper reported. The officials have…
Zuma wishes Madikizela-Mandela well
Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma on Saturday wished ANC veteran Winnie Madikizela-Mandela a speedy recovery. A statement issued by the presidency said Madikizela-Mandela had been admitted to hospital, but was in…
Kenyatta celebrates ICC dropping charges
Nairobi — Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and five others who had been charged with crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court are holding a rally attended by thousands to…
Sadc rejects gays proposal
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc), under the chairmanship of President Ian Khama, has rejected a proposal by the European and Latin American countries to include gays, sex workers and…
Powerful Ecuador earthquake leaves 77 people dead
A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake has shaken Ecuador’s northwest Pacific coast, killing at least 77 people and spreading panic. The US Geological Survey said the shallow quake, the strongest in decades to…
Rwandan jailed for life for ‘inciting’ genocide
Kigali — A Rwandan court on Friday sentenced former politician Leon Mugesera to life in prison for inciting the 1994 genocide. Judge Antoine Muhima said Mugesera had taken part in “public…