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New Delhi – An Indian teenager accidentally shot himself in the head with his father’s gun while trying to take a “selfie” photograph, police said yesterday, the latest in a…
Survivor rescued 13 days after Ecuador quake
Quito – Crews have rescued a 72-year-old survivor of Ecuador’s deadly earthquake almost two weeks after it struck the South American country, Venezuela announced on Saturday.
Aleppo onslaught continues as US demands end to strikes
The Syrian government has launched fresh air strikes across Aleppo as part of its ongoing offensive against rebel groups in the historic city, as US Secretary of State John Kerry…
Made opens up on CSC…Dismisses failure accusations
Pamela Shumba Senior Reporter— AGRICULTURE, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made has dismissed reports that the Cold Storage Company (CSC) was failing to take off due to lack of dialogue…
RBZ works on collateral registry
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE will soon operationalise a Collateral Registry to allow borrowers with movable property to prove their credit worthiness to potential lenders. This is in line with international…
NSSA gets nod to operationalise bank
Bianca Mlilo Business Reporter THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has granted the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) the greenlight to operationalise its new banking unit, the National Building Society. In a notice…
Roads upgrade begins
Bianca Mlilo Business Reporter The government has embarked on a major upgrade of roads across the country as it moves to spruce the transport infrastructure, which has suffered years of neglect. Transport…
Kenya burns world’s biggest stockpile of ivory
UHURU Kenyatta, Kenya’s President, set fire to what has been described as “the world’s largest stockpile of ivory and rhino horn”, a symbolic act to show Kenya’s stance on wildlife…
President to sign into law Banking Amendment Bill
Harare Bureau President Robert Mugabe is expected to sign into law the Banking Amendment Bill which will strengthen corporate governance in the financial services sector. In an update on the status…
Hwange requests ZPC to back its $7,5m loan application
Golden Sibanda Harare Bureau HWANGE Colliery Company has requested Zimbabwe Power Company to back its application for a $7,5 million loan from Agribank meant to double coal production to about 300,000…