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Rugby team hit with heavy sanctions over salary cap
London – English and European champions Saracens have been docked 35 points and fined over £5 million for breaching the Premiership Rugby salary cap over several seasons, Premiership Rugby announced…
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More Indian women farmers taking their lives as debt grows
Amravati (India) — More female farmers are committing suicide in the western Indian state of Maharashtra where a decades-long agrarian crisis has reportedly driven more than 30 000 farmers to…
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Zuma calls in sick for state capture inquiry
Former president Jacob Zuma will no longer appear before the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture on Monday. In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, the commission said: “The Commission…
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King Zwelithini now has own cellphone network
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini launched his new cellular network Bayede Mobile in November. Bayede (which translates to “hail” in isiZulu) Mobile promises to provide affordable cellular services to South Africans…
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US tells UN it is pulling out of Paris climate deal
The Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations that it will withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the first formal step in a one-year process…
adminZACC closes in on 44 top officials
Daniel Nemukuyu Investigations and Special Reports Editor Forty-four serving and former Cabinet ministers, permanent secretaries, parastatal bosses and legislators are facing “imminent” arrest for corruption, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) chairperson…
Govt fires 77 striking doctors
Government is working to normalise the situation at public hospitals following the dismissal of 77 doctors who went on an illegal strike recently. This was disclosed by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa while addressing the media after yesterday’s Cabinet meeting.
Nearly 1 200 cattle succumb to drought
NEARLY1 200 cattle and 35 donkeys have succumbed to drought that has seen pastures dwindle and water sources dry up. Farmers now need to cut herds by selling unproductive cattle and use the proceeds to buy stockfeed for the remaining livestock. Statistics from the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) show that the southern parts of the country are the worst affected.
Expecting mothers bear brunt of strike
Expecting mothers from different suburbs in Harare are in dire straits following the withdrawal of labour by nurses on Monday.
President to launch Kilimanjaro Project
President Mnangagwa will this weekend officially launch the US$40 million Kilimanjaro sugar cane project in Chiredzi that will see Tongaat Hulett Zimbabwe opening over 3 000 hectares of virgin land into cane fields.