adminOil prices, falling rand weaken economy
Business Editor FLUCTUATING global oil prices and the weakening South African rand against the United States dollar continue to exert pressure on Zimbabwe’s economy with deflation set to remain given…
Morsi accused of leaking secrets
CAIRO — Egypt’s state prosecutor is investigating allegations that ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi leaked secret documents to Qatar via the Doha-based Al-Jazeera broadcaster, according to judicial officials.
Nampak to invest $10m in Zimbabwe business
NAMPAK, Africa’s biggest packing firm, will invest $10 million in the next 12 months to expand its Zimbabwean business after consolidating the operations under one company, the local chief executive…
‘Assad no ally in fight against Islamic State’
PARIS — French President Francois Hollande said yesterday opposition forces fighting Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq should get more Western support but ruled out seeing Syrian President Bashar…
Thabiso Youth Centre takes up Makokoba’s anti-drug fight
Lungelo Ndhlovu Idleness is forcing youths in Bulawayo’s oldest suburb of Makokoba to turn to alcohol and substance abuse. A cough mixture, Broncleer or Ngoma, in street lingo, is no…
Button may be forced to quit F1
Jenson Button could be forced to retire from Formula One at the end of the season. Now in his fifth year with McLaren, and his 15th year overall in F1,…
60 killed in communal battle
FIGHTING between Fulani herdsmen and farmers from the Eggon ethnic group has left at least 60 people dead in central Nigeria, mostly from machete cuts, police said yesterday.
EBOLA SCARE AT UBH -Zambia truck driver sparks panic -Minister announces taskforce
Auxilia Katongomara/Sifundiso Ndlovu Chronicle Reporters— PANIC spread through a major Bulawayo hospital after a cross-border truck driver with symptoms of the deadly Ebola fever was admitted on Tuesday. The 52-year-old driver, thought…
‘Obert Mpofu must explain $600k payment’
Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau— The High Court ruled yesterday that former Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu must explain himself for authorising payment of $600,000 as legal fees to a…
Jabulani Sibanda targets Zanu-PF chairmanship
Nduduzo Tshuma Senior Political Reporter— WAR veterans’ leader Cde Jabulani Sibanda has hinted that he is eyeing the Zanu-PF national chairmanship but was quick to add that the decision would…