adminMining rights, titles registration to go digital
Golden Sibanda Harare Bureau THE government will soon put to tender the computerisation of the country’s register of mining rights and titles to improve administration and avoid double title allocations.
Over one million flee South Sudan conflict: UN
Juba— Over a million people in South Sudan have been forced from their homes during more than three months of ongoing fighting, with conditions continuing to worsen, the UN has…
Climate change ‘complicates’ global security
Climate change will complicate and worsen existing global security problems, such as civil wars, strife between nations and refugees, the world’s top scientists say.
Free flights for retired SA MPs proposed
Johannesburg — Retired MPs could get up to 24 free flights a year for 10 years, according to a proposal currently before Parliament, the Sunday Times reports.
Ebola scare forces Senegal to close borders
Conakry — Guinea raced on Saturday to contain a deadly Ebola epidemic spreading from its southern forests to the capital Conakry, as neighbouring Senegal closed its border.
China seizes $14.5bn of ex-official assets
Chinese authorities have seized assets worth at least $14.5bn from family members and associates of retired domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang, who is at the centre of China’s biggest corruption…
Black box detector joins jet search
Perth — A warship with an aircraft black box detector left for Australia yesterday to join the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner, a day after ships plucked objects from…
Men encouraged to test for breast cancer
Johannesburg — North West premier Thandi Modise has appealed to men to do annual screening and testing for breast cancer. “Though male breast cancer is rare, men can develop the…
No more free inputs: minister
George Maponga Masvingo Bureau COMMUNAL and small-scale farmers will not get free inputs this year and must mobilise their own resources, Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Deputy Minister Davis Marapira…
Livestock farmers take on fence vandals
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent LIVESTOCK farmers have called on the courts to pass stiffer sentences on people who vandalise fences along the country’s highways saying the offence has resulted in…