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PRODUCTION of small grains is expected to double this year as most dry regions received adequate rains despite some areas being affected by floods, an expert has said.
PG shareholders approve another capital raise
Harare Bureau PG INDUSTRIES shareholders last Friday approved yet another capital raise coupled with a corporate restructure which is expected to turna round the fortunes of the firms which has…
Suspected robbers charged with vagrant’s murder
Senior Court Reporter TWO suspected robbers appeared in court on Friday charged with the murder of a vagrant who tried to effect a citizen’s arrest on them as they fled…
Rapist asks for cigarette in court
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent An Esigodini man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter. Luke Ndlovu of Chief Sigola’s area who at one…
Malaysia under fresh fire over missing plane
Beijing — China spearheaded fresh criticism yesterday of Malaysia’s handling of a missing airliner drama, saying it “squandered” precious time and resources by releasing dramatic information on the plane’s fate…
Pregnant woman dies in prayer
Angeline Mpofu Chronicle Reporter AN eight-month pregnant woman from Old Pumula in Bulawayo reportedly died during a private prayer session with a self-proclaimed prophet in her bedroom.
Gunmen kill 100 in central Nigeria
Kaduna — Gunmen killed more than 100 people in an attack on three villages in central Nigeria, an area where longstanding disputes over land, religion and ethnicity often erupt into…
I don’t consult anyone, says lands officer
Leonard Ncube Senior Court Reporter HWANGE District lands officer Misheck Marandu, who was summoned to explain a land dispute between a businessman and A1 resettled farmers in Woodlands Farm has…
Crimeans vote in breakaway referendum
Ukraine’s southern Crimea region have started voting in a referendum aimed at deciding whether the peninsula leaves Ukraine and becomes part of Russia.
‘I felt donkey’s pain’
Midlands Correspondent A FIREWOOD vendor in Gweru woke up on Wednesday morning to find his donkey’s hind legs nearly chopped off with a weapon believed to be a machete by…