adminNRZ to miss projected targets
The National Railways of Zimbabwe will not meet freight movement targets it had projected this year due to depressed business opportunities, the public relations manager Mr Fanuel Masikati said yesterday.
New Dawn installs two new ball mills
Business Reporter
Mining house New Dawn has commissioned two new ball mills at its mines in the country, a move that will see it achieving a 50 percent increase in gold production next year.
Ranchers scoop prizes at Agri-Auctions
Chronicle Reporter
IT was pomp and fanfare at the Bulawayo Agri-Auctions last Friday as farmers from Matabeleland region battled it out to win this year’s fat stock show sale.
Clinton urges Myanmar to continue reforms
Hillary Clinton says the US is ready to further improve relations with Myanmar’s government, but only if it stays on the path of democratisation.
AU urges DRC candidates to accept poll outcome
KINSHASA — The African Union urged candidates in Democratic Republic of Congo’s elections on Wednesday to accept the outcome of this week’s polls, saying they were well managed despite technical problems and violence.
Islamist parties seen winners in Egypt election
CAIRO — Initial results of Egypt’s first free election in six decades emerged yesterday, with Islamist parties expecting to command a majority in parliament, hard on the heels of victories by their counterparts in Tunisia and Morocco.
Gbagbo’s ICC court appearance date set
AMSTERDAM — Former Cote d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the International Criminal Court next Monday, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002, officials said.
Bible leads reverend back to stolen car
Johannesburg — A King William’s Town reverend’s Bible led him back to his stolen car, according to a report yesterday.
LSE slammed over Gaddafi ties
An independent inquiry has condemned the London School of Economics (LSE) for its dealings with Libya under Muammar Gaddafi, concluding that the university should have exercised more caution before becoming involved with the slain leader’s regime.
Lebanese company awaits certification to sell diamonds
Lebanese firm Pure Diamonds has applied for permission from the Kimberley Process Certification System to export rough diamonds that it is extracting in the Marange area, a senior government official said on Wednesday.