admin$1,7bn required for agric season
Elita Chikwati Agriculture Reporter— Zimbabwe requires at least $1,7 billion to fund crop and livestock production during the 2015-6 summer cropping season, Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has said. This…
3 000 teachers struck off payroll
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter— At least 3 000 teachers have been struck off the payroll and did not receive their July salaries because they were not present at their work stations…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Lessons from Glen View complex fire
The destruction of informal traders’ wares mainly household furniture in Glen View 8, Harare in an inferno has become an annual tragedy and this calls for a holistic approach to…
MaNtuli denies ‘plot’ to poison Zuma
JOHANNESBURG. — Estranged First Lady Nompumelelo Ntuli-Zuma has denied any involvement in or knowledge of an attempt to poison South African President Jacob Zuma. Her lawyers responded to reports in City…
Sadc asks China for TV news channel
BEIJING. — China Central Television should open an English-language news channel in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region to tell China and the world the good story of the…
Nkrunziza’s top aide assassinated
BUJUMBURA. — Gunmen wearing military uniforms shot dead a former Burundian security chief who was a close ally of President Pierre Nkurunziza, the presidency and witnesses said, heightening tensions after…
India to be world’s most populous country
NEW YORK. — India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country around 2022, several years earlier than previously predicted, according to a United Nations report released last Wednesday. The…
Tuku mesmerises Nyanga
Godwin Muzari in NYANGA— It was a full house and Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi had a full package for everyone. The Superstar, as Tuku is affectionately known, gave a sterling performance in…
Wilmar to inject $30m into Olivine
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter—- Surface Wilmar Private Limited will inject about $30 million into Olivine Industries as capital to improve capacity utilisation and resuscitate contract farming for raw material supply. Surface Wilmar…
Bosso break jinx
Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter—- Dynamos ……………… (0) Highlanders…………. (0) 1 HIGHLANDERS coach Bongani Mafu says the Bulawayo giants were relieved to post a rare win over bitter rivals Dynamos in the…