adminNigerian claimants collect first Pfizer suit payout
KANO.
The parents of four Nigerian children who died during a 1996 meningitis outbreak in a case involving accusations of wrongful
UK considers deploying army
LONDON.
British Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled yesterday new measures to end the country’s worst riots in decades, and
UK riots: The people have spoken
By Abayomi Azikiwe
AS the global financial markets plunge due to the results of capitalist overproduction which has created the worse economic
The Cairo to London roller coaster
EGYPT that great land of Pharaohs has always scored firsts. It is the cradle of civilisation which the European of gone days
Senior magistrate Nyamupingidza dies
Court Reporter
A SENIOR magistrate at Chitungwiza Court Miss Yeukai Nyamupingidza has died. She was 28. She died yesterday morning after
Teen mom fatally assaults step daugther (2)
Court Reporter
A 19-YEAR-OLD Harare woman fatally assaulted her two-year-old stepdaughter whom she accused of intentionally soiling her
Businessman forges qualifications, court told
Court Reporter
A Harare businessman has been arrested on allegations of forging educational qualifications that he used to secure business
President in Windhoek
From Robert Mukondiwa in WINDHOEK, Namibia
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived here yesterday to attend a
Salamao under fire over Zim utterances
Herald Reporter
SADC executive secretary Mr Tomaz Salamao has no right to determine policies for the regional bloc as he only serves as an employee of the organisation, Government officials have said.
This follows his recent media reports that President Jacob Zuma’s mediation role in Zimbabwe was not on the Sadc summit agenda set for Luanda, Angola, next week.
President Zuma, who is the Sadc appointed facilitator to the inter-party dialogue in Zimbabwe, is expected to assume the chairmanship of the Sadc Organ on Defence, Politics and Security Co-operation in Angola.
The facilitator reports to the organ on Zimbabwean issues.
Government last week indicated that the summit should consider the possibility of President Zuma playing the two
Row over Tekere’s estate
By Daniel Nemukuyu
TWO wills have emerged in the estate of the late nationalist Cde Edgar Tekere, with a woman claiming the bulk of his property was bequeathed to her 16-year-old daughter.
The girl – whose birth certificate confirms the late national hero was the father – produced a second will through her mother after another one that Dr Ibbo Mandaza, as the executor, had already filed at the High Court.
The will that was first filed at the High Court was dated 6 May 2011 and it granted Ms Pamela Tekere, the surviving spouse, control and use of all the property in the estate as well as taking half of the money in bank accounts.
The other half, according to that will, was bequeathed to the St Augustine’s Orphanage in Penhalonga.