Listen to AU, Zuma tells UN

UNITED NATIONS – South Africa has wasted no time in its first weeks as president of the United Nations Security Council, with President Jacob Zuma taking the UN to task for ignoring the African Union and moving ahead with military intervention in Libya last year.

Malema calls for leadership change

JOHANNESBURG – Embattled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has called for leadership change in the ruling party, newspapers reported yesterday.
He urged African National Congress members to “reclaim” the party during its elective conference in Mangaung in December,

Ban Ki-moon marks year of the dragon

UNITED NATIONS. – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon displayed one of his Chinese calligraphy work last week at an

Nigerian unions suspend strike for two days

ABUJA – Nigerian unions announced yesterday that a national strike over fuel prices that has paralysed the country for five days

Israel, Palestinians to hold further talks

JERUSALEM – Israelis and Palestinians will hold their third round of face-to-face meetings this year on Saturday in what

Ghetto Blast: Fees, poverty: Birds of a feather

Rosenthal Mutakati
Do you know poverty? Well, if you want to see it in its rightful colours, visit someone who has just dispatched children to school.

Ruwa water crisis will soon be history

Isdore Guvamombe
In Ruwa on the outskirts of Harare, it is has become a permanent feature for residents to wake up at 2am to queue for water at shallow and deep wells, throughout the year.

Cosafa salutes Dube

Robson Sharuko Senior Sports Editor
CUTHBERT DUBE’S week in glorious sunshine came to a fitting close yesterday with Cosafa saluting him for his historic appointment onto the Fifa organising committee for the 2013 Confederations Cup.

Another gem unearthed at Florida

Collin Matiza Sports Editor
FOLLOWING the departure of Ngonidzashe Makusha from Florida State University at the end of last year, the American

King Yaya: 2012 will be our year

JOHANNESBURG – African Footballer of the Year Yaya Toure says the time has come for 2012 African Cup of Nations soccer

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