adminBank ready to fund city water projects
Municipal Reporter
THE Development Bank of Southern Africa is committed to funding Harare’s water demand
Palestinian aids Israeli soldier left behind in raid
JERUSALEM – An Israeli soldier stranded after a raid in occupied territory was escorted to safety by a Palestinian man in the same village the troops had targeted, witnesses and media reports said. The Israeli military said yesterday a batallion commander had been suspended from duties for the soldier having been abandoned on enemy turf in the raid this week, an
Italy’s Monti suffers first defeat in parliament
ROME – Italy’s technocrat government has suffered its first major defeat in parliament in a vote that revealed the strains and discontent in the political alliance sustaining Prime Minister Mario Monti as he combats a major economic crisis. The chamber of deputies on Thursday night voted 264 to 211 to pass a legal amendment which will make it possible to bring
ANC calls urgent meeting over Mandla Mandela
Johannesburg – The ANC in the Eastern Cape has called for an urgent meeting with the Mandela family to discuss Mandla Mandela’s personal life, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The high-profile delegation, which will be led by ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe, wanted to meet elders of the Mandela family to prevent the Mandela name from suffering any more
Mass demos called as anger rages in Egypt
Cairo – Egyptian activists called for mass protests in Cairo yesterday to demand the ouster of the ruling military council, target of raging anger over the deaths of 74 people in football-related violence. Demonstrators were to stage marches from mosques across Cairo after noon prayers towards parliament, 28 pro-democracy groups said in a statement on the Internet.
Live-in girlfriend charged for chief’s murder
From Ray Bande in MUTARE
A CHIPINGE chief’s live-in girlfriend last week reportedly fatally struck him with a machete, accusing him of infidelity. Chief Mpungu of Chisumbanje was buried last Wednesday after succumbing to injuries sustained in the attack by Sarah Mtisi Mandlazi.
The girlfriend has since been arrested on murder charges and is assisting police with investigations.
Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Inspector Leonard Chabata confirmed the incident.
He, however, refused to shed more light on the matter.
Reports indicate that the 61-year-old chief sustained a deep cut on the forehead and needed 13 stitches.
Zim, Iran to strengthen relations
Farirai Machivenyika Herald Reporter
TWO visiting Iranian high-ranking officials have pledged to strengthen ties between their country and Zimbabwe. Iranian Vice President responsible for Management and Human Capital Development Dr Lotfollah Forouzandeh Dehkurdi yesterday paid a courtesy call on Vice President John Nkomo at his Munhumutapa Offices.
He said Iran will assist Zimbabwe in human resources management through scholarships.
He was accompanied by Iran’s Acting vice president for international affairs Mr Behzad Sheikh and Iran’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mohammad Pournajaf.
Speaking in an interview through Ambassador Pournajaf
Pathologists differ on Mujuru
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter
GENERAL Solomon Mujuru was alive when fire gutted his farmhouse and might have died from inhaling carbon monoxide, a local pathologist said yesterday. However, a South African pathologist hired by the Mujuru family said the autopsy was not adequately and professionally done.
The 36th witness in the inquest, Dr Gabriel Aguero-Gonzalez, who is part of the Cuban doctors’ brigade who spoke in Spanish with Mr Lovemore Gwata interpreting, said the presence of carbon monoxide in Gen Mujuru’s trachea showed that he inhaled the gas while he was still alive.
The pathologist, who has 29 years experience, concluded that Gen Mujuru died due to open fire whose origins were
14 kids, single mum and on welfare
Squeezed into a four-bedroom council house in Guernsey lives a woman branded the UK’s most prolific single mother.
Joanne Watson (40) has 14 children, ranging in age from three to 22 and survives largely on state benefits after the breakdown of her marriage in 2010. Once celebrated in endless articles in the Press for her clan of immaculately turned-out
Joys of motherhood!
Isdore Guvamombe recently in Chimanimani
WITH twice as many dirty nappies and double the number of feeds, it is easy for mothers of twins to envy those who just have one baby to bring up at a time. In Chimanimani, right at the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique is a farm compound,