adminSA: Failure to povide textbooks a rights violation
JOHANNESBURG. — South Africa’s failure to provide textbooks to all of its public school students is a violation of their constitutional right to education, a High Court ruled yesterday. The case was brought on behalf of two schools in Limpopo province, where the national government has taken over education and other basic services that had been run into the ground.‘France favours equal ties’ with Africa’
PARIS. — France’s new foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, said yesterday that the Socialist-led government seeks relations with Africa on a footing of “equals to equals”, to break with past practice. “With Africa, we must have a partnership of equals to equals,” Fabius told journalists when questioned about the plans of new French President Francois Hollande to break with theOne gunned down in shootout
Chinhoyi BureauRANGERS at Marongora Field Station in Mashonaland West Province shot and killed a suspected Zambian national following heavy exchange of gunfire leading to the recovery of at least six elephant tusks in the Hurungwe Safari Area. Preliminary
New France premier’s name leaves Middle East red-faced
France’s new prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has triggered confusion and embarrassment in Arabic-speaking countries — because his surname sounds like their word for “penis”. Newsreaders in Arab nations have swiftly come up with a host of strategies to avoid pronouncing his name correctly. In French, the name is correctly pronounced ‘Eye-ro’.
Dicing with death
John Manzongo
What started as a normal day for Dzinon Sibanda of Gwaivhi village in Chikombedzi ended with him almost knocking on heaven’s doors after he stepped on a landmine 14 years ago. Sibanda had gone to look for his lost cattle in a nearby forest
Zebras cause stir in Harare suburbs
Herald Reporters
TWO zebras — believed to be part of a family that escaped from Lion and Cheetah Park — caused a stir in Budiriro and Kuwadzana, Harare, yesterday morning. One of the zebras was found in Budiriro 3 and taken to Tichagarika Shopping Centre in
African Travel Association Congress begins in Vic Falls
Isdore Guvamombe in Victoria Falls
THE 37th edition of the Africa Travel Association Congress starts here today with organisers optimistic that the gathering will market Zimbabwe as a safe and attractive tourist destination. The congress, which is a precursor to the 2013 United Nations
Govt justifies new vehicle registration
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter
Government adopted the current vehicle registration system to enable law enforcement authorities to positively
DCC polls: Politburo decision hailed
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
ZANU-PF provinces have hailed a Politburo decision directing national political commissar Cde Webster Shamu to
Hwedza reign of terror ends
Fortious Nhambura Features Writer
AN elderly Maxwell Mhende was sitting quietly and warming his old body with a fire lit in his thatched kitchen when suddenly, he is startled by the news the whole village had waiting for. In a state of confusion Mhende shook his head twice, pinched