Payment of acting allowance

At the workplace Wenceslaus Murape
Many workers have been at loggerheads with employers when it comes to the payment of acting allowances for positions they may hold temporarily. This has in some cases resulted in protracted

Editorial Comment: Egyptian president-elect Mursi deserves a chance

CLOSE to one and a half years after the popular uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak last year, Egypt has a new leader, president-elect Mohamed Mursi of the Muslim Brotherhood, who was elected by the people of Egypt through a democratic process.

Death toll in Nigerian gun battles hits 18

KANO — The death toll from gun battles between militants and police in northern Nigeria, wracked by Islamist and ethnic violence, rose to 18 yesterday, police said. Gunmen attacked five police posts and a

Mursi starts work, army dealt a blow

CAIRO — Egypt’s president-elect Mohamed Mursi pushed ahead yesterday with selecting a government, after a court delivered a blow to the ruling military by suspending its powers to arrest civilians. Egypt’s

42 immigrants suffocate to death

DAR ES SALAAM — Tanzanian police yesterday were questioning 74 migrants who survived suffocation in a truck where 42 fellow travellers perished, Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said. “Police and immigration officials are questioning the survivors to establish their identity including names and

Cop murder case: Defence cross examines State witnesses

Court Reporter
THE trial of 29 MDC-T activists accused of murdering police Inspector Petros Mutedza continued yesterday with the defence cross-examining the three State witnesses on the inspection in loco.

Offer letter extinguishes farmer’s exhumation bid

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
GOVERNMENT has granted the widow of liberation war hero Captain Eleck Matotoba an offer letter for Ndiri Farm in Mazowe. This has put to rest the exhumation application that had been filed at the High

‘Court can’t run my marital affairs’

Court Reporter
A HARARE woman has approached the civil court seeking a protection order against her jealousy husband she accused of stopping her from going to work. Lynette Makavanga obtained the relief she

Marriage officer gets bail pending appeal

Court Reporter
SENIOR provincial marriage officer in the Registrar General’’s Office, Gordon Tsuro, who was jailed for an effective 18 months for brutally attacking his wife accusing her of infidelity, has been granted bail

Libya denies beating up ex-premier

TRIPOLI — Libyan medics and officials on Tuesday denied claims by the lawyer of Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, Muammar Gaddafi’s last premier, that he was beaten and hospitalised after his extradition from neighbouring Tunisia.

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