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UNITED NATIONS — Russia and China yesterday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would impose sanctions against Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad if he does not end the use of heavy weapons.
Beijing eyes deeper Sino-Africa linkages
CAPE TOWN — South African researchers said China is looking at Africa in a new way and pondering how it can help ameliorate economic headwinds with its African partners at a conference in Beijing.
The Fifth Ministerial Meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation, which opened in the Chinese
Why Africa can’t afford to sleep
Prof Mugunda wa Ngidi
BEING the custodians of vast untapped African natural resources ranging from minerals such as gold to diamonds and uranium, African leaders can befriend the United States of America at their own
Lessons from Nkosazana-Zuma
Gender Forum with Ruth Butaumocho
Southern Africa broke into wild celebrations on Sunday when news that South African politician Dlamini Nkosazana-Zuma had been elected the first female chairperson of the hotly contested African Union
Robbers run down Gary Thompson
Court ReporterHARARE businessman Gary Thompson was hit by a car belonging to three suspected robbers while trying to apprehend them for stealing a bag containing an I-Pad and some cash at a coffee shop in
Mahendere sentence set for month end
Court ReporterGospel musician Amos Mahendere yesterday said the kombi driver who made allegations of assault against him did so to tarnish his image as a celebrity. Mahendere (36) was speaking when he appeared
Ex-Dynamos official loses company to wife
Senior Court ReporterA HARARE lawyer who allegedly took advantage of her husband’s illness and appointed a director in a company they co-owned without his consent on Wednesday appeared in court charged with fraud.
Tanyanyiwa implicates late director
Senior Court ReporterFORMER Chitungwiza town clerk Godfrey Tanyanyiwa, accused of defrauding council of US$700 000, has said one of the charges must be dropped because only the late council financial director Mr Joshua Munyepa was privy to its details.
Murder trial stalls as suspect is hospitalised
Senior Court ReporterTHE High Court yesterday ordered the transfer of Nyamadzawo Gapare, one of the 29 suspects accused of killing a police inspector, from the prison hospital to Avenues Clinic in Harare for private treatment.
Court reserves judgment on Cabinet case
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court ReporterTHE Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment in the case in which a civil society activist is seeking to compel President Mugabe and the Prime Minister to reduce the number of Cabinet ministers from 41 to 31.