adminDlamini-Zuma an African civil servant
Tichaona Zindoga
As the dust settles on the election of South African Nkosazana Dhlamini-Zuma as AU Commission chair, there are serious questions that should be asked of the top woman. Although much has been
Media houses: No place for laggards
Knowledge Mushohwe
THE newspaper industry has had a lasting legacy on society. When the radio was invented, many thought newspapers would be eventually elbowed out, but they survived. Television, incorporating
High hopes for Africa-China Co-operation meeting
Yang Jiechi
The fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (Focac) will be held in Beijing from July 19 to 20. It is yet another major event in the friendly relations and co-operation
Time to stand up to global aggressors
Tendai Moyo
As the developing world grapples with a motley of challenges including unrelenting intrusion into their internal matters, frustration of their self-determination efforts, unsanctioned military invasions and
Women protest against loitering arrests
Wenceslaus Murape Senior Reporter
HUNDREDS of women yesterday protested against arrests by the police on charges of loitering.
The women were from various organisations including Msasa Projest, Women’s Action Group and
Man produces US$9 payslip
Court Reporter
A TEACHER who sired twins with a city vendor produced a pay slip bearing US$9 net earnings at the civil court, saying the bulk of his salary goes to loan repayments. Farisai Mbawa, who was carrying both
Zimbabwe: A terrible beauty
Sekai Nzenza
When I lived in the Diaspora I avoided conversations about Zimbabwe. I did not want to say that I came from that African country in Southern Africa. Standing among white people, sipping wine slowly
Russia supports Annan’s mediation efforts on Syria
MOSCOW — Russia will try its best to support UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan’s mediation efforts to solve the Syrian crisis, President Vladimir Putin said yesterday.Israeli newest coalition partner mulls pullout
JERUSALEM — Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, the leader of the centrist Kadima party, could bolt Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition due to sharp disagreement over legislationBoy (10) killed in Nigeria LAGOS
LAGOS — A 10-year-old boy was on Tuesday killed when an assailant fired a heavy weapon at an Islamic school in the central Nigerian city of Jos, an area plagued by sectarian violence, officials and residents said.