SA miners charged with colleagues’ murder

JOHANNESBURG — The 270 miners arrested during violent strikes at South Africa’s Lonmin mine in Marikana, near Johannesburg were on Thursday charged with the murder of their 34 colleagues who were shot dead by police.

Rights commissioner Neseni dies

Herald Reporter
ZIMBABWE Human Rights Commissioner, Nomathemba Neseni has died. Comm Neseni died on Thursday after a short illness at the Avenues Clinic. In his condolonce message, Acting Secretary for

Romney vows to rescue US economy

TAMPA — Mitt Romney vowed to rescue the US economy and create jobs as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday at the climax of a convention that sought to humanise the candidate.

SA against military solution to Syrian row

UNITED NATIONS — South Africa on Thursday reiterated that the Syrian crisis cannot be solved by military means, warning that the collapse of Syria will adversely affect stability in the Middle East. The statement

Nam: Voice of countries in crisis

TEHRAN — “The preservation of peace . . . It is in the pursuit of this policy that we have chosen the path of non-alinement [non-alignment] in any military or like pact of alliance.” Jawaharlal Nehru,

‘Israel a bridge for Africa to Asia’

What is the relationship between Zimbabwe and Israel? Why is the Middle East witnessing increasing turbulence? Will Israel militarily attack Iran or will Iran attack Israel first? Our Group Foreign Editor Tendai Hildegarde Manzvanzvike (TM) recently discussed these issues and more with Israel’s

Parenting: It’s no stroll in the park

Ghetto Blast Rosenthal Mutakati
WITH beads of sweat almost streaming into the stewpot, an old lady donning sunbaked apparel and a tattered homemade apron called all her children for lunch, but no one responded. “Tafi, Tafi,

People’s views must reign supreme

Yesterday we carried a story in which Parliamentary Select Committee co-chair Cde Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana (Zanu-PF) publicly admitted that Copac had deviated from the views of the people even where the people had made clear submissions.

Make a difference: Never too late to change our lives

Egpha Jokomo
Last Saturday the 25th of August was a special day for me as I celebrated my 40 something birthday. A friend called me in the morning to wish me happy birthday. Like a good friend he is, he took the

22 Zimpapers employees retire

Herald Reporter
TWENTY-TWO Zimpapers employees yesterday retired from the company and received long service certificates after serving for more than 30 years each. The employees from Natprint were also given a

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