Know your author: Cheikh Anta Diop

Runoko Rashidi
“In practice it is possible to determine directly the skin colour and hence the ethnic affiliations of the ancient Egyptians by microscopic analysis in the laboratory; I doubt if the sagacity of the researchers

How the chosen ones revealed horrible secret

John Pilger
THE ferries that ply the river west of Sydney Harbour bear the names of Australia’s world champion sportswomen. They include the Olympic swimming gold-medallists Dawn Fraser and Shane Gould,

Youth should consider No Vote

Innocent Katsande
In recent deliberations and engagements youths have met with Copac leadership to try and remind them of the obvious facts that youths are an important group that must be clearly identified in the

Communion with heroes

Tichaona Zindoga
“During the war, when a comrade was seriously wounded or dying, we promised them that we would continue with the struggle and come to take them home.” This is not just the message in the popular

Salute Our Supermen

From Collin Matiza in LONDON
MAGICAL.
Absolutely magical!
This is exactly what two top Zimbabwean long-distance runners, Cuthbert Nyasango and Wirimai Juwawo, produced when they brilliantly fought their way to finish in the Top 20 of the tough men’s marathon event during the last day of the 2012 London Olympic Games here yesterday.

Relief aides still at work in Iran

TEHRAN. — Iran said the rescue and relief operations in the quake-hit areas in the country’s north-western province of East Azarbaijan had ended, but massive operations were underway to meet the

‘Dinner with Mugabe’ author commits suicide

By Foreign Editor
WRITER and freelance journalist Heidi Holland, who rose to fame with her 2008 controversial biography of President Mugabe, “Dinner with Mugabe” has died. She was 64. Holland’s body was found  Saturday in

Editorial Comment: We must know our heroes

In a democracy, allowing people to freely interrogate pertinent and now controversial issues such as the heroes and heroines of our liberation struggle is not only healthy, but it also gives the young

Government reverses renaming of streets

Municipal Reporter
GOVERNMENT has reversed the renaming of Enterprise Road after the late national hero and retired army general Cde Solomon Mujuru

Community service for setting lover’s property alight

Court Reporter
A SEKE man who set alight his girlfriend’s clothes valued at US$350 after accusing her of infidelity has been sentenced to 208 hours of community service. The man was also convicted of resisting arrest.

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