More than 40 killed at Afghan mosque

KABUL — A suicide bomber killed more than 40 people, including five children, when he struck at a mosque in northern Afghanistan after Eid al-Adha  prayers  yesterday, officials said. It was the worst death toll in a single attack in Afghanistan since 80 died on December 6 last year in a suicide blast

Africa posts impressive growth in freight, logistics industry

NAIROBI — Africa continues to outperform its peers, posting impressive growth statistics in the recent cargo market analysis for the third quarter.
A report by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) released in Nairobi yesterday revealed that African airlines transporting freight in the

Thai drug arrest — Mozambique to ask for clemency

MAPUTO — Mozambique will ask Thailand to consider clemency for a woman who faces the death sentence after she was caught with 6kg of methamphetamine at Phuket International Airport, an official said yesterday. Monica Ferreira Novela (30), has yet to stand trial after she was

Berlusconi jailed four years for tax fraud

ROME — Italy’s former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to four years in prison for tax fraud connected to his Mediaset empire yesterday, and was banned from holding public office for three years by a Milan court. The sentence, which he is considered certain to stave off by appealing

ANCYL slams Cyril Ramaphosa

JOHANNESBURG — Businessman Cyril Ramaphosa has “delivered more than 40 people to their death” and “has the blood of Marikana workers on his hands”.This is according to the ANC Youth League, which has launched a damning attack on Ramaphosa about his alleged e-mails on the Lonmin

Thokozani Khupe Cancer foundation launched

Health Reporter
Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has launched her cancer foundation

Man to hang for murder of Chiredzi CIO boss

George Maponga Masvingo Bureau
A 34-year-old man who shot and killed the Chiredzi Central Intelligence

Vumba Half marathon full of adventure and fun

Augustine Hwata Sports Reporter
IMAGINE a road race that allows the athletes to stop and take a gaze at the wild animals or tee off on the golf course before reaching the finishing line? Well, if you fancy a race that is filled with adventure and fun, then Leopard Rock Hotel is the place to be for the second running of the Vumba

Maguwu’s property seizure unlawful: Court

Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
State security agents acted unlawfully when they searched and subsequently seized property from human rights activist, Mr Farai Maguwu, at the Harare International Airport last year, the High Court has ruled. Members of the Central Intelligence Organisation on September 11 confiscated Mr

Magweto: Hurungwe’s sacred mystery mountain

Isdore Guvamombe Features Editor
EVERY October and the darkest night, Magweto Mountain, roars, rumbles and shakes its neighbourhood like an earthquake. Homes in the not so distant villages shake and windows rattle and when that happens, village elders kneel down behind doors in their various homes and clap,

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