adminMore 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 blastThai 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 wasMagweto: Hurungwe’s sacred mystery mountain
Isdore Guvamombe Features EditorEVERY 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,
Zim: When succession takes the weirdest form
The bitch is in heat again and the world had better be warned! We have two strange stories, one in Thursday issue of the British Guardian, another in Wednesday issue of the New York Times. The two articles reveal the preoccupations of powers on either side of the Atlantic.
New York Times claims from “intelligence officials from several countries” that Iran in recent weeks has virtually completed an underground nuclear enrichment plant at some place called Fordo, which is near the holy city of Qum, which development, claims the paper, “puts Iran closer to being able to build a nuclear weapon, or come up to the edge, if its leaders ultimately decide to proceed”. The British Guardian report claims its government has rejected a US request to use British military bases in Cyprus as launch pads for military action against Iran.
Regime change not imaginary
Mukoko MukutaAfrica remains by far the most eyed continent for exploitation of its natural resources and hence the regime change agenda of the United States and its allies remains real and not imaginary. At the height of the interest in the natural resources is a military and bloodthirsty US fighting to outwit a tactically superior and
Inheritance of women should be outlawed
Ruth Butaumocho Gender ForumOn October 15, thousands of women in Zimbabwe and the civic society joined their counterparts across the world in commemorating the International Day of Rural Women.The day, which is celebrated in several countries in Africa and other regions, was established by the United Nations General Assembly in recognition of
Knowing the trivial at the expense of the useful
Reflections Isdore GuvamombeNo one’s mental snapshot can encapsulate the experience in the village, in the land of milk, honey and dust, or Guruve. The memories can only be ephemeral. There, the village elders with cotton tuft heads have mastered the art of listening and chewing the cud of stories, only to release them back, when it becomes
170 000 tonnes of grain moved to deficit areas
Senior Agriculture ReporterThe Grain Marketing Board has moved 170 000 tonnes of grain to deficit areas under Government’s grain loan scheme. The scheme was introduced in December last year as an emergency measure in response to the escalating food shortages in drought-prone areas. GMB corporate communications manager Mrs Muriel Zemura on
Invest in tourism, business urged
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News EditorThe corporate world should invest in companies linked to tourism growth in Zimbabwe ahead of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation general assembly set for August next year, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi has said. Speaking from the resort of Cempeche in Mexico where he is attending the
Let’s co-exist, tolerate each other: First Lady
Herald Reporter
PRAYERS play a pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability, the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has said. In a speech read on her behalf by Women, Gender and Community Development Minister Olivia Muchena to mark the World Prayer Day Silver Jubilee Celebrations in Harare yesterday, Amai Mugabe urged the nation to