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Cash-strapped Ukraine on Wednesday reminded entertainers making money by posing as Did Moroz — the local version of Santa Claus — and his helpers to pay income tax. The former Soviet republic’sSanta arrested for drunk driving
Everything is a little drunker in Wisconsin — even Santa Claus, apparently. A Madison-area Santa was pulled over after running into an idling sheriff’s vehicle on Saturday night, and turns out he’d had a littleIslamic cleric bars women from touching bananas
An unnamed Islamic cleric based in Europe has issued a ban on women touching fruits and vegetables resembling the male sexual organ to avoid “sexual thoughts”. The Egyptian news website Bikya MasrSwaziland bans miniskirts
Women in Swaziland have been banned from wearing miniskirts and crop tops because they “encourage rape” — and offenders face a six-month spell in jail. Police in Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in
Man in Mitt Romney mask robs bank
AN armed man in a Mitt Romney mask has robbed a Wells Fargo bank in Virginia, USA, according to a report. The armed robber, wearing the Romney mask, methodically robbed all five tellers at the Virginia
Kunonga-led priests go two months without pay
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
PRIESTS of the Archbishop Nolbert Kunonga-led Anglican Church of the Province of Zimbabwe have gone for two months without pay. The ACPZ recently lost a Supreme Court case which forced it to cede
President in Far East on annual leave
Herald Reporter
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday left the country for the Far East on his traditional annual leave vacation. In a statement, Media, Information and Publicity secretary Mr George Charamba confirmed President
Several water bottling firms banned
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GOVERNMENT has banned several water bottling companies for failing to meet basic hygienic requirements. Fifteen out of 49 companies that had applied for licences were registered. Ministry of
Parties hail plans to honour Tongogara
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
POLITICAL parties have given the thumbs up to the proposal to rename Zimbabwe National Army’s KGVI Barracks after former Zanla Chief of Defence Cde Josiah Magama Tongogara. Zimbabwe
Govt sets record straight on polls
Herald Reporter
ZIMBABWE does not have a constitutional vacuum and President Mugabe will announce election dates at the appropriate time, with or without a new Constitution. Presidential spokesperson Mr George