245 killed in deadly nightclub fire

SAO PAOLO — In a horrific tragedy that would raise serious questions about public safety in Brazil, some 245 people — mostly teenagers — were killed and around 200 injured in an inferno that swept through a

New perfume for babies unveiled

The smell of a freshly washed baby is universally acknowledged as one of the sweetest scents in the world. Clean hair and skin, a dusting of talcum powder and maybe some Johnson’s Baby Lotion combine

Father chews off daughter’s nose, lip

Little Radha can’t be fed normally and may not be able to speak properly unless she undergoes extensive plastic surgery — because her nose and upper lip were bitten off. The man who did this to the

SA: Undoing the 1913 Natives Land Act

Gugile Nkwinti
The centenary of 1913 Natives Land Act, instituted by the colonial authorities to dispossess blacks in South Africa, has left a legacy that speaks to a century of unfathomable hardship for black South

Juice and the million jobs deception

Rangu Nyamurundira

MDC-T’s Minister Elton Mangoma, in The Saturday Herald of January 5 2013, tells us that the MDC-T “agrees” with indigenisation, but “it is the how part” his party is at odds with. So the MDC-T has given

Greenspan’s wrestling with economy

Hope Chizuzu

Review: Hope Chizuzu
Title: MAESTRO — Greenspan’s Fed & the American Boom

Where we come from is important

Richard Magomo

I read with interest Mutumwa Mawere’s response to Nathaniel Manheru’s The Other Side article which appeared in The Saturday Herald of December 29, 2012. Mawere’s article appeared in one local daily.

Know your author: Solomon Mutsvairo

Marcia Gore

The late Professor Solomon Mangwiro Mutsvairo was a Zimbabwean poet, educationist and the earliest Shona novelist. Born on April 26, 1924 in Zawu, Mazowe District, in Mashonaland Central, Prof

Editorial Comment: Chitungwiza blast response, way to go

Emergencies often catch people unawares but in some cases prior broad warnings would have been given though many seldom pay much attention to such warnings. When drills are held at schools or

Mali face Ghana

From Fatima Bulla in DURBAN, South Africa
MALI midfielder Seydou Keita can only focus on football as political unrest in his country continues after Islamists seized the north of the country last year leading to clashes with government forces assisted by

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