adminFacebook forces 104 to lie about age
Most people would be delighted to be stuck at the same age for a while, but for Maguerite Joseph, it has been disappointing. The 104-year-old Michigan woman, who has been active on Facebook for the last few years, says she is unable to post her actual age on the site because it exceedsThe ‘kaffirs’ and of Rhodesia
Reflections By Isdore GuvamombeBack in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust, elders say whenever a person breaks a stick in the forest, let him consider what it would be like, if it were himself, thus broken. In 1977, this villager’s father, Ephraim, after whom this villager named his son, had been a revered teacher
Malawi school pupils denounce Banda
BLANTYRE. — Business came to a standstill in the central business district of commercial capital Blantyre yesterday morning when school kids from different primary schools in the city took to the streets singing anti-Joyce Banda songs. Clad in their school uniforms, the children were running in
Malaysia ‘steals’ travellers’ hearts
By Costa Mano in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaZIMBABWEAN travel agents and tour operators who left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for Ethiopia on Wednesday night have described their Malaysian experience as an eye opener and have pledged to sell the destination back home. The eight member delegation, comprising some of Zimbabwe’s
Pushing boundaries of gender equality
Colleen Lowe Morna
Last week I sat in an air-conditioned room at the Polana Hotel going through a long to-do list, wondering if I had nothing better to do than listen to government officials making wordy statements about gender equality. Like the head
ANCWL wants Pistorius treated like other offenders
JOHANNESBURG. — The African National Congress Women’s League yesterday demanded an explanation as to why murder accused paralympian Oscar Pistorius is “getting special” treatment from the law enforcement agency. Pistorius is being allowed to stay in the Brooklyn Police Station holdingRobust deterrence policies necessary to avoid nuke war
The US Administration has also denounced the DPRK government left, right and centre. Ban Ki-Moon the UN General Secretary also reprimanded North Korea for carrying out such tests. We cannot blame the UN Secretary General for issuing out such a strong statement since he is from South Korea and the DPRK has on several occasions threatened its Southern neighbour with total destruction or a nuclear Armageddon. Nuclear weaponsHorror bus crash claims 12
Innocent Ruwende Senior ReporterTWELVE people died, 10 of them on the spot, when a bus they were travelling in failed to stop at a road construction site along the Gweru-Bulawayo Road. Two other passengers died on admission to Gweru Provincial
Mandatory blending of ethanol conditional
Zvamaida Murwira Senior ReporterMandatory blending of ethanol from Chisumbanje will be implemented once Government agrees on a shareholding structure with the investor, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has said. He said Government was finalising
Police disperse Renco crowd
Masvingo BureauScores of villagers from Nyajena communal lands joined wives of Renco Mine workers on Monday morning and temporarily besieged the entrance to the mine to stop management from collecting gold bullion. The crowd, however, was