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VATICAN CITY. – Pope Francis received a flood of goodwill messages from around the world yesterday with non-Catholics hoping his papacy will usher in better ties with the Vatican.Odinga ready to file election defeat challenge
NAIROBI. – The party of Kenya’s outgoing Prime Minister Raila Odinga, defeated in presidential polls by Uhuru Kenyatta, will file a petition challenging the election result today, officials said.Treason suspects get bail
BLANTYRE. – A Malawi High Court judge yesterday granted bail to 12 politicians facing treason charges, which could carry a death penalty, for allegedly plotting to oust President Joyce Banda.SA police chief testifies
RUSTENBERG. – Events at Marikana near Rustenburg in the North West in August had no precedent in the history of the South African Police Service, which had dealt with more than 33 000 public order incidents in the past three years, most of which were peaceful, national police commissionerHope for dialysis patients
Health ReporterRENAL patients who cannot afford to pay will access haemodialysis for free following the purchase of 16 dialysis machines that will be installed at Harare and Mpilo central hospitals.
Defend your land: Chief Gaborone
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
ZIMBABEWANS must defend their land from aggressive forces as it is the cornerstone of development for every country. Chief Gaborone of Botswana, Mr Monare Gaborone, told journalists after meeting President Mugabe at State House in Harare yesterday that land was Africa’s gold.
Presidium to address land allocation anomalies
Herald ReporterTHE Zanu-PF presidium will put mechanisms to rationalise challenges arising from double allocation of pieces of land, party national chairperson Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said yesterday.
Mealie meal prices go up
Agriculture ReporterTHE price of mealie meal has gone up by almost US$3 due to the shortage of grain and the need for retailers to cover costs following the recent increase in fuel prices.
Patients denied treatment as medical aid saga rages on
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health ReporterPATIENTS who use some of the 11 medical aid societies that failed to renew their licences as of February were yesterday being turned away by health institutions.
5 die in accident
Chinhoyi BureauFIVE people, including three Chinhoyi High School pupils, died yesterday morning when a commuter omnibus they were travelling in was involved in an accident.