adminZim: The revolution examined
Eric DraitserAs I sit down to write the second part of my series on Zimbabwe, I am struck by the difficulty of the task before me. In the first article, Zimbabwe: The Revolution Continues, I attempted to illustrate the political and economic policies that
No to war in Syria!
Bill Van AukenThe unrestrained lying by the Obama White House and the corporate media about the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad employing chemical weapons in the country’s civil war convinces no one. It is an unmistakable echo of the
Editorial Commnet:Mining law review overdue, providential
Mining law must be a continually evolving process, since the economics and technology of mining are not static, but are also continually changing and developing.
Spying and democracy
Knowledge Mushohwe
Back in 2006 when Transport and Communications Minister Christopher Mushohwe tabled the Interception of Communications Bill before Parliament, every “pro-democracy” activist privy to the development weighed in with
SA urges UK to probe spy allegations
CAPE TOWN. — The South African government yesterday urged the British government to investigate allegations that British intelligence agents spied on South African delegates attending the 2009 GroupForeign detainees in Japan on hunger strike
OSAKA. — At least 27 foreigners have rejected meals to protest against long-term detention at an immigration detention centre in the western Japanese prefecture of Osaka, local media reportedMDC-T barbarism, intolerance reach alarming levels
Fortious NhamburaOn June 7, Zimbabwe Independent journalist Herbert Moyo was attacked by MDC-T members while covering a demonstration at the party’s Harvest House headquarters.
The attack came barely 24 hours after Chronicle senior reporter
5 perish in attack on military arms depot
MAPUTO. — Mozambique’s government yesterday blamed opposition party Renamo for an attack a day earlier on a military arms depot that killed at least five soldiers amid faltering peace talks between theIndian PM endorses Rahul Gandhi as successor
NEW DELHI. — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said he wishes Congress vice president, Rahul Gandhi a Nehru-Gandhi scion, to become prime minister if the Congress-led UnitedXi hails computer engineers’ success
BEIJING. — China’s success in developing the world’s fastest super computer has helped the country gain a top spot in the hi-tech field, Chinese President Xi-Jinping said yesterday.