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Jay-Z has revealed he and the US President Barack Obama often text each other.The rapper and the US president are close friends and Jay-Z revealed he exchanges text messages with the Commander-in-Chief.
ANC runs risk of losing power: Motlanthe
JOHANNESBURG — Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe has said “vested personal interests” are preventing the ANC from being more united and effective and the problems are likely to worsen, the Financial Times reported yesterday.US envoy spurned by both sides on Egypt visit
CAIRO. — The first senior US official to visit Egypt since the army toppled its elected president was snubbed by both Islamists and their opponents yesterday.Deputy Secretary of State William Burns arrived in a divided capital where both sides are furious at the United States, the superpower which supports Egypt with US$1,5 billion in
6 000 missing a month after deadly floods in India
NEW DELHI. —India officially declared yesterday that nearly 6 000 people were missing a month after flash floods ravaged large parts of its northern state of Uttarakhand, but stopped short of saying they were presumed dead.Mugabe fighting fit, talking peace ahead of election
PRESIDENT MUGABE held his first campaign rally for the upcoming Zimbabwe presidential election in a traditional stronghold of Mashonaland Central this week, with all indications that the 89-year-old is fighting fit while talking peace.Black victim, white justice
THE acquittal of George Zimmerman, the killer of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is the reactionary culmination of a process that has from the start been a travesty of justice. The basic tragedy is the death of a young man who committed no crime and posed no danger to his assailant.Rich media, poor audiences
Becoming famous for his long fight against bad government and racial prejudice, Nelson Mandela became a hero to people all over the world. On flipping any news channel, one is hit by a wave of, either live streaming of events happening at the hospital where he was admitted or updates on what his condition is.Editorial Comment:Leave us to chart our destiny in peace
IT is said when a thief kisses you, count your teeth. The European Union has tipped its hand in trying to tie its illegal economic sanctions regime to the Sadc Observer Mission’s verdict on the harmonised elections.
Musona divides Super Diski. . .SA jittery about impact Smiling Assassin will have on his return
Robson Sharuko in JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
ZIMBABWE international, Knowledge Musona, has hardly kicked a ball in his comeback show with Kaizer Chiefs but his return to Super Diski is already being greeted with as much optimism as with waves of pessimism.
Pagels wary of Lesotho
From Petros Kausiyo in KITWE, ZambiaWARRIORS coach Klaus Dieter Pagels has warned that their Cosafa Castle Cup soccer semi-final clash with Lesotho will not be an easy ride, arguing that the Crocodiles are a strong and physical side that cannot be underrated.