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Martin Stobart In politics there are two phraseologies that are sometimes employed by analysts and commentators. These are space annexation and space contraction. The former simply means that one party…
Editorial Comment: Implement projects to boost water supply urgently
Bulawayo’s supply dams are fast drying up despite the introduction of the three-day a week water shedding for all suburbs last July. One of the city’s supply dams Uppper Ncema…
Love colourless
Perspective Stephen Mpofu World history is replete with economic and political paradoxes, some bizarre, some tragic and some laughable still. Perhaps the most ludicrous paradox that Zimbabweans will live to…
Cops urgently working to get Luca back to SA
JOHANNESBURG — Murder-accused George Luca will be extradited back to South Africa to face charges relating to the murder of Teazers boss Lolly Jackson, the justice department said yesterday. “Now…
Suicide bomber kills 20 in Iraq Sunni mosque
A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up inside a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, killing at least 20 people in the middle of a sermon yesterday, police and medics said. The…
Morsi supporters rally in Egypt, no signs of compromise
CAIRO – Thousands of supporters of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi gathered in Cairo yesterday for a rally to demand the restoration of the ousted Islamist, with his opponents also…
Italy government survives vote on Kazakh case
ROME — Italian Interior Minister survived a no-confidence vote yesterday, averting a political crisis that could have brought down the fragile coalition government of Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Alfano, secretary…
UDM: Marikana court decision a mockery
JOHANNESBURG — The dismissal of a court application for the state to fund legal representation for victims of the Marikana shooting is a “mockery of justice”, the UDM said yesterday.…
GP ‘started affair with terminally ill patient’s hubby’
A doctor started an affair with the husband of one of her patients just days after his wife died from cancer, a tribunal heard yesterday. Dr Judith Ames (55), was…
‘Intelligent’ surgical knife can sniff out cancer tissue
LONDON — Scientists have created an “intelligent” surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future. The device,…