adminWar vets children group
Herald ReporterCHILDREN of liberation fighters have come together to form an association as part of efforts to reinforce revolutionary conscientisation and safeguarding the gains of independence.
President for 100 percent resource ownership
Hebert Zharare Political Editor Zanu-PF’s thrust is to ensure Zimbabweans assume 100 percent control of the country’s natural resources and bring about sustainable national development which is home grown, the party’s First Secretary and President, Cde Mugabe has said.
871 candidates to contest elections
Felex Share Herald ReporterFIVE Presidential candidates and a combined 871 National Assembly candidates will battle it out in 210 constituencies in the harmonised elections slated for July 31.
This is contained in a Government Gazette published on Friday.
Timba sues Shah
Senior ReporterBANKER Patterson Timba has filed a lawsuit against prominent businessman Mr Jayesh Shah claiming malicious prosecution damages to the tune of US$100 000.
Mr Timba claims Mr Shah caused his arrest four years ago on a purely civil issue and he suffered damages as a result of the ‘malicious prosecution’.
Lawyer slapped with 6-week suspension
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior ReporterA Harare lawyer Mr Thomas Sakutukwa was last Friday slapped with a six-week suspension over allegations of failing to properly account for trust funds and unfair labour practice at his law firm.
Seke man jailed 4 years for robbery
Court ReporterA SEKE man who robbed a woman of her cellphone and cash at knife-point was last Friday sent to jail for four years.
Same Chikwaka of Motsi Village in Seke also broke into his relatives’ houses stealing household property worth US$460.
US probes fatal San Francisco jet crash
SAN FRANCISCO — US officials were combing through the wreckage of an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 passenger jet in San Francisco yesterday, as they tried to determine why it crashed onto the runway, killing two people and injuring 182 others. The crash sheared off the plane’s landing gear and tore the tail off the
Mandelas in funeral deal with CNN: Reports
JOHANNESBURG. — The Mandelas have apparently been negotiating a deal with American broadcaster CNN for Madiba’s eventual farewell, while Mandla Mandela is accusing the lawyers of some of his family members of lying about the state of his grandfather’s health. All this while Nelson Mandela
The kidnapping of Evo Morales. . . International gangsterism in Snowden manhunt
Bill Van Auken
THE forcing down last Tuesday night of President Evo Morales’ jet on suspicion that it was carrying Edward Snowden to asylum in Bolivia is part of a descent into imperialist lawlessness unprecedented since the 1930s. France, Portugal, Italy and Spain all refused to allow the plane to cross
Oh, how we miss Achebe
John NagendaWHEN I travel outside Africa, mostly to Britain, say in the summer, and perhaps to my “clubs”, my friends, however delighted to see me, will start: “How goes Africa, Old Boy, all well?” No sense in telling them that there are 54 nations there, and that each is not an exact replica of the other and that therefore the question