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ZIMBABWEANS on Monday commemorate the Heroes Day, a day set aside to pay tribute to the gallant sons and daughters of the soil who sacrificed their lives to liberate this…
Malema’s EFF members chased away in Soweto
ANGRY residents in Protea South in Soweto have chased away members of Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party. Party members say they were sent through to engage with the…
Assad shown unharmed after Syria rebels report attack
AMMAN — Syrian rebels said yesterday they targeted President Bashar al-Assad’s motorcade heading to a Damascus mosque to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, but state television showed him…
Madiba breathing normally — Winnie
JOHANNESBURG — As former president Nelson Mandela marks two months in hospital, his ex-wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela has spoken about the strain his illness has had on the family. She told…
Suicide bomber kills 30 at funeral
A TALIBAN suicide bomber killed 30 people at the funeral of a policeman in Pakistan yesterday, including five senior police officers, in the third deadly attack on government targets in…
Mursi supporters protest, demand his restoration
CAIRO — Islamist supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi began marching to demand his restoration yesterday after the military-led authorities that removed him held off from carrying out a…
328 killed in South Sudan attacks
JUBA — A leader of South Sudan’s Murle community says 328 people from his group were killed in recent ethnic violence. Jongolei Boyoris, a member of parliament in the Jonglei…
Two British women injured in Zanzibar acid attack
DAR ES SALAAM — Men riding a motorbike threw acid at two British teenage girls in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous Zanzibar region, leaving them with facial, chest and back injuries, a senior…
Muslims stage Eid protests, some arrested
MUSLIMS in Ethiopia protested in the capital Addis Ababa during Eid al-Fitr prayers yesterday, as part of a two-year-old campaign against what they say is government interference in their religious…
Mat South show kicks off on low note
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent THE 56th edition of the Matabeleland South Agricultural Show started on a low note yesterday with some companies still putting final touches to their stands. When…