adminChicken price tariff battle gets ugly
CAPE TOWN — Tensions rose in Parliament’s agriculture portfolio committee yesterday when local chicken producers and importers clashed over a proposed increase in tariffs.
Kenya’s deputy president pleads not guilty before international court
KENYA’S Deputy President William Ruto pleaded innocent to crimes against humanity charges at the International Criminal Court yesterday, while back home Kenyans hoped the case would not reignite political violence…
Syria backs Russia’s chemical weapons plan
SYRIA accepted a Russian proposal yesterday to give up chemical weapons and win a reprieve from US strikes, while its warplanes bombed rebel positions in Damascus for the first time…
44 killed in collision of two buses in Iran
FORTY-FOUR people were killed and 39 injured in Iran when two passenger buses collided outside the capital Tehran and caught fire, Iranian media reported yesterday.
Marikana grenade use under scrutiny
PRETORIA — Evidence leaders at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry have revisited the use of stun grenades on protesting mineworkers at Marikana last year.
6 found guilty for 2012 Brazzaville blast
BRAZZAVILLE — A court in the Republic of Congo convicted and sentenced six people for contributing to an arms depot fire, which set off a deadly string of explosions in…
Egyptian army kills 9 militants in Sinai
EL-ARISH — An Egyptian military official says army troops, backed by helicopter gunships, attacked hideouts of Islamic militants in Sinai, killing nine and arresting 10.
Mazwi community faces starvation
Factmore Dzobo “What good have you done us, bringing us out of Egypt? Is it not better for us to go back where we were enslaved and work for Egyptians…
Editorial Comment: Timely payment of bills crucial for running of councils
MOST local authorities have since complied with the Government directive to write off residents’ debts accumulated over the past four years. This means that residents who had accumulated debts, some…
Tinopona Katsande suspended over sex tape
Auxilia Katongomara Entertainment Correspondent ZIFM breakfast show presenter Tinopona ‘Tin Tin’ Katsande has been suspended following the leaking of her video sex tape on Monday. The radio hostess raised alarm…