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DAR ES SALAAM – At least 13 people, most of them small children, drowned and seven others were missing after a boat capsized on Lake Tanganyika, Tanzanian police said Thursday.
Hard questions Kenyans want answered after Westgate terror attack
NAIROBI – Kenyans have asked prodding questions directed at government authorities and demanded for answers which the State has avoided answering since the Saturday massacre.
Kenya buries its dead as impatience mounts for answers
NAIROBI – Kenya on Thursday buried victims of a four-day mall massacre by Islamist gunmen, as police pleaded for patience as searchers combed the charred rubble of the devastated complex for dozens still…
Preps for Zanu-PF 14th annual national people’s conference begin
Harare Bureau PREPARATIONS for the 14th Zanu-PF annual national people’s conference have started with the revolutionary party tasking its commissariat department to fill in all district and provincial posts ahead…
Council to impound cattle found roaming around town
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent THE Plumtree Town Council has given an ultimatum to farmers from Mangwe and Bulilima districts to drive out their cattle which graze in the town or…
Magistrate warns police over lengthy detentions
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent THE Matabeleland South provincial magistrate-in-charge, Mr Douglas Vakayi Chikwekwe, yesterday warned the police for detaining suspects for too long, saying it is against the law. Mr…
Man yells at magistrate over default judgment on maintenance case
Court Reporter THERE was drama at the Maintenance Court housed at Tredgold Building in Bulawayo yesterday when a man threw away court documents in the courtroom and yelled at the…
Habitual conman back in court for theft from airtime vendor
Court Reporter AN unrepentant street conman who has seven previous convictions was yesterday back in court facing charges of stealing from airtime vendors. Only Nkala (28), who sometimes uses the…
Council chairperson attacks Messenger of Court
Midland s Correspondent ZVISHAVANE Town Council chairperson Councillor Esau Gwatipedza allegedly ran amok and attacked a Messenger of Court who wanted to attach his property in a labour dispute. The…
Call for incentives for Science, Maths rural school teachers
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent AUTHORITIES in Mangwe and Bulilima Districts have appealed to the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education to come up with incentives for Science and Mathematics teachers…