adminPoll petitions take centre stage
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Reporter Election-RELATED cases and high-profile divorce matters dominated the 2013 legal year for the High, Supreme and Constitutional courts. It was always given that cases would flood…
Civil servants bank on Zanu-PF Govt
Felex Share Herald Reporter For civil servants, the year 2013 brought hope for them as it ushered in a new administration in the form of a wholly Zanu-PF led Government,…
Ups and downs mark 2013 health year
Paidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter The health sector continued to face challenges in 2013, the majority of which were a spill-over from 2012. Chief among these was the shortage in specialist…
Zanu-PF scoffs at Zwambila’s claims
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter Zanu-PF has accused Zimbabwe’s outgoing Ambassador to Australia, Ms Jacqueline Zwambila, of seeking political relevance by making false claims against Government in her application for asylum…
4 MDC-T bigwigs gun for Tsvangirai’s post
Hebert Zharare Political Editor Four senior MDC-T officials are angling to take over from party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, whom they blame for the opposition’s failure to dislodge President Mugabe…
800 firms meet January deadline
Lloyd Gumbo and Tafadzwa Ndlovu AT least 800 companies in sectors reserved for indigenous Zimbabweans under the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, have applied for indigenisation compliance certificates. Both locals…
Namibia making positive strides, says Pohamba
WINDHOEK. — As the Namibian nation enters the year 2014, President Hifikepunye Pohamba has called on all citizens to look forward, with renewed confidence, to Namibia continuing to make positive…
Gun battles erupt in DRC, dozens perish
KINSHASA. — Congolese security forces repelled a wave of co-ordinated attacks against symbols of power in the capital Kinshasa and other cities yesterday, leaving dozens of assailants dead in a…
Nigerian leader under pressure
ABUJA. — President Goodluck Jonathan was yesterday urged to hold talks on the future of Nigeria, as the country prepared to mark the centenary of the unification of north and…
Zambia lifts tax exemption for NGOs
LUSAKA. — The Zambian government has decided to revoke tax exemption for NGOs and other public benefit organisations due to rampant abuse of the exemption, the Ministry of Finance said…