adminZuma slammed over Venda women comments
Johannesburg — President Jacob Zuma is a cultural chauvinist who thinks of women as people who should be submissive to men, and not treated as equal partners, the Economic Freedom…
Pilot ‘deliberately’ crashed Mozambique plane
A preliminary investigation has revealed that a Mozambican Airlines captain, whose plane went down in Namibia in November, had a clear intention of crashing the aircraft.
Al-Qaeda in rare apology after hospital attack
In a rare public apology, the military leader of al-Qaeda’s branch in Yemen has said that one of his fighters disobeyed orders and attacked a hospital attached to the defence…
Thai opposition to boycott 2014 election
Thailand’s main opposition Democrat Party has announced that it will boycott February’s general election, deepening the country’s political crisis.
Migrants sew mouths shut to protest detention
Rome — Four North Africans held in a migrant centre on the outskirts of Rome have sewn their lips together in protest at their lengthy detention, Italian news agency ANSA…
Scandal-hit Turkey PM presses police purge
Istanbul — Turkish prosecutors have begun charging some of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s closest allies in a huge graft scandal he has responded to with a spectacular purge of…
Cargo train derails in Kenyan capital
A cargo train has derailed in the crowded Nairobi slum of Kibera, the Kenyan Red Cross said. The train crashed into makeshift homes yesterday, trapping scores of people, the organisation…
President’s speeches in full
President Mugabe yesterday commissioned the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo. He was in the city to also unveil the statue of the late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Nkomo an…
SA, Zimbabwe: A tale of two land reforms
Harold Green While Nelson Mandela and the ANC are to be praised for their courageous and persistent commitment to ending the racist and brutal system of apartheid including having taken…
Comment: Honours to Dr Joshua Nkomo fitting tribute to the icon
The late Vice-President, Dr Joshua Nkomo received a deserved treble of honours yesterday. His statue, a key road named after him and Bulawayo’s main airport are important landmarks in the…