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Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A SENIOR pastor with the Reformed Church in Zimbabwe in Masvingo, Reverend Menard Zvenyika, is facing a $10,000 lawsuit from a congregant who is accusing him…
Man kills boy over groundnuts
Midlands Bureau A 31-year-old man from Gokwe has been slapped with a six-year-jail sentence following his conviction for culpable homicide after he fatally assaulted a 16-year-old boy for stealing his…
Masvingo flood victims get assistance
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Red Cross Society has moved in to assist about 400 families affected by floods along Tokwe River leading to Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam, an official has…
Pope pressured to act on abuse after UN rebuke
Vatican City — Pope Francis came under new pressure on Wednesday to punish bishops who covered up for paedophile priests when a UN human rights panel accused the Vatican of…
Cop killings plunge in Brazil’s biggest state
Sao Paulo — The number of people killed by police in Brazil’s biggest state has plunged 40 percent, and experts are crediting what seems an unlikely reason — a new…
Turkish MPs endorse internet control law
Turkey’s parliament has adopted a new Internet bill roundly criticised as an assault by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on freedom of expression, access to information and investigative journalism. After…
Iraq slammed for women prisoners abuse
Iraqi authorities are detaining thousands of women illegally and subjecting many to torture and ill-treatment, including the threat of sexual abuse, Human Rights Watch has said. Many women were detained…
Stop ‘cycle of violence’, US tells CAR
Bangui — The United States on Wednesday called for an end to the “cycle of violence” in the Central African Republic after soldiers publicly lynched a suspected ex-rebel following a…
Editorial Comment: Zesa must reconsider tariff hike decision
THE proposed move by the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) to increase tariffs by a shocking 16 percent is scandalous and borders on irrationality. Surely Zimbabweans might yesterday…
Ministry urged to be tough on underperforming school heads
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should get tough on school heads who fail to produce good examination results, a senior official has said. The…