adminNew law against mini-skirts triggers demo in Uganda
KAMPALA. — Women activists yesterday gathered in the Ugandan capital to demonstrate over what they called continued harassment of women and girls considered indecently dressed in public places.
Allied Timbers closes Botswana unit
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter ALLIED Timbers Holdings has closed its Botswana business due to the fall in demand of roofing timber material in that country and has instead set…
NCA drops case against ZEC
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter The Professor Lovemore Madhuku-led National Constitutional Assembly yesterday withdrew its constitutional challenge against the appointment of Mrs Joyce Kazembe as Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Acting Chairperson…
Chris Hani assassins stabbed in prison
JOHANNESBURG. — Two men convicted of assassinating anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, survived a prison attack yesterday when a fellow inmate stabbed them with a spoon, a South African government spokesman…
CBZ to issue US$200m bond
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter CBZ Holdings is set to issue a record US$200 million Diaspora bond in April to be guaranteed by the African Export and Import Bank to replace…
Court defers ruling on Shabanie Mashava Mines
Chief Court Reporter The High Court has deferred to tomorrow the ruling on the urgency of a case in which South African-based businessman Mr Mutumwa Mawere wants the court to…
DPRK leader warns of cultural invasion
PYONGYANG. — Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has warned that a creeping “cultural invasion” is taking place in the country, local media reported.
Chidyausiku hits out at NPA
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has blasted the National Prosecuting Authority for charging suspects who they do not prosecute in time, calling this unacceptable.
Europe does not care about the poor
BRUSSELS. — There is “a total lack of concern” for the poor people in Europe, an economist told Press TV, amid reports of the potential mismanagement of the current economic…
Editorial Comment: Think forward rather than fighting backwards
Violence begins where thinking capacity ends. This has usually been true of individuals, communities, formal organisations and nation states over the millennia of human existence.