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Perspective Stephen Mpofu “MAKE us crack a smile or else you’ll sing the blues at the year-end”. This appears to be a signature tune in vogue among teachers today and…
Mental exam for ‘baby slayer’
Leonard Ncube Victoria Falls Reporter THE 22-YEAR-OLD Victoria Falls woman who on Tuesday allegedly beheaded her eight-month-old daughter before attempting to commit suicide has been sent for a psychiatric evaluation.
Alcohol abuse among youth
Vaidah Mashangwa AFTER the Vietnam War, many American states re-examined their laws regulating legal drinking ages. Most states lowered the drinking age to 18. The argument was that if they…
Nigerian girls’ rescue ‘could turn tragic’
Cape Town — Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamists who kidnapped more than 200 girls in Abuja three weeks ago are seeking a prisoner swap for jailed comrades, a former mediator with…
US slams N Korea’s ‘ugly’ racist Obama remarks
Washington — The United States has condemned “ugly and disrespectful” racist comments directed at Barack Obama by North Korea’s official KCNA news agency comparing the US president to a black…
How trivial are ‘trivial issues’ in tabloids?
Emmanuel Ndlovu WORLD Press Freedom Day is a remarkable moment for media practitioners across the globe. It came into being after the Windhoek Declaration of 1991 in Namibia, a statement…
Malema carries Mugabe torch
Robert Marquand The Monitor TWENTY years ago, South Africa transitioned to a full, non-racial democracy and elected Nelson Mandela president. This week, its citizens went to the polls for the…
Editorial Comment: ANC must uplift lives of SA citizens
South Africa’s leading party of liberation, African National Congress (ANC) was yesterday cruising to a foregone victory in that country’s fifth democratic elections.
Pistorius trial told police wrong on order of shots
Pretoria — A ballistics expert testifying for Oscar Pistorius’s defence said on Friday the bullets that hit Reeva Steenkamp were not in the order prosecutors claimed, offering key evidence in…
Zanu-PF congratulates ANC
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter THE ruling party Zanu-PF, has congratulated South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) and President elect Jacob Zuma, for a resounding victory in the May 7, general…