adminVic Falls town gets 274ha for expansion
Victoria Falls Reporter GOVERNMENT has availed 274 hectares of land near the Victoria Falls International Airport for the expansion of the resort town, as it intensifies efforts to mordenise the…
Editorial Comment: Let’s all strive to improve our schools
The land reform programme has brought about immense opportunities for improved economic and social conditions for the formerly landless blacks. Now that they have reclaimed their land, their dignity has…
They are silent saviours
Vaidah Mashangwa IT is estimated that millions of grandparents have assumed guardianship to their grandchildren. The main reason is that they have stepped in to take care of children left…
Day of the African Child: Reflection on the plight of children
Factmore Dzobo Senior Reporter IN a socio-economic environment dominated by poverty, economic and socio-political instability, the African child is usually subjected to many social ills. On Monday, Africa commemorated the…
Health ministry steps up tobacco tax push
THE Ministry of Health and Child Care is stepping up calls for higher tobacco taxes, arguing it will discourage smoking. Zimbabwe held combined commemorations of World No Tobacco Day and…
Violence against women rising in Mali
New York — Violence against women has become one of the most pressing issues in Mali, where despite recent gains in stabilisation, the political and humanitarian situation remains fragile, John…
Malaysian plane search shifts south
Australian investigators have announced that the underwater search for the missing Malaysian passenger jet will shift to an area of the Indian Ocean hundreds of kilometres south of the first…
Defiant Malema asked to leave Parliament
Cape Town — Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema was asked to leave the National Assembly on Thursday night, after refusing to withdraw a remark accusing the ANC of murdering…
Zulu king hoping to build 8th palace
Durban — King Goodwill Zwelithini is hoping to build his eighth palace — and the location would involve cutting down 20 hectares of indigenous bush in a heritage park. The…
Kenya coast attack suspects shot dead
Kenya’s security forces have shot dead five people suspected of involvement in attacks on the coast this week that left at least 65 people dead, the Interior Ministry said.