Lost brothers in the Diaspora

Sekai Nzenza on Wednesday Every family has embarrassing secrets. Back in the village, we had many. But the most well-known secret was that of our uncle, Babamunini Nyika, who was…

Everyone is now a journalist, thanks to the Internet

Knowledge Mushohwe The Internet has created a new, fourth form of journalism next to television, radio and print. The Internet allows information to flow and spread at high speeds, and…

Zimbabwe Foreign Direct Investment slows to US$400m

ZIMBABWE’S foreign direct investment (FDI) topped US$410 million last year, remaining flat for the fourth consecutive year.

South Africa: PLATINUM WAGE AGREEMENTS SIGNED

JOHANNESBURG – THE long-awaited wage agreements between platinum producers Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), Lonmin, and Impala Platinum (Implats) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) have been signed.…

STIs, pregnancies rampant among street kids

Lungelo Ndhlovu SITHABILE Mpofu, 13, (not her real name) sleeps in an old abandoned National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) train wagon in Bulawayo. It is home for scores of other…

Editorial Comment: Routes indaba time for Zim to shine

THE ongoing 9th edition of the Routes Africa conference being held in the resort town of Victoria Falls presents an opportunity for the country to rebrand and show the world…

US trampling on China’s rights

Sheng Dingli US’ willingness to breach international laws and norms has emboldened Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines to do likewise. Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China six-and-a-half…

Sudan death sentence woman ‘freed’

A SUDANESE woman sentenced to death for abandoning her religious faith has been freed from jail, her lawyer has told the BBC. Meriam Ibrahim’s death penalty was overturned by an…

80 killed as Kenyan jets hit Al-Shabab bases

KENYAN fighter jets have bombed the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab group in Somalia, killing more than 80 of its fighters, the African Union (AU) force in Somalia has said.

Mr X a competent witness, Farlam rules

PRETORIA — An application for a witness known only as Mr X to be referred for mental observation was dismissed by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry yesterday.

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