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Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent A 30-YEAR-OLD Plumtree man tied his wife to a tree before assaulting her with a whip after accusing her of infidelity. Thulani Moyo appeared before Plumtree…
Gokwe man gets 21 years for killing brother
Lindani Dube Court Correspondent A GOKWE man has been sentenced to 21 years in jail for killing his brother. Enrod Mzira,43, had initially denied having killed his brother, William, 29, before Bulawayo…
Nkomo: Visionary leader, unifier and father figure
Yoliswa Dube Features Reporter ON July 1, 1999, a dark cloud hung over Zimbabwe after Umdala Wethu, Father Zimbabwe, Chibwechitedza — the late nationalist and Vice-President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo breathed…
Nkomo the trade unionist
THE late Vice-President Dr Joshua Nkomo, one of the luminaries who founded this country started off as a trade unionist. He played a key role in the 1948 general strike,…
Kidnapped Israelis shot 10 times with silencer: lab
Jerusalem — Three Israeli teenagers who were abducted by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank last month were shot at least 10 times with a silenced gun in what appeared…
Hundreds celebrate S Sudan’s Uhuru
Juba — Thousands of South Sudanese waved flags at military parades to mark three years of independence yesterday, despite little to celebrate in a war-torn young nation ravaged by ethnic…
Somali troops retake presidential palace
Somali troops have retaken the presidential palace in the capital Mogadishu after al-Shabab fighters forced their way in and exchanged heavy gunfire with soldiers and guards.
Fresh start for scandal-dogged Vatican bank
Vatican City — The Vatican was expected to name a French businessman to head up its scandal-prone bank yesterday as part of a radical overhaul of the murky institution ordered…
‘Good news’ soon on kidnapped girls
Aabuja — Nigeria’s National Council of State is promising to deliver “some good news” very soon about more than 200 schoolgirls held captive by Islamic extremists for nearly three months.
Uganda leader blames attacks on tribal rivalry
Kampala – Uganda’s president said on Tuesday that deadly attacks on its security forces near its new oil fields in the west were sparked by a power tussle between local…