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Stephen Mpofu Perspective What a pity. No, that is an understatement, some people with justified anger or regret will say it actually approximates shame, a scandal, even tragedy, that most…
Education can reduce incidence of crime
Opinion Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu Zimbabwe is undoubtedly experiencing an increase in the incidence of crimes of various kinds because of a number of factors, the most important of which is…
Codename Re-du-cle-ing
Nontuthuzelo Sisale Re-du-cle, the Lorax* codename for the phrase Reuse, Reduce and Recycle. Those who have not heard the word spreading in the forest, I am the Lorax and I…
Rape and murder: A result of psychiatric disorder?
Vaidah Mashangwa Psychiatry has dominated the literature on rapists and murderers since this was introduced as one of the causes of rape or murder. Could it be that the psychiatric…
‘Smell of death thick’ in Gaza air
Residents and journalists venturing out in the Gaza Strip during the early hours of a shaky ceasefire spoke of dozens of decomposing bodies still under rubble caused by Israeli bombardment…
Protector assessing complaint on Zuma’s daughter
Johannesburg – Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s office is assessing a complaint about the appointment of President Jacob Zuma’s daughter to a top post in the telecommunications and postal services department,…
Intelligentsia needed to help Africa: Mbeki
Johannesburg – Former president Thabo Mbeki has suggested that African intelligentsia be brought back into crucial processes, as was the case in the 1960s and 70s, to help with the…
SA won’t treat foreigners with Ebola
Johannesburg — South Africa will not treat foreigners who contract the deadly Ebola virus, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) said yesterday. “If there is a confirmed diagnosis…
Kenyan leader orders seizure of coastal zone
Kenya’s president has ordered the repossession of land, stretching over 2,000 square kilometres, which he said was taken “under dubious and corrupt circumstances” by 22 companies between 2011 and 2012.…
Sudan ‘apostasy’ woman arrives in US
A Sudanese woman who refused to recant her Christian faith in the face of a death sentence has arrived in the US, where she was welcomed first by the mayor…