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The Royals will not be excluded from the “mansion tax” on homes worth more than £2 million, Ed Balls revealed yesterday. The Shadow Chancellor said the party’s proposed levy on expensive…
Ebola casts pall over Eid holiday in West Africa
Conakry – The raging Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa cast a pall on Saturday over the region’s celebrations of Eid, one of Islam’s…
Ex-Haiti leader Jean-Claude Duvalier dies
Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, who ruled Haiti from 1971 until he fled the country in 1986, has died of a heart attack aged 63. The death of Duvalier, who returned to…
Israel slams Sweden over Palestine pledge
Israel has summoned Sweden’s ambassador in Tel Aviv after the Scandinavian country’s newly elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven pledged that his government would recognise a Palestinian state. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman…
Cape Town’s open mosque set alight
Johannesburg – The open mosque in Cape Town was set alight on Saturday morning, Western Cape police said. “An arson case is being investigated after the front door of a mosque…
Man bludgeons ‘witch’ aunt
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent A MASVINGO man bludgeoned his 72-year-old aunt to death with a log after an inyanga had told him that she was a witch. Phillip Chiurunge, 40, of…
Tout pulls colleague’s genitals in fight over $1
Marvelous Moyo Gwanda Correspondent A GWANDA tout is lucky to be alive after sustaining severe injuries when his colleague allegedly assaulted and pulled him by his genitals in a fight over…
Prof Moyo enchants guests at daughter’s wedding
Kuda Bwititi Harare Bureau Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo showcased his lighter side as a talented songwriter, guitarist and performer after he entertained guests at the wedding…
‘Fondler’ up for indecent assault
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A Bulawayo man allegedly fondled the breasts of a woman who was in the company of her boyfriend after the couple had refused to give him R5.…
Man ‘rapes’ son’s girlfriend
Auxilia Katongomara Court Reporter A 15-YEAR-OLD Nkayi girl has told police that she lost her virginity when her boyfriend’s 65-year-old father raped her four years ago. Her boyfriend, whose name and age…