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KINSHASA — Hundreds of Rwandan rebels in eastern Congo are defying a six-month ultimatum to disarm, ratcheting up pressure on regional powers and UN peacekeepers to eliminate, once and for…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Ex-PF-Zapu members must agree on VP post
THE past few months have witnessed unprecedented jostling for the post of second Vice-President and second secretary of the ruling Zanu-PF party among cadres of the former PF-Zapu. This unfortunate…
Politburo meeting postponed again
Harare Bureau THE Zanu-PF Politburo meeting which had been scheduled for today has been moved to tomorrow because the party’s First Secretary and President, Cde Mugabe, has other engagements.
‘Sharon Macheso gave husband STI’
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter SUNGURA ace Alick Macheso’s daughter Sharon allegedly infected her husband of two months Kudakwashe Munetsi with a sexually transmitted disease a few days before their wedding…
President Mugabe an icon: Britain
Lloyd Gumbo Harare Bureau NEWLY accredited British ambassador to Zimbabwe, Catriona Laing, has described President Mugabe as an iconic world figure whom she was excited to meet in person once she…
Mphoko caught in land-grab storm
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter FORMER Zimbabwe Ambassador to Botswana and South Africa Phelekezela Mphoko is locked in a protracted legal wrangle with a Bulawayo firm, Terridan Motors (Pvt) Ltd, over…
Disabled New Zealander uses walking stick to drive car
Wellington – New Zealand police said they were shocked to find a disabled man using a shortened walking stick to drive through the largest city of Auckland yesterday.
We don’t want revenge – Reeva’s mum
Pretoria – The mother of Oscar Pistorius’s girlfriend insisted she did not want “revenge” yesterday, the day after the disgraced athlete was handed a five-year jail term for shooting her…
Is the law doing enough to protect rape victims?
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent THE school environment will never be the same again for Grade Three pupil Sibongile Tshuma* from Tsukuru Village in Madlambuzi area, Bulilima District.
‘My vision is to transform the world, one person at a time’
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor STARTING a business is not always about money and machinery but ideas, says Zwelibanzi Ndlovu, the founder of Stop to Start International (Pvt) Limited, a thriving Bulawayo…