adminISIL ‘launches fierce new assault’ on Kobane
Kurdish fighters in the battle for the Syrian town of Kobane weathered a fresh onslaught by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they awaited promised…
$700m offshore funds lie idle
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter CLOSE to $700 million secured for offshore lending to local companies is lying idle with only one percent of the package having been utilised since its…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Erect fence along highways to curb accidents
The Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development which has embarked on a massive project to rehabilitate the country’s busiest roads should seriously consider implementing a parallel project to fence off…
Courts can’t pass death penalty: judge
Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau The High Court cannot impose the death penalty on murderers in Zimbabwe until the legislature enacts a law spelling out the circumstances under which one can be…
President hails Catholics on gays
Mabasa Sasa recently in Vatican PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday said he “applauded” the decision of a Synod of Bishops that overwhelmingly maintained the Roman Catholic’s opposition to homosexuality, despite pressure…
Makamba faces Telecel ouster
Daniel Nemukuyu Harare Bureau TELECEL chairman James Makamba faces ouster after one of the company’s shareholders — the Zimbabwe National Miners Association – filed a High Court application seeking a fresh…
First Lady snubs Mujuru, again
Harare Bureau FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe yesterday declined a handshake with Vice President Joice Mujuru at the Harare International Airport where senior government officials were welcoming President Mugabe on his…
NK drops VP bid, backs Mphoko
Temba Dube Deputy News Editor CDE Naison Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu yesterday ended his bid for the vacant Vice President post and declared support for rival, Cde Phelekezela Mphoko.
Woman, 73, ‘kills’ hubby in domestic dispute
Thandeka Moyo Court Reporter A 73-year-old woman from North End suburb in Bulawayo reportedly killed her husband of 33 years at the weekend following a domestic dispute, a court heard…
Personal responsibility
Open Heavens Rev Dr Sarah Nyathi GENESIS 2:15-20 “And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend, guard and keep it.