adminTout fined $50
Court Reporter A city tout was on Tuesday fined $50 or 10 days in prison after he was convicted of assaulting a commuter omnibus driver over R5. Nyasha Munhenga (20) appeared…
Renewed Bujumbura clashes leave 9 injured
BUJUMBURA. – At least nine protesters were hurt in Burundi’s capital yesterday in renewed clashes over a bid by the country’s president to stand for a third term, the Red…
More women freed from Boko Haram
ABUJA. – Nigeria’s military says it has rescued at least 160 more women and children who had been abducted by Boko Haram and were being held in the Sambisa Forest,…
French soldiers under probe
PARIS. – France is investigating allegations that its peacekeepers sexually-abused children in the Central African Republic after a leaked UN report said victims as young as eight were raped in…
N’Guesso calls for constitution dialogue
BRAZZAVILLE. – Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou N’Guesso has reiterated the need for dialogue between the country’s different political actors to find consensus on the proposal to either amend…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Workers’ unions must be a united lot
ZIMBABWEAN workers today join their counterparts worldwide in celebrating May Day, Labour Day and/or International Workers’ Day. Workers have been celebrating May Day for the past 35 years, since the…
Hypocritical, self-righteous America
Stephen Mpofu Correspondent America, how we wish it would walk its equal-race and human rights talk, for the rest of the world to admire and follow suit! Riots by angry blacks…
Poor workman blames his tools, Tsvangirai
Tafara Shumba Correspondent Addressing a miserable crowd of his supporters in Masvingo recently, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, a self-proclaimed democrat, attacked and threatened the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation and other public media for…
Santoga Project: The great deception
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in the village in the land of milk, honey and dust or Guruve, new projects are welcome if they are understood by the people and if…
Show us the foresight, and prove Botha wrong!
Joram Nyathi Spectrum “And here is a creature that lacks foresight. The average black does not plan his life beyond a year.” “Creature” refers to the blackman, so does “black”. No histrionics…