adminFrench president meets Fidel Castro during Cuba visit
Francois Hollande has become the first French president to visit Cuba since 1898, holding talks with revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in the capital Havana. The French leader is using a one-day…
Pistorius could be a free man as soon as August
Pretoria — Culpable homicide convict Oscar Pistorius could be free from jail in as little as three months’ time and is keen to work with children upon his release. Pistorius’s lawyer,…
ANC stalwart Ruth Mompati dies
Johannesburg — The ANC yesterday said it would miss Ruth Mompati’s unwavering determination in serving the nation. The 89-year-old politician died in the early hours of the morning following a lengthy…
Police, protesters clash in Burundi’s capital
Bujumbura — Heavy gunfire was heard as police fired tear gas at protesters who were throwing stones in a suburb of Burundi’s capital yesterday during a demonstration against President Pierre…
SA nun’s murderers plead guilty
Pietermaritzburg — Two men accused of raping an 86-year-old nun have pleaded guilty to her murder. Mondli Michael Shozi, 26, and Sbongiseni Phungula, 25, also pleaded guilty to theft and the…
Israel, German condemn rising anti-Semitism
Berlin — The presidents of Israel and Germany warned yesterday of growing anti-Semitism as they marked half a century of diplomatic ties, 70 years after the end of World War…
Indonesian police arrest 7 in seafood slavery case
Jakarta — Indonesia’s National Police anti-trafficking unit chief says two Indonesians and five Thai nationals have been arrested and accused of human trafficking connected with slavery in the seafood industry. Dharmanto…
Millers seek CTC intervention over mealie-meal imports
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter— THE Grain Millers’ Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) is seeking audience with the Competition and Tariff Commission (CTC) as it intensifies the fight against unfair competition from…
High density land exhausted – BCC
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor THE Bulawayo City Council says it has “exhausted” all the land for low income housing, in a move likely to alarm desperate home seekers on the backdrop…
Sadc approves $3.5m for regional interconnector project
THE Southern Africa Development Community’s (Sadc) Project Preparation and Development Facility (PPDF) — managed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) — on Monday approved $3.5 million towards the…