adminMan in court for dogs’ abuse
Daniel Kachere Court Correspondent A CHINESE man has been taken to court for allegedly beating and ill-treating his dogs in violation of the law on prevention of cruelty to animals.…
Bank executive up for fraud
Court Reporter A Barclays Bank executive stationed at its Borrowdale Branch has appeared in court accused of transferring $6 000 from a client’s bank account to Sun Trust Bank in…
Verification nets UZ cheat two years later
Court Correspondent A HARARE man forged qualifications and worked for the University of Zimbabwe for two years as a painter. Washington Shonhiwa (40) defrauded the UZ of $40 000 in wages. He…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: With freedom comes responsibility, simple
During a luncheon hosted by the Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing last week, President Mugabe said something we thought all well-meaning journalists in the country would…
Under toxic fire: How the Clintons helped cover-up Gulf War syndrome
Jeffrey St. Clair Correspondent There would be no stone left unturned, President Bill Clinton assured Americans on Veterans Day six days after his re-election in November 1996, in efforts to…
Trade is war, WTO is a weapon of war
Yash Tandon Correspondent At first sight, the phrase “trade is war’ does look like a hyperbole — even counter-intuitive. How can it be so? After all, human beings have traded…
African migrants: Payback time?
Carlos Lopes Correspondent The extraordinary and still amazing bravery of the European explorers, facing unknown seas and geography with just scarce scientific tools for orientation and survival, has been celebrated. It…
AU suspends Burkina Faso as coup supporters attack hotel hosting talks
ADDIS ABABA.- The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso and threatened sanctions on coup leaders. The AU Peace and Security Council, the AU’s decision-making body, “decides to suspend, with immediate effect,…
Probe militia threat, poll authorities urged
ARUSHA.- Electoral authorities in Tanzania on Saturday called on police to investigate fears that some political parties were preparing to train militia groups ahead of next month’s national elections. The concern…
Trump’s rivals see reason for hope
WASHINGTON.– Donald Trump’s rivals emerged from the second Republican presidential debate newly confident that the brash billionaire will fade if the nomination fight takes a more substantive turn, and that…