adminIvory Coast gears up for key vote
Abidjan. — West African powerhouse Ivory Coast geared up yesterday for a key vote hoping to turn the page on searing political violence that left thousands dead and split the…
Drone crashes near White House, man faces charges
WASHINGTON. — A Washington man faces federal charges after crashing a drone near the White House in the nation’s capital early yesterday, federal authorities said.
Rupert Murdoch suggests Obama isn’t ‘real black president’
Washington. — The founder of the global News Corp. media empire Rupert Murdoch is suggesting that President Barack Obama isn’t a “real black president”.
Dhlakama placed under house arrest
Maputo. — Mozambique’s opposition party leader Afonso Dhlakama was placed under house arrest yesterday as he returned from hiding after a shoot-out that killed 23 members of his entourage last…
Air-strikes claim 300 IS militants . . . Two commanders among the dead
Moscow. — Russian air forces carried out 67 sorties, striking 60 separate targets in northern Syria in the past 24 hours, the Defence Ministry has reported.
Court ruling triggers chaos
Innocent Ruwende Municipal Reporter A ruling by Chitungwiza magistrate Ms Jessy Kufa dismissing claims of ownership of Zanoremba Housing Project by two warring parties — Chigumba Holdings and Zanoremba Housing…
Bid to shoot workmates backfires
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent A prison officer, who intended to shoot his workmates at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare after robbing one of them of an AK47 rifle, was…
Unrepentant thief jailed
Lovemore Meya Court Correspondent An unrepentant thief who stole a digital camera at the President’s Department offices in Chitungwiza where he was performing 210 hours of community service for another…
$111k swindle lands pair in the dock
Fungai Jachi Court Correspondent Two senior officials from Vanguard Housing Cooperative, appeared in court yesterday facing accusations of swindling home-seekers of more than $111 000 in a botched housing stands…
Dancing: Wedding choreographer’s life
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Lifestyle Writer “You might be one individual person to the world but to one individual you can be their world.” This quote, from an anonymous author, seems to have…