Affordable and effective vaccine brings Africa close to elimination of meningitis
FOR a century, epidemics of meningococcal A meningitis, a bacterial infection of the lining of the brain and spinal cord, have swept across 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa killing and…
Pakistan halts funding to 100s of ‘ghost schools’
Pakistan authorities have stopped funding hundreds of educational institutions that existed only on paper and have fired 450 absentee teachers in a mission to close down the so-called ghost schools.
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Bulawayo Theatre FORMER Iyasa member Nomathamsanqa Mkhwananzi will launch her debut album ‘Sithokozile’ at the theatre tonight. She will be backed by imbube group Impumelelo Shining Stars, Jeys Marabini and…
Zanzibar faces fresh elections amid crisis talks
Zanzibar — Zanzibar has formally annulled October’s elections meaning a rerun appears more likely, despite continued negotiations to strike a political deal on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands.
The Weekend Buzz
Bulawayo Theatre FORMER Iyasa member Nomathamsanqa Mkhwananzi will launch her debut album ‘Sithokozile’ at the theatre tonight. She will be backed by imbube group Impumelelo Shining Stars, Jeys Marabini and…
Zanzibar faces fresh elections amid crisis talks
Zanzibar — Zanzibar has formally annulled October’s elections meaning a rerun appears more likely, despite continued negotiations to strike a political deal on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands.
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- Manicapost
- November 13, 2015
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How racist are children’s books?
Leigh Anderson WHAT happened to Little Black Sambo? As a white girl growing up in West Virginia in the 1970s, I remember it on my childhood bookshelf. It was on…
- Manicapost
- November 13, 2015
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When markets fall, sometimes the axe is needed
HOW do high-street banks make money? Open an economics textbook and it will inform you that they borrow at one rate from their depositors and lend at another (higher) rate…
- Manicapost
- November 13, 2015
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Residents must pay bills to sustain Council
THE country is facing serious financial bottlenecks that have greatly affected service delivery by local authorities – rural and urban.
- Manicapost
- November 13, 2015
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Eagles land at Hillside
GOLF players from different parts of the country will this weekend converge at Hillside Golf Course for the Eagles Golf Association tournament.