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Patrick Chitumba Midlands Bureau Chief THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has launched an investigation following complaints that Gweru’s Fletcher High school has allegedly been detaining pupils for non-payment of…
$150 bail for Xmas Day murder suspect
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A BULAWAYO man who allegedly fatally stabbed a rival suitor on Christmas Day during a fight over a girlfriend has been granted $150 bail pending trial. Lindani…
Tot rape herdboy gets 20 years
Mashudu Netsianda Senior Court Reporter A FIGTREE teenage herdboy who raped his employer’s one-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 20 years in jail. Moses Muleya, 19, of Manda village, was on Friday…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: UK’s stance on indigenisation welcome
WE welcome Britain’s endorsement of Zimbabwe’s refined indigenisation regulations and hope other European nations will follow suit and plough much needed investment into the country’s economy. The Indigenisation and Economic…
Small scale miners yearn for ferrochrome smelters
Lovemore Zigara THE government’s decision to lift a four-year ban on exporting raw chrome mid-last year gave hope to a sector that was on the verge of collapsing. It was sweet…
The dawn of a new Iran
Hamid Dabashi None of its regional adversaries are a match for the Iranian version of soft and smart power. In a sudden, though well-choreographed and much-expected dramatic succession of news releases,…
UN slams Burundi killings, mass graves, gang rapes
Geneva – The UN human rights chief has voiced alarm at the spiralling violence in Burundi over “extremely disturbing” allegations of security forces gang raping women, ethnic killings and mass…
De Klerk a charlatan, disappointment: Sanco
Pretoria – The claims by the FW De Klerk Foundation that statements on social media by black South Africans are more violent and racist reveal that the former president did…
Mission accomplished, Zuma MustFall poster removed
Cape Town – ANC supporters have removed the Zuma Must Fall poster that was covering one side of a block of flats in the Cape Town CBD. ANC Cape Metro spokesperson…
Iraq president hails lifting of Iran sanctions
President Hassan Rouhani hailed on Sunday a nuclear deal with world powers as a “golden page” in Iran’s history saying he looked forward to an economic future less dependent on…