adminBarber rapes mentally challenged woman
Bulawayo Bureau A 53-year-old Bulawayo barber allegedly raped a mentally challenged woman and gave her a loaf of bread to buy her silence. Bernard Muronza, of Thorngrove suburb, allegedly bought…
Pasuwa eyes friendly matches
Petros Kausiyo Deputy Sports Editor WARRIORS coach Callisto Pasuwa is still hopeful his charges will be able to secure at least two warm-up matches in order to gauge their preparedness…
Deathbed of the WTO
Horace G. Campbell Correspondent The 10th WTO Ministerial Conference was supposed to showcase Kenya’s place as a diplomatic and commercial leader in Africa, but instead made Kenya appear naïve and…
Counter-extremes of the black identity
Literature Today Stanely Mushava The post-prophetic US is characterised by increasing repression and stratagems of co-optation by the political and corporate establishment.
Zim turns to fossil energy, as drought bites
Jeffrey Gogo Climate Story With back-to-back droughts since 2013, Zimbabwe’s main hydroelectric power plant at Kariba is failing, forcing the southern African nation to turn to dirtier fossil fuel-based energies…
Nigeria unveils Africa’s biggest Jesus statue
Abajah. – Nigeria on Friday unveiled a nine-metre tall statue of Jesus Christ carved from white marble, thought to be the biggest of its kind in Africa.
Shi’ite cleric’s execution sparks protests
DUBAI/RIYADH. – Iranian protesters stormed the Saudi embassy in Tehran early yesterday and Shi’ite Muslim Iran’s top leader predicted “divine vengeance” for Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shi’ite cleric.
US military to expand global ops in 2016
Thomas Gaist Correspondent The year 2015 will be remembered as a year of expanding global warfare and militarism. It began with discussions of the possibility of “total war” against Russia…
Driver accrues $11k in maintenance arrears
Court Correspondent For claiming he knew nothing about a court order compelling him to pay $700 for the upkeep of his five children, a Tengwa Africa truck driver landed himself…
Sugar heads for first gain in five years
NEW YORK. – After four bitter years, sugar mills can look forward to sweeter prospects in 2016. Prices have rebounded 50 percent since reaching a seven-year low in August. The…