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Thabo Mbeki HISTORICALLY, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with Zapu and none with Zanu when it broke away from Zapu. This was a…
Schabir Shaik talks betrayal in Facebook post
Durban – Schabir Shaik took to Facebook last week to speak about friendship and false promises, in a post that many believed was about his friend and current president Jacob…
Uganda opposition leader detained
Uganda’s opposition leader Kizza Besigye has been arrested for the fourth time in eight days following a contested presidential election which saw the long-serving president, Yoweri Museveni, re-elected to office. Yesterday,…
18 dead after cyclone slams into Fiji
Wellington – The death toll from a ferocious cyclone which tore through Fiji over the weekend has risen to 18 as authorities yesterday began to get a grasp on the…
Cuba deploys army to fight Zika virus
Cuban President Raul Castro called on the entire Cuban population to help eradicate the mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus yesterday and ordered 9,000 army troops to help stave off…
Assange lawyers ask Swedish court to drop warrant
Stockholm – Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said yesterday they had asked a Stockholm court to lift a pan-European warrant for his arrest over a 2010 rape allegation. His lawyers…
Bomb threat at Jo’burg High Court
The Johannesburg High Court has been evacuated following a bomb threat. Convicted criminals Radovan Krejcir, Desai Luphondo, former East Rand organised crime Warrant Officers Samuel Modise Maropeng, Jan Lefu Mofokeng and…
Germany fears xenophobia taking hold
Berlin – Germany fears xenophobia is taking root in its former communist east, where Islamophobic movement Pegida was born and where two recent incidents involving anti-migrant mobs shocked the country. The…
Duty deal in pipeline for Byo firms
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter— THE government is open to discussions that can lead to Bulawayo industries being exempted from paying import duty on certain raw materials to promote the revival…
Troubled HCCL admits insolvency
Business Reporter HWANGE Colliery Company Limited (HCCL) yesterday admitted being insolvent with a $69.1 million tax liability to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority worsening its plight. In a statement accompanying its re-published…