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COLOMBO. — Sri Lanka is to deploy game wardens to stop wild elephants straying onto the pitch when the country hosts Zimbabwe for a series of one-day cricket internationals at…
Novice shottist reigns supreme
Tedious Manyepo Sports Reporter COURAGE Mudonzvo of Headquarters 5 Infantry Brigade tallied a record points tally of 400 as he shrugged stiff competition from over 600 other contestants to be…
Pushing Gaza to suicide: The politics of humiliation
Ramzy Baroud Correspondent MOHAMMED Abed is a 28-year-old taxi driver from the village of Qarara, near the town of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. He has no teeth.
Police have powers to act on AG’s report
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter police have powers to arrest officials implicated in the Auditor-General’s Office audit reports once they are tabled in Parliament, since there is nothing in the Constitution stopping…
President hands $1m cheque to AU
Nduduzo Tshuma in ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia President Mugabe yesterday presented a $1 million cheque in proceeds from the 2015 cattle donation he pledged towards capacitation of the African Union Foundation…
What happened to ‘nhimbe’ concept?
Obert Chifamba Agri-Insight Cue the sad and strong nostalgic tone running through this piece of writing! Yes, I yearn for a return to that spirit of communalism demonstrated in the…
Cop kills self over bonus
Whinsley Masara Bulawayo Bureau Two police officers based at Nkayi Police Station allegedly committed suicide by drinking pesticides during the same month. Constables Aubrey Mahefa (25) and Liston Hove allegedly…
Call for mobile networks in Beitbridge
Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau There is need for the urgent upgrade of communication facilities in Beitbridge District as most people are relying on foreign cellular network providers, an official has…
Mooted mercury ban threatens $1bn gold sector
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau The country’s $1 billion gold production sector is under threat from the Minamata Convention that seeks to ban the use of mercury, a major chemical used…
Youth exodus: Is Africa being turned into a giant farm?
Kalundi Serumaga Correspondent TO far-sighted global conglomerates, Africa empty of its people is far more valuable that an Africa full of them. Could the exodus of African youth, lured by…