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- January 7, 2019
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ANC set to dominate May national elections
The ANC appears on track to dominate its sixth straight national election in May as it increasingly wins back supporters alienated by former President Jacob Zuma’s scandal-marred rule, an opinion…
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- January 7, 2019
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UPDATED: Gabon soldiers seize radio station in coup attempt
Soldiers in Gabon have attempted a coup, announcing the establishment of a “restoration council” after taking over the national radio station. But the communications minister later yesterday announced most of…
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- January 7, 2019
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Carter urges DRC vote to reflect people’s will
Former US President Jimmy Carter is urging Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission to ensure that presidential election results “reflect the will of the Congolese people” as concerns grow about…
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- January 7, 2019
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Nigeria arrests journalists over Boko Haram coverage
Nigeria’s security forces have raided the offices of the country’s Daily Trust newspaper and arrested two of its journalists over the paper’s coverage of the armed group, Boko Haram. A…
adminDelta hikes beer prices
Beverages giant, Delta Corporation, yesterday announced new recommended wholesale and retail prices for its clear beer products that are sold across the country, a move that has resulted in a 25 percent increase of the firm’s lager beer prices.
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Striking junior doctors overplayed their card
The year opened to a frenzy of negotiations between Government and its workers, some of which began last year. Yesterday, the Government and representatives of labour in the civil service met to discuss conditions of service.
Doctors divided over strike . . . as some resume work at hospitals countrywide
Cracks have begun to emerge among striking junior doctors after some of them returned to work yesterday as part of an agreement they signed with the Government at the weekend. However, others — in what Government described as political posturing — did not turn up as the illegal job action entered its 37th day yesterday, with the doctors demanding to be paid in US dollars.
Local giants in the shade, challengers on the rise
GEORGE SHAYA still lives, and that is significant, because he remains the ultimate symbol of a spirited Glamour Boys resistance that crushed an invasion by the Pirates from the South on these football shores 43 years ago.
MANICA DIAMONDS UNVEIL JAURE
PREMIERSHIP debutantes Manica Diamonds yesterday made a bold statement of their intentions to make a huge impact by unveiling 19 players, including former Warriors captain Partson Jaure.
Shun violence, police urge public
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged people to refrain from using violence in resolving their differences.
In an inaugural op-ed published in today’s Herald, Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba (pictured right) said people should seek the assistance of the police whenever they have a dispute.