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DAR ES SALAAM. – A Tanzanian legislator has been handed a five month jail term for defaming President John Pombe Magufuli in a “hate speech” delivered while addressing a rally on December 30, last year.
Iran accelerates nuclear propulsion project amid US hostile policies
TEHRAN. — Iran has stepped up building marine nuclear propulsion systems partly in response to Washington’s increasingly “hostile” stance on the nuclear deal, Financial Tribune reported Sunday.
Activists disrupt national peace and healing meeting
ACTIVISTS led by separatist group Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) were at it again yesterday when they disrupted a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) consultative meeting in Lupane, angering the local community who wanted to make contributions.
‘Masvingo masterplan almost done’
Masvingo City is finalising the crafting of a new masterplan that will guide the country’s oldest town’s growth and expansion trajectory over the next 40 years.
Stray jumbos killed
TWO stray elephants that were among a herd of six that had wreaked havoc in Mbire District where they trampled three people to death were gunned down last week.
Legislators start accessing Constituency Development Fund
MEMBERS of Parliament have started accessing the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has said.
Hubby scalded over call from ex-wife
A 28-year-old woman from Delsford suburb in Gweru has been arrested for attempted murder after scalding her husband with cooking oil after he allegedly received a phone call from his ex-wife.
WARRIORS DATE BAFANA
EIGHTEEN years after their World Cup qualifier at the National Sports Stadium was blighted by the death of 13 fans, Zimbabwe’s Warriors and South Africa’s Bafana Bafana are set for a showdown at the same venue for a blockbuster international friendly next month.
No rush for Zim return: De Beers
LEADING global diamond trading, exploration and mining company De Beers Group remains focused on other African countries in which it is already established with no rush to return to Zimbabwe, The Herald Business has learnt.
Zimbabwe through the lens of its music, song
The hot, sticky days of the hot, wet season with the merciless sun up on high were quite oppressive. On such days, smoke could be seen rising from my father’s small fire, where he occasionally lit his tobacco pipe and sat down to enjoy the tobacco.