Why consider weird lekker?

By Johnson Siamachira
A WESTERN lifestyle is holding thousands of Zimbabwean urban teenagers captive. Loathe or love them, young people in

Pakistan restricts US diplomats’ travel

ISLAMABAD.
PAKISTAN has imposed new travel restrictions on US diplomats living in the country, a source told AFP yesterday, in the latest

Rebel chief’s death raises questions

BENGHAZI.
LIBYAN rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were militiamen allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi,

Malema faces trust fund probe

JOHANNESBURG.
South African police said yesterday that they were investigating a trust fund run by influential politician Julius Malema, who

Book Fair blitz on local languages

By Chemist Mafuba
ANGELINE KAMBA has had to speak six languages to a man in the street to prove that she knows her mother tongue. The

Books pivotal in national development – Dokora

By Richmore Tera
BOOKS, and literature in general, have a pivotal role to play in the development of a nation, a Government minister has

Unpacking Minister Biti’s ‘trilemma’

By Tichaona Zindoga
Presenting the Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review last week, Finance Minister Tendai Biti used a word that many people do not

Empowerment of youth lauded

Herald Reporter
Youth Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasuku-were has hailed President Mugabe

Zanu-PF leaders urged to stay in touch with grassroots

From George Maponga in Masvingo
Zanu-PF leaders should maintain constant touch with grassroots members for the party to maintain its historic connection with

Man commits suicide to avert court appearance

Masvingo Bureau
A 57-year-old Bikita man, who could not muster enough courage to appear before a magistrate’s court for bashing his wife,