adminEDITORIAL COMMENT: Doctors, medical aid impasse – put patients first
THE stand-off between medical aid societies and doctors that has seen medical practitioners resolving to demand cash upfront from patients with effect from July 1, is unfortunate and has the…
Impumelelo Shining Stars celebrate 15yrs in music industry
Showbiz Correspondent IMBUBE group Impumelelo Shining Stars will celebrate their 15 years in the music industry on Saturday with the launch of their eighth album – Avulekil’ Amazulu. The celebrations being…
‘Theatre for Everyone’ gets bigger
Nhlalwenhle Ngwenya THREE months since its inception, “Theatre for Everyone’, a platform meant to promote budding actors and scriptwriters, is proving to be a force to reckon with in Bulawayo. Through…
Writers urged to produce literature in indigenous languages
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent Writers in the country have been urged to produce literature in various local languages in order to support teaching of indigenous languages in schools. Speaking at a Kalanga…
J. Cole rocks fans in SA
AMERICAN rapper J. Cole has received a nod of approval from Johannesburg fans after a thrilling performance at the Ticketpro Dome on Saturday. Over 14,000 people attended the Castle Lite Unlock…
Africa’s engagement with China
Analysis Ronald Chipaike THE single most important issue in Africa’s international relations in the 21st century has been its strategic partnership with China. Although Chinese engagement with Africa goes back to the…
Malawi rules against death penalty for albino killers
lilongwe-Malawi has ruled out the implementation of the death penalty against killers of people with albinism, saying that such legislation would go against human rights agreements that the country had…
2015 Refugee displacement hits record
The United Nations refugee agency says persecution and conflict in places such as Syria and Afghanistan raised the total number of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide to a record…
Separate bomb attacks kill 22 in Afghanistan
More than 20 people were killed in separate bomb attacks in Afghanistan yesterday, including at least 14 when a suicide bomber struck a minibus carrying Nepali security contractors in the…
Al-Shabab confirms death of Garissa attack leader
SOMALIA’s armed group al-Shabab has confirmed the death of a commander suspected of organising the 2015 attack on Kenya’s Garissa University that left 148 people dead. The killing of Mohamed Mohamud…