adminPolice should make an ‘admission of guilt’
Qhubani Moyo JUSTICE Francis Bere stirred a hornet’s nest when he pronounced that spot fines by the Zimbabwe Republic Police were illegal. The pronouncement was met with jubilation by the…
DRC SETS ELECTION DATE
KINSHASA — Democratic Republic of Congo’s election commission has set November 27, 2016, for presidential and legislative elections, an election official said yesterday, satisfying a key demand of the political…
Suicide bomber kills 6 in Nigeria
BAUCHI (Nigeria) — A suspected suicide bomber blew herself up in a market in the town of Biu in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state yesterday, witnesses and a community leader said,…
Zambian president names full cabinet
LUSAKA — Zambian President Edgar Lungu yesterday announced he would keep his position as defence minister when he unveiled his full cabinet following his election last month. “I will remain minister…
Lukewarm reception for Zuma’s SONA
CAPE Town — President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) drew mixed reviews from civil society yesterday evening. Executive secretary of the Council for the Advancement of the SA…
Next time we will be armed — EFF MP
CAPE Town — Economic Freedom Fighters MP Floyd Shivambu yesterday evening warned the EFF will be armed the next time parliamentary protection officers confront them. “They obviously manhandled all of us.…
Marathon talks produce Ukraine peace deal, ceasefire on Sunday
MINSK (Belarus) — Guns will fall silent, heavy weapons will pull back from the front, and Ukraine will trade a broad autonomy for the east to get back control of…
President to spearhead Africa’s agenda
THE 24th Session of the Summit of the African Union which was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia saw President Mugabe being elected as the new chairperson of the African Union. In…
Event of great magnitude
PRESIDENT Mugabe was recently elected as chairman of the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He replaced President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, of Mauritania. The advent of the AU can be…
RBZ extends amnesty on acquittal of prepayments…$1.47 billion in outstanding payments
Business Reporter— THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has extended to March, 31, 2015 the amnesty on non-recoverable export receipts and granted absolute amnesty on outstanding import bills prior to…