Prophecy: fact or fiction?

Yoliswa Dube DAGGERS were drawn against Bulawayo Prophet Blessing Chiza after he wrongly predicted a Warriors match against Libya at the just ended African Nations Championships (Chan) in South Africa.…

Are churches safe havens for women?

Vaidah Mashangwa With the manner in which the man of the cloth Robert Gumbura conducted himself amidst his congregants one wonders whether women in general are safe in the various…

Town Clerk sues Alpha Media

Midlands Bureau Chief KWEKWE Town Clerk, Ngwena Musara, is demanding $75,000 defamation damages from Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of Southern Eye after the paper published a story alleging he earns…

Suspected mbanje dealer nabbed

Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau A BEITBRIDGE woman has been arrested for allegedly dealing in mbanje. Sithembile Ngwenya, 51, of Dulibadzimu suburb was reportedly found in possession of 45kg of mbanje…

Civilian evacuations from besieged Homs begin

A convoy of United Nations buses has arrived in the besieged central Syrian city of Homs and started an initial evacuation of 200 women and children from its most heavily-bombarded…

Date set for SA elections

Pretoria — South Africa’s fifth national general elections will be held on May 7, 2014, President Jacob Zuma announced yesterday. “These are historic elections as they take place during the…

Wife busts hubby, 77, for child porn

Pietermaritzburg — An elderly man apparently obsessed with child pornography found himself in court on Thursday after being bust by his wife, who accidentally discovered the images on his personal…

Libya security forces brace for protests

Tripoli — Security forces braced for protests yesterday against Libya’s protracted political transition following the ouster of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi, with fears of more violence after an overnight attack…

Thousands flee CAR

Bangui — Thousands of Muslims are fleeing for their lives in the capital of Central African Republic. A mass exodus of Muslim residents aboard trucks was accompanied by heavily armed…

Earliest human footprints outside Africa discovered in Norfolk

The footprint surface was exposed at low tide as heavy seas removed the beach sands to reveal a series of elongated hollows cut into compacted silts. “At first we weren’t…