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Harare Bureau FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday bravely ushered in a new economic dispensation when he gave Zimbabwe its first policy-driven National Budget in more than a…
‘Powerful’ suspect beats up cops, forces them to flee base
Temba Dube Senior Reporter WHAT’S in a name…? A SUSPECT in an unlawful entry and theft case proved too powerful for police officers who fled their base when he stormed…
Tout-led mob attacks two police officers
Temba Dube Senior Reporter TWO Bulawayo police officers had to seek refuge in a bottle store after a mob led by touts allegedly attacked them in protest when they tried…
Winnie blasts Mandela family feud reports
Johannesburg — Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela expressed disappointment on Wednesday evening at the media’s interference with the matters of the Mandela family, her spokesperson said. “Furthermore, she rebukes unambiguously the…
‘Mr President, I am Castro’: Raul to Obama
Fidel Castro has said his brother, Raul, introduced himself to US President Barack Obama in English at the funeral for former South African President Nelson Mandela, telling him, “Mr President,…
S Sudan rebels take flashpoint town
Anti-government fighters in South Sudan have claimed control over the flashpoint town of Bor as rival military factions pay no heed to the president’s call for talks, raising fears of…
Syrians disappeared in ‘campaign of terror’
Syrian activists and other citizens have vanished into secret detention as part of a “widespread campaign of terror against the civilian population” by the Damascus government, UN investigators said. “There…
Bogus interpreter admitted to psychiatric hospital
Johannesburg — The bogus sign language interpreter at former president Nelson Mandela’s memorial service on 10 December has been admitted to Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital, The Star reported yesterday. According to…
‘Virgin’ pregnancies on the increase in US
Nearly one percent of young women in a US study who have become pregnant claim to have done so as virgins, according to a report in the Christmas edition of…
CAR militias guilty of war crimes: Amnesty
About a thousand people were killed over two days in the Central African Republic, according to Amnesty International, which said that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed by…