West irrelevant in Zim, Africa political developments

Gary K Busch THE electoral victory of Zanu-PF exposes the irrelevance of the West to political developments in Zimbabwe and Africa. When US voting rights are being ripped away from…

Zanu-PF makes another clean sweep

Harare Bureau ZANU-PF completed its rout of the MDC-T by sweeping 1 493 out of 1 958 wards in the local authority elections translating to over 76 percent dominance in…

Thieves steal three-year-old baby

Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter A suspected gang of thieves yesterday broke into a house in Bulawayo’s Makokoba suburb and got away with a three-year- old girl and a handbag containing…

Botswana in U-turn over 96-year-old’s deportation

Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter THE Botswana government, which faced embarrassment when it tried to take back the 96-year-old man it had deported to Zimbabwe, has made an abrupt U-turn on…

Timba loses election case

Harare Bureau The Electoral Court has thrown out an application by MDC-T official Mr Jameson Timba in which he was seeking to compel the electoral commission to allow him to…

Clearing agents cash in on ‘facilitation fee’

Senior Reporter CUSTOMS clearing agents operating on the South African side of Beitbridge Border Post are cashing in on the congestion at the port of entry to charge stranded travellers…

UN calls for ‘maximum restraint’ in Egypt

New York — The UN Security Council called on the Egyptian government and the Muslim Brotherhood on Thursday to exercise “maximum restraint” and end the violence spreading across the country.…

Minister urges caution as SA marks Marikana tragedy

Johannesburg — Minister in the presidency Collins Chabane called for calm, reconciliation and unity during yesterday’s commemoration of the Marikana tragedy. “This is a time for pulling together as a…

Polio outbreak in Somalia worsens

Mogadishu — Aid workers in war-torn Somalia are struggling to contain a dangerous outbreak of the crippling polio virus, with rampant insecurity hampering efforts, the United Nations said yesterday. Six…

UN chief decries Israeli settlement policy

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, has said Israel’s settlement policy is seriously undermining peace efforts by the international community. He made the remarks during a visit to the occupied West Bank…