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Lovemore Ranga Mataire The Readere Up In Arms (1982) by Chenjerai Hove is arguably one of the most enduring poetry collections by a Zimbabwean author that captures in detail the…
Woods on PGA Tour
KOHLER. — Tiger Woods, mired in the worst slump of his pro career, insists there’s reason for optimism as he looks to the final major of 2015 – the PGA…
Coutinho’s stunner earns Reds victory at Stoke
London. — Philippe Coutinho’s stunning long-range strike gave Liverpool a late victory over Stoke on the opening weekend. The match was a lacklustre Premier League encounter until the Brazilian’s magic…
2015: Worker’s annus horribilis
Joram Nyathi Spectrum CABINET has approved reforms or amendments to the Labour Act. That’s according to Zanu-PF spokesman Simon Khaya Moyo. That must come as cold comfort for the nearly 20 000…
EDITORIAL COMMENT: Proposal to reduce retirement age noble
THE proposal by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare that the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) should reduce retirement age to be in sync with…
Cecil: Fame in Africa’s zoological garden
Cecil is dead, killed by James Palmer, an American dentist. He was 13. He has followed the death-steps of his namesake, John Cecil Rhodes, who left this earth in 1902. Rhodes…
August 8: Happy and sad historic day
ON this historical day, 52 years ago, the party of liberation and part of the current ruling party, the Zimbabwe African National Union was born, as an offshoot of the…
Quakes rattle DRC, Rwanda
KIGALI/KINSHASA. — A strong earthquake struck Rwanda and shook most of the capital Kigali yesterday morning. The magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Rwanda at 3:25am local time, the United States Geological Survey…
Vaccines in short supply as meningitis epidemic erupts
LAGOS. — International health officials are scrambling to find meningitis C vaccines as an outbreak of the child-killing disease threatens to balloon. The first large-scale outbreak of the C strain…
Habitual armed robbers nabbed
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter A gang of 12 armed robbers released from prison recently, was on Thursday arrested in Norton and Zengeza following a spate of armed robberies committed countrywide. The syndicate…