S. Sudan peace talks begin next week

JUBA. — Three Western countries yesterday called on South Sudan’s warring parties to make concessions during the next round of peace talks slated for Monday in Ethiopia.

New Africa calls for new narrative

Allan Brian Ssenyonga Correspondent— For a long time, dominant media spaces in the world have packaged and presented a worrying template on African life. This is a template that highlights conflict, poverty…

‘Tobva tadii paya’ gang in custody

Chipo Sabeta Senior Reporter Four youthful artisanal gold miners from Battlefields, who graphically narrated how they sexually assaulted girls believed to be commercial sex workers in a video recently, have appeared…

End violence against women and children

Sofia Calltorp Correspondent The prevention of domestic violence and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is recognised internationally as a human rights concern. Myriad annals of history attest that women and children are often the…

AU to hold first-ever debate

CAPE TOWN. – The African Union Commission is reportedly set to hold its first-ever debate for the five candidates seeking to head the continental body and take over from the…

ZEC in massive voter education campaign

Increase Gumbo in Mwenezi The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has started a massive mobile voter education campaign here following a low response in the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR)since it started…

Zim seeks re-engagement on equal footing: Govt

Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Zimbabwe will seek re-engagement with other countries, especially the West, on an equal footing as the new dispensation ratchets up trade and economic diplomacy, a Cabinet…

Government to build 17 schools next year

Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Reporter— Government plans to construct 17 new schools throughout the country next year under the Opec Fund for International Development (OFID), Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Dr Lazarus…

All set for Extraordinary Congress

Felex Share Senior Reporter All is set for the Zanu-PF Extraordinary Congress to be officially opened by the party’s First Secretary and President Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare today. Delegates to the…

$100m for Kamativi Mine

A Chinese investor, Beijing Pinchang, is set to inject $100 million into Kamativi Tin Mine in Matabeleland North province in a deal that will see the company and the Zimbabwe…

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