Canada premier hid in closet

OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (right) was shoved into a closet when a gunmen stormed parliament, local newspapers said on Friday.

High voter turnout at Botswana polls

Mmegi reporters from various areas around the country report of high turnout of voters at many polling stations this morning. Polling stations opened at 6:30am and are expected to close…

Frelimo’s Nyusi wins Mozambique elections

Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo party and its candidate Filipe Nyusi won this month’s presidential and legislative elections, according to provisional results released on Friday, with votes counted from all provinces.

Teacher sues Masiyephambili College for $32 900

ONE of Bulawayo’s affluent private schools, Masiyephambili College, is seeing red as property worth over $32 000 will be put under the hammer to compensate a teacher who was unfairly…

Tshelanyemba Hospital closes

TSHELANYEMBA Hospital in Matobo District of Matabeleland South has been forced to close as a result of an acute shortage of drugs, a development that has affected thousands of villagers…

Mathe appeals for calm, support

HIGHLANDERS’ stand-in coach Mark Mathe is appealing for calm from the club’s supporters, urging them to rally behind the team as they seek to overturn the bad patch haunting the…

Mphoko demands apology, threatens to sue motoring firm

ZIMBABWE’S former ambassador to Botswana and South Africa, Ambassador Phelekezela Mphoko, has demanded an urgent apology from Terridan Motors (Pvt) Ltd, after the company wrongfully linked him to a land…

Dead man’s spirit haunts killer, hands self to police

LIFE for a 31-year-old man from Mberengwa has turned into living hell after the spirit of a neighbour he allegedly killed three years ago started haunting him and terrorising his…

EDITORIAL COMMENT: Feel it, it’s here

ACCORDING to St John’s Gospel, Thomas the Apostle missed one of Jesus’ appearances to the Apostles after His resurrection, and said “Unless I see the nail marks in his hands…

Happy birthday Zambia!

Retired Brigadier-General Abel Mazinyane I SHUDDER to think how long it would have taken to liberate Southern Africa without the assistance of Zambia. All liberation movements of southern Africa had…