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By Mugove Tafirenyika and Gift Phiri Angry opposition parties coalescing under the banner of the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) will hold mass protests on March 22, to force the government to abandon its plans to hijack the procurement of biometric voter registration (BVR) kits for next year’s make-or-break national elections. This comes amid grave […]
Sir Rod Stewart has offered his “deepest apologies” after he was filmed appearing to stage a mock execution in the desert.
By Fungi Kwaramba and Blessings Mashaya Opposition parties have slammed President Robert Mugabe for seeking medical treatment in Singapore amid a deepening crisis in the country’s health sector following a crippling doctors’ strike. Mugabe flew out of the country early Wednesday to the Far East country for health check-up, as senior health consultants and doctors […]
By Blessings Mashaya War veterans from all corners of the country converge in Harare on March 10 to review the country’s worsening political, economic and social crisis. War collaborators and ex-detainees have also been invited to the meeting but their patron, President Robert Mugabe, is not invited. Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) spokesperson […]
President Donald Trump has defended Attorney General Jeff Sessions as “an honest man” amid calls for him to quit. The Democrats say Mr Sessions “lied on oath” at his confirmation hearing about contacts with the Russian ambassador. Mr Trump said Mr Sessions “could have stated his response more accurately but it was clearly not intentional” […]
By Shannon Ebrahim South Africa, like many other countries across the world, is suffering from the disease of xenophobia. No amount of government denials is going to change this. In order to successfully address this challenge, we first have to admit that it is real, and not keep papering over it like politicians across the […]
Jane Fonda has revealed that she was once raped and said that she always thought “it was my fault”. The actress and fitness guru said she was sexually abused as a child and believed for years it was because ‘I didn’t do or say the right thing’. Miss Fonda, 79, said that the experience led […]
By Emsie Ferreira There could be no economic transformation without land reform, and laws – including the Constitution – need to be amended to allow expropriation without compensation, President Jacob Zuma said in his annual address to the House of Traditional Leaders on Friday “The economy is not in our hands. We are not in […]
Zimbabwe has appealed for $100m (£82m) to help those hit by floods that have killed 246 people since December. Officials say floods, which follow a crippling drought, have swept through villages, destroying roads, crops and livestock in the south of the country. The air force has transported some marooned villagers to safety. Last week the […]
By Sam Mkokeli, Renee Bonorchis and Anto Antony | IOL | Bank of Baroda’s South African unit has started closing accounts of companies controlled by the Gupta family, according to three people familiar with the matter, potentially leaving the friends of President Jacob Zuma without banking facilities in the country. The Mumbai-based lender is winding […]