News Headlines
By Staff Reporter EARLIER this month opposition MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti fled to Zambia where he sought political asylum in the deadly aftermath of the July 30 elections. However, in dramatic events widely condemned in Western capitals, Zambian authorities surprised by rejected Biti’s asylum application saying his reasons...
By Staff Reporter DAYS before the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) sits to hear his...
By Staff Reporter THE Constitutional Court will this Wednesday hear opposition MDC Alliance...
By BBC.com A British woman has survived after falling from a cruise ship...
By AFP As tributes flooded in from around the world Sunday for former...
By Staff Reporter STATE broadcaster, ZBC has been granted what appeared Saturday to...
Zimbabwe
By Staff Reporter AN independent candidate in Murewa South, Noah Mangondo, has taken Zanu PF rival Joel Biggie Matiza to the Electoral Court challenging the latter’s narrow win in the constituency in last month’s election. Matiza, a former Cabinet minister and the current Zanu PF Mashonaland East chairperson garnered...
By Idah Mhetu PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa promised Sunday “to improve the lives of...
By Bulawayo Correspondent FORMER Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Vincent Pamire has hit...
By Staff Reporter TWO MDC Alliance supporters from Manica Bridge in Mutasa Central...
WINDHOEK: Southern African leaders on Saturday called for calm in Zimbabwe as...
By Staff Reporter A gold miner was crushed and killed by a falling...
Africa
By AFP Tanzania is an “independent” country and will not be “intimidated”, the ruling party said on Saturday after the US expressed concern about the conduct of 70 recent by-elections. The US on Wednesday cited “election violence and irregularities” aimed at the opposition after local elections were held on...
Geneva – There was an outpouring of condolences from leaders around the world...
African countries import more than 97 percent of medicine, and the way to...
Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo on Saturday declared a week of mourning to pay...
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, who last week ended speculation by...
By AFP In the tiny maternity ward in Murrupelane, two 16-year-old mothers breast-feed...
World
By AFP A woman refused to leave her flooded house in India’s Kerala state without her 25 dogs, a rescuer said Saturday, as the death toll continued to rise. The dogs were found cowering on beds in the flooded house with water rising when an animal welfare group arrived...
By BBC.com Two Britons managed to escape a sinking Uber car after it...
By AFP Two Chinese academics have proposed a controversial idea to encourage childbirth...
By AFP The Swiss city of Lausanne has blocked a Muslim couple’s bid...
AT least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian...
By BBC.com A celebrity Brazilian cosmetic surgeon known as Dr Bumbum has been...
Health & Community
By Court Reporter A HARARE man and woman are in trouble after they allegedly fleeced a local company of US$85,927 and 95,000 Rands in a botched commodity broking deal. Euginia Mushanyu, 54, and Charles Kalasawo, 43, recently appeared before Harare magistrate Milton Serima facing fraud charges. They were remanded...
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE government has rolled out free dialysis care programme at...
By Associated Press UNITED States: A baby boom is brewing at a suburban...
By AFP The deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo has now claimed...
By Anna Chibamu HARARE city authorities have gone back on an earlier decision...
By Anna Chibamu DOZENS of anti-riot and plain clothes police cordoned off the...
Science & Tech
By AFP With its colourful hammocks and table tennis table, a new tech hub in the Lagos metropolis wouldn’t look out of place among the start-ups on the other side of the world in Silicon Valley. But the NG_Hub office is in the suburb of Yaba — the heart...
By Xinhua HARARE: Zimbabwe on Tuesday launched its space agency to advance the...
By AFP THE US Justice Department has opened an investigation into suspected violations...
By Associated Press TOKYO: Robots that can weld, lift and bolt are being...
By Associated Press LONDON: A personal finance expert launched a lawsuit against Facebook...
China is exporting facial recognition technology to Zimbabwe as part of the Belt and...
Travel
By Staff Reporter UK-based tour operator, Wilderness Safaris, is set to return to Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park after a twelve-year absence. Company CEO, Keith Vincent said the magnificent 1.7 million-hectare park, situated at the elegant new Chikwenya Camp at the confluence of the Sapi and Zambezi rivers will...
By thetimes.co.uk My hols: Jon Snow My partner is from Zimbabwe and we...
By AFP After nearly two decades in the doldrums, Zimbabwe’s tourism sector is...
By Peta Thornycroft IT IS one of the seven natural wonders of the...
By Bulawayo Correspondent LOCAL and foreign international steam train enthusiasts were recently treated...
By Xinhua HARARE: Zambia’s airline Proflight announced Wednesday that it will launch a...
