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Mnangagwa leaves for Pretoria, SA
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa risked fresh public wrath on Monday after hiring a luxury jet from the United Arab Emirates – his third inside a week – to fly him to South Africa. The […]
Global shares stumble following retreat on Wall Street
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares tumbled in Europe and Asia on Monday after Wall Street ended last week with a broad retreat. Thailand’s benchmark dipped following a general election that appeared likely to keep the incumbent, [...]As worries about populism in Europe rise, investors bet on stock market volatility
Govt happy with distribution of medicines in Chipinge, Chimanimani
HARARE – The Ministry of Health and Child Care says it is happy with medical supplies reaching Cyclone Idai affected areas and has pledged to increase surveillance to ensure it is not diverted and abused. [...]Zimbabwe’s vice president receiving treatment in India-official
Kenyan teacher voted the best in the world, wins $1m
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – A maths and physics teacher from a secondary school in a remote village in Kenya’s Rift Valley has won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize for 2019, organisers have said. Peter [...]Satanism scare rattles school. . . 10 pupils suffer headaches, weakness and faint
Pilot flew stolen plane into building where wife, 50 friends were having baby shower
GABORONE – A crazed pilot kicked out of his wife’s baby shower flew a stolen plane into a building where she and about 50 friends were partying in Botswana. Charl Viljoen, a South African, was [...]
Namibia minister blasts Zimbabweans over marriages of convenience with his people
NAMIBIA’S Home Affairs minister has slammed Zimbabweans and other foreign nationals who are in the tendency of entering into marriages of convenience with his compatriots in order to qualify for Namibian citizenship. Speaking during his [...]Zimbabwean ex-army couple loses bid to stay in Canada, faces deportation
Deportation fears of Zimbabweans in UK as Biti’s brother gets stuck-in
Cheating Storm: Zimbabwean UK man New Year’s Day rage headbutt on girlfriend lands him in jail
Zimbabwe currency crisis robs Bell of record year
A new currency regime in Zimbabwe robbed Bell Equipment of a record financial year, giving the company a R87.4-million “ankle-tap that went straight to the bottom line”, said CEO Leon Goosen on Monday. “It happened right at [...]Zimbabwe adopting the rand ‘not under consideration’ – minister
Zimbabwe cenbank head hints at more weakening of new currency
Oprah, Spielberg help Apple launch new streaming service
NEW YORK (AP) — Apple trotted out few details on its long-awaiting streaming service on Monday, but it didn’t skimp on high-wattage celebrity. Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg and Jennifer Aniston were part of a parade [...]Comcast to launch streaming video service for internet customers
Mai Chisamba to rock Australia, first international tour for Zimbabwe’s talks-how queen
Parly summons ministers to explain tobacco sales muddle
PARLIAMENT has summoned Finance and Agriculture ministers to come and clear the air on why government has gone back on promises to allow tobacco farmers to pocket 50 percent proceeds from their produce. The tobacco [...]Africa’s farmers urgently need climate-proof investment for food security
Cardinal Pell sent to prison for abusing 2 boys in Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Catholic convicted of child sex abuse was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral in a crime the judge said [...]Mboro’s attack on #AlphLukau ‘has an aftertaste of Afrophobia’
