ZIMRA to deduct 30% on wheat payments to farmers

As the festive season approaches, farmers in Zimbabwe are facing the harsh reality of celebrating Christmas without the much-needed funds, following a decision by grain millers to suspend payments. Th...

Overturned ship sinks off Scotland, 8 people missing

London - An overturned cargo ship sank on Sunday off the coast of Scotland as the search continued for the missing eight-member crew.Seven Poles and one Filipino were on board the Cypriot-reg...

Whence Are the Kalanga (And the Question of Semitic Blood Addressed)

Editor, last week I penned an article titled "Who are the Kalanga?" which, apparently, excited a lot of interest j...

UN Security Council urges action to combat piracy

New York - The UN Security Council is urging more action to combat the rise in piracy and armed robbery in the Gulf of Guinea off Africa's west coast. A presidential statement adopted on Wedne...

Four kidnapped foreigners freed in Nigeria

Lagos - Four foreigners kidnapped last month when their vessel was attacked off the West African coast have been freed unharmed in Nigeria's oil-producing region, police said on Monday.The sai...

Pirates attack British-flagged cargo ship off Nigeria, 3 crew members kidnapped

LAGOS - Pirates have attacked a British-flagged cargo ship off Nigeria and kidnapped one Romanian and two Russian crew members in the latest such incident to hit the region, a statement said Friday....

Who takes responsibility for the corruption in Zimbabwe!

While a considerable amount of the current problems in Zimbabwe are attributable to economics, and the GNU internal squabbles, corruption on the doorsteps of public offices and notorious political...

Chamisa note: ears of a hippo

A HIPPO is a titanic water animal that lives in seas and lakes while it predominantly feeds and patrols on the land. Besides the hippo’s legendary short-temper and propensity to vi...