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DA leader upgrading his matric certificate enrols with Unisa
Following criticism of his academic qualifications, Democratic Alliance (DA) leader John Steenhuisen has officially enrolled at the University of South Africa (UNISA). His studies will focus on manage...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 11:30hrs | 1635 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Police detain man for insulting Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema
POLICE in Lusaka have detained a 43-year-old man of Kabulonga Extension for insulting President Hakainde Hichilema and saying Zambians should vote out "these idi*ts in 2026." Suzgo Mbale insul...Published: 09 Sep 2024 at 08:41hrs | 698 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer opens gemological lab in Kabul
Former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) evaluator and gemologist, engineer Clever Sithole, has opened a laboratory in Kabul, Afghanistan, to unlock the true value of gemstones and cur...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US Afghanistan spies enter Zimbabwe to fight for asylum in South Africa
THE group of 22 Afghan nationals, who worked closely with United States military and security agencies after the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attack on Americ...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti in attempted kidnapping?
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance vice president Tendai Biti says he, for a moment, felt as if he was at the heart of Taliban-ruled Afghani capital Kabul after escaping an alleged Monday n...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
IMF freezes funds for Afghanistan over political uncertainty
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has put on hold funds to Afghanistan amid the rising uncertainty in the country.These developments came after IMF recently announced a $650 billion Specia...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 14:12hrs | 7 | by Agencies
ZANLA/ZANU did not liberate Matabeleland
To say that ZANU and it's razmataz armed wing, ZANLA, liberated Matabeleland and therefore are our leaders, comrades or heroes, is as good as claiming that the Rhodesian Army and government liberated ...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:20hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
12 US service members killed in Kabul blast - reports
Twelve US service members - 11 marines and a Navy medic - were killed in the airport attack, officials tell US media.The deaths mark the first US military casualties in Afghanistan since Febru...Published: 26 Aug 2021 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment
Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabweans caught up in Afghanistan turmoil
ZIMBABWEANS in Afghanistan are anxious over their safety, while others, including Clever Sithole, an engineer heading a gemstones centre, have fled, fearing for their lives after the Taliban took over...Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Africa is not as bad as is portrayed by media
I AM really concerned about the role of mass media in this century. Firstly, because there is so much of it, secondly, because it can easily distort perceptions and understanding of what is really goi...Published: 20 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | | by Eddie Cross
London reaches out to Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa prepares to visit the United Kingdom (UK) in October for a crucial global summit, Whitehall says it is working to increase trade between Britain and Zimbabwe despite the u...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets to fly to UK
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is reported set to visit the United Kingdom (UK) soon, a visit which has set excitement in the ruling Zanu PF and the state media.No Zimbabwean leader has travelle...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 17:00hrs | | by Staff Writer
Mnangagwa's impending UK visit riles opponents
President Mnangagwa's impending visit to the United Kingdom, the first by a Zimbabwean President in more than two decades, has riled detractors, who see the Second Republic entering a fruitful new pha...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
US troops takes control of Kabul's international airport
US troops are taking control of Kabul's international airport, as desperate residents try to flee the city following the Taliban's return to Kabul.The US military has secured the site and is t...Published: 16 Aug 2021 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean engineer runs Afghanistan's gemology plant
A ZIMBABWEAN engineer, Clever Sithole (CS), last year made history when he was appointed head gemologist at a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded gemstone processing proj...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jane Ngwenya the first black woman nationalist to join active politics in Rhodesia
Comrade Jane Ngwenya was the first woman who dared the men spaces, a domain of male occupation: politics. When my mother came to Zambia running away from the obvious incarceration at Chikurubi prison ...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 13:44hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Man robbed of forex while praying
A Beitbridge man lost US$200, R10 000, seven cellphones and various goods to five armed robbers who attacked him while he was praying alone in a bushy area, as such cases continue to rise in the borde...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 23:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masiyiwa invited to speak at New Economy global Forum
HARARE - Zimbabwe-born billionaire Strive Masiyiwa is set to participate in the Bloomberg New Economy Forum slated for November 16-19 this year. The Econet Group founder and executive chairman...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:32hrs | 4 | by Agencies
Why are African legal minds holding on to colonial relics?
The British gave up their last colonies in Africa half a century ago. But they left their wigs behind. Not just any wigs. They are the long, white, horsehair locks worn by high court judges (and King ...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Kevin Sieff
Zimbabwean cricketers refuse to come back home
NINE local cricketers who are playing in the Shpageeza Twenty20 Cricket League in Kabul, Afghanistan have refused to return home as they believe that they are safe in the war torn Asian country....Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 09:51hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Ditched man wants his 'blessings' back
A WOMAN from Kensington plots on the outskirts of Bulawayo is reportedly sleeping with one eye open like a crocodile because of her ex-lover in the habit of visiting her at night to allegedly harass h...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rapist jailed 12 years
A man from Beitbridge who grabbed a fellow resident into the bush where he threatened to stab her before rapping her at knife point has been jailed 8 years effective for rape.Majeyi Reason Phi...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:59hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Windfall for Warriors, players could get more than $100 000 each
ZIMBABWE'S Warriors could pocket more than $100 000 each - about $32 000 more than what their counterparts across the Zambezi pocketed for winning the 2012 Nations Cup finals - if they can emulate...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Woman beaten to death by mob for allegedly burning a Qur'an
Kabul - An Afghan woman who was beaten to death by a mob has been buried in Kabul, her coffin carried by women's rights activists.Hundreds of people have gathered in northern Kabul for the fun...Published: 22 Mar 2015 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
US, Nato formally ends war in Afghanistan
Kabul - The United States and Nato formally ended their war in Afghanistan on Sunday with a ceremony at their military headquarters in Kabul as the insurgency they fought for 13 years remains as feroc...Published: 28 Dec 2014 at 19:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Emirates SkyCargo Completes Another Remarkable Year
HARARE - Emirates SkyCargo, one of the largest and most progressive air cargo operators globally, has achieved another successful year and major milestones over the past twelve months. In ...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 07:33hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Emirates circles the globe over 18,000 times in 2013
Nearly 46 million meals loaded on flights leaving Dubai HARARE - Emirates' aircraft flew around the world more than 18,000 times in 2013, unde...Published: 31 Dec 2013 at 05:41hrs | | by Moyo Roy
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Emirates draw picks a winner
HARARE - Emirates, which flies daily from Harare to Lusaka and Dubai, has given a lucky shopper the chance to experience the fun and excitement of Dubai.Agnes Taibl's weekend trip to a Ha...Published: 10 Dec 2013 at 04:28hrs | | by Matthews Estell
Emirates sizzles with shoppers in Harare
Two tickets to Dubai on offer in weekend prize draw HARARE - Sky-high temperatures failed to deter shoppers in Harare at the weekend as the...Published: 20 Nov 2013 at 11:52hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Emirates officials meet shoppers in Harare
Two tickets to Dubai on offer in weekend prize drawEmirates, which flies daily from Harare to Lusaka and Dubai, will be on the ground meeting shoppers in Harare this weekend and next to share ...Published: 14 Nov 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lawsuit divides Zanu-PF
The $50 million criminal defamation lawsuit filed by the wife of the party's secretary for legal affairs Emmerson Mnangagwa against Midlands provincial minister, Auxillia, is widening fissure in Zanu-...Published: 11 Nov 2013 at 12:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Emirates spreads its wings across the Atlantic by announcing Boston
HARARE - Emirates, which flies daily from Harare to Lusaka and Dubai, is to launch a further transatlantic link with the start of flights to Boston from March 10, 2014.This will be the air...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 14:45hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Pakistan releases top Taliban prisoner
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee, Abdul Ghani Baradar on Saturday, a senior official of the interior ministry told AFP."Yes Baradar has been released," Omar...Published: 21 Sep 2013 at 05:36hrs | | by AFP
Mine collapses killing at least 27 miners
Kabul - A coal mine collapse has killed at least 27 miners in the north of Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday, with rescue efforts underway to save about 12 workers trapped underground.Emer...Published: 15 Sep 2013 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Taliban attack Afghan Presidential Palace, four militants killed
KABUL - The Taliban attack on Afghan Presidential Palace in Kabul on Tuesday morning left all four militants dead, police said."Four militants involved in the attack are killed by our brave se...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Afghan suspends security talks with United States
(Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has decided to suspend talks on a security pact with the United States, accusing Washington of mixed messages regarding peace talks with the Taliban, his spok...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 06:14hrs | | by Reuters
Money the root of all evil
"Money is the root of all evil," the email read. "It is the reason you Africans are a failure; a dependent of the West. It is the reason you languish at the bottom of the totem pole. Don't blame us. ...Published: 03 Jun 2013 at 03:35hrs | | by Field Ruwe
Afghanistan: Suicide bomber rams car into NATO convoy, 2 troops killed
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital on Thursday, killing at least 12 people, including two coalition troops, four civilian contractors and two...Published: 16 May 2013 at 10:08hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Suicide bomber targets foreign forces in the Afghan capital
A suicide bomber in a car targeted two vehicles carrying foreign forces in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Thursday killing at least six Afghan civilians, Afghan officials said.It was not clear ...Published: 16 May 2013 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Plain crash caught on camera - Video
A Boeing 747, which had just taken off from Bagram airbase near the Afghan capital Kabul destined for Dubai, exploded in flames after crashing to earth on Monday, killing all seven people on...Published: 01 May 2013 at 17:36hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Six Americans killed in Afghanistan on Saturday
Six Americans and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the US military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said....Published: 07 Apr 2013 at 05:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Car bomb explodes in front of Afghan intelligence agency buildings
A car bomb exploded in front of the gates of a heavily barricaded Afghan intelligence agency buildings on Wednesday, Reuters reported.Shopkeepers and passersby were injured in the blast, which...Published: 16 Jan 2013 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Pakistan frees eight Afghan Taliban prisoners
Islamabad - Pakistan has released eight Afghan Taliban prisoners, including senior former administration chiefs, in a bid to aid its war torn neighbour's peace efforts, officials said on Tuesday....Published: 01 Jan 2013 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Is Zimbabwe a failed state
IF results of surveys in the past three weeks are anything to go by, then Zimbabweans are wallowing joyfully in their failures.Zimbabweans had everything to smile about when the 2012 Happy Pla...Published: 09 Jul 2012 at 05:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Afghan killing, 'tragic and shocking' says Obama
US President Barack Obama has called an incident in which an American soldier killed 16 Afghan civilians, including nine children, "tragic and shocking".In a written statement, Mr Obama said:...Published: 11 Mar 2012 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Americans burn the Muslin holy book, Afghans protest
Kabul - More than 2 000 angry Afghans protested outside an American air base on Tuesday after they learned that copies of the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book, were burned in a pile of garbage at a spraw...Published: 21 Feb 2012 at 21:52hrs | | by AP
Woman cuts father-in-law's penis with a knife
An Afghan woman cut off her father-in-law's penis with a knife after he tried to have sex with her, a doctor in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province said Saturday."One day when the husband wa...Published: 31 Dec 2011 at 20:04hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Death toll of a suicide bombing on Afghan shrine rises to 80
The death toll of a suicide bombing on a shrine in Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday has risen to 80, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday."The death toll of suicide attack against mo...Published: 11 Dec 2011 at 13:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Suicide car bomber strikes NATO convoy killing six: Afghan officials
Afghanistan -There are reports that a suicide car bomber struck a NATO convoy in Kabul, killing at least four people, Afghan officials said. In the south, a man wearing an Afghan military uniform turn...Published: 29 Oct 2011 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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