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Nelson Chamisa's CCC resignation
ON 25 January 2024, Zimbabwean opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) president Nelson Chamisa quit.Looking through the dancing ropes, it is more like a boxing match. Remember when Mi...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:52hrs | 2 | by Vivid Gwede
Mohadi implores councils to promote waste recycling
FORMER Vice President Kembo Mohadi says recycling plays an important part in waste management, which is missing in local authorities as they struggle to manage waste collection.Officially open...Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 05:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new currency, a maxi-devaluation
Until February 20, Zimbabwe produced a quasi-currency. It was dubbed a "Zollar". On February 20, the quasi-currency became Zimbabwe's official currency. This new currency is called RTGS dollars and co...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:13hrs | 11 | by Steve H Hanke
Building Africa's scientific talent
Ten years ago, South African physicist Neil Turok made a bold prediction: the world's next Einstein will be from Africa. A decade later, it is worth considering whether the continent is any closer to ...Published: 01 Jan 2019 at 11:16hrs | 1 | by Daniel Mundeva
Bulawayo scientist in Nobel Laureate Meeting
A BULAWAYO-born scientist based in South Africa recently participated in the 68th Nobel Laureate Meeting which was held in Lindau, Germany.The meeting, which is held every year, allows some of...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa pays tribute to Kofi Annan
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has joined other world figures in paying tribute to the late former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Laureate Kofi Annan (80), who died on Saturday at a hospital in Switzerl...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Why army warning is omnious
Army press conferences are rare and ominous events in Zimbabwe. When the army calls a press conference in Zimbabwe, it is a serious matter and you better sit up and listen. When they did in November l...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 18:20hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Donald Trump's America is a Nightmare
America is like an uncivilized fool that would even poison a river just because it wants to kill a crocodile. And when you poison a river, you don't only kill the crocodiles, but you would also end up...Published: 29 May 2018 at 19:44hrs | 1 | by Salom Shilongo
'Kofi Annan must directly lecture Mugabe on good governance'
Welshman Ncube's MDC has said former United Nations secretary-general Koffi Annan should consider lending President Robert Mugabe some notes on good governance, human rights and democracy after the re...Published: 25 Apr 2016 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Leave when your time is up- Kofi Annan tells African leaders
Former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged African leaders to leave when their mandated time is up and to avoid excluding opposing voices if elections are to cease contributing to conflicts on t...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Lagos now wears a new look
City transforming from chaos of traffic congestion, rickety buses and pickpockets An oft-told tale of Lagos's once-notorious traffic jams is that ...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 21:33hrs | 3 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Yoruba groups rejoice with T.B. Joshua over award
The Alliance of Pan-Yoruba Groups (APAYO) have lauded the recent announcement declaring Pastor T.B. Joshua as the 'Yoruba Man Of The Year'. In a statement titled 'The Goldfish Has No Hid...Published: 22 Feb 2015 at 12:35hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
TB Joshua named 'Man of the Decade' in Nigeria
One the most popular televangelists in Zimbabwe, Nigerian Prophet T.B. Joshua, has been named the 'Yoruba man of the decade'. Joshua, who is well known in Zimbabwe due to the fame o...Published: 20 Feb 2015 at 17:42hrs | | by Ihechukwu Njoku
What opinion do you hope to get from a rival suitor?
THE OTHER SIDE I love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. He is late, that Nobel laureate from Columbia who passed on this year, just a day before our National Day. I have drawn from his writings, a point my loya...Published: 07 Dec 2014 at 21:10hrs | 1 | by Nathaniel Manheru
Hunting for Eurobonds
Views split on sub-Saharan Africa's debut in the international markets Attracted by the prevailing low interest rates, cash-strapped African countries l...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 20:32hrs | | by Jocelyne Sambira
The Kalanga Origins of the Thembu and Nelson Mandela Revealed
Stories of our Great Achievements Must be Told Alan Dershowitz notes his feelings about his Jewish identity when he was a Yale law student: "When I ...Published: 06 Jan 2014 at 11:26hrs | 70 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
Dalai Lama to boycott Mandela's funeral
The Dalai Lama who has twice since 2009 been denied a visa for South Africa, is not planning to attend his fellow Nobel laureate Nelson Mandela's funeral, his spokesperson said on Sunday.The ...Published: 08 Dec 2013 at 14:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Uprooting the causes of conflicts
Momentum in post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa On 11 July 2011, when South Sudan's President Salva Kiir and his 8.3 million compatriots celebrate...Published: 07 Sep 2013 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Kingsley Ighobor
'I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven' says Tutu
South African peace icon Desmond Tutu has said he would rather go to hell than worship a homophobic God, likening the fight against gay prejudice to the anti-apartheid struggle.Tutu made the c...Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 22:21hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Chinua Achebe dies after a brief illness
Renowned Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has died at the age of 82 after a brief illness, BBC reports.A statement from his family said his "wisdom and courage" were an "inspiration to all who kn...Published: 22 Mar 2013 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Politics of succession: coping African when leaders die
In December 2008, a Guinean newspaper published a photo of a frail and ailing President Lansana Conté, who appeared to be struggling to stand up. The photo stoked rumours of the president...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 16:24hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Nelson Mandela honours Whitney Houston
Johannesburg - Nelson Mandela's office on Monday offered condolences on the death of Whitney Houston, remembering a performance she gave during a White House dinner in his honour in 1994."Ms H...Published: 13 Feb 2012 at 22:56hrs | 2 | by Moyo Roy
Tuku is Forbes Magazine's October greatest achiever
Forbes Magazine is an international weekly publication with a circulation of over 900 000 and the company's 19 international licensee editions together reach six million readers worldwide.This...Published: 11 Dec 2011 at 07:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CPJ urges South African authorities to drop secrecy bill
New York - South African authorities should heed widespread calls to drop a "secrecy bill" that opponents say will criminalize whistle-blowing and stifle investigative journalism, the Committee to Pro...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 23:00hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Wangari Maathai, the woman of trees, dies
Kenya's Wangari Muta Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner, environmentalist and human rights activist, died 25 September at age 71. A mother of three, she devoted her life to promoting the envir...Published: 09 Oct 2011 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Kingsley Ighobor
Exiled Tibet spiritual leader, Dalai Lama, sweating for his SA visa
Cape Town - The Dalai Lama was on Monday afternoon still waiting to hear whether he would get a visa to South Africa, a representative of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader said."We have not...Published: 03 Oct 2011 at 13:45hrs | | by -
Wangari Maathai, Nobel laureate, has died
Nairobi - Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmentalist Wangari Maathai has died in hospital where she was undergoing treatment for cancer, her organisation the Green Belt Movement said on Mon...Published: 26 Sep 2011 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by -
Microfinance: What role in Africa's development!
The honeymoon with microfinance is over. Since the idea of lending small sums of money to poor people was pioneered by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, the approach has been taken up by many non-government...Published: 24 Aug 2011 at 18:26hrs | | by David Mehdi Hamam and Oliver Schwank
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