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South Africa totally correct to 'relocate Taiwan' out of Pretoria
The brouhaha around the forced relocation of the Taipei Liaison Office from SA's capital Pretoria to Johannesburg - approximately 50 km southward - is completely misplaced.In 1997, SA cut dipl...Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 09:13hrs | 1215 | by Abbey Makoe
Russia's Wagner has 'footprints in Zimbabwe'?
RUSSIAN mercenary group Wagner Group has been implicated in illicit gold mining dealings in Zimbabwe, according to a latest report by data analysts and an African research organisation.The Wag...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:46hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Where is Generation Z age group born 2000-2004? The missing '1.5 million voters'
More than 1.5 million people turn18 since the last general election, and these youngest eligible Generation Z (Gen Z), Gen Zers or Zoomers form a diverse, active, and potentially decisive voting bloc ...Published: 02 Sep 2022 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Farai Chirimumimba
We must prepare for the coming 'war'
From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the g...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | | by Bishop Lazi
Mnangagwa to 'shorten' the lives of Mthwakazi 'separatists'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday threatened to "shorten" the lives of individuals advocating for a separate state in south western Zimbabwe.Mnangagwa maintained that Zimbabwe would rem...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Russia's re-engagement with Africa pays off
ON March 2, the United Nations General Assembly in New York was asked to vote on a resolution, calling for Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine "immediately, completely and unconditionally."...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 06:19hrs | | by Deutsche Welle
Zimbabwe explains abstaining anti-Russia UN vote
THE international community must ceaselessly work towards facilitating dialogue between Russia and Ukraine to resolve the crisis in eastern Europe and not make unilateral decisions that seek to punish...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe doing its best to evacuate nationals in Ukraine'
GOVERNMENT yesterday urged Zimbabwean nationals in Ukraine to get in touch with the embassy in preparation for evacuation after Russia launched a full-scale invasion of that country.This came ...Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
200 Zimbabwean students stranded in Ukraine
At least 200 Zimbabwean students are stranded in Ukraine after flights were grounded as Russia began a military offensive this week.The students have sent a plea to the Zimbabwe government to ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni is not above the law
Once upon a time, Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni controversially assumed the Ndiweni Chieftainship on 22 August 2014 following the death of his father, Chief Khayisa Ndiweni who had held the post for ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | | by Bevan Musoko
Is MRP a tribal party?
I have been asked this question a million times by a lot of people, many people actually believe that Mthwakazi is advancing a tribal narrative, that makes the so called Ndebele tribe superior which i...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 09:24hrs | 1 | by Mbonisi Solomon Gumbo
Pan African Parliament considers engaging civil society organisations wider
The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) members have requested the Bureau to consider civil society organisations from other countries rather than always using South African based ones.While debating...Published: 11 May 2019 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa and Mnangagwa mourn Sri Lanka martyrs
Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his nemesis MDC President Nelson Chamisa have mourned the people of Sri Lanka who passed away after a series of coordinated explosions rocked churches and h...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 19:50hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthwakazi was never a Ndebele Kingdom but a San Kingdom
The only group of people which overthrew the Mthwakazi State was the Ndebele people led by Mzilikazi in 1863, since then the Mthwakazi Kingdom was never freed.Today we are told there is a grou...Published: 13 Oct 2018 at 16:13hrs | | by Etiwel Mutero
EU hands Spain blank cheque for stepped-up police repression
The day after images of the savage repression of the Catalan independence referendum by Spanish police shocked people around the world, Spain's Congress announced that it did not have time to invite P...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Alex Lantier and Alejandro López
Lupane is now a liberated Area: All stuff and nonsense!
I would like to repeat it again; it is the figment of your own imagination to say Lupane is now a liberated area. You are tugged up there in the UK and very safe. To declare a liberated zone far away ...Published: 21 May 2017 at 14:01hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Pair jailed for beating ex-interim president
BAMAKO - A Malian court has sentenced two men to five years in jail for beating up Mali's former interim president, Dioncounda Traore, during the occupation of his palace in May 2012 by protesters...Published: 06 May 2016 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has been airborne for a staggering 140 000 km, just five months
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been airborne for a staggering 140 000 kilometres, just five months into the year as the Zanu-PF leader's foreign trips continue to bleed the economy.Now derisi...Published: 10 May 2015 at 11:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe meets Putin
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is today expected to meet Russia's President Vladimir Putin in closed-door talks here aimed at deepening trade and investment ties with the global power.President Mugab...Published: 10 May 2015 at 10:01hrs | | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
Obama signs Russia sanctions bill
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday signed into law a bill aiming for tougher sanctions on Russia, but ruled out additional steps at the moment.The president said he had s...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 21:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Heavy fighting threatens Ukraine truce
Mariupol - Gunfire and heavy shelling rocked a key frontline city in eastern Ukraine overnight, raising fears Sunday that a tenuous truce between government and rebel forces had already collapsed....Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Ukrainian forces fired at despite ceasefire declaration
Mariupol - Ukrainian government forces came under artillery fire late on Saturday near the strategic port of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, in the first serious violation of a ceasefire declared only ab...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Pro-Russian Ukraine rebels 'hold MH17 flight black-box'
Rescue workers have recovered flight recorders from the crash site of the Malaysian airliner shot down in eastern Ukraine but pro-Russian separatists are keeping hold of them.On Sunday afterno...Published: 21 Jul 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Aljazeera
Malaysian airliner crash can be a turning point for Ukraine crisis
The downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine could be a turning point for the Ukraine crisis, if it convinces reluctant Europeans to get behind tougher "sectoral" sanctions long-sought by ...Published: 18 Jul 2014 at 06:36hrs | | by Reuters
UK issues new Kenya travel warning
Nairobi - Britain has advised its citizens to avoid the Kenyan island of Lamu, a popular tourist destination, following a string of attacks and massacres in the coastal region.A Foreign Office...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Russia cuts off gas to Ukraine
Kiev - Russia cut off gas to Ukraine on Monday in a dispute over unpaid bills that could disrupt supplies to the rest of Europe and set back hopes for peace in the former Soviet republic.After...Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 19:02hrs | | by Reuters
Obama urges Putin to make choice over Ukraine
Warsaw, Poland - President Barack Obama wants his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to take steps to rebuild the trust shattered by Russia's actions in Ukraine.Obama's comment came as he visi...Published: 03 Jun 2014 at 14:13hrs | | by CNN
Ukraine president wanted for mass murder
Ukraine's fugitive president was indicted for "mass murder" on Monday over the shooting of demonstrators as new leaders in Kiev sought urgent Western aid to make up for a loss of funding from Russia, ...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 01:12hrs | | by Reuters
Zambian separatists in court for treason
Lusaka - Dozens of Zambian separatists appeared in court Friday on charges of treason for trying to create a new state called Barotseland in the west of the country.A total of 84 defendants, m...Published: 02 Nov 2013 at 07:43hrs | | by AFP
Zambian separatists to answer treason charges
Lusaka - More than 70 Zambian separatists are due in court on charges of treason Wednesday, in one of the country's biggest trials in recent years.The defendants, mostly from the Lozi tribe, w...Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 04:08hrs | | by AFP
Four electoral officials, deputy mayor kidnapped in Mali
Bamako - Four electoral officials and a deputy mayor were kidnapped by suspected Tuareg separatists in northern Mali on Saturday, officials said, adding to tensions stirred by ethnic clashes before n...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Malian military enters city of Kidal
Bamako - The Malian military entered the northern city of Kidal on Friday afternoon, returning for the first time since they were chased out 16 months ago by a Tuareg separatist group, and later by an...Published: 06 Jul 2013 at 05:50hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect remains hospitalised in serious condition
Boston - The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing remains hospitalised in serious condition under heavy guard - apparently in no shape to be interrogated - as investigators try to establis...Published: 21 Apr 2013 at 08:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
First all-girl rock band in Kashmir disbands after threats
SRINAGAR, India - The first all-girl rock band in Indian-controlled Kashmir has decided to disband after only one concert because of threats its teenage members received on social media and a demand ...Published: 06 Feb 2013 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
French president, Sarkozy, flees mob, hides in bar
NICOLAS Sarkozy was forced to hide in a bar after a mob of protesters threatened to beat him up.The 57-year-old French President, who is standing for re-election in April, was campaigning in...Published: 04 Mar 2012 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Three protesters set themselves ablaze in China: report
Three more people have set themselves on fire to protest China's policies toward Tibetans in a politically sensitive area that has already been the scene of ethnic violence this year, a report said Su...Published: 04 Feb 2012 at 23:36hrs | | by AP
Commonwealth leaders fails on human rights
Perth - Commonwealth leaders on Saturday failed to establish a human rights watchdog for their 54-nation bloc, but insisted that progress had been made during their summit to promote democratic values...Published: 30 Oct 2011 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by -
40 arrests in Southern Cameroon separatist demonstration
A separatist demonstration in southern Cameroon has led to more than 40 arrests, only 8 days before the country's presidential election.Separatists with the Southern Cameroon National Council ...Published: 02 Oct 2011 at 08:03hrs | | by -
Iran focuses on Zimbabwe for uranium it needs for its nuclear activities
Iran is expanding its covert global search for the uranium it needs for its nuclear activities and a key focus is Zimbabwe, says a new intelligence report acquired Tuesday by The Associated Press....Published: 24 Feb 2011 at 23:46hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
Zambian separatists in treason charge as regional secession battles grow
Several Zambians, accused of clamoring for the secession of Barotseland in the western part of the country, were on dragged to court in Lusaka and charged with treason. Early January, another group in...Published: 22 Jan 2011 at 22:42hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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