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Al Jazeera documentary on Zimbabwe's gold mafia won't change anything
THE whole hullabaloo about illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash.The country‘s detractors coalesced around George Soros and his Open Society Institute of Southern Africa are clearl...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Chris Mutsvangwa
The whole gold hullabaloo about Zimbabwe illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash
The whole gold hullabaloo about illicit gold is plain codswallop and balderdash. The country‘s detractors coalesced around George Soros and his Open Society Institute of Southern Africa are clearly ...Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 20:33hrs | 4 | by Ambassador Christopher Mutsvangwa
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
27 men believed to be migrants found dead along road in Zambia
Twenty-seven bodies, believed to be of Ethiopians or Somalis, have been found dumped along a road in the Meanwood Khosi Area in Lusaka, Zambia, after apparently suffocating in a container used by huma...Published: 12 Dec 2022 at 00:49hrs | 10 | by Staff Reporter
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado How did it start?
No human eye has seen such a level of cruelty perpetrated on another human being by another human. The gruesome nature of the killings rape and suffering caused by these ISIS rebels is indeed knee sha...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:57hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mozambique presses for Zimbabwe military intervention
FRESH intricate details of back-to-back meetings by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Organ on Politics, Defence and Security have emerged, indicating that they failed to resolve a met...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans safe in midst of South Africa looting frenzy'
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa are safe following a spate of attacks and looting of foreign owned shops by locals in the neighbouring country this week, a senior official has said.In an in...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans 'safe' in SA looting frenzy
ZIMBABWEANS living in South Africa are safe following a spate of attacks and looting of foreign owned shops by locals in the neighbouring country this week, a senior official has said.In an in...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans and other foreigners flee deadly attacks in Soweto, South Africa
Immigrants have fled South Africa's main township, Soweto, following xenophobic attacks which killed three people on Wednesday, the BBC's Nomsa Maseko reports from Johannesburg.Violence broke ...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 11:53hrs | 9 | by BBC
10 things that happened to Carl Joshua Ncube in Mana Pools
Ten Amazing things that happened to Carl Joshua Ncube in Kanga Camp, Mana Pools National Park, ZimbabweSo I am back in civilization after a month in the bush. I went there and came back a ...Published: 02 Jul 2017 at 11:26hrs | 8 | by Agencies
South Africa xenophobia fears mount
THE Zimbabwean Embassy in South Africa has urged Zimbabweans to be on high alert and avoid moving at night as xenophobic violence continues to escalate in the neighbouring country.Reports yest...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 05:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Comedian's Roadtrip
Our journey begins in Kadoma as Intercape Pathfinder takes us to Bulawayo to meet Beks Ndlovu who was going to take us on a road trip of a lifetime to SOMALISA Camp. Every fibre in me is excited about...Published: 16 Jan 2017 at 14:45hrs | | by Agencies
Zimbabwe's Lancaster House Accord needs amendment
I am writing this article in part to try and offer a viable solution for Zimbabwean democracy, and in part for regional peace in Southern Africa. The agreement which ushered in a democratic Zimb...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 13:58hrs | | by Ken Sibanda
Al Jazeera on the trail of notorious Somali army commander
Kill All But The Crows is a two-part People & Power investigation into Colonel Yusuf Abdi Ali, a.k.a. Colonel Tukeh, a Somali army commander accused of involvement in mass killings and war crimes....Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 15:47hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
Is Africa rising?
Africa Day, 25 May, has come and gone and we remain with the burdens of being Africans, the burden of the indignities and humiliation of colonialism, the burden of slavery which no other continent suf...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:13hrs | | by MDC President Professor Welshman Ncube
The fate of the Zimbabweans in Kuwait
The predicament of some Zimbabwean women who are reportedly stranded in Kuwait is a very unfortunate result of this country's sanctions-induced poor socio – economic condition.They are said ...Published: 25 May 2016 at 07:16hrs | | by Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu
Boutros Boutros-Ghali dies
NEW YORK - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who served as the United Nations secretary-general between 1992 and 1996, has died at the age of 93, the UN Security Council announced yesterday.Venezuela's U...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 05:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Use indigenous languages to teach sciences'
MATHEMATICS and Science subjects should be translated into indigenous languages, a development academics believe will result in a high pass rate in schools. It has also emerged that some African and E...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 10:12hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma
Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum
Country now hosts the largest number of refugees in AfricaAs a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little...Published: 07 May 2015 at 06:46hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
Refugees turn to Ethiopia for safety and asylum, Country now hosts the largest number of refugees in Africa
As a 17-year-old boy, James Gaw Tot fled war in South Sudan to the safety of Ethiopia. Little did he know he would call this country his home for the next 23 years. Today, still a refugee...Published: 06 May 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Sulaiman Momodu
The EU's latest migrants' strategy and South Africa's xenophobic violence
The EU's latest migrants' strategy and South Africa's xenophobic violence.By Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, 27 April 2015Here is why concerned global citizens and intellectuals have organised a...Published: 27 Apr 2015 at 15:36hrs | 1 | by Dr Clifford Chitupa Mashiri,
RSA Violence: Beware the Clash of Civilisations
The poor on poor, and black on black violence that is presently spreading out in South Africa must jolt all of us in the thinking world to some thinking about our thinking in politics. In the tru...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 08:25hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Are foreigners stealing jobs in South Africa?
International migrants are often accused of stealing jobs from locals in South Africa. But new data presents a far more nuanced picture of what it means to be a migrant trying to make a living in the ...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 07:53hrs | | by Kate Wilkinson
ANC must not assist Zanu PF rig elections then we will go back home - Zimbos
Zimbabweans living in South Africa despite the scurry xenophobia attacks occurring against foreigners have challenged the South African government of African National Congress to stop aligning th...Published: 15 Apr 2015 at 15:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zulu king's anti-foreigner speech causes alarm
Durban - Comments by the Zulu king that foreigners should go back to their home countries because they are changing the nature of South African society with their amanikiniki or goods and enjoying we...Published: 25 Mar 2015 at 13:38hrs | 1 | by Bongani Hans
Zuma's govt fuelling immigrant attacks?
THE South African government's hardening attitude toward foreigners seeking refuge in the country may be fueling intolerance toward immigrants that exploded into attacks and looting in townships, acc...Published: 03 Feb 2015 at 10:18hrs | 1 | by Bloomberg News
South Africa and the denial of xenophobia
The history of the 20th century is one of tragic national denials that became fuel and springboards for numerous wars and on the back of which genocide was invented long before there was a word for it...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 13:08hrs | | by Professor Tinyiko Maluleke
Fifa issued a chilling warning to Zimbabwe
WORLD soccer governing body Fifa yesterday issued a chilling warning to Zimbabwe and revealed that the country could face severe sanctions and be ostracised from the global football family should gove...Published: 02 Feb 2015 at 08:16hrs | | by Petros Kausiyo
'Zimbabweans safe from current SA xenophobic attacks'
NO Zimbabweans have been caught in the wave of xenophobic attacks which broke out in South Africa last week, Zimbabwe's ambassador to South Africa Isaac Moyo said.He said Zimbabweans need not ...Published: 31 Jan 2015 at 11:05hrs | | by Thupeyo Muleya
New SA visa rules force 250k Zimbabweans to decide on returning home
Strict new South African immigration laws have sparked confusion and panic among foreign residents in this "Gateway to Africa" and forced 250,000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return home.W...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 09:13hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
SA visa rules hit Zimbabweans hardest
Strict new South African immigration laws have sparked confusion and panic among foreign residents in this "Gateway to Africa" and forced 250 000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return home.W...Published: 14 Jul 2014 at 09:30hrs | | by Citizen
Mass deportation fears as South Africa gets tough
STRICT new South African immigration laws have sparked confusion and panic among foreign residents in the "Gateway to Africa" and forced 250,000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return home.Wa...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 18:36hrs | | by AFP
3 million Zimbabweans in SA?
I trust yours is a blessed Sunday. When one is confronted with stupidity they can respond in two ways: cure the fool or allow it so suffer in ignorance. I'm feeling particularly generous today so let'...Published: 25 May 2014 at 19:30hrs | | by Bishop Lazarus
Al-Shabab launches attack on Somali parliament
The armed group al-Shabab launched an assault on the Somali parliament in Mogadishu, setting off a car bomb and storming the complex in an attack which killed at least four people.Fighters on ...Published: 24 May 2014 at 15:30hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Couple fleeing SA xenophobic attacks arrested at Zim border post
A Somali couple fleeing xenophobic attacks that have resurfaced in South Africa were arrested at the Plumtree Border Post while attempting to illegally enter the country with the assistance of a Zupco...Published: 30 Nov 2013 at 03:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Somali refugees in Kenya fear returning home
Nairobi - The vast majority of Somali refugees in Kenya fear returning to their war-torn country, Doctors Without Borders says, warning aid must continue despite a recent deal for refugees to go home....Published: 29 Nov 2013 at 10:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Hooligan armchair academics determined to bring ANC down
Mozambique's founding president, Samora Moises Machel, was clear about his country and Africa's future - political freedom does not mean free from economic slavery. Machel used the cry-of-resistance, ...Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 12:44hrs | | by Udo W Froese
New Al Jazeera Film investigates massacres against Kenyan-Somalis
A forthcoming Al Jazeera documentary takes an in-depth look at the grievances that Kenyan-Somalis have toward the Kenyan government and how Al Qaeda-affiliated group Al Shabaab is taking advantage of ...Published: 13 Nov 2013 at 04:49hrs | | by Kevin Kriedemann & Joy Sapieka
'Westgate mall gunman' named
A Norwegian citizen of Somali origin is suspected of being one of the attackers who stormed a Kenyan shopping mall last month massacring 67 people, the BBC said.The 23-year-old was named as Ha...Published: 18 Oct 2013 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kenya vows not to bow to Shabaab threats
Nairobi - Kenya has vowed not to bow to Shabaab threats of more attacks if troops are not pulled out of Somalia, following a devastating mall attack in Nairobi by the al-Qaeda-linked insurgents....Published: 28 Sep 2013 at 06:14hrs | | by AFP
Security Council Press Statement on Somalia
NEW YORK - The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Gary Quinlan ( Australia):On 12 September, the United Nations Security Council was briefe...Published: 16 Sep 2013 at 14:26hrs | | by APO
Somalia: UN rights expert urges Govt to strengthen justice system despite Sunday's attacks
GENEVA - The United Nations Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Shamsul Bari, condemned in the strongest terms Sunday's deadly bomb and gun attacks at the Banadir Regional...Published: 17 Apr 2013 at 06:29hrs | | by APO
Are We the People God Forgot!
Gripped by a sense of failure, I sat on the bench and stared at the horizon in the direction of my motherland. A jab of pain couldn't let go."Are we the forgotten people?" I asked....Published: 05 Sep 2012 at 17:44hrs | | by Field Ruwe
AMISOM committed to supporting Somalia one year after liberation of Mogadishu
MOGADISHU, Somalia - As Somalia today marks the first anniversary of the liberation of the capital, Mogadishu, from Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists, the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the...Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 09:44hrs | | by APO
Comedian shot dead for poking fun at Islamists
Gunmen shot dead a well-known comedian known for poking fun at Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and colleagues said.Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale, in...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 09:04hrs | | by Sapa-AFP
British tour operators starting to feature Zim in their brochures
British tour operators are starting to feature Zimbabwe in their brochures again. Graham Boynton, who grew up in Bulawayo, considers whether it is right for tourists to return. Within hours o...Published: 11 Jul 2012 at 06:41hrs | | by Graham Boynton
It helps to know that somebody out there cares (Xenophobic Attacks)
There is a death far worse than physical death, and that is the death of the mind and soul. When despite toiling night and day, under sweltering heat, torrential rain, you still cannot make enoug...Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 14:48hrs | | by Justice Maphosa
Zimbabwe rated eighth most dangerous country in African
Global Peace Index has recently released a report on global ranking of countries according to their dangerousness, a dozen African countries are among the most affected by war, terrorism and political...Published: 29 Jun 2012 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
42 Malawian migrants suffocate in truck
Dar es Salaam - Forty-two migrants from Malawi were found dead in a truck in central Tanzania, having perished from asphyxiation, Deputy Interior Minister Pereira Silima said on Tuesday."They ...Published: 27 Jun 2012 at 06:14hrs | | by AFP
Well-organised border jumping syndicate smashed
POLICE in Beitbridge smashed what appears to be a well-organised border jumping syndicate when they intercepted a Bulawayo cross-border bus, which was carrying 16 undocumented people among them three ...Published: 12 May 2012 at 00:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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