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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 10:59
HARARE - A High Court judge has dismissed an application to quash charges against a British-registered company, African Consolidated Resources Private Limited (ACR), accused of illegally mining diamonds in Marange. ACR is accused of fraud or alternatively contravening the Precious Stones...Read More
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Friday, 25 January 2013 11:46
HARARE - A daring thief who took advantage of Vice President John Landa Nkomo’s burial and stole a vehicle at the National Heroes Acre has been brought before a Harare magistrate. While the funeral procession was taking place, George Matongo allegedly...Read More
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Tuesday, 22 January 2013 11:48
HARARE - Paramedics were kept busy yesterday as harsh weather saw mourners including feared Zanu PF politburo member Tendai Savanhu collapse at the burial of the late Vice President John Landa Nkomo at the National Heroes Acre. An unidentified senior police...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 22 January 2013 11:48
HARARE - An electrical glitch and a huge downpour dampened President Robert Mugabe’s peace speech at the burial of national hero and late Vice President John Nkomo yesterday. Mugabe’s speech, beamed live on State TV, was blacked out by a power...Read More
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Sport »
Friday, 02 November 2012 09:48
HARARE - At least two Zimbabwe Under-17 football team regulars have opted out of the ongoing ‘O’ Level examinations to travel to Congo-Brazzaville with the Young Warriors for a crucial African Youth Championship qualifier on Tuesday. The centre-back pairing of Livingstone...Read More
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Africa »
Friday, 31 August 2012 09:33
JOHANNESBURG - South African authorities have charged 270 miners with murder in the killings of 34 fellow workers, even though police are believed to have fired the fatal shots. The workers were arrested after the deadly clash with police and were...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:50
HARARE - For the last 32 years, we have been grudgingly celebrating Heroes’ Day. It is better for us to abandon the culture of heroes as it continues to be severely abused. One time Zanu PF favourite son, Vladimir Lenin, said,...Read More
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:05
JOHANNESBURG - North West Premier Thandi Modise has condemned the “anarchy” which culminated in a shoot-out between police and striking workers at Lonmin’s Marikana Mine. “Survival of the fittest, anarchy and lawlessness should not characterise wage negotiations in the mining sector,”...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Wednesday, 15 August 2012 14:23
HARARE - It is fashionable to overstate the idea of heroes in our culture today as Zanu PF takes charge of the whole programme trivialising national interests for their parochial gains. Not surprisingly there are countless heroes who have become lost...Read More
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