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Friday, 03 May 2013 10:50
LUSAKA - Guy Scott wastes little time on diplomatic language as he lets loose on Africa’s biggest economy, race, Robert Mugabe and gay rights. One of the most colourful men in African politics happens to be white. Guy Scott is...Read More
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Features »
Monday, 29 April 2013 13:45
BEITBRIDGE - From currency to television and radio, people in this poor southern region are likely to know more about South African affairs than the average Zulu. The cocky ones tell you they actually mistake South African leader Jacob Zuma as...Read More
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Friday, 26 April 2013 10:36
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa’s communications regulator, Icasa, on Wednesday gave permission for satellite television network TopTV to broadcast three “sexually explicit” channels, saying there was no legal basis to reject the application. The decision opens the gates for wider dissemination of...Read More
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News »
Monday, 22 April 2013 11:23
MUSINA - There are more Zimbabweans than South Africans in this town according to the last official census in South Africa. Infact Musina, the busy border town between Zimbabwe and South Africa has assumed a Zimbabwean face. Several churches in the...Read More
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Tuesday, 16 April 2013 11:03
HARARE - South Africa has approved $100 million in budgetary support to cash-strapped Zimbabwe, helping plug a gap in its finances ahead of elections expected in the second half of the year, Finance minister Tendai Biti said yesterday. Zimbabwe’s economy has...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Monday, 08 April 2013 10:19
HARARE - Over the years, it has become very clear that South Africa is the worst mediator on the continent. From Thabo Mbeki to Jacob Zuma, South Africa has not had much success with its mediation efforts because their policies are...Read More
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Sunday, 31 March 2013 13:18
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans entered the Easter weekend on edge as former president Nelson Mandela remained hospitalised. Presidential spokesperson Mac Maharaj said the official update from the previous day stood. In that update, it said that Mandela was “responding positively” to...Read More
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Entertainment » Sharon Muguwu, Entertainment Writer
Monday, 18 March 2013 11:49
HARARE - Former Yellow Card actor Leroy Gopal won a South African Film and Television Award (Safta) on Saturday night at the Gallagher Convention Centre. Gopal, who had been nominated for the same award twice before, bagged the Best Actor in...Read More
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Business »
Monday, 18 March 2013 09:58
HARARE - Zimbabwe will next month meet South African authorities to discuss, among other issues, the $100 million loan promised by the latter four years ago. In 2009, South Africa (SA) pledged the money to help its neighbour restart her economy...Read More
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Sport » Austin Karonga, Sports Writer
Wednesday, 13 March 2013 11:37
HARARE - The Zimbabwe triathlon team leaves tomorrow for Sunday’s South Africa Triathlon Championships in East London. The team will compete in part two of the Trans-Limpopo Challenge, a two-part international competition between Zimbabwe and South Africa. The Triathlon Association of...Read More
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Saturday, 02 March 2013 14:05
HARARE - Exiled Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga and a local car hire Auto Haus (Private) Limited (Auto Haus) are embroiled in a 4 million Rand car dispute with the South African Police Services (SAPS). The matter arises from the seizure of...Read More
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Africa »
Thursday, 06 December 2012 13:32
JOHANNESBURG - A military plane carrying 11 passengers has crashed in South Africa's mountainous east. The plane, which had been travelling from Pretoria to Mthatha, went missing on Wednesday but the initial search was abandoned due to poor weather. The wreckage...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:07
HARARE - Southern academics and policy-makers from the North have touted South Africa as an important case study to probe African understandings of democracy. The view that Africans perceive democracy simply in liberal and procedural terms (minimalist or thin approach), postulating...Read More
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Sunday, 25 November 2012 09:50
HARARE - Desperate Zimbabwean migrants working on South African farms are faced with the dilemma of standing for their rights or risk losing their jobs, reports have suggested. Many Zimbabweans living and working in South Africa either sold all their belongings...Read More
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Entertainment » Sharon Muguwu, Entertainment Writer
Saturday, 24 November 2012 11:57
HARARE - Maybe dancehall and sungura are not meant to be mixed. An attempt by sungura artiste Gift Amuli to hold joint shows in South Africa at the end of the month with dancehall artiste Freeman has sparked a bitter exchange...Read More
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