TAICHUNG – Taiwan’s imprisoned former President Chen Shui-bian has tried to take his own life, the justice ministry says. In a statement the ministry said the attempt was made on Sunday night in Taichung prison in central Taiwan. The statement added that he had used a towel in the attempt but was stopped by guards…
HARARE – Core Mining Resources director, Lovemore Kurotwi has opposed Marange Resources’ attempt to stop an arbitration hearing in his bid to reclaim his stake in the diamond mining firm. The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC)-owned Marange had lodged an urgent chamber application in the High Court seeking that the arbitration process which was initiated…
HARARE – Two Alfred Beit Primary School employees accused of swindling the school of $40 000 appeared in court on Friday facing fraud charges. Catherine Chamboko, 27, and Prisca Chadamoyo, 29, allegedly removed numerous original receipts from school fees receipt books and converted the stolen money to their personal use. The duo were not asked…
HARARE – Despite being out of the race for the 2014 World Cup, Zimbabwe national football coach Klaus Dieter-Pagels still believes there is a lot to play for when the Warriors host Egypt on Sunday. The Warriors have suffered two losses and a draw since their Group G quest began last year, which has left…
PRETORIA – The family of South African athlete Oscar Pistorius is “shaken” by leaked photos of the bathroom where he shot dead his girlfriend in February, a spokesman has said. Sky News on Friday showed graphic images purportedly of the bathroom where Reeva Steenkamp was killed. Police said they were “disgusted” by the leak, local…
BUHERA – Irrigation and food handouts will not resolve Buhera’s perennial starvation, but resettling villagers in rich soils, authorities here have said. Rolland Madondo, Buhera District Administrator (DA) said resettling the community in arable lands was the only viable long-term solution. “Hunger is a fact,” he said. “I do not know why people were settled…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court ruling last week that Zimbabwe must go for fresh polls by July 31 has been described by social and political commentators as not applicable and a recipe for electoral disaster. On Friday, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku said a nine-member court had reached a near-unanimous decision that Zimbabwe must go for…
JOHANNESBURG – Assets worth billions belonging to slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi are thought to be held by South African banks, the Sunday Times reported. “National Treasury was approached by a group claiming to be representatives of the Libyan government,” Finance minister Pravin Gordhan’s spokesperson Jabulani Sikhakhane told the newspaper. It reported that Libyan investigators…
HARARE – Cancer patients lack cash for treatment, proper counselling and support from health practitioners who deliver the bad news to them, a cervical cancer survivor has said. “When I was told I had traces of cancer, my first thought was I was going to die, and at that time I needed someone to tell…
HARARE – A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for raping a housemaid for his brother’s landlord. Richman Kutala of Norton dragged the 15-year-old girl from the kitchen to the bedroom and took her virginity. Regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya had slapped Kutala with a 15-year jail term but suspended three years…
