WINDHOEK – The lifeless body of a 43-year-old Zimbabwe woman was discovered alongside the B1 Windhoek-Okahandja main road near the Okapuka Lodge, while her 42-year-old boyfriend’s body was found hanging in his corrugated iron shack on Tuesday. The Namibian Police (Nampol) suspect that the woman was killed by her boyfriend sometime during the weekend before…
BULAWAYO – A Makokoba teenager appeared in court this week on burglary and theft charges after allegedly breaking into 10 houses in different suburbs of Bulawayo stealing property worth thousands of dollars. Magistrate Gladmore Mushove denied 18-year-old Trust Ndlovu bail and remanded him in custody up to April 29 for trial. Ndlovu was arrested when…
ALGIERS – Polls have opened in Algeria where incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seeking a fourth term in office. The 77-year-old leader has rarely appeared in public since suffering a stroke last year and has not campaigned personally ahead of the election. Mr Bouteflika, who is favourite to win, is facing five other candidates. Opposition…
SEOUL – Bad weather, murky water and strong currents are hampering the search for survivors of the South Korean ferry disaster. Emergency services are still searching for 287 people missing after a ship carrying 475 people sank. Officials say 179 people have been rescued. Most of the passengers were pupils at the same high school….
HARARE – Innscor Africa’s meat processor Colcom Foods Holdings (Colcom) plans to set up a unit in Angola. The move is part of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed firm’s drive to expand its footprint in Africa. Its sales and distribution executive, Thabani Dhliwayo, said the company — currently operating at below 40 percent capacity — expects…
JOHANNESBURG – A few weeks ago, Zimbabwe was in a celebratory mood. For a week or so the nation forgot about the bad corporate results that were being released and turned its focus on the latest deal in town. The deal in question was the one in which former Barclays Plc chief executive officer Robert…
HARARE – Zimbabwe plans to re-establish special economic zones (SEZ) in hope to boost economic growth. SEZs are designated geographical regions that operate under special economic regulations different from other areas in the same country. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa told workshop – jointly organised by government, World Bank, United Nations Development Programme and the African…
EDITOR — It will take more measures to repair the MDC family than dismissing its rebelling members. It is not just a matter of responding to emotional insecurity on the part of top leadership that will save the opposition parties in Zimbabwe. Most of these members have put a united front in the face of…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will tomorrow mark 34 years of independence. For many, the celebrations will be overshadowed by the country’s economic meltdown under President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF. Economic and political analysts say the former liberation movement, which extended its grip on the country last year after a controversial ballot outcome, has failed to come…
LONDON – Mokoomba’s 12-date tour of the United Kingdom (UK) which began on March 30 at Gateshead and ended at The Brighton Dome on April 13, once again demonstrated why many music fans rate the six-piece Victoria Falls band highly. The rising group’s tour was well covered in the UK media. A lot had been…
