DAKAR – At least 200 Senegalese died in the boat disaster off the coast of Libya earlier this month, officials say. More than 750 migrants are thought to have died when the boat capsized off the coast of Libya on 18 April. A Senegalese official told the BBC that survivors of the shipwreck and Senegalese…
NAIROBI – Kenya’s interior minister has said security officers ignored intelligence reports prior to the attack on Garissa University College earlier this month. Joseph Nkarissery, who is in charge of security, also admitted that the response was poorly co-ordinated. Militants from the Somali-based Islamist al-Shabab group killed 148 people during the day-long siege at the…
HARARE – An employee at President Robert Mugabe’s multi-million dollar farming empire, Gushungo Holdings, has told a Bindura court how he was savagely tortured in police custody and forced to implicate five other workers who escaped similar abuse by a whisker. Testifying before regional magistrate William Bhila, Okay Mataramvura, 38, — who was convicted this…
HARARE – Despite the fact that thousands of Zimbabweans are fleeing the country seeking greener pastures abroad, President Robert Mugabe yesterday said they should return home — as he backed his South African counterpart Jacob Zuma who controversially said that foreigners are to blame for xenophobia. Xenophobic violence in neighbouring South Africa has so far…
HARARE – ZIMBABWE’S third largest telecommunication company, Telecel, has been ordered to close down in 30 days after its operating licence was withdrawn by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz). In a statement given to reporters on Wednesday, the telecommunications regulator gave Telecel an additional two months’ notice to decommission equipment. “During…
HARARE – Madzibaba Ishamea Mufani trembled in court yesterday after being jailed for four years over public violence. Harare magistrate Milton Serima sentenced the cleric to five years’ imprisonment before suspending one year on condition of good behaviour. Mufani had pleaded with the court to consider a non-custodial sentence because he has seven children to…
HARARE – Sungura kingpin Alick Macheso has been promising his fans a new album “to be released anytime soon” since 2013 but nothing has materialised so far. Macheso last released the album Kwatakabva Mitunhu (Kure Kwekure) in 2012 and the project was received with mixed feelings by his fans. Since then he has been selling…
HARARE – There will be a number of outreach performances this year, with local and international artists going out to low-income areas within Harare to perform and workshop with the communities there. Dance companies such as Kuenda Productions will be presenting Twenty Fifteen. Other performances among many, like Woodlands and We Bleed the Same Colour…
HARARE – Your excellencies, we welcome you to Zimbabwe, hoping that you will enjoy your short stay among the hospitable people of this great country. I am aware that you are fully updated on the deteriorating political and economic situation in the country. And of course, by virtue of your status, there won’t be any…
HARARE – Aquarius Platinum Limited (Aquarius) is optimistic Zimbabwe will review the recently-imposed 15 percent tax on raw platinum exports to allow mining companies to remain viable. In the company’s quarterly results to March 2015 released yesterday, Jean Nel, Aquarius chief executive, said the three platinum miners in Zimbabwe are currently engaging government over the…
