RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s lower house has voted to start impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority, after a lengthy session in the capital. The motion will now go to the upper house, the Senate, which is expected to suspend…
QUITO – Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa has warned that the death toll from a powerful earthquake which has killed more than 250 people is likely to rise. But he also said there was evidence that people were still alive under the rubble of collapsed buildings. Mr Correa has visited some of the people affected after…
BULAWAYO – As Zimbabwe marks Uhuru tomorrow, Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa (pictured) says he does not feel sorry for disgruntled war veterans — many of whom he says have hands “dripping with the blood” of many innocent people. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News on Sunday last week, the fired-up former Zanu PF…
HARARE – An Epworth dragged Education minister Lazarus Dokora to the Constitutional Court over a proposed new government curriculum compelling children to salute the national flag and recite a pledge of patriotism. The pledge that opposition parties say is fascist is going to be introduced when schools open next month. In his application, Mathew Sologani,…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe marks 36 years of independence tomorrow, opposition political parties and analysts have slated the governing party saying President Robert Mugabe and his hangers-on have thrown Zimbabweans in “hell hole” instead of the “Promised Land” of milk and honey. Citing the Gukurahundi atrocities of the 1980s that left an estimated 20 000…
HARARE – With at least 3,3 million Zimbabweans facing hunger, Zimbabwe in March alone imported maize worth $14,4 million and rice valued at $5,8 million. Data from the Zimbabwe Statistics Agency (Zimstat) indicates that during the month of March alone, maize and mealie-meal imports worth $20,2 million made their way into the country. In February,…
HARARE – So what is your idea of a holiday in Victoria Falls? Bungee jumping on the famous Victoria Falls Bridge, a helicopter ride and maybe water rafting in the mighty Zambezi River, well it is easier said than done as the charges are far beyond the reach of many. Take this family of seven,…
HARARE – Cimas Medical Aid Society and Corporate 24 Hospital Group (Corporate 24) have buried the hatchet following a 10-month long feud between the two institutions following the intervention of the ministry of Health. Corporate 24 officials yesterday confirmed that the two entities had settled their differences setting the stage for a cordial working relationship…
HARARE – A barrage of corruption scandals hit Zimbabwe just after independence in 1980 and they have remained pervasive and pernicious although President Robert Mugabe declared zero tolerance against the scourge. In the past, Mugabe banged tables and declared war on corruption but there are no casualties, with observers saying his government is losing the…
HARARE – Back in the day, sexual relations between young women and older men in exchange for financial support was frowned upon — with local playwright Agnes Kuda Gwatiringa even penning a hit drama series on the phenomenon called Asi Chii Nhai? However, times have evolved and technology has advanced, sugar daddies are smarter and…
