FOUR Zimbabwean soldiers are confirmed killed and 32 others injured in an accidental explosion at a military engineering camp in the capital Harare on Monday, an army spokesman said Tuesday. Lieutenant Colonel Ben Ncube said that of the surviving 32, several are in critical conditions with one still in intensive care. Ncube said the blast […]
ZIMBABWE’S former president Canaan Banana has been defrocked by the Methodist church because of his conviction on charges of homosexual assault, the head of the church in Zimbabwe said on Wednesday.Bishop Farai Chirisa said the church decided to strip Banana of the ministry after he was convicted in the High Court earlier this year on […]
AN inquiry into why Trevor Tutu, the wayward son of Truth and Reconciliation Commission chairman Desmond Tutu, failed to appear in court last November to face reckless driving charges has been scheduled for May 17. Tutu, who was found guilty on a charge of reckless driving on April 19, will also be sentenced on that […]
THE Commonwealth announced on Tuesday that it has brokered a breakthrough in the political crisis on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous twin islands of Zanzibar and Pemba. Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku said the ruling and opposition parties have agreed to a package of measures to promote human rights, democracy and political dialogue and “put the past behind them.” A […]
THE Rwandan former mayor convicted of war crimes by a Swiss court martial last week has appealed against his life sentence, the court said on Tuesday.Fulgence Niyonteze (35) who was found guilty on Friday of murder, attempted murder and violations of Geneva conventions — charges relating to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda — is expected […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Dunedin | Tuesday 1.30pm. SOUTH Africa are favourites to win the World Cup in Wales later this year, according to All Black coach John Hart. Hart said he believed South Africa has more depth overall than New Zealand and the other teams in the tourney, reports the New Zealand Press Association. Hart said […]
STRIKE bowler Allan Donald said on Tuesday he had lost all respect for Brian Lara as a captain after West Indies’ 5-0 series loss in the republic this year. In an extract from his biography, published in The Express, Donald said West Indies had looked demoralised before the series began while Lara had lacked the […]
OWN CORRESPONDENT, Cape Town | Tuesday 12.50pm. THE United States government has classified vigilante groups People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (Pagad) and Qibla as terrorist organisations. It linked the militant Pagad and the small revolutionary movement Qibla to 170 bombings and 18 other violent incidents in Western Cape in 1998, Die Burger newspaper reported on […]
BIG landmine producers and users such as the United States, China and Russia watched from the sidelines on Tuesday as the first meeting of the signatories of the 1997 Ottawa Treaty banning the production and marketing of mines entered its second day. Mozambican ambassador to the United States Carlos dos Santos said that only 15 […]
THE Justice Department on Tuesday denied claims that changes to section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act, governing force used by police when making arrests, is hampering the efficacy of police work. Department spokesperson Paul Setsetse said that the new section 49, due to come into effect in August, will in no way hamper police […]