THE Unita rebel movement on Friday called for proof of its forces involvement in the recent attack on a church in Kwanza Norte province, during which a group of young people were abducted, Lusa reported. The Bishop of the province told Lusa last week that during an attack on a church near Golungo Alto, about […]

Harare | Wednesday ZIMBABWE could face massive bread and other food shortages as well as labour unrest as a result of strict price controls imposed by the government last week, business leaders have warned. Jacob Dube, president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries, warned that bakeries would suffer losses of 1,8-million Zimbabwe dollars ($32 700) […]

BURKINA Faso aims to vaccinate five million children against polio in a two-day nationwide campaign next week, the director of preventive medicine Clement Zidouemba said on Tuesday. Zidouemba said children under age five would be targetted in the programme, which starts next Monday. The drive is sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO). WHO’s representative […]

ZIMBABWE’S opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended eight top officials, including four lawmakers, from party positions amid internal squabbles. Welshman Ncube, the MDC secretary general, said the eight, who include Learnmore Jongwe, the party’s chief representative, and Tapiwa Mashakada, shadow finance minister, were relieved of their duties pending a probe into the in-fighting. […]

A MAN was arrested on Tuesday morning in connection with the murders of a mother and daughter on a farm on the West Rand on Monday, police said. Captain Paula Nothnagel said the man was arrested at Manziville in Krugersdorp. During his arrest he was apparently found in possession of two firearms that belonged to […]

THE human race is likely to be wiped out by a virus before the end of this millennium unless space colonies are built as an escape route, famed cosmologist Stephen Hawking warned in an interview on Tuesday. He told the Daily Telegraph he thought biology — rather than the threat of nuclear Armageddon — was […]

CHRIS MCGREAL, Cape Town | Wednesday A DEVASTATING report into Aids suppressed by the South African government because it identifies the disease as the largest killer in the country and predicts millions more deaths, was finally made public yesterday after unions, churches and politicians demanded its release. But cabinet ministers spent recent days trying to […]

Harare | Wednesday AN estimated 8 000 Zimbabwean workers have left South Africa since Friday, apparently unaware of an agreement that postponed their deportation, the state-run Herald newspaper said on Wednesday. South Africa had ordered the deportation of some 15 000 Zimbabweans working on farms near the border, but agreed to postpone their repatriation after […]

THE murder trial arising out of the Bisho shootings nine years ago resumes on Wednesday in the Special Investigative Unit tribunal courts in Sanlam Park, East London. This follows a brief in the Bisho Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday to hear the court’s findings from Monday’s inspection of the site. Former Ciskei Defence Force officer Vakele […]

Afghanistan, Washington | Friday AT least 160 bodies have been recovered from a village in eastern Afghanistan that was bombed by US planes, the Taliban said on Friday. ”So far 160 bodies have been recovered, mostly women and children,” a representative for Afghanistan’s ruling militia told the Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press. ”This is not an […]