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Western nations, including former colonial ruler Britain, voiced serious doubts about the election. (AFP)

Concerns raised over Zim media bias

In Zimbabwe the media is either green or red and during election period, media houses nail their political colours to the mast.

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Driver to be charged with culpable homicide for Stander’s death

The driver involved in the collision that killed cyclist Burry Stander will appear in the Port Shepstone Magistrate’s Court on Monday, police said.

Zimbabwe hopes for free airwaves

Public hearings for new broadcasters are being keenly watched by Zimbabweans desperate to be free of decades of the state broadcaster’s tedium.

Zim journalists held overnight, freed

Four Zimbabwean journalists detained on Friday while covering the eviction of a police officer from a government lodging, have been released.

Zim’s Daily News back on streets after seven years

Zim’s Daily News back on streets after seven years

Zimbabwe’s privately owned <em>Daily News</em> was back on the streets on Friday more than seven years after being shut down by the government.

NY Governer Spitzer under pressure to quit over sex case

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer faces pressure to resign on Tuesday as well as questions about whether he will be prosecuted for any crime after a report linked him to a…

No sex on Valentine’s, Thai police warn teens

Alarmed by polls showing one in four Thai teens will celebrate Valentine’s Day by having sex, police plan to swoop on motels, malls and parks to ensure youths behave themselves.…

Tanzania press hails premier’s exit over probe

Tanzanian newspapers welcomed on Friday the resignation of Prime Minister Edward Lowassa over a parliamentary probe into an emergency power generation contract. President Jakaya…

Zim invites banned daily to apply for registration

Publishers of a popular Zimbabwean daily, which was ordered to close more than four years ago, have been invited to apply for authorisation to begin publishing again,…

Zimbabwe amends media, security laws after talks

President Robert Mugabe’s government has amended security and media laws that critics say have helped him entrench his rule. The changes to the Public Order and Security Act were…

Zimbabwe police question newspaper executives

Zimbabwe police on Friday brought in for questioning an editor and two executives from two leading independent media houses. Hama Saburi, editor of financial weekly the Financial…

Zim to consider licence for banned Daily News

Zimbabwean authorities are to consider an application by a daily newspaper to resume publication four years after it was banned. Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu said the…

ANC branch ignores Zuma for leadership

Groutville, the party branch founded by former African National Congress (ANC) president Albert Luthuli, has nominated Thabo Mbeki for ANC president, the Daily News reported on…