There’s uproar over Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to rename ten roads in eight urban centres after himself. Following a cabinet meeting on Thursday, it was announced that numerous roads countrywide would be renamed after liberation heroes — most of whom had died. But it is the number of roads named after the sitting president […]
The US has said it is disappointed at the failure of South Sudan’s leaders to agree to form a power-sharing government. The Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Tibor Nagy, questioned whether President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar are the right people to lead the peace process. He said the US was […]
Zimbabwe has fired 77 medical doctors who were on strike for more than two months after calling for a pay rise. The doctors earn roughly Z$1200 per month, which at the current exchange rate works out to around R1,100 a month. The Health Service Board launched a disciplinary hearing at the start of November. Most […]
CITIZENS of Rwanda do not need a visa to enter Qatar unless they are arriving from mainland China and can stay in the country for an unlimited period. This came to light when Rwandan President Paul Kagame met and had bilateral talks with the Emir of Qatar, His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani […]
Scientists have pinpointed the homeland of all humans alive today to a region south of the Zambesi River. The area is now dominated by salt pans, but was once home to an enormous lake, which may have been our ancestral heartland 200,000 years ago. Our ancestors settled for 70,000 years, until the local climate changed, […]
Few days ago, a video of a South African lady being attacked by some women for sleeping with a married taxi driver in Pharare village of Limpopo went viral on social media. The 20-year-old grade 11 student who was assaulted outside the school yard by three women for allegedly “wrecking a marriage”, has been identified […]
A Zimbabwean man Vashko Sande has shocked people after marrying his own mother in-law as a second wife whom he dated secretly for 7 years, says he is his own father-in-law. Vashko Sande did the unthinkable when he fell in love with his mother-in-law, betraying his wife’s trust. He reportedly became wild and abusive after […]
Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe has been laid to rest in the rural village where he was born, three weeks after his death at the age of 95. He was buried in the courtyard of his home in Kutama, about 90km (55 miles) west of the capital Harare. Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on […]
The body of Robert Mugabe will be buried in his home town, following a final twist in a row over the former Zimbabwean leader’s resting place. Mugabe died this month aged 95 and a funeral was held in the capital Harare. The government had resisted his family’s wish for him to be buried in his […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has rebuked Tanzania for failing to provide information about possible Ebola virus infections. The WHO said it had learned of one suspected fatal case in Dar es Salaam and two others but, despite repeated requests, was given no information. Tanzania has said it has no suspected or confirmed cases. The […]