Electoral commission’s appointments of people related to party stalwarts has triggered fears of electoral malpractice. Harare, Zimbabwe – Four years ago, Tawanda Kasirori imagined a new Zimbabwe he would live in – a thriving economy and a blossoming democracy. Today, none of that has happened and only a flicker of that hope remains, even as …
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Zimbabwe exemption permit saga: Home Affairs facing fresh lawsuit as another challenger enters fray The Department of Home Affairs is facing another lawsuit relating to the looming termination of the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP). The ZEP is a special dispensation permit established more than 10 years ago that gives legal protection to an estimated 178 …
Ryanair forces South African customers to prove ID with Afrikaans test Nationals have been barred from flights if they fail general knowledge quiz in language they may not speak Ryanair is making South African nationals take a general knowledge test in Afrikaans to prove their nationality before they are allowed to board its planes in …
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Ethiopia’s Tigray forces announce release of thousands of POWs The Tigray rebel forces fighting Ethiopia’s federal army have said they will release 4,000 prisoners of war as part of an amnesty. The Tigray Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) announced the prisoner release on Twitter on Friday, amid an escalating war of words between Ethiopian and Tigray …
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Somalia: AU says Burundi peacekeepers killed in al-Shabab attack The African Union and the Burundian army commented on the attack, breaking from tradition. The African Union says a number of Burundian peacekeepers were killed in Tuesday’s attack by rebels who targeted a remote military base in Somalia. The continental body condemned the attack and paid …
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criminal charges laid against ex-Botswana president Ian Khama SA is not harbouring a fugitive. This was President Cyril Ramaphosa’s response when he was asked whether he and Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi discussed perceptions that SA was harbouring a fugitive after reports that criminal charges had apparently been laid against former Botswana president Ian Khama. …
Independence “/ɪndɪˈpɛnd(ə)ns/” noun noun: independence noun noun: independence the fact or state of being independent. Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of a dependent territory. …
KZN saw eight new rain records on Tuesday, with Margate doubling a high set 25 years ago Eight weather stations in KwaZulu-Natal set new record highs for rainfall on Tuesday, preliminary data from the SA Weather Service shows. Three measured more than 300mm of rain over a 24-hour period. At Margate on the KZN South …
How cricket is at a crossroads in Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe – Brendan Taylor, former Zimbabwe cricket captain, was handed a three-year ban earlier this year for failing to report a match-fixing approach from a trip to India. He made the trip in October 2019 where he received $15,000 which he claimed he was blackmailed into …