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A 35-year-old man has been fined $15 000 or risks spending a month in jail for chewing ballot papers he had been handed to cast his vote during the just-ended by-elections on March 26. Tendai Artwell Gonye was fined after admitting to chewing the ballot papers when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko. […]
FARMERS in the Tsumeb, Otavi, Grootfontein and Stampriet areas are key contributors to the country’s quest for food security and output through commercial agriculture, and they depend entirely on groundwater for irrigation. This was said by the minister of agriculture, water and land reform, Calle Schlettwein, during the commemoration of World Water Day 2022, International […]
Kirinyaga — Businessman Jimi Wanjigi now claims that the country is broke and requires urgent intervention to cushion Kenyans from the crisis it has been plunged into, by the outgoing leadership. The presidential hopeful told the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA) congregation in Kutus town, Kirinyaga County, that President Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto […]
Cape Town — Four years after the signing of a peace agreement to end the conflict in South Sudan, numerous blockages and weeks of tension raised fears of a resumption of hostilities. Now the peace process seems to have taken a step forward, thanks to the mediation of neighbouring Sudan. President Salva Kiir and his […]
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a message of condolence to the family, relatives and friends of Kenya’s Ambassador to Qatar, Patrick ‘Paddy’ Cornel Odero Ahenda who passed away while receiving treatment at a hospital in Doha. In his message of comfort and encouragement, President Kenyatta eulogised the envoy as a dedicated and committed […]
Nakuru — Three politicians from the North Rift were on Sunday grilled for five hours by officers at the Rift Valley Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters in Nakuru, to shed light on the disquieting attack of Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga last Friday in Soy Constituency. Kapseret lawmaker Oscar Sudi and his Soi […]
Upon entering the Khayelitsha District Hospital one is still met by that ‘new hospital feel’ despite its tenth anniversary coming up in April. Floors are shiny, all the wood finishes are still intact and polished, walls are adorned with neat health posters and eye-catching murals, and there is light – lots of natural light. The […]
Hon Ousman Sillah, the National Assembly Member (NAM) for Banjul North says Banjul is being threatened by Climate Change. He made these remarks during an interview with The Point recently as he seeks re-election. Hon. Sillah points out that one of the factors to mitigate climate change is to promote and protect the environment and […]
The Association of Public and Environmental Health Officers (APEHOG), under the Ministry of Health (MoH) has threatened to embark on a nationwide sit-down strike for allowances exclusion at the Health Ministry. They have vowed to embark on the sit-down on Tuesday 5th April 2022, if the relevant authorities fail to meet their demands. The association’s […]
Isatu Nyama Jawara, a pharmacy technician and Katumu Kanneh, a farmer, made another appearance before Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Pademba Road Court No.1 in Freetown on fourteen count charges ranging from conspiracy to commit human trafficking contrary to Section 18 of the Anti- Human Trafficking Act No.7 of 2005, to human trafficking contrary to […]
Veteran broadcaster and philanthropist Tilder Moyo was Saturday honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the ZororoPhumulani Zimbabwe Achievers Awards South Africa edition. The popular radio personality was recognised for a glittering career in broadcasting and community building initiatives and is regarded as one of the finest broadcasters in the country. “Tete Tilder has been […]
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Sunday, 3rd April 2022, launched one of his government’s flagship projects in our tourism sector, dubbed “Destination Ghana”, in London, United Kingdom. The “Destination Ghana” London event is the first in a series of activities of the “Destination Ghana” project, which has, at its core, […]
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed South African producer, Dj Black Coffee bagged the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album award for ‘Subconsciously’ at the 64th Grammy Awards last night. ‘Subconsciously’ released in February 2021 featured international musicians, Pharrell Williams, Usher, David Guetta, Delilah Montagu and South Africans, Msaki, Una Rams, Tellaman and Sun El Musician. The album was nominated alongside, […]
About a hundred groups of bandits with over 30,000 militants are operating in the northwest, killing, maiming, and kidnapping innocent citizens and residents of the region. The rural banditry and terrorism ravaging Nigeria’s northwestern states are products of a poor criminal justice system, ethnic profiling and criminality propelled by poverty, a body of security experts […]
Representatives of the business community have in a stakeholders meeting with President Bio called on him to increase the Goods and Service Tax (GST) from the Le100 million threshold to Le350 million. The meeting which was held at State House was a move by the government to mend the growing animosity between the government and […]
The APC’S political Sun, having been on the rise since 1960, dampened only by infrequent periods of military interregnum in the intervening years, is now speeding West, at a velocity, so far unprecedented in the recorded history of the formation or demise of political parties in the Sub-region, South of the Sahara, or, even, North […]
I have been following latest developments in the All People’s Congress Party since the party’s new constitution came to effect of the 25th March, 2022 after the Judge in the Alfred Peter Conteh’s case ordered for the setting up of a 21 Man Committee to adopt the new constitution of the All People’s Congress Party. […]