Government officials were on Tuesday conspicuously missing from former president late Bingu wa Mutharika’s memorial service in Thyolo, raising concerns over deepening political rivalry between the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the ruling Tonse Alliance. In Parliament, shadow minister of Information Mark Botomani asked why the government was not in attendance at the memorial […]
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Chief Government Spokesperson and Minister of Information and Digitalization, Gospel Kazako, has assured the media fraternity in Malawi that the government will investigate the circumstances that led to the arrest and detention of Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) Managing Director Gregory Gondwe. Police on Tuesday invaded PIJ’s office in Blantyre where they arrested Gondwe and […]
Benevolent Malawi President Dr Lazarus Chakwera on Tuesday donated 10, 000 kilograms of maize flour to the Department of Disaster Management affairs (Dodma). In a press statement issued and signed by the Presidential Press Secretary Anthony Kasunda, the flour is meant to benefit people affected with floods in various camps. Chakwera said while he is […]
Mangochi Police Station has registered a decrease in crime by 23 percent in the first quarter of 2022 which is a positive development in policing matters. According to crime quarterly report which the Station has released, the 23 percent decline in overall crime was registered from January to March 2022. In the same period in […]
Conservation team members on Fregate, the easternmost granitic inner island of Seychelles, are conducting their yearly task to count the number of giant tortoises on the island. Fregate is home to the second biggest giant tortoise population in the world – after the Aldabra atoll – a UNESCO World Heritage site where about 100,000 Aldabra […]
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Zimbabwe: A-Level Results Out
The Zimsec 2021 November A-Level results released yesterday, inclusive of the Continuous Assessment Learning Activity, show a 3,68 percent rise in the overall pass rate compared to the previous examination year. Zimsec board chairman Professor Eddie Mwenje yesterday said heads of examination centres can start collecting the results for their respective schools or centres from […]
Amhara regional security forces and civilian authorities have committed widespread abuses against Tigrayans since November 2020 Hundreds of thousands of Tigrayan civilians expelled from homes using threats, killings, mass arbitrary detention, pillage, forcible transfer, and the denial of humanitarian assistance Security forces also used gang rape, accompanied by verbal and physical abuse, abduction, and sexual […]
Opposition Zapu is mooting demonstrations against the Bulawayo city council’s exorbitant parking fees. This follows the local authority’s failure to respond to a petition by the party demanding an immediate reduction of the parking fees currently pegged at US$1 per hour. South African company Tendy Three won the parking management tender for Bulawayo. Despite the […]
A polling station was allegedly dismantled on the eve of the by-election in Mutasa South National Constituency election, leading to the disenfranchisement of hundreds of voters which may have held sway in the result, it has emerged. The development has triggered fears the polling station ruined Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate, Regai Tsunga’s chance […]
CITIZENS Coalition for Change’s (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has urged the party’s 20 legislators to focus on ensuring the amendment of the Electoral Act which will usher in sweeping reforms in the manner in which elections are conducted in Zimbabwe. The legislators, who triumphed in the March 26 by-election, were sown-in Tuesday. CCC deputy spokesperson […]
Political parties and pressure groups have angrily reacted to Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s declaration that the ruling party will never relinquish power and plans to rule for a very long time. Mpofu who is known for making controversial and disparaging political comments said this at a send-off ceremony for 36 Zanu PF […]
GOVERNMENT says it is now fully committed to ensure the reopening of moribund steel maker, Ziscosteel, after years of politicking. Kuvimba Mining House, linked to tycoon Kuda Tagwirei, was awarded the contract tender to revive the company. Speaking to journalists Tuesday, Industry and Commerce minister Sekai Nzenza conceded that it was understandable why Zimbabweans would […]
Mombasa — Police in Mombasa are investigating an incident in which an aspirant for a political seat in Mvita Ali Mwatsau was shot and seriously injured in Tudor area after his car was sprayed with bullets. According to reports, the motive of the attack is not yet known but Mwatsau who is a UDA politician […]
Nairobi — The Senate is on Wednesday expected to resume debate on the second reading of the Employment Amendment Bill 2021. The Bill sponsored by Nandi Senator Samson Cherarkey provides employees the right to disconnect a call from their employer during out of work hours. Cherarkey noted that his Bill is fundamentally anchored on the […]
A magistrate in Brits has refused an attempt by the Madibeng municipality to evict a single mother whose child has special needs. The woman put up a shack on land owned by the municipality when she was forced to moved from her rented home. The municipality sought to evict her but magistrate Reagan Rosenberg refused […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa will this evening address the launch of the Oxford Handbook of the South African Economy at a virtual event co-hosted by the Universities of the Witwatersrand and Johannesburg. According to a statement on The Presidency, leading academics, economists, anthropologists and scientists, including Presidential Economic Advisory Council members, collaborated to produce a voluminous […]
Cape Town — Extra Covid-19 Booster Shots for Immune Compromised People People with certain illnesses or who are on treatments that weaken their immune systems can get an extra shot of a Covid-19 vaccine because the normal number of doses don’t work well enough for them. The health department will soon be updating the […]
Capitol Hill — Representative Samuel G. Kogar (District #5, Nimba County) has blamed the death of Princess Cooper and others who disappeared or died under such mysterious circumstances on the lack of political will to meticulously investigate those incidents and input in place, preventive mechanisms to serve as a deterrence. Rep. Kogar also blamed the […]