Surprise boost for DA in KZN
Durban – With only 220 voting stations awaiting finalisation for the provincial results in KwaZulu-Natal earlier on Friday, the DA looked set to dislodge the IFP as the official opposition in the...
View ArticleElections free, fair: AU observers
Pretoria – The African Union election observer missions said on Friday that South Africa’s 2014 general elections had been free and fair.The head of the AU observer mission, Prof Ibrahima Fall, said:...
View ArticleLive election results 2014 Day 3 @15:00
98.83% of vote countedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS11,181,33861.39%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE3,983,32821.87%ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,126,8116.19%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY434,4062.39%NATIONAL FREEDOM...
View ArticleLive election results 2014 Day 3 Ends
99.59% of vote countedAFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS11,349,73961.40%DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE4,036,62921.84%ECONOMIC FREEDOM FIGHTERS1,150,3116.22%INKATHA FREEDOM PARTY439,6682.38%NATIONAL FREEDOM...
View ArticleSerena Williams pulls out
Serena WilliamsMADRID. — World number one Serena Williams pulled out of her quarter-final at the Madrid Open tennis tournament against Petra Kvitova yesterday morning due to a thigh injury but has...
View ArticleTo all you parents: Education can NEVER be free
Make a Difference Bee It is back to school season again. Earlier this week, I was happy to see some responsible parents paying school fees through various banks. Others could be seen stocking up on...
View ArticleThe Prince battles to make comeback
Roderick MutumaEddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter CHAMPIONS Dynamos are frustrated by the delays by the Premier Soccer League to register striker Rodreck Mutuma whom they wanted to use in tomorrow’s Castle...
View ArticleAll for mother’s love
Tafadzwa Zimoyo Lifestyle Writer “A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie,” one philosopher once highlighted...
View ArticleBAR TALK: Open letter to the new governor
Dear Dr Mangudya, First of all, we would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the hot seat. We will not join the muttering voices who have been asking why you are the latest in the line of...
View ArticleBerlusconi begins community service
Silvio BerlusconiROME. — Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi began his community service for tax fraud yesterday in a spectacular fall from grace for the flamboyant ex-premier, who will likely seek political...
View ArticlePistorius sells home
Oscar PistoriusJOHANNESBURG. — Oscar Pistorius has sold the upmarket Pretoria home where he shot dead his girlfriend, as legal fees mounted from his lengthy murder trial that continued yesterday.The...
View ArticleMass protest in northern Nigeria over missing girls
The Boko Haram, an Islamic jihadist militant and terrorist organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria.MAIDUGURI/JOHANNESBURG. — Hundreds of people joined a protest in the traditional stronghold of...
View ArticleCAA condemn abductions in Nigeria
Bishop Tudor BismarkBy Tendai H Manzvanzvike THE Council of African Apostles (CAA), an assembly of eminent Christian church leaders from across sub-Saharan Africa, that is chaired by Zimbabwe’s...
View ArticleANC’s 62pc majority secure
African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma casts his vote for the general elections at Ntolwane Primary School in his rural village of Nkandla on Wednesday. — AFPCAPE TOWN. — The ANC was leading the...
View ArticleImmigration Department clears air over Freshlyground’s ban
Freshly GroundInnocent Ruwende Senior Reporter The Department of Immigration has challenged organisers of the just-ended Harare International Festival of the Arts to inform their audiences that they...
View ArticleState hospital services decline
Dr ParirenyatwaPaidamoyo Chipunza Health Reporter Services at State referral health institutions have deteriorated amid claims that patients sometimes pay bribes to doctors and nurses to get...
View ArticleZim-Asset will succeed: Vice President Mujuru
VP MujuruWalter Mswazie in Masvingo Vice President Joice Mujuru has likened Zim-Asset to the war of liberation that was won against all odds. Addressing the Masvingo Zanu-PF Provincial Women’s League...
View ArticleTerrorism Act gazetted
Hon Mohadi KemboHerald Reporter Government has gazetted the Suppression of Foreign and International Terrorism Act that blacklists and freezes funds and assets of individuals and organisations...
View Article$33m Baba Jukwa, Bennett terror link exposed
Baba JukwaHerald Reporters— TWO South Africa-based Zimbabwean journalists who hackers exposed to be part of the syndicate running the controversial Baba Jukwa Facebook page, Mkhululi Chimoio and...
View ArticleGovt summons companies over water pollution
Dr ChomboMunicipal Reporter— Government has summoned companies that are allegedly polluting the water system across the country. Among the culprits are funeral parlours, service stations, fuel holding...
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