Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's deputy, Joyce Mujuru, has thrown her weight behind the veteran ruler's bid for a sixth term, dispelling speculation linking her to Mugabe's rival, Simba Makoni. Mujuru was quoted by the state-owned Herald newspaper on Monday as

Copper cable theft between April last year and the end of January has cost Telkom R863-million, the telecommunications provider said on Monday. In a statement, Telkom said the "alarming surge" in copper cable theft was the biggest inhibitor in its

A weaker rand and higher commodity prices boosted mining stocks on the JSE by midday on Monday, but negative global sentiment still weighed on the bourse. By midday, the JSE's broader all-share index was off 0,76%, dragged lower by a

Zimbabwe's Former Finance Minister Simba Makoni has won another major endorsement in his campaign to replace President Robert Mugabe when a faction of the country's biggest opposition party pledged to campaign for him.

The Sunday Times UK newspaper has reported that the money Mugabe is using to pay for military loyalty and buy votes ahead of the elections later this month is being printed by a German company, Giesecke & Devrient (G &

We received reports from residents of Mabvuku and Tafara high-density areas of Harare that people have been dying from water borne diseases. Their sewerage systems have collapsed and the authorities are doing nothing about it.

ZIMBABWEAN Martin Dzuwa easily saw-off Rwandan ace Jean Claude Gasigwa in two straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to emerge champion of the Uganda Open tennis tournament that ended yesterday at Lugogo. Dzuwa, found himself trailing 3-0 in the first set but

The sitting MDC MP for Mpopoma in Bulawayo, Milton Gwetu, has died. The 79 year-old veteran politician from the Mutambara MDC formation died in the city on Friday, following a short illness.

EDO State government has opened talks with white Zimbabwean farmers with a view to allowing them to farm in the state.

Forestry Development Authority (FDA) Managing Director John Woods has promised to submit the long-awaited draft Community Forestry Law within one month, an Executive Mansion official has said.

Liberia has finally taken its place at the helm of the board of the regional maritime industry. As a sign to that effect, the chairmanship of the board of governors of the Regional Maritime University (RMU) has been handed down

A one-day symposium of the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry opened Friday at the Monrovia City Hall, with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf calling for more Liberian involvement in the Maritime Program.

A hundred-&-seventy-eight officers of the Special Security Services have been retired by government, in a ceremony Saturday at the Foreign Ministry in Monrovia.

POLICE have arrested two men alleged to have stolen money from Christ the King Church last Sunday.

The law was made for man and not man for the law, but man has to live within the dictates of law.

Until Thursday last week when the two protagonists President Mwai Kibaki and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga penned a power sharing agreement, the December 2007 Kenya general elections had meant one thing and one thing only to most

FORMER army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini has said the Kampala doctor with whom he exchanged blows on Sunday was 'hiding' his junior wife, Ms Winnie Kente.

Firestone Rubber Plantations Corporation (FPCO), the largest American investment in Africa south of the Sahara, recently negotiated with NTGL an 86-year addendum to the 99-year concessionaire agreement it signed with the Charles D.B. King Administration back in 1926.

CONSUMERS have, since the beginning of the year, had to dig deep into their pockets to pay extra shillings for commodities.

Giant rugby sides lived up to expectations over the weekend in what is shaping up to be an exciting climax to the first round of the revamped Guinness Super 8 National Rugby League.