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A 16-year-old girl was last Friday raped by a man who had offered her shelter while it was raining in Glen View 7, Harare.
"HE that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else", said 18th century scientist, philosopher and statesman Benjamin Franklin.
CAPS United shrugged off the absence of their star quartet to pile pressure on old enemy Dynamos, as the two battle for the final Champions League spot, with a hard-fought CBZ Premiership win at Rufaro yesterday that kept alive their dreams of playing against the giants of the continent.
THIS year the Pan-African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI) and Friends of FEPACI South Africa (FOFSA) honoured two women in the Media, Dorcas Hove and Linda Mvusi.
A SERIES of damning reports posted by the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture David Coltart on his official website -- which describe the Zimbabwe Cricket leadership as FRAUDSTERS, ABYSMAL THUGS AND NASTY CREATURES -- has torched a severe storm and exposed the frosty relationship between the two parties.
TWO more witnesses yesterday testified in the trial of MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett who is being charged with possessing weaponry for terrorism and inciting acts of insurgency.
Zimbabwe's three governing political parties have finally started dialogue to save their shaky power sharing arrangement after missing a two week deadline.
With Namibia's National Assembly and Presidential elections around the corner the issue of equitable women's representation at the highest levels of political decision-making has been placed at the centre of the election agenda.
US President Barack Obama on Monday night delivered his strongest rebuke yet to Robert Mugabe, labelling him a 'dictator,' while criticising his regime of 'oppressors' for their brutal treatment of human rights activists.
MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett has described his terrorism trial, which began two weeks ago, an 'absolute farce' and 'a joke.' The MDC official, who has not been sworn into government as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture because Robert Mugabe is refusing to swear him in, said he is frustrated with the slow pace the trial is taking.
AFRICAN states are not devising a clear developmental strategy for regional economic communities, leading to international partners thinking the continent does not have a common approach and a vision for growth, says Egyptian ambassador to SA Mohamed Zayed.
GROSS domestic product (GDP) figures out today may show that SA is out of recession.
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma -- whose prerogative it is to appoint a new head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) -- is likely to proceed carefully when replacing Vusi Pikoli.
During school hours the pupils of Claireville Primary in the port city of Durban are spared the jibes and taunts of not being South African nationals, but the welcome ends when they leave the grounds.
South Africa has moved swiftly to develop a male circumcision plan that would have buy-in from all stakeholders and will go beyond being a purely medical intervention, ideally also engaging men on among others HIV prevention, gender issues and alcohol abuse.
Years of working as a professional nurse have convinced Seobi Matube that having more than one sexual partner is a sure way of getting HIV.
Surely, the decision of the United Nations General Assembly to make July 18 Nelson Mandela International Day is not a surprise to those who follow the sterling life and times of the former South African president.
The full text of remarks by President Barack Obama at the presentation to Magodonga Mahlangu and Jenni Williams of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) of the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on November 23, 2009.
President Jacob Zuma is expected to host King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway in Pretoria today.
Economists are expecting the newly rebased Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figure for the third quarter to show signs that the economy is on the mend.
LOCAL business has failed to develop a consolidated position on climate change in time for crucial international negotiations in Copenhagen next month, which could see business being left out of crucial policy decisions, observers on environmental issues are warning.
EIGHT horses found grazing on the Gross Barmen road outside Okahandja have been rescued by Okahandja Police Detective William Grey.
THE Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) could face a bitter legal wrangle after it withdrew the election observer status of the National Society for Human Rights (NSHR).
THE Namibian Police are on full alert for the elections and won't tolerate anybody breaking the law, regardless of the political party membership card he or she carries.
IN BELVILLE on Friday, South African Revenue Service (SARS) officials had to call security to protect them from angry taxpayers who wanted to submit their tax returns even though the office was closing. In Germiston on Saturday afternoon, police were called to the SARS office because taxpayers were demanding that officials attend to them.
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