Soldiers wielding batons and whips have launched a ‘ruthless’ attack on police in Zimbabwe amid growing tensions under 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe. Security forces said about 100 uniformed troops charged into a bus terminal in the capital Harare and beat up police officers, leaving
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his backers loved WikiLeaks last year when it released hacked Democratic emails, but they don’t sound too crazy about the leaks of CIA surveillance capabilities. While refusing to confirm or deny the authenticity of supposedly secret CIA documents released by WikiLeaks, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said Wednesday that “this
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Much has been made of–not least by Donald Trump himself–Trump’s claim that here are 96 million American unemployed. We all keep repeating that there are 96 million not in a formal paid job which is a rather different thing but that doesn’t seem to be changing minds. However, at the other end of the economic
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HARARE, March 6 (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government on Monday agreed to pay outstanding cash bonuses, bringing an end to a brief sit-in protest by public workers, union leaders and a government minister said. “The issue that we were clamouring for, which is the cash payment of bonuses, has been accepted,” said Raymond Majongwe, secretary general
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President Robert Mugabe’s government will face one of its biggest tests in over six months when civil servants go on strike tomorrow demanding their 2016 bonuses. In sign that the government was panicking over the impending strike, Public Service and Social Welfare minister Prisca Mupfumira resorted to threatening union leaders and civil servants that would heed the
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Zimbabwe has appealed for $100 million help for people affected by floods amid reports that 246 others have died and 2,000 left homeless since heavy rains began in December. Local Government Minister Saviour Kasukuwere on Friday said floods had destroyed roads, crops and livestock throughout the country. MAROONED President Robert Mugabe had earlier in the
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Floods in Zimbabwe have killed 246 people and left nearly 2,000 homeless since December, according to the government.The southern African country has appealed to international donors for $100 million to help those affected by the floods, which have washed away some bridges and roads and cut off some communities from surrounding areas. Saviour Kasukuwere, Zimbabwe’s
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Zimbabwe’s High Court has outlawed corporal punishment for children both at school and in the home. The ruling comes after a parent complained that her child in grade one, a class for six-year-olds, had deep bruises after a beating by a teacher. Linah Pfungwa said her daughter had been punished for failing to have her
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Although birthday parties are supposed to be apolitical, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s have always been lavish, partisan and highly political commemorations. Last week’s bash marking the veteran leader’s 93rd birth anniversary was no different and, not surprisingly, the party drew plenty of attention both locally and far beyond Zimbabwe’s borders. Mr Mugabe was presented with
Read More →HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who celebrated his 93rd birthday last week, flew to Singapore on Wednesday (March 1) for a “scheduled medical review”, his spokesman said. Mugabe appeared frail at his birthday party on Saturday, when he stood for more than an hour to deliver his speech, but he paused for
Read More →Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marked his 93rd birthday last week by squashing any thought he plans to resign or not seek re-election. “If I feel that I can’t do it anymore, I’ll say so to my party so that they relieve me,” he told state broadcaster ZBC-TV. “But for now I think, I can’t say
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