LUSAKA – TENSIONS bedevilling Zambia’s election exercise have escalated after the main opposition leader claimed victory following Thursday’s election. Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) suspended the counting and announcement
by JEFFREY MANTAMBABINGA in Binga & AKANI CHAUKE in Johannesburg KARIBAÂ – THE Lake Kariba boat disaster has exposed what critics describe as a devastating failure of government responsibility, raising questions
by LUKE ZUNGA JOHANNESBURG – “AT night on 31 July 1967, some 80 guerrillas from Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) crossed the gloomy Zambezi River
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – CITIZENS Watch Zimbabwe (CWZ) has called for the arrest of government officials and ruling party legislators it accuses of undermining the Constitution by supporting the extension
by NQOBANI MATHIBELA HARAREÂ – ZIMBABWE is to engage neighbouring South Africa after some of its nationals suffered economic losses when they left because of anti-migrant tensions. The Cabinet disclosed this
JOHANNESBURGÂ – THE African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Fikile Mbalula has launched a strong attack on anti-immigrant mobilisation, warning that the recent protests have inflicted lasting damage on South Africa’s international
JOHANNESBURGÂ – A Zimbabwean civic organisation has strongly opposed reported plans by South African activist Jacinta Ngobese-Zuma to participate in a protest outside the Zimbabwean Embassy in Pretoria on Friday, accusing
by NQOBANI MATHIBELA GWANDAÂ – CALLS are mounting for the immediate release of Matabeleland South political activist Bhekimpilo Mbedzi after images of him appearing in court in leg irons triggered widespread
ABUJAÂ – A CLOSELY-FOUGHT election for the post of Secretary-General of the African Telecommunications Union (ATU) is forecast, amid predictions the fallout between South Africa and fellow African nations could hurt
JOHANNESBURGÂ – AS global leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the 26th International AIDS Conference, one message is resonating strongly across the developing world: a revolutionary HIV prevention medicine
