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
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
by MARCUS MUSHONGA HARAREÂ – ZIMBABWE is pushing for fully digitalised, non-stop borders, championing plans by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)
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
JOHANNNESBURG – NEARLY 100,000 Zimbabweans had returned home by mid-July following anti-foreigner campaigns in South Africa, triggering a humanitarian emergency at the border while exposing growing labour shortages in key South
