Biti, Not Mbeki, Is lying: ‘MDC Sold Out Through Failure To Implement Electoral Reforms’

Biti, Not  Mbeki, Is lying: ‘MDC Sold Out Through Failure To Implement  Electoral Reforms’

In a follow-up radio interview to President Thabo Mbeki letter “SA policy on Zimbabwe” with Redi Thlabi on 702 Cape Talk Tendai Biti said a lot of things, I would like to take him up one the one issue – Did MDC sell-out in failing to implement the GPA reforms, he was asked?” President Mbeki should just shut up! He should not blame the victim. ….. MDC fought for re-forms but Zanu PF refused,” replied…

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100 Gold Panners Attack 9 West Nicholson Mine Guards &New Owners Killing 1Guard

100 Gold Panners Attack 9 West Nicholson Mine Guards &New Owners  Killing 1Guard

A COWDRAY Park man who was employed as a security guard at a mine in West Nicholson died after about 100 illegal gold panners attacked the new owners of Geelong Mine. The gold panners who used to operate at the disused mine invaded the claim resulting in a confrontation with representatives of the mine’s new owners, Mart Server Marketing. Five people have since been arrested in connection with the murder which occurred last Tuesday. Matabeleland South…

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‘ANC Had Good Relations With ZAPU & None With ZANU,’ -Mbeki

‘ANC Had Good Relations With ZAPU & None With ZANU,’ -Mbeki

Historically, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU when it broke away from ZAPU. This was a product of a continuous process in Zimbabwe which had started with the establishment of the Southern Rhodesia African National Congress in that country and the membership in the South African ANC of Zimbabwe students and workers while they were studying and working in South Africa. ANC relations…

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Impounded US Plane Had R60 Billion Destined For South Africa’s Reserve Bank.

Impounded US Plane Had R60 Billion Destined For South Africa’s Reserve Bank.

INVESTIGATIONS have unearthed that the decomposing body found last week on a Western Global Airlines cargo plane at Harare International Airport was that of a stowaway, and that the craft was carrying about R60 billion destined for South Africa’s Reserve Bank. Indications are that the stowayay could have died four days before his body was discovered on the plane on February 14. The plane was impounded after it landed for refuelling and Civil Aviation Authority…

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‘In 1980 I Said, Guys, Mugabe Is A Monster And We Will Suffer!-But No One Listened’-Rugare Gumbo

‘In 1980 I Said, Guys, Mugabe Is A Monster And  We  Will Suffer!-But No One Listened’-Rugare Gumbo

War veteran and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo, says he and his comrades made a grave error during the country’s liberation struggle when they chose President Robert Mugabe to lead the then Zanu. Speaking at a Southern African Political and Economic Series (Sapes) debate forum on Thursday night, Gumbo said he and most of his erstwhile Zanu-PF comrades were now all regretting that mistake as Mugabe was “obsessed with power” and hellbent on…

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‘Generations Actor Rapulana Seiphemo Likely To Be Charged With Murder & Attempted Murder’

‘Generations Actor Rapulana Seiphemo Likely To Be Charged With Murder & Attempted Murder’

Generations Legacy actor Rapulana Seiphemo is likely to be charged with two counts of murder and attempted murder. This was said by Jody van Zyl, a survivor of the accident that killed his brother Donovan van Zyl (24) and his brother-in-law Jerry Coertze (28) last Sunday night. One of the two passengers in Seiphemo’s car also died. The other one was in hospital at the time of going to press. “This man must be charged…

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‘Venenzuela, The World’s Cheapest Fuel Price, Rise By Over 6000% To US$0.08 Per Gallon’

‘Venenzuela, The World’s Cheapest Fuel Price, Rise By Over 6000% To US$0.08 Per Gallon’

In a televised-address on February 17, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro delivered some crushing news to his country. To address the fiscal crisis facing the country, the government decided to raisefuel prices by more than 6,000 percent. While that may sound dramatic, it will still leave Venezuela with some of the cheapest fuel in the world. Prices for 95 octane gasoline at the pump will jump from 0.097 bolivars to 6 bolivars. It was the first…

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Longest-Serving US Prisoner Held In Solitary Confinement ‘Albert Woodfox’ Freed After 43 Years

Longest-Serving US Prisoner Held In Solitary Confinement  ‘Albert Woodfox’ Freed After 43 Years

The longest-serving prisoner to be held in solitary confinement in US history, Albert Woodfox, has walked free in Louisiana after 43 years. Woodfox was part of the group known as the “Angola Three”, after the prison where they spent years in confinement. He had been there since April 1972 for the murder of a prison guard. Maintaining his innocence in the death of Brent Miller, Woodfox, 69, was finally freed after accepting the lesser charge…

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30 Years In Power, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni Wins Fifth Term In Office

30 Years In Power, Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni Wins Fifth Term In Office

The  Ugandan electoral commission  has announced the results of the recent election, stating that the incumbent, 71 year old President Yoweri Museveni has won 60,75 % votes, thereby winning a fifth term in office, extending his stay to 34 years by the end of his fifth term in office. Yoweri Museveni is, along with the despot Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, also one of the longest serving African leaders, who has  now been in power for…

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71 Die In Horrendous Head On Collision Between Bus & Cargo Truck In Ghana

Image copyrightAlbert AzongoImage captionEmergency services struggled to rescue people trapped in the wreckage The number of people killed when a bus crashed into a truck in northern Ghana has risen to 71, medical officials say. The Metro Mass Transit coach reportedly collided head-on with a cargo truck carrying tomatoes near the town of Kintampo on Wednesday evening. Regional police chief Maxwell Atingane told Reuters news agency that many passengers died at the scene. He said…

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