(Reuters) – Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after
flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat,
according to a confidential letter written to bakers by the country’s grain
millers’ group on Monday.
The sou…
(Reuters) - Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after
flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay for imported wheat,
according to a confidential letter written to bakers by the country’s grain
millers’ group on Monday.
The southern African nation is in the grip of a severe
shortage of U.S. dollars that has sapped supplies of fuel and drugs, as
President Emmerson
Uganda’s ruling party has endorsed President Yoweri
Museveni as its candidate for the 2021 elections.
This means the 74-year-old leader, who came to power in
1986, will be running for a sixth term.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) agreed…
Uganda's ruling party has endorsed President Yoweri
Museveni as its candidate for the 2021 elections.
This means the 74-year-old leader, who came to power in
1986, will be running for a sixth term.
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) agreed, in a meeting
chaired by Mr Museveni on Wednesday, that he should "continue leading the
movement and the state in 2021 and beyond to eliminate
A 26-year-old taxi driver was arrested for cramming at
least 48 pupils into a minibus taxi.
The pupils were “literally sitting on top of each
other” in the 16-seat capacity Toyota Quantum, which was spotted by law
enforcement on Monday at the in…
A 26-year-old taxi driver was arrested for cramming at
least 48 pupils into a minibus taxi.
The pupils were "literally sitting on top of each
other" in the 16-seat capacity Toyota Quantum, which was spotted by law
enforcement on Monday at the intersection of Standford Road and Ditchling
Street in Port Elizabeth.
Video footage of the children being removed from the
vehicle has surfaced
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday
survived losing his parliamentary seat after he was convicted by Harare
magistrate, Gloria Takundwa and ordered to pay a $200 fine, which he paid in
five cent bond coins to escape a week-long impri…
HARARE East MP Tendai Biti (MDC Alliance) on Tuesday
survived losing his parliamentary seat after he was convicted by Harare
magistrate, Gloria Takundwa and ordered to pay a $200 fine, which he paid in
five cent bond coins to escape a week-long imprisonment.
Leader of the opposition in the National Assembly, Thabitha
Khumalo yesterday told NewsDay that Biti was not going to lose his seat
Two members of the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional
Services yesterday said they did not see jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura
attempting a jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
Gumbura, Blessing Chiduke (25), Luckmore Matambanadzo (39…
Two members of the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional
Services yesterday said they did not see jailed cleric Robert Martin Gumbura
attempting a jailbreak at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.
Gumbura, Blessing Chiduke (25), Luckmore Matambanadzo (39),
Luck Mhungu (38), Taurai Dodzo (47), Thomas Chacha (37), Thulani Chizema (32),
Jacob Sibanda (28) and Elijah Vhumbunu (38), who are being