Eyewitnesses said Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who was shot by an aide last month, had to be helped off the plane. The authorities in Burkina Faso say he will continue recuperating there, but no-one has explained why he is not returning to Guinea. Burkina Faso’s leader is mediating…

This belief appears not to be common not only locally, but even in foreign countries where lawyers exist in significant numbers.The story has been peddled that lawyers, just like politicians, are true masters at the game of scheming falsehoods, fabricating, or even engineering fiction. The belief seems to…

The real scandal, according to both black Eurocentrics in South Africa, is that Zuma is unashamed of the custom of polygamy. Worse, he intends to bring all his wives, his 19 children, and all his kraal to the  State House as he sees fit and when he so…

You will agree with me in the near future Cdes…I see the hand of the imperialist British and their evil American cousins in all this. We have to be very, very alert otherwise we could lose everything to these people. It is quite obvious that the figures that…

When the announcement of the re-launch of ZAPU came, it was received with both suspicion and excitement. Suspicion was on the part of those who considered it as a ZANU-PF-planted imposter opposition party. Others were excited in that it added to the dimension of multi-party democracy in Zimbabwe.…

This week, we again carry a story on the planned disposal of TelOne to Telkom South Africa, undoubtedly to help recapitalise the ailing fixed line company that ranks among the worst performing parastatals in the country.We are in favour of privatisation as we believe in a free market…

The specification of the three leaders of the GPA is done because as the Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) on the constitutional reform meets and trains both parliament and its outreach teams, we must be mindful of the partisan politics that continues to define the inclusive government and its…

It underscored the painful truth that the coalition still has a long way to go in putting its house in order before it can convince the doubting Thomases out there that foreign investment is safe in Zimbabwe.Following Nestlé’s decision to stop buying milk from Gushungo Dairy Estate —…

 The Nigerian Bar Association, a leading human rights lawyer, and two former lawmakers, have taken legal action in hopes a federal court will force President Umaru Yar’Adua to transfer powers to Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan.Judge Dan Abutu on Tuesday scheduled a January 14 hearing for the three cases at…

“I am looking at pounds and dollars, I want to quit after the World Cup,” said the 23-year-old, who plies her trade on Heystek Street — Rustenburg’s red-light district.The 15 women who work on the street are united in their hope that 2010 will bring them financial security.…