[allAfrica] Cape Town --  

[New Zimbabwe] PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has threatened to expel Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) from Zimbabwe saying they have lost their mandate.

[African Arguments] Both the opposition and ruling party hope the upcoming by-elections will lay the groundwork for 2023, but in very different ways.

[spotlight] Each year the global community commemorates World TB Day on 24 March. On this day, 140 years ago, Robert Koch discovered the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. Amazingly, the Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG) vaccine, still used routinely, w...

[New Zimbabwe] Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has urged its supporters to vote for either Zanu PF or Douglas Mwonzora's led MDC-Alliance candidates during the Saturday by-elections at the expense of Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for C...

[New Zimbabwe] Former minister Prisca Mupfumira will proceed to defence in a case she is being charged with criminal abuse of office involving abuse of tender processes at NSSA.

[UN News] The UN General Assembly met on Wednesday for its second emergency session on the Ukraine crisis since Russia invaded the country on 24 February, with two similar but different resolutions placed before delegates, addressing the unfolding hu...

[The Conversation Africa] Zimbabweans are set to cast their votes in key parliamentary and local government by-elections on 26 March 2022. The by-elections have the potential to set the tone for next year's national elections.

[The Conversation Africa] A court in South Africa has confirmed the constitutional right of the country's citizens to an environment that isn't harmful to their health. This includes the right to clean air, as exposure to air pollution affects human ...

[263Chat] In a letter dated March 22, 2022 and addressed to the party coordinator Patrick Moyo, Officer Commanding Police, Harare East District, a Chief Superintendent Muzivi said the ZRP has no manpower to provide security for the rally.

[New Zimbabwe] A 53-year-old Chinhoyi man, Tirivashoma Chigwaja has been described as a lucky man by the High Court after his 20-year jail term was quashed on grounds that the magistrate who handled his case technically erred in convicting and senten...

[New Zimbabwe] Thousands of Mutare residents who have gone for at least 18 years without running water may heave a sigh of relief after council announced that the water pipeline project is now 96,8 percent complete.

[New Zimbabwe] Listed restaurants operator, Simbisa Brands says it has made significant progress in its expansion project and remodelling which will see the opening of 92 new branches nationwide.

[New Zimbabwe] Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) claims it has unearthed serious anomalies on the Pumula voters roll and irregularities on the Nkulumane ballot papers which are going to be used in the Saturday by-elections.

[New Zimbabwe] The State has opposed bail application by popular Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist Godfrey Karembera, popularly known as Madzibaba Veshanduko, arguing that evidence against him is overwhelming.

[Nyasa Times] Members of Parliament have passed the Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) Amendment Bill which, among others, seeks to give the NGO Board the mandate to register and regulate NGOs.

[The Herald] The Agricultural Marketing Authority(AMA) is conducting farmer field schools for cotton production and other crops across the country to promote good agronomic practices to improve crop quality.

[The Herald] The High Court has settled a long-lasting dispute between members of an apostolic church sect over a piece of land in Budiriro, Harare after ruling that Herbert Masenda known as Madzibaba Enock is the legitimate owner of the residential ...

[The Herald] The High Court has rejected the bid by activist lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa to compel the Judicial Service Commission and President Mnangagwa to release results of interviews held six years ago for Supreme Court judges.

[Daily News] NAMUNGO said the four friendly matches they have lined up in Lusaka, Zambia will help them to shape their squad before the resumption of the NBC Premier League fixtures.

[The Herald] The High Court has rejected the bid by activist lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, to compel the Judicial Service Commission and President Mnangagwa to release results of interviews held six years ago for Supreme Court judges.

[CAF] South Sudan and eSwatini picked up vital first leg away wins in the preliminary round of the 2023 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations on Wednesday.

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency and partners are working with Mozambique's government to aid thousands of families devastated by Cyclone Gombe, which struck the island nation earlier this month.

[Namibia Economist] Investments including the capital, machinery would be safe for investors as repatriation of profits, returns, loans and the entire investment is legal in Namibia, President Dr Hage Geingob told potential investors during the Namib...

[Namibia Economist] The Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia (EIF) this week hosted the e-voucher card issuance and terminal roll-out for the Urban Agriculture Build Back Better programme in Mariental.

[Namibia Economist] Loans made out to Agribank clients below the age of 35, increased by 75% to N$19 million with 44 beneficiaries, from N$10.9 million with 27 beneficiaries in the 2020/21 financial year, mostly for livestock production.

[Namibian] UNIVERSITY of Namibia academic Frednard Gideon can expect to hear by the middle of June if he has succeeded with an attempt to set aside the appointment of a rival candidate as vice chancellor of the Namibia University of Science and Techn...

[Namibian] THE Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) is demanding an explanation from commercial banks on why they are charging customers who don't normally bank with them higher interest on home loans.

[Namibian] MORE than six schoolgirls from Hage Geingob Secondary School were sent home yesterday for wearing trousers.

[Namibian] THE British high commisioner to Namibia, Charles Moore, at a panel discussion yesterday said lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and more (LGBTQI+) issues remain "deeply emotive, and often divisive, across the world".