PSC, Bikita RDC row over land

Ancient Egypt Picture Gallery

The land of the Nile, sphinxes, hieroglyphs, pyramids, and famously cursed archaeologists exhuming mummies from painted and gilded sarcophagi, ancient Egypt fuels the imagination. Spanning thousands, yes, literally, thousands of years, Egypt was a durable society with rulers viewed as the

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Karoi cop, Zanu PF youths in nocturnal shop raids

A JUNIOR officer stationed at Karoi urban dog section allegedly teamed up with Zanu PF youths early this week to conduct night raids on shops in the farming town, demanding trading licences and bribes. By Nhau Mangirazi Constable Bwanyali allegedly carried out the nocturnal visits in the company of

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Who am I? - Senior citizen longs for family connection

In a sit-down with The Gleaner, King said his parents died when he was young and the “one aunty” that he had, took him to Kingston and she died shortly

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Harare City Council chaos cripples service delivery

BY BLESSED MHLANGA/MOSES MATENGA DISASTER is looming in Harare as the local authority has become too crippled to effectively provide services, MDC Alliance secretary for local government Sesel Zvidzai has said. The former Local Government deputy minister said the chaos at Town House had crippled

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Hangberg unrest 'stabilised' after residents protest demolition of structures, torch creche

Despite incidents of stone throwing in the Hout Bay area on Saturday morning, unrest in which buildings were set alight on Friday night has stabilised, according to

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Field Order No. 15

Gen. William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15 setting aside the islands from Charleston, south, the abandoned rice fields along the river for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, for exclusive settlement by Blacks. The order provided that

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Uganda: Residents Force Leaders to Abandon Shs70m Project

However, during a meeting with the municipal town clerk, Mr Ambrose Ocen, on Tuesday, residents said they do not want the project on the health centre land, arguing that they were not

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Zimbabwe: Fire Destroys Kwekwe City's Records

[New Zimbabwe] The Kwekwe City Council Saturday afternoon lost most of its important documents after a fire broke out and destroyed a storeroom.

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Public Service Commission director-general placed on precautionary suspension - with full pay | News24

President Cyril Ramaphosa has acted against Public Service Commission director-general Dovhani Mamphiswana.

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Greece and Egypt: How a Single Coin Reflects an Ancient and Enduring Relationship

A tiny object can rewrite history. In this case, the small electrum coin featuring the head of an African pictured here reveals a fascinating link between Africa and Greece from antiquity to the present. Unfortunately we know very little about the coin itself except that it is from the early

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Uganda wants people to leave flooded wetlands

The Ugandan government has said people like Musasizi are partly to blame for the floods, and wants them to leave the wetlands for

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Harriet Tubman Facts: Underground Railroad and More

Harriet Tubman was a fugitive slave, underground railroad conductor, abolitionist, spy, soldier, Civil War, African American, nurse, known for her work with Underground Railroad, Civil War service, and later, her advocacy of civil rights and woman

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Gweru hikes tariffs 100%

GWERU City Council has imposed an over 100% tariff hike for high-density suburbs, while those for business vary. BY BRENNA MATENDERE The local authority cited the runaway inflation for the increases in a development which is set to pile more misery on financially-constrained residents, the majority

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Chinese rocket debris crashes into Indian Ocean - state media - Barbados Today

SOURCE: BBC — The remains of a Chinese rocket that was hurtling back towards Earth have crashed into the Indian Ocean, the country's space agency says. The bulk of the rocket was destroyed as it re-entered the atmosphere, but state media reported that debris landed just west of the Maldives on

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Gov't wants to lease Holywell land

GOVERNMENT is seeking to lease a seven-acre plot of land at Holywell in the Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park, a protected area which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in

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Dan Jacobson - Birthday

Dan Jacobson , (born March 7, 1929, Johannesburg, South Africa—died June 12, 2014, London, England), South African-born novelist and short-story writer who wrote with both humour and pathos of the troubled land of his birth and of his eastern European Jewish heritage, though in his later work he

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We are ready for DNA tests: Kibor's sons

Mr Kipng’etich’s mother, Naomi Jeptoo, who was divorced by Mzee Kibor two years ago, backed her

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Robert Mugabe's widow Grace fined five cows and two goats by traditional court for wrongful burial - Face2Face Africa

Nearly two years after the death of the enigmatic and charismatic Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace has been fined five cows and two goats by a traditional court in the country for the transgression of not burying her husband according to traditional customs. Mrs. Mugabe was tried in

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Squatters still skeptical about Graham’s Hall shelter - Stabroek News

Persons still squatting on the land owned by the National Industrial and Commercial Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) at Success are still against taking up temporary shelter at the Graham’s Hall Primary

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Judge delays removal of Confederate monument to Robert E. Lee

A Virginia judge has ordered a 10-day halt to Governor Ralph Northam’s plan to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s historic Monument

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Op-Ed: The Necessity to Restore Confidence in WAPA

Filippo Cassinelli says the energy costs in the Virgin Islands are the highest in the nation. A way to generate affordable energy is imperative.

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Grant Chapel AME Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico (1883- )

GrantChapel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church was the first black church in NewMexico and was organized during the state’s territorial period. Although New Mexico Territory had a few slavesbefore the Civil War, African Americans began arriving in the region insignificant numbers after

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Gweru debt soars to $759 million

BY STEPHEN CHADENGA GWERU debtors’ bill increased to over $700 million as at May 31, 2021, a rise of more than $463 The post Gweru debt soars to $759 million appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.

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A Definition of Grand Apartheid

Apartheid is often loosely divided into two parts: petty and grand apartheid. Petty Apartheid was the most visible side of Apartheid. It was the segregation of facilities based on race. Grand Apartheid refers to the underlying limitations placed on black South Africans’ access to land and political

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Vaz stripped of land, enviro portfolio

Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ decision to strip Portland West Member of Parliament Daryl Vaz of the land, environment, and climate-change portfolio has been lauded by a leading environmentalist and public

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Residents or illegal occupiers: Security guards, community clash over access to disputed farm | News24

Residents who have been declared illegal occupiers of a farm outside Dalmada, Polokwane, have staged a protest, demanding that the private owner give up the land.

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African American History in the American West

Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter

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West African Ministers Propose Phased Reopening of Borders

West African government ministers have proposed re-opening borders between their countries in the first half of July and allowing in travellers from other countries with low or controlled levels of COVID-19 spread by the end of

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BCC workers demand bribe to fix burst sewer pipe - NewsDay Zimbabwe

BY PRAISEMORE SITHOLE BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) employees have been implicated in a scandal where they allegedly demanded US$35 bribe from the Anglican Church in Luveve to repair a burst sewer line. The issue emerged after one of the church leaders, Sibangani Dube, was demoted from the

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Zinwa takes council to court over debt

THE cash-strapped Beitbridge Municipality has been dragged to court by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over a $32 million debt accrued since 2011. BY REX MPHISA In order to raise money to pay the debt, the Beitbridge Municipality is now contemplating taking legal action against

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