Four members of the pressure group, Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), who were brutally beaten and arrested in Harare on Thursday, were finally released on bail after being locked up overnight.

To this end, we call on the Governments of the world to encourage women everywhere to take a more active part in national and international affairs, and on women who are conscious of their opportunities to come forward and share

EDUCATION experts have criticised the affirmative action in favour of girls, saying it has sidelined boys' access to education.

The Economist Businesswomen Club had its third networking breakfast for the year on 12 June at the Polytechnic Hotel School. Trainer, as well as business and personal coach, Sabine Rüegg addressed the women on the topic "What is coaching?"

The more domestic violence cases are being reported, the more one realises that violence against women and children is taking on unprecedented proportions.

The African Council of Religious Leaders (ACRL) has called for partnerships between governments and faith-based organizations to eradicate small arms and mines in the Horn of Africa.

The State of Imo in Nigeria marked a pro-life victory when the legislature rejected the Reproductive Rights Bill last week by a vote of 13 to one.

The Archbishop of Nairobi, John Cardinal Njue, celebrated a special mass at the Holy Family Basilica on Friday to launch the Year of Priests declared by Pope Benedict XVI.

The Jamaíatu Nasril Islam (JNI) has asked all Muslims in the country to shun calls by those it described as 'misguided people' who have recently been urging Muslims to shun western education and denounce conventional government service.

As the world marks World Refugee Day this Saturday, an international Catholic refugee organization has urged governments to create a conducive environment for reception and integration of refugees.

MINERS of gold in Tira, Busitema in Busia district have been accused of trampling on the rights of the communities.

MINING group RioZim Limited could still come to the market with a rights issue, even after shareholders overwhelmingly voted for a private placement to raise an undisclosed amount of fresh capital for expansion.

URANIUM production in Namibia shot up by 52 per cent last year, making the country the fourth biggest uranium miner in the world, the World Nuclear Association (WNA) confirmed.

A landmark scheme established in 2003 to prevent trade in conflict diamonds is potentially failing in its objectives, campaigners said today.

GOVERNMENT has issued gold buying licences to several small-scale producers, which Government believes, could result in improved deliveries to Fidelity Printers.

There are still a number of salary distortions across all industries.

FORMER trade unionist Gibson Sibanda is illegally performing his duties as Minister of National Healing and Reconciliation after failing to secure a parliamentary seat within the prescribed three-month period.

Commissioners, Advisers and close aides in Governor Martin Elechi's kitchen cabinet have been accused of being responsible for almost all the problems that the Ebonyi State government is having with the organised labour in the state, especially with the Ebonyi

THE majority of workers at the Government Institutions Pension Fund (GIPF) went on strike in front of the GIPF headquarters yesterday following a breakdown in conciliation talks on Wednesday.

THE Government and Human Rights Commission (HRC) have pleaded with striking nurses in some parts of the country to resume work for the benefit of ordinary people.