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Mugabe to call 2012 elections

ZIMBABWE’S president Robert Mugabe says he will “definitely” call elections this year to end a fragile three-year coalition with the former opposition. Mugabe, in an interview to mark his 88th birthday, dismissed objections to early polls. “That is what cowards say. Elections can happen at …

Teacher butchered in classroom

Teacher butchered in classroom

A South African man has been charged with murder after his brother was hacked to death in front of his pupils near the northern town of Polokwane. Guilford Shapo, a teacher at Masehlong Primary School, was attacked while invigilating an exam on Tuesday, South Africa’s …