Thu, May 17, 2012
Last week, the North Gauteng High Court ruled that South Africa's investigating and prosecuting authorities must investigate systematic torture amounting to crimes against humanity committed in Zimbabwe. Those investigations may result in prosecutions and currently hold the best chance of Zimbabwean officials who are responsible for severe human rights abuses facing any form of justice.
Thu, May 17, 2012
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC should thank President Robert Mugabe for not bombing the party’s Headquarters even though he has the capacity to do so, constitutional law expert, Lovemore Madhuku, has said.
Tue, May 15, 2012
It is mind-boggling that the EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton reportedly said she had “seen” progress in Zimbabwe, which some of us have hardly noticed.
Tue, May 15, 2012
Modern states require sophisticated financial systems to manage complex state finances and ensure that revenues are collected and expenditure is well managed.
Mon, May 14, 2012
When you turn on the morning news in Zimbabwe — or the afternoon news, or the evening news — there's a virtual guarantee you'll hear about President Robert Mugabe, or even his actual voice writes ANDERS KELTO.
Thu, May 10, 2012
I started internet dating a few years ago. I found that I rarely met single men in my day-to-day life.
Thu, May 10, 2012
Some things are best left unsaid, but the same cannot be said of those personal matters that affect the state of the nation directly. The health of the Head of State is one such subject. Like everyone else, the president should be guaranteed some personal space in matters of his health, but as the nation’s top public figure, matters of his health cannot be . . . strictly private.
Wed, May 09, 2012
Zimbabweans hope that the planned visit to Zimbabwe by the UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay will help put the country's human rights record under the spotlight.
Tue, May 08, 2012
BRITAIN is one of the most generous aid donors to Zimbabwe. Official aid alone runs to about £80 million a year. It is carefully dispersed by the Department for International Development but that’s not good enough for the masochistic Guardian.
Tue, May 08, 2012
DETAINED Zimbabwean asylum seeker Trevor Chanetsa facing removal from the United Kingdom has had a last minute reprieve after lawyers strenuously fought for his release, The ZimDiaspora has found out reports Eugene Majuru.
Tue, May 08, 2012
NEW YORK, (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Farai Maguwu, the award-winning Zimbabwean human rights activist, will lead a special session at the Rapaport Fair Trade Jewelry Conference on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the Banyan Room, Mandalay Bay Hotel, during the JCK Las Vegas Jewelry Show. Maguwu will also speak briefly at the Rapaport Breakfast, South Seas Ballroom at 8:30 a.m. There will also be a special luncheon honoring Maguwu at 12 p.m. of the same day.
Tue, May 08, 2012
Zimbabwe's panel leading the writing of a new constitution met Monday with civic groups in Bulawayo to clarify a number of issues it says have been grossly misrepresented by hardliners in President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
Tue, May 08, 2012
Bulawayo,- The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has pledged to press the government to respect the rule of law.
Tue, May 08, 2012
ZANU PF hardliners are pushing for the declaration of a stalemate in the constitution-making process to force an early election under the old constitution or at least extend the life-span of the coalition government as they feel agreeing to the proposed law is signing own “death warrant”, sources have said.
Mon, May 07, 2012
GUTU, Zimbabwe — Yarmulkes bob as voices swell in a sacred song carried from ancient Judea to the scenic fields of a far-flung southern African village that is home to a "lost tribe" of Israel.
Sat, May 05, 2012
Harare,– Zanu (PF) youths attending the burial of Edson Ncube disrupted events singing that the veteran leader is strong and healthy after the 88 year old delivered a speech in almost an hour.
Fri, May 04, 2012
A fast-break drill finished with a fancy lay-up to make it a basket is what makes Robert Mugabe jnr happy - a sharp contrast from the world of politics, where his father has managed to outwit his opponents throughout Zimbabwe's 32-year-old history.
Fri, May 04, 2012
Scenes of Zimbabwe police firing warning shots and charging party activists are usually associated with the authority's frequent crackdown on opposition groups. But over the past week the police have used force to quell violence between rival factions of President Robert Mugabe's party.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Residents of Queens Park West suburb in Bulawayo are reportedly living in fear of a violent ghost which manifests itself in a pair of trousers. It is reported that the pair of trousers waits for its prey under the tree right outside the house of a former businessman and pounces on anyone who uses the path after midnight.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
HARARE - Troubled Zanu PF is this week headed for a stormy Politburo meeting to tackle escalating factionalism and disharmony, as evidenced by the discord and demonstrations marking its on-going district elections.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
At 88 years of age and with suspected prostate cancer, Robert Mugabe is definitely slowing down.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Putting the son of fallen leader Muammar Gaddafi on trial on their own soil is a matter of national pride for Libya's leaders but the lack of a properly functioning state is making it hard for them to convince the outside world that they are up to the task.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
As we head towards our 20th year of freedom, let us nurture our good habits writes Mondli Makhanya of South Africa
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is part of a long parade of leaders accused of war crimes in modern history. Here is what happened to some:
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
MUREWA, (IRIN) - Thousands of poor Zimbabweans have turned to illegal panning for precious minerals, but environmental and water experts say their activities are contributing to the drying up of rivers which many communities rely on for their livelihoods.
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Schools on formerly white-owned farms in Zimbabwe are sorely lacking in facilities and equipment, and receive little funding from the government or foreign donors (Students at a satellite school in Dunstan farm in Goromonzi, 30km from Harare. Photograph: Alex Duval Smith)
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
FEARS have mounted in the MDC-T that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has entrapped himself by getting engaged to a daughter of a Zanu-PF central committee member who was fingered in violence in which one person died. (PM Tsvangirai, others argue he might never rule Zimbabwe, and with actions such as this who are we to to dispute these assertions?)
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
Eddie Cross says Zanu-PF plans for a military or political coup are unlikely to succeed
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
A survey claims that Britain is full of people who tie the knot late in life, immediately have children – and then get divorced. Sarah Cassidy investigated on behalf of The Independent
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
Mine nationalization tends to be controversial, but Zimbabwe appears to be vying for an award. The country’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act requires mining companies to cede 51 percent ownership to local shareholders to empower people who have been disadvantaged by colonization. Impala Platinum (LSE:IPLA,OTC Pink:IMPUY) has become the poster child of compliance after submitting a satisfactory plan. But according to Saviour Kasukuwere, Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, miners who haven’t complied have run out of time writes Michelle Smith for the Platinum Investing News
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
TOMORROW, our neighbours, the Zimbabweans, will celebrate 32 years of independence. It is a milestone writes TSUDAO GURIRAB from Namibia.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
LILONGWE - Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika's fight with foreign donors may have cost him his life. When the 78-year-old collapsed from cardiac arrest a week ago - and subsequently died - simple medicines he needed were out of stock because of a foreign currency shortage exacerbated by his policies.
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
The Zimbabwe Mail, one of dozens of website to have emerged to feed the insatiable Zimbabwe diaspora’s appetite for news from home – and domestic Zimbabwe’s appetite for tabloidesque rumour – has since retracted the story and apologised for it, although not before reporting that Mugabe had returned home on Sunday in a wheelchair. Like its first story, the second was entirely without foundation. Mugabe returned on Thursday (12 April 2012) – on an Airbus A319 charter flight at US$176 000 (R1,4-million) one way from Singapore – and while he did not actually stride from the plane, he did so on his own feet according to an analytic article in the Southern Africa Report (South Africa).
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
HARARE, (IRIN) - Maria Saungweme, 42, an informal trader and single mother from the low-income suburb of Glen Norah in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, uses sewage-infested river water to irrigate her two-acre vegetable plot.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
Good day, Mr President! I see you are back from Singapore, and, according to the now familiar line, you are 'as fit as a fiddle.' I wish you well writes Xoxani Ngxonxo.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
Calls by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party for elections this year continue to run into hurdles, with opposition parties - backed by South Africa - uniting in their insistence for democratic reforms first.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
With Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe back in government action this week following media reports he was severely ill, analysts and opposition activists now worry for Zimbabwe, which they say is further unraveling under his rule.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
The moment Mugabe turned his back at General Chiwenga! View the ITV footage.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
A feminine hygiene product launched in India which promises to 'brighten' skin around the vagina is causing widespread controversy.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
We all learn to look out for signs that our man is cheating, or subtle hints that he might be seeing someone else on the side, but what if you are the one that cheated? Assuming that you still want to work on your current relationship, we have 7 ways to move on successfully after you’ve been unfaithful. This is not a “loop-hole” and is not praised, but the reality is 14 percent of married women have had affairs at least once during their married lives and 17 percent of divorces in the United States are caused by infidelity. If you fall into this category, and don’t want to be part of the divorce statistic, take a look at these helpful steps.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
IT’S incredible that in less than a decade, China has overtaken the United States as Africa’s single largest trading partner writes Tendayi Marima
Wed, Apr 11, 2012
HARARE, (IRIN) - Simon Dube*, 15, has just been released from a Zimbabwean jail after serving a three-month sentence for theft. After his arrest he was detained for two days in a holding cell in Harare, where he alleged police assaulted him to extract a confession that he stole goods from his neighbour’s home.
Sun, Apr 08, 2012
THE office of the ailing Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has sent a congratulatory message to the people of Malawi on the appointment of Mrs Joyce Hilda Mpila Banda as the country’s new President following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika writes Patrick Kabwela.
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