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Zimbabwe Dollar will not be revived- Mangoma
Wed, Jun 24, 2009
London - Zimbabwe does not plan to revive its local currency because it believes continued use of the US dollar will help revive investor trust, a minister said on Tuesday.
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Zimbabwe cabinet review progress
Sat, Aug 22, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe's cabinet retreated to a holiday resort on Saturday to review the performance of a unity government set up to repair a battered economy, but analysts say the country's future lies in securing massive foreign aid.
Mugabe's support nose-dives
Tue, Aug 25, 2009
Support for President Robert Mugabe has plunged since the formation of a unity government six months ago, according to two polls, the results of which have only now been leaked.
Zimbabwean Refugees 'beaten, shocked' by SA metro cops
Tue, Jul 14, 2009
Destitute people who were arrested while sleeping outside the Methodist Church in central Joburg a week ago say police beat them, insulted them, gave them electric shocks and stole their belongings
Zambian editor charged over 'obscene' photos
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Lusaka - A leading Zambian journalist was hauled before court on Tuesday for circulating photographs of a woman giving birth in a hospital car park during a medical workers' strike.
Uganda cautions Bashir over Kampala trip
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
( The net is closing on African Dictators) Kampala - Uganda on Wednesday warned that a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir could cause a "diplomatic incident" amid pressure on the country to arrest the leader wanted for war crimes.
10-year-old raped, tests positive for HIV
Fri, Aug 14, 2009
An SA man will appear in court on Friday for allegedly raping his 10-year-old niece, Eastern Cape police said.The mother of the child noticed her daughter was behaving abnormally and took her to hospital where she was told her child had been sexually abused. The child also tested positive for HIV and Aids, said Inspector Victor Bojabotseha. "The man had been raping the girl since January this year, the rape happened in the Maletsaai area," he said.Bojabotseha said the incident was reported on Wednesday and the 45-year-old man was arrested."He will be appearing at the Aliwal North Magistrate's Court today [Friday] for a rape charge."
Obama's pledge to the people of Zim
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
US President Barack Obama says he is willing to help Zimbabwe's long-suffering people, but not by empowering "the forces of repression" in that country.
'Huntley conned me into marriage'
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Crime refugee Brandon Huntley's estranged Canadian wife believes he "suckered" her into marriage in a bid to secure permanent residence in her country.
'Mugabe stole my farm'
Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has built up a secret farming empire from land seized from at least five white-owned businesses, an Independent Foreign Service investigation has found.
Zimbabwe benefitting from multiple currencies
Wed, Sep 30, 2009
Dollarisation is turning Zimbabweans into criminals, financial services group Imara said on Wednesday.
Cremer spins Zimbabwe to win over Kenya
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
Harare - Leg-spinner Graeme Cremer claimed career-best figures of 6-46 to guide Zimbabwe to a dominant 86-run win over Kenya in the second one-day international here on Tuesday.
Zimbabwe defies diamond treaty
Sun, Jan 17, 2010
Zimbabwe has rejected a European monitor to oversee the exports of diamonds from its controversial Marange fields to ensure they are not "blood diamonds". It has unilaterally "appointed" a Namibian instead.
Zimbabwe defies diamond treaty
Sun, Jan 17, 2010
Zimbabwe has rejected a European monitor to oversee the exports of diamonds from its controversial Marange fields to ensure they are not "blood diamonds". It has unilaterally "appointed" a Namibian instead.
Cosatu tells Mbeki to say sorry
Tue, Dec 01, 2009
Apologise! That was the message to former president Thabo Mbeki from Cosatu on the eve of World Aids Day (December 1), as the labour federation urged him to say sorry in public "for presiding over hundreds of thousands of Aids-related deaths".
SA upbeat despite Zanu-PF's 'no concessions'
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
President Jacob Zuma's Zimbabwe facilitators remain convinced that Zanu-PF will stick to its agreements in the unity government, despite the weekend Zanu-PF congress resolution that the party would make no more concessions to its opponents.
Parents charged over baby injury lie
Wed, Jan 06, 2010
The parents of an 11-month-old boy, who they claimed had been hit by a brick while standing on the balcony of a Hillbrow flat, were arrested and charged with perjury on Tuesday, police said.
Independent Appeal: Rescuing Zimbabwe's lost generation
Thu, Jan 07, 2010
They are trained to be the stormtroopers of political violence – but now a veteran of Zimbabwe's freedom struggle is working to redeem them, writes Basildon Peta
Chiyangwa in Fifa deal
Mon, Feb 22, 2010
In Zimabwe, the exclusive and lucrative contract to sell Fifa's World Cup hospitality packages has been awarded to president Robert Mugabe's nephew, businessman and former Zanu-PF MP Philip Chiyangwa, who is the subject of international sanctions.
AfriForum serves papers on Zim government
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
South African civil rights movement AfriForum has served papers on the Zimbabwean government over its land-seizure programme.
Court bid to release Zim report
Tue, Jan 26, 2010
The South African History Archive and the Southern African Centre for the Survivors of Torture will ask the Pretoria High Court to force the government to release an explosive report on post-election violence in Zimbabwe.
Zuma's Zimbabwean 'son' surfaces
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
A 30-year-old Zimbabwean man claims to be the love child of President Jacob Zuma.
Judge tells SA to pay for Mugabe sins
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
The South African government has been hauled over the coals by a Pretoria High Court judge for not protecting its citizens from Robert Mugabe's land expropriations.
Treaty will protect South African investors in Zimbabwe
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
A bilateral investment treaty signed recently between SA and Zimbabwe will protect future investors where expropriation and compensation are involved, a law firm said on Wednesday.
Zambian supreme court rules against Chiluba
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Lusaka - Zambia's supreme court on Thursday dismissed an application by former president Fredrick Chiluba to stop the government applying a London judgment that found him guilty of fraud and froze his bank account.
Cape Zimbabweans scared
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Zimbabweans living in a temporary refugee camp in De Doorns in South Africa stayed away from work yesterday after being frightened by rumours of a protest by locals.
DA slams home affairs minister
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
DA spokesperson on home affairs, Juanita Terblanche, said in a statement that she was astonished the minister could not see the link between "the disastrous combination of uncontrolled immigrants streaming through South African borders and her department being riddled with under-staffing and incompetence".
Parties split on Malema's Zim visit
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF says it will give Julius Malema a resounding welcome when he arrives in Harare on Friday for solidarity meetings with his Zimbabwe counterparts.
Used condom found at Terre'Blanche murder scene'
Sat, Apr 10, 2010
AS hundreds of uniformed and armed Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging members and thousands of right-wingers thronged Ventersdorp, rumours began to do the rounds that the death of Eugene Terre'Blanche might not have been due to a wage dispute reports IOL.
Inmates forced to eat human faeces
Wed, May 26, 2010
Three inmates at Boksburg Prison, South Africa decided to defy warders by protesting against the poor food. In return, they were forced to eat human faeces by three warders - two of whom were acquitted and a third given a warning.
Zuma's office in turmoil
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
President Jacob Zuma is facing a crisis of "his own making", and now he is dismantling his office following an apparent breakdown of relationship with his director-general.
Journo attack 'influenced by xenophobia'
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
The Daily Sun said that it was standing by a report it published on Thursday which described a xenophobic assault on one of its journalists.
