Fri, Aug 06, 2010
Angolan Andre Diakite Jackson, head of the African Diamond Council (ADC), has lashed out at the Kimberly Process Certification System (KP) for being “ineffectual” and allowing Zimbabwean politicians to continue with their gross human rights violations.
Wed, Jul 14, 2010
Temba Mliswa, the controversial businessman and farmer accused of stealing six generators from farms around Karoi, yesterday stunned the court when he alleged that three of them were bought by Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and other senior Zanu PF officials.
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A Zimbabwean film maker, Tinashe Jonas, had his P30million (US$5,2 million) movie project hijacked by a fellow producer in Botswana where he had been based, forcing him to abandon his stay in that country last month.
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
Investigations into under- fire businessman Temba Mliswa’s sagalast week intensified as police quizzed Goromonzi North MP and Zanu PF central committee member Paddy Zhanda over allegations of buying one of the three generators looted from farmers.
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
At a time Zimbabwe was reeling from the effects of foreign currency shortages, the Reserve of Zimbabwe reportedly splashed almost $12 million for embattled businessman Temba Mliswa.
Wed, Aug 04, 2010
HARARE - Leader of MDC-T Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has come under attack from the MDC-M for his weekend rebuke of its secretary general Welshman Ncube over his alleged presidential ambitions.
Sat, Aug 07, 2010
The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has suspended the Industrialist Award for a second year until comparability makes more scientific sense under the present multiple currency regime, furthering evidence that recovery is slow and fragile.
Sun, Aug 08, 2010
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s sister, Bridgette, who went into a hysterical frenzy before collapsing at the burial of her elder sister, Sabina, at Heroes’ Acre last week, is reported to be seriously ill, a report in an independent newspaper revealed.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010
HARARE - War veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda has equated Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to “a fly” that could “easily be eliminated” from the political scene if need be, as the Premier did not have the power to rule Zimbabwe reports NewsDay
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
The fate of thousands of Zimbabwean asylum seekers in the United Kingdom could be sealed this week after UK authorities sent a fact-finding team to Zimbabwe to determine whether there were grounds for their continued stay.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Cracks between Zimbabwe and the international community have widened, as defiant Foreign Affairs minister Simbarashe Mumbengengwi lashed out at Western ambassadors for maintaining sanctions while looking for a pat on the back for offering humanitarian assistance reports NewsDay.
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
MDC-T has threatened a “No Vote” campaign if the proposed constitution does not reflect the will of the people.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has ringed changes in his information department – both at his Munhumutapa Building government offices and at Harvest House, his political party’s headquarters in Harare.
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
The ongoing constitution-making process has been plunged into chaos with donors refusing to fund the additional 25 days of the outreach exercise after the expiry of the agreed 65-day period.
Fri, Sep 10, 2010
Meikles Limited has announced it would sell its shares in Kingdom Financial Holdings (KFHL) to anyone who makes an “acceptable” offer, before or after its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) slated for the 13th of next month.
Sun, Sep 12, 2010
Three MDC-T officials died on Saturday afternoon while 12 others were injured after two vehicles travelling on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s convoy were involved in an accident on their way from the party’s 11th anniversary celebration in Gokwe.
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Government has finally admitted that a Chinese firm — Anjin — has been licensed to mine diamonds from Chiadzwa.
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Energy Bhunu has filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit against Roy Bennett over “distasteful” remarks the MDC-T treasurer general reportedly made in the media against the judge reports the Newsday.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
HARARE - Controversial Zanu PF businessman Temba Mliswa was convicted on seven counts of assault.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
Local old school jams are playing in the club — Murambinda Growth Point’s prime nightspot — and a handful of young women, some of them still in their teens, are dancing along.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Zanu PF’s politburo says it blundered when it declared the late Pamela Tungamirai a liberation war heroine and will soon revise its earlier position amid reports of mounting pressure from a known faction to pronounce her a national heroine.
Sun, Oct 17, 2010
Sadc and Africa Union (AU) should deploy observers to Zimbabwe ahead of the proposed 2011 elections and ensure the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is capacitated to organise free and fair elections, civic society organisations have said.
Tue, Oct 19, 2010
Suspected Zanu PF activists besieged and reportedly attacked mourners at the funeral wake of an MDC-T activist in Mbare on Sunday and stole electrical gadgets and blankets before threatening to destroy the deceased’s house.
Fri, Oct 29, 2010
President Robert Mugabe has said he wants the referendum on the new constitution to be done by the end of March to enable the elections to be held by mid next year.
Mon, Nov 01, 2010
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe Limited, Zimbabwe’s largest telecommunications operator, has reported that first-half earnings surged by more than half as its share of the local mobile phone market increased.
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
The Deputy Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Obert Gutu has called for the resignation of Cabinet ministers that stand accused of accruing wealth through corruption.
Mon, Nov 08, 2010
War veterans’ leader Joseph Chinotimba has reiterated his disdain for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, saying he would never salute him even if he were to become the President of Zimbabwe.
Tue, Nov 09, 2010
Minister of Defence Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has made a startling confession, that he was taught to destroy and kill, but in the same breath immediately said he had turned a new leaf and had found comfort in the arms of God.
Thu, Nov 11, 2010
Canadile Miners director Lovemore Kurotwi told President Robert Mugabe that Obert Mpofu, the Mines and Mining Development minister, solicited bribes from him to facilitate smooth operations of the diamond mining company.
Tue, Nov 16, 2010
Business mogul Mutumwa Mawere on Monday told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy the events that led to his specification and grabbing of his business empire were tantamount to commercial violence.
Tue, Nov 16, 2010
There was drama ahead of the usual Tuesday Cabinet meetings on Tuesday when security agents, whether from overzealousness or instructions, stopped and attempted to frisk deputy prime ministers Thokozani Khupe and Arthur Mutambara.
Wed, Nov 17, 2010
A top African statesman and Zanu PF ally says political bickering between the country’s two main political parties — and not sanctions — is the cause of Zimbabwe’s economic turmoil.
Fri, Dec 03, 2010
A staggering 60 000 people have so far been infected by the killer HIV virus in Zimbabwe this year alone, the Minister of Health and Child Welfare, Dr Henry Madzorera, has revealed.
Tue, Jan 25, 2011
President Robert Mugabe’s legitimacy as Zimbabwean leader and his powers to dissolve Parliament solely depend on the Global Political Agreement (GPA), analysts said in Harare on Tuesday.
Mon, Dec 06, 2010
PIC: Diamonds seem to be fattening as Mpofu's bulge continues to grow but unfortunately his brains seem to be shrinking
Tue, Dec 28, 2010
Zimbabwe might hold elections next year without a new constitution as it has become apparent that donors funding the crafting of the blueprint were delaying the release of funds for the process in an effort to scuttle the holding of the polls, Zanu PF politburo member Sikhanyiso Ndlovu has said.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011
The Zimbabwe Exiles’ Forum (Zef) and People Against Suffering, Oppression and Poverty (Passop) have blamed the Zimbabwe government for the low number of people who managed to apply for documents to regularise their stay in South Africa.
Mon, Jan 03, 2011
The constitution-making process will not be rushed simply because President Robert Mugabe wants elections to be held this year, a Cabinet minister said on Monday.
Thu, Jan 06, 2011
The Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) veterans on Thursday asserted themselves and refused to let Zanu PF’sBulawayo province use the death of one of their members for political mileage.
Tue, Jan 11, 2011
The fractured MDC led by newly-elected president Welshman Ncube is headed for a showdown over property ownership after the faction headed by former national chairman Joubert Mudzumwe indicated it would compel Ncube to produce an inventory of the party’s property it claims it is entitled to.
Tue, Jan 11, 2011
Newly-elected MDC president Welshman Ncube on Tuesday declared he was now the principal of the party and would soon be “drinking tea” beside President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in the inclusive government.
Sat, Feb 05, 2011
A Gokwe man who was murdered by alleged Zanu PF activists two years ago is “refusing to be buried” amid mysterious circumstances.
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) will not give up its mediation role on Zimbabwe despite recent attacks by some political elements in Harare, MDC president Welshman Ncube has said.
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and other leaders from his party are on Monday expected to attend the Independence Day celebrations at the National Sports Stadium.
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
HARARE - Media, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu says no one other than President Robert Mugabe should be allowed to rule Zimbabwe.
Tue, May 03, 2011
HARARE - MDC-T is now in election mode with newly-elected organising secretary Nelson Chamisa saying the party was rallying its structures to ensure a resounding victory in the next general elections.
Tue, May 03, 2011
MDC-T secretary-general and chief negotiator to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) Tendai Biti last week said the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)’s infamous reputation of terrorising Zanu PF opponents with impunity should be stopped to ensure the agents are subjected to the rule of law like any other citizen.
Wed, May 18, 2011
A United Kingdom-based charity organisation says unemployed Zimbabweans stuck in the Diaspora were contemplating returning home but were being held back by gloomy media reports emanating from Zimbabwe suggesting an upsurge of politically-motivated violence.
Mon, May 23, 2011
Lindiwe Zulu, Mugabe's nightmare. Straight talking and not afraid of the ageing and ruthless dictator.
Tue, May 24, 2011
Two Dzivarasekwa men were last month arrested and charged for allegedly taking turns to rape a 29-year-old psychiatric patient.
Mon, May 30, 2011
Pressure has continued to mount on Phillip Machemedze, the former Central Intelligence Organisation operative granted asylum in the United Kingdom, with Zimbabweans demonstrating to have him deported or be prosecuted.
Tue, May 31, 2011
The late police inspector, Petros Mutedza, who was stoned to death in Glen View at the weekend was one of the witnesses lined up by the State to give evidence against Themba Mliswa who is facing a charge of extortion.
Tue, May 31, 2011
A 36-year-old Mbare man who raped his 11-year-old step-daughter told the court in mitigation that he was HIV positive, an aggravating feature that should have earned him far more than the 18-year jail term that he has been sentenced to.
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
The last thing Zimbabwe needs is a police state where there is no distinction between the law and the exercise of political power by the government.
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
The Zimbabwe political crisis should be resolved within the ambit of Sadc, Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo has said.
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
31-year-old woman from Beatrice resettlement area is on trial for deflowering 10 primary school girls, aged between 12 and 13, through a crude examination of their private parts ostensibly to test their virginity.
Tue, Jun 07, 2011
Zanu PF has reportedly started drafting guidelines for its party primary elections ahead of general elections which President Robert Mugabe wants to be held later this year reports the Newsday.
Tue, Jun 07, 2011
Several Cabinet ministers and High Court judges do not have the mandatory 24-hour police protection because of a shortage of manpower, a senior officer revealed Monday.
Tue, Jun 07, 2011
A local employee working for a Chinese restaurant in Harare was recently allegedly assaulted by his employer in yet another case of physical abuse of employees by Asian employers.
Tue, Jun 28, 2011
MDC-T secretary-general and Finance Minister Tendai Biti has assured the country’s restive civil servants that he stood ready to increase their salaries once he gets access to revenue from diamond sales.
Wed, Jul 06, 2011
Negotiators to the GPA have painstakingly resolved to implement all positions in the election roadmap by December this year with the exception of the new constitution which they said would be determined by Copac.
Mon, Jul 11, 2011
MASVINGO - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday fumed over elements in the inclusive government which he said were “square pegs in round holes” in the three-legged coalition.
Sun, Jul 17, 2011
A 36-year-old Marange man has been brought to court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter.
Sun, Jul 24, 2011
The High Court has set down a fresh bail hearing date for the remaining eight MDC-T activists who were arrested in Glen View in May over the alleged murder of a policeman, Inspector Petros Mutedza.
Sun, Aug 14, 2011
Sadc facilitator to the Zimbabwe crisis and South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday summoned negotiators to the GPA to Pretoria to finalise the roadmap to the next elections for presentation to a make-or-break regional summit in Luanda, Angola, tomorrow.
Wed, Aug 17, 2011
Acting President, Joice Mujuru yesterday appealed for calm, urging people within and outside Zanu PF to stop speculation following the gruesome death of her husband, General Solomon Mujuru, in a mysterious fire at his Alamein Farm in Beatrice.
Sun, Aug 28, 2011
The ongoing divorce wrangle between the Minister of State in Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s office, Sylvester Nguni and his wife Tsitsi, has exposed Nguni’s alleged bed-hopping and political flip-flopping.
Mon, Aug 29, 2011
Discord in Zanu PF over circumstances surrounding the death of former army commander Solomon Mujuru two weeks ago signals widening cracks, division and mounting tension within the former ruling party, analysts and observers have said.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011
The tiff between the leader of the smaller MDC led by Welshman Ncube and MDC-T leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is far from over after Ncube recently branded Tsvangirai an “uneducated person who has no capacity to deal with the country’s problems”.
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Suspected Zanu PF youths have literally taken over Harare by invading almost all council properties, car parks, ranks, markets and open spaces meant for council projects.
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
HARARE - MDC-T yesterday urged party youths to rise up against the infamous Mbare-based suspected Zanu PF outfit Chipangano, which has been unleashing untold violence and seizing council property in Harare with impunity
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
MDC-T organising secretary Nelson Chamisa yesterday dared President Robert Mugabe to stop his party’s notorious shadowy group Chipangano from terrorising Harare residents to prove he is sincere in his calls for peace.
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
President Robert Mugabe ordered the late former army commander General Solomon Mujuru to be put under surveillance, but the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) failed to do so, it has been learnt
Sat, Oct 15, 2011
First Lady Grace Mugabe should not be underrated because she wields so much power and influence over President Robert Mugabe.
Sun, Oct 16, 2011
MUTOKO – In a spine-chilling murder case, a 56-year old Mutoko businessman allegedly ordered his 16-year-old son to kill a 9-year-old girl and retrieve her brains to enhance the family’s grinding mill enterprise.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
The Zimpapers board was yesterday quizzed by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) commissioners over governance and conflict of interest issues surrounding its application for a radio licence after it emerged the company’s chairperson, Dr Paul Chimedza, also chaired Transmedia, the company meant to provide a signal for the proposed station.
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
A top officer with the Zimbabwe Republic Police has been accused of trying to take a Harare-based company by force under the guise of the government’s economic indigenisation crusade.
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
Female rapists have resurfaced in Mutare amid reports they abducted and raped a 25-year-old man at the weekend.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu on Wednesday took his praise-singing and bootlicking of President Robert Mugabe a notch up after he described the 87-year-old Zanu PF leader as his “father”.
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
THERE is a plot to oust President Robert Mugabe from the helm of the party during the forthcoming annual conference in Bulawayo, a senior Zanu PF official has confirmed.
Sat, Nov 19, 2011
ZIMBABWEANS must start considering a post-President Robert Mugabe era as the only ruler they have known since independence is on his way out, former Zanu PF politburo member Dumiso Dabengwa has said.
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
Parliament yesterday adopted Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya’s motion to dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) board on the grounds it was illegally constituted.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
Harare City Council has resolved to terminate its joint venture with a South African company behind Easipark, which has been managing motor vehicle parking in the central business district (CBD) since early this year.
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
MPs from the two MDC parties have described Unity Day as irrelevant to the present Zimbabwean situation. However, Zanu PF MPs believe it is an important day and Zimbabweans need to ensure unity fostered by President Robert Mugabe and the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was kept alive.
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
The suprise State visit by Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Monday appears to have been a private Zanu PF affair writes Newsday. (Pictured: Young Teodoro -Left and Right: The uncle he toppled and killed.)
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
The director of the Forensic Science Laboratory in the Zimbabwe Republic Police, Bothwell Mutandiro, yesterday suggested the late army commander Retired General Solomon Mujuru could have died before the fire spread into the room where his charred remains were found.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are today expected to hold an explosive meeting amid reports the Premier was seething with anger over leakages of confidential communication between them reports NewsDay
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
A serious rethink at Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) is needed if national pride is to be salvaged following the national team’s humiliating three-match series whitewash defeat at the hands of New Zealand.
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
Confusion is swirling over the status of Police Commissioner-General amid incompatible reports by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Arthur Mutambara claiming the police chief had been re-appointed in an acting capacity.
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
President Robert Mugabe was now sleeping in meetings and Zimbabweans should not risk voting him into power, come the next elections, MDC leader Welshman Ncube said on Friday.
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo and his estranged wife Marian are among several top government officials that owe the national power utility Zesa huge amounts of money in unpaid bills.
Fri, Mar 16, 2012
The MDC-T yesterday claimed the Zimbabwe National Army has embarked on a massive recruitment drive targeting mostly unqualified Zanu PF activists amid fears of plans to rope in the army in its violent election campaign.
Sat, Mar 17, 2012
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono has vowed to resist moves by government to seize majority shareholding in foreign-owned banks saying he is ready to issue licences to locals with the capacity to start their own institutions.
Mon, Apr 09, 2012
Gloves are off between Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai and Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere with the latter declaring he will not be stopped by anyone, calling himself “a Hitler tenfold”.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
Sprite, one of the leading beverages of the Coca-Cola Company, yesterday announced a sponsorship package for And1’s Africanbasketball small tour, which will take place across four countries including Zimbabwe from April 20.
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs minister Eric Matinenga yesterday called on Zimbabweans to accept their hideous past and start addressing issues of political atrocities head on.
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
President Robert Mugabe will be among several other heads of states and government attending the burial of the late Malawian President Bingu waMutharika on Monday.
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
KWEKWE — Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni has branded Copac a waste of time and national resources, saying the party believes Zimbabwe’s woes cannot be solved by a new governance charter.
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Mystery surrounds Nigerian televangelist Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua’s anticipated high-profile visit to Zimbabwe next month amid reports the Zimbabwe Pastors Forum (Zimpaf) have invited the Nigerian prophet for the National Day of Prayer on May 25. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has so far addressed several prayer meetings around the country reports Newsday
Wed, May 02, 2012
Tsholotsho North Member of Parliament Jonathan Moyo and Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu top the list of parliamentarians from Zanu PF and MDC formations bunking Parliament sessions.
Thu, May 10, 2012
Mines minister Obert Mpofu was privy to the joint venture negotiations between the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) and Lovemore Kurotwi’s Core Mining, the High Court heard yesterday according to a Newsday report.
Mon, May 14, 2012
United States President Barack Obama has nominated career diplomat David Bruce Wharton as ambassador to Zimbabwe to replace Charles Ray whose three-year term in Harare ends this year.
Wed, May 16, 2012
The Vocational Training Centres (VTCs), which fall under Saviour Kasukuwere’s Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, have been condemned as unfit for human habitation.
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