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Wed, Sep 09, 2009
Harare - About 100 Zimbabwean university students marched on Tuesday to protest "exorbitant" fees at state colleges, calling for tuition costs to be slashed as low as $20 per semester.
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Gang blamed for poaching in Zimbabwe
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Harare - An international crime syndicate is behind an escalation in poaching in Zimbabwe which has seen the slaughter of 65 elephants and 30 rhinos this year, a wildlife official said on Monday.
Swazi SADC security summit
Tue, Jul 21, 2009
The political and security situation in the region will be discussed at a Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting, to be attended by International Relations and Co-operation Deputy Minister Sue van Der Merwe in Swaziland today.
Zimbabwe remains hungry - UN
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
Zimbabwe is still threatened by food shortages despite improved agricultural production and more liberal imports this year, two UN food agencies said. (PIC: Young kids and women most vulnerable)
Santana: Experience cost us
Sun, Jun 28, 2009
Johannesburg - A lack of experience cost Bafana Bafana the biggest upset in world soccer.
MDC mulls quitting government
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Zimbabwe’s former opposition party said it would boycott the next Cabinet meeting and is considering disengaging from a troubled, four-month-old unity government with President Robert Mugabe.
Google starts Africa SMS service
Mon, Jun 29, 2009
Washington - Google on Monday unveiled a new service designed to provide information via SMS text message to mobile phone users in Africa, where cell phones are prevalent but internet penetration is low.
Tsvangirai gives unity assurance
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Zimbabwe’s troubled coalition government is in no danger of collapsing despite accusations President Robert Mugabe’s party is blocking reform, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said today.
MDC treasurer Bennett faces terrorism charges
Thu, Jul 02, 2009
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) treasurer-general Roy Bennett would stand trial in Zimbabwe in October on terrorism charges, his lawyer said yesterday.
Zimbabwe owes millions for power
Sun, Jul 05, 2009
Maputo - Zimbabwe's electricity utility owes Mozambique's hydro-electric power company Hidroelectrica de Cahora Bassa (HCB) at least $50 million, according to media reports on Sunday.
Couple held for human trafficking
Tue, Jul 07, 2009
A couple has been arrested on charges of abduction, human trafficking and extortion after allegedly kidnapping a Zimbabwean woman, Gauteng police said on Tuesday.
Tanzania: 13 bodies wash ashore
Wed, Jul 08, 2009
Arusha - Tanzanian officials say 13 bodies and a plane seat have washed ashore on their beaches and investigators are trying to figure out if those are linked to the Yemenia Airways plane crash hundreds of miles away.
MDC: Don't exclude Zim exiles
Wed, Jul 08, 2009
Johannesburg - Zimbabweans living in South Africa should be part of crafting that country's new Constitution, the Movement for Democratic Change's South African spokesperson said on Monday.
US to help Africa fight Aids, Malaria - Obama
Sun, Jul 12, 2009
Accra, Ghana - President Barack Obama says the United States will help African allies combat HIV and Aids, malaria and tuberculosis.
Hong Kong slammed after Mugabe incident
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
(File Pcture: The UNTOUCHABLES - at least for now -Pic by reuters) Hong Kong - Hong Kong lawmakers criticised the government on Wednesday for refusing to prosecute bodyguards for the family of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe after they allegedly manhandled two journalists.
Kenyan leaders urged to form tribunal
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
Nairobi - Kenya's leaders need to urgently form an independent tribunal to try the suspected perpetrators of post-election violence last year that killed more than 1 000 people, diplomats in the African country said in a joint statement on Thursday.
Bennett loses bid for passport
Mon, Jul 20, 2009
ZIMBABWE’S attorney-general is refusing to hand back the passport of Roy Bennett, a senior Movement for Democratic Change party official, five months after it was confiscated when he was accused of sabotage, MDC officials said
Film reveals anti-female violence in Zimbabwe
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
Little more than a year ago, Memory Shiriinorira was a healthy young mother of two. Life was hard, but she had hope, despite the depressing environment of the Epworth slum, just 12km beyond the Harare city centre.
Zuma to intercede in Zimbabwe
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
Johannesburg - South African President Jacob Zuma said on Monday he would intercede with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to try to resolve the "few but very weighty issues" that have marred five months of power-sharing in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe minister assaulted in SA
Sun, Aug 16, 2009
A Zimbabwean minister who was in the country this week was assaulted during an armed robbery in Bryanston, SA police said on Saturday.
Zimbabwe human rights ‘progress’
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
South Africa was encouraged by an improving human rights situation in Zimbabwe, a foreign affairs official said today
Local goods resurface in Zim
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Johannesburg - Locally manufactured products have started resurfacing in Zimbabwe, the Herald reported on Tuesday.
'Sanctions to blame for crises' says Charamba
Thu, Sep 03, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will tell regional leaders at a summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) next week that Western sanctions are to blame for his country's failure to quickly emerge from an economic crisis, his spokesperson said Thursday.
SADC to delay talks on Zimbabwe
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
Kinshasa - Heads of state attending a Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in the Democratic Republic of Congo were on Monday expected to defer discussion on Zimbabwe's power- sharing deal, two sources within the Zimbabwean delegation said.
SA athletics coach quits
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Caster Semenya’s coach has resigned because she was duped into believing she was undergoing standard doping tests instead of gender tests, according to a Johannesburg newspaper report.
Zimbabwe making progress - Zuma
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
Kinshasa - Zimbabwe has made significant progress towards ending its political crisis as its once feuding leaders learn to bury their differences, SA President Jacob Zuma said on Monday.
MDC urges SADC to act swiftly
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
Pretoria - Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has called on the Southern African Development Community to proceed swiftly towards the full implementation of the global political agreement (GPA).
Motlanthe takes a dig at Gadhafi
Wed, Sep 09, 2009
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe spoke plainly in describing Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi’s ambitions on Wednesday, telling MPs that "the brother leader of the Al Jamariya wants to be crowned the king of kings of Africa".
Mugabe is just an 'old bag' - SA
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe is old and there is little point in dealing with him as an individual, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe told the National Assembly yesterday.
EU pledges €90m aid to Zim
Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Harare - The European Union said on Sunday ties with Zimbabwe would only normalise once a unity accord is properly implemented, but pledged a further €90m this year to assist the troubled nation.
'Nigerians who have money like to splash it'
Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Lagos, Nigeria - The waiter at Caliente bar sticks a sparkler into yet another bottle of champagne and hits a siren mounted behind the bar to draw everyone's attention to the sleek Nigerian businessmen who ordered it. By Katharine Houreld
SEXPO opens in SA
Fri, Oct 02, 2009
SEXIER: Visitors attend the opening day of Sexpo, a health, adult sexuality and lifestyle exhibition at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. (Johann Hattingh, Sapa)
Obama to host African leaders
Tue, Sep 15, 2009
New York - US President Barack Obama will host a special meeting for African heads of state when they attend the UN General Assembly in New York next week, a US official said on Monday.
Bennett bail application set
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Harare - A court in Zimbabwe will consider a bail application of minister appointee Roy Bennett on Friday - two days after his original bail on charges of terrorism was revoked.
Mugabe appeals to investors
Thu, Sep 17, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday appealed to foreign investors to seize opportunities in the country's mining sector, assuring them that the unity government was on track.
UK Record 360kg heroin haul
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
London - British and South African authorities have made a record heroin seizure following on operation at London's Heathrow Airport and raids in both countries, officials said on Thursday.
Prison guards demand right to complain online
Sun, Sep 20, 2009
Canberra - A group of prison guards dubbed the Facebook Five has gone to an Australian court to fight for the right to complain about their boss on the Internet.
Nigerian officials: "District 9" not welcome here
Sun, Sep 20, 2009
One of the summer's biggest blockbusters - a sci-fi morality tale about aliens and apartheid - is not welcome in Nigeria because of its portrayal of Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals, Nigeria's information minister said.
Zim teachers call off strike
Mon, Sep 21, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe teachers, who went on strike over salaries at the start of the new school term three weeks ago, returned to work on Monday after their union called off the boycott.
Zimbabwe showing 'limited' progress
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Harare - Britain's Ambassador to Zimbabwe said on Thursday the renewed detention of ministerial nominee Roy Bennett showed "limited" political progress by the unity government, despite advances in the economy.
Khama a man of action
Tue, Oct 06, 2009
Gaborone - There's a story supporters of Botswana's President Ian Khama tell, which, while maybe embellished a little, gives a flavour of his leadership style.
UK visa requirements for SA citizens staying
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
Cape Town - South Africa should ensure it is "standing on firm ground" before approaching the United Kingdom to re-negotiate that country's recently imposed visa requirements, Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma told MPs on Wednesday.
Khama will not recognise Zim govt if GNU fails
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Gaborone - Botswana President Ian Khama said Thursday a power-sharing pact in neighbouring Zimbabwe was in danger of collapse as parties fail to agree on key issues eight months after joining forces.
Roy 'Pachedu' Bennett released on bail
Fri, Oct 16, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe's high court on Friday ordered the release of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's aide Roy Bennett whose detention sparked a boycott of President Robert Mugabe's camp in the unity government.
Africa’s leaders snubbed by Ibrahim Prize
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
IN A snub to recent former presidents and heads of state in Africa, organisers of a multimillion-dollar annual prize for good governance said yesterday they would not hand out the award this year.
Mugabe must go: DA
Thu, Oct 22, 2009
Cape Town - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has to step down from power in order for there to be democracy in Zimbabwe, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday.
Is your PC ready for Windows 7?
Sun, Oct 25, 2009
Washington - PC retailers have spent the last few weeks gearing up in a big way for the launch of Windows 7.
Gaddafi uses the 'S' word for a cowardly cop killing
Mon, Oct 26, 2009
London - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi apologised for the first time for the killing of a British policewoman shot from the Libyan embassy in London in 1984, in an interview out on Monday.
Mr Burger in hot soup over Mandela gaffe
Tue, Oct 27, 2009
A man has appeared in court for allegedly insulting former president Nelson Mandela during a Potjiekos competition at Sun City near Rustenburg, North West police said today.
Pirates lower ransom
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Nairobi - Somali pirates holding an abducted British yachting couple have lowered their ransom demand for the pair's release, it was reported on Sunday.
Warthog grounds Air Zim plane
Tue, Nov 03, 2009
Harare - An Air Zimbabwe flight was forced to make an emergency stop at Harare International airport on Tuesday after it hit a warthog on the runway, the company's CEO said.
Zimbabwe civil leaders want action
Thu, Nov 05, 2009
Johannesburg - Zimbabwean civil society leaders are calling for immediate and decisive action to implement a SADC brokered global political agreement (GPA), and halt political violence.
Mugabe gets 30-day deadline to clear GNU issues
Fri, Nov 06, 2009
Maputo - (Eagle's eye Mugabe gives Tsvangirai 'the eye' in Maputo) Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday said he had called off a boycott of power-sharing ties with President Robert Mugabe that had paralysed the fragile unity government for three weeks.
'I let him be president' Tsvangirai
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday again urged President Robert Mugabe to meet the deadline he has been given by regional leaders to resolve outstanding issues that could collapse the power-sharing government they formed in February.
Bennett seeks new judge
Thu, Nov 12, 2009
Harare - The defense team of Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennett on Thursday asked the High Court judge in his terrorism case to recuse himself, saying they feared bias.
Rautenbach to take the stand
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Johannesburg - Tax dodger Billy Rautenbach will take the stand in the South Gauteng High Court on Thursday in the corruption case of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi.
Zimbabwe land grab: Agri-SA worried
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Johannesburg - Zanu-PF's "land grab" in Zimbabwe should form part of an agreement on the protection of investments to be signed with South Africa in Harare next week, Agri-SA said on Thursday.
Male adulterer stoned to death
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
Mogadishu - Somalia's hardline rebel group Hezb al-Islam executed two men on Sunday in front of hundreds of residents in the district of Afgoye, officials and witnesses said.
Zimbabwe soldier jailed for theft
Sun, Nov 22, 2009
Harare - A Zimbabwean soldier has been sent to jail for an effective 12 years for breaking into a military armoury and stealing 20 automatic rifles, the state controlled Sunday Mail said.
Women's, kids' health declining
Tue, Nov 24, 2009
Harare - The health of Zimbabwe's children and women, particularly in the poorer parts of the country has worsened sharply, with 100 children under five dying of mostly preventable diseases each day, the UN said on Tuesday.
Bennett's trial deferred to 2010
Fri, Nov 27, 2009
Harare - The treason trial of Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's prime minister, was deferred on Friday to January next year after a key state witness failed to show up in court to testify.
4 police officers shot dead in US
Sun, Nov 29, 2009
Four police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning in what authorities called a targeted ambush at a coffee house in Washington state, a sheriff's official said.
Airlines 'avoid' Zimbabwe airspace
Sun, Dec 06, 2009
Harare - Foreign airlines have stopped using Zimbabwe's airspace because the country's meteorological service is incapable of supplying weather information they need, according to officials.
Incumbent wins big in Namibia
Sun, Dec 06, 2009
Windhoek, Namibia - Namibia's election commission says President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won re-election, with more than six times as many votes as his nearest rival
Did Tiger have sex with a porn star?
Mon, Dec 07, 2009
Los Angeles - US tabloids identified more alleged mistresses of golf superstar Tiger Woods on Monday as the scandal prompted by his late night car crash last month continued to gather steam.
SA Airlink plane overshoots runway
Mon, Dec 07, 2009
A South African Airlink plane overshot the runway at George Airport today and landed near the N2 highway, says the Western Cape Safety and Security department.
Mugabe bemoans factionalism
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has bemoaned factionalism within his Zanu-PF party, saying internal divisions cost the party its parliamentary majority, state media said Friday.
SAA is weighing passengers and luggage
Wed, Dec 16, 2009
SA Airways has launched a passenger weighing survey in an attempt to reduce overloaded aircraft.
US may end block on Zimbabwe at IMF
Wed, Jan 20, 2010
Harare - The US embassy in Zimbabwe on Wednesday confirmed a report in the state-run Herald newspaper that the US would not oppose the restoration of Zimbabwe's voting rights in the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Zimbabwe national park faces threat
Fri, Jan 01, 2010
Hwange - Zimbabwe's already dim electricity supply faces a new threat, as the country's main power plant says it needs to dig for new coal reserves under a river inside a national park to keep running.
Sadc 'unhappy' with slow pace of Zimbabwe talks
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
SOUTHERN African leaders were “unhappy” with the slow pace of negotiations aimed at ending the political crisis in Zimbabwe, a regional defence and security committee official said on Friday.
AfriForum fights for Zimbabwe farmers
Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Johannesburg - The civil rights movement AfriForum will launch an urgent bid at the North Gauteng Supreme Court to cite the Zimbabwean government as a party to a court application against the country.
Hitschmann recounts torture
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
Harare - A witness in the trial of a Zimbabwean official accused of terrorism and insurgency recounted Thursday how he had been tortured by state agents seeking his testimony.
Nigerian vice president warns mischief makers
Sun, Jan 17, 2010
Abuja - Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan has warned people, including ministers, against taking advantage of the ailing president's long absence from the country to cause disharmony in government.
Zuma a 'confident liar' :COPE
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
Johannesburg - Cope Youth Movement has branded President Jacob Zuma a "confident liar" after he announced in his State of the Nation address that 480 000 jobs had been created last year.
SA, Aus team up to help Zim
Tue, Jan 26, 2010
Pretoria - South Africa and Australia have agreed on projects to help rebuild Zimbabwe, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said in Pretoria on Tuesday.
Land grabs remain
Thu, Jan 28, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's withering community of white commercial farmers has lost a major court battle for the restoration of their property rights and status as Zimbabwean citizens irrespective of their race, lawyers confirmed on Wednesday.
Court's farm ruling slammed
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Cape Town - A Zimbabwean judge's dismissal of a southern African court ruling that blocked a move to resettle more than 70 white-owned farms had "entrenched the future possibility of human rights abuses" in the country, a SADC watchdog group said on Wednesday.
A year into Zim’s coalition
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
Harare - When any section of the Zimbabwe civil service goes on strike, the usual retort from the long-suffering public is: "How do you tell the difference?"
Strike: Zim can't afford demands
Mon, Feb 08, 2010
Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's Public Service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro said on Monday that his government had no money to pay tens of thousands of striking civil servants the salary increases they were demanding.
SA student's arrest 'reminiscent of Zimbabwe'
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
The arrest of a student for "swearing" at President Jacob Zuma's convoy was the tactics of a police state, not a democracy, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.
Court stops govt diamond mining
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has ordered two government mining firms to stop operations on British-owned diamond mining fields plagued by human rights abuses, state newspapers reported Thursday.
White farmers can claim Zim assets - SA court
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Pretoria - White farmers whose land was seized in Zimbabwe can be compensated with Zimbabwean assets in South Africa, the North Gauteng High Court ruled on Thursday.
Zimbabwe farm union leaders in hiding
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Zimbabwe - The entire leadership of Zimbabwe's union for farm workers has gone underground after a series of raids, arrests and threats against them, lawyers said on Sunday.
SA journalist kidnapped in Nigeria
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Johannesburg - A journalist working for SuperSport was kidnapped in Nigeria on Monday afternoon, SABC news reported.
Bid to oust Zuma soon - Samwu
Fri, Mar 05, 2010
Johannesburg - There was a movement within the ANC to push for a motion of no confidence in South African President Jacob Zuma later this year, the SA Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) said on Friday.
Burden of Aids hits Zim women
Mon, Mar 08, 2010
Harare - Since testing positive for HIV six years ago, Cecilia Chinhamo has endured a torrent of verbal abuse from her husband.
Winnie blasts Mandela
Tue, Mar 09, 2010
Johannesburg - Struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela bitterly lashed out at Nelson Mandela in an interview published in the London Evening Standard this week.
SA Men in court for kidnapping
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Five people, including a policeman and a reservist, charged with kidnapping and assaulting a Zimbabwean man appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate's Court on Thursday.
Land minister 'has forked tongue'
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Cape Town - A warning by Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti that commercial farmers must co-operate to avoid a situation in South Africa "worse than Zimbabwe" has drawn sharp reaction from the agricultural union TAU-SA and the Freedom Front Plus.
'Terre'Blanche persecuted us'
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Ventersdorp - Slain right-wing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche will be remembered as a person who persecuted black people, residents of Tshing township outside Ventersdorp said on Friday.
EU's Ashton concerned at Sudan vote 'deficiencies'
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton voiced concern at "deficiencies" in Sudan's landmark multi-party elections, calling for the problems to be addressed.
'First homosexuality, then paedophilia'
Thu, May 06, 2010
Rio de Janeiro - A Brazilian archbishop risked stirring new controversy in the Catholic Church's defence against child sex abuse allegations when he said that "society today is paedophile", according to a report on Wednesday.
Ethiopians head for the polls
Sun, May 23, 2010
Addis Ababa - Ethiopians began voting in legislative elections on Sunday as Prime Minister Meles Zenawi appeared set to extend his 19-year-old rule over sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country.
Judgment reserved in M&G's bid
Tue, May 25, 2010
Pretoria - Acting Judge Stanley Sapire reserved judgment in the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday in the Mail & Guardian's application for access to a report by two judges about the fairness of the 2002 presidential election in Zimbabwe.
Zim gay activists 'insulted Mugabe'
Wed, May 26, 2010
Harare - Police in Zimbabwe have detained two gay activists on charges of keeping pornographic materials and insulting President Robert Mugabe, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
Tens of thousands await Meles victory speech
Wed, May 26, 2010
Ethiopians in their tens of thousands thronged the capital's main square Tuesday to hear Prime Minister Meles Zenawi salute his party's victory in Sunday's polls from behind bullet-proof glass.
SA law group wants Zim land probe
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Johannesburg - The General Council of the Bar of SA urged Zimbabwe on Tuesday to investigate reports that a government minister encouraged villagers to disobey a court order against farm invasions.
Zimbabwe's inflation rate surges
Wed, Jun 16, 2010
Harare - Rising food prices drove inflation in Zimbabwe up to 6.1 percent in May, the national statistics office said on Tuesday, amid concerns about the country's efforts to climb out of economic collapse.
Bus crash kills 18 in Zimbabwe
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
Harare - At least 18 people were killed and dozens injured in Zimbabwe on Sunday when two buses hit a truck within seconds of each other, a police spokesman said.
EU demands 'concrete progress'
Sun, Jul 04, 2010
Brussels - The European Union called on Zimbabwe on Friday to make "concrete progress" in meeting long-delayed political and human rights reforms after holding talks with Zimbabwean ministers.
Probe after woman's genitals were searched
Mon, Jul 05, 2010
A major hotel company is investigating why a woman employed at an exclusive North West spa was allegedly undressed and had her genitals searched after being accused of theft.
Emirates buys 30 Boeing 777s
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
Emirates airline has ordered 30 Boeing long-range 777 aircraft worth a combined 9.1 billion dollars, the Dubai airline said at the Farnborough airshow. (Pic: Model Daniella Lineker stands in front of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft at Farnborough airport. Photograph by: KIERAN DOHERTY Credit: Reuters
Woman jumps off building with baby on her back
Fri, Jul 30, 2010
A ZIMBABWEAN woman and her seven-month-old baby girl died on Friday when the woman jumped off a building with the baby strapped to her back, emergency services said.
