Fri, Jun 26, 2009
(People watch news tickets in Times Square report that Michael Jackson had died. (Photo by Patrick Andrade / June 25, 2009)) MICHAEL Jackson's ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley has told of her heartbreak as tributes poured in for the pop icon after his sudden death."I am so very sad and confused with every emotion possible," said the daughter of Elvis Presley.
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
BULAWAYO // Thirty years after the end of Zimbabwe’s civil war, landmines continue to exact a heavy toll, killing and maiming people and livestock, and rendering large swathes of valuable land unusable.
Tue, Jun 16, 2009
Barclays customers were hit by technical problems which meant millions were unable to withdraw cash today.
Sun, Jun 28, 2009
Zimbabwe's leading intellectuals have clashed over the crafting of a new democratic constitution, as a survey revealed the majority of people want the unity government to treat education as the top priority among numerous pressing problems the nation faces following a decade of international isolation and sanctions.
Thu, Jul 09, 2009
The long-troubled Harare, Zimbabwe, diocese of the Anglican Church now has a new bishop with confirmation this week of Chad Nicholas Gandiya by authorities of the church’s Province of Central Africa, which includes Botswana, Zambia and Malawi as well as Zimbabwe.
Tue, Jul 21, 2009
Zimbabwe’s leader, Robert Mugabe has been endorsed by his party Zanu PF as the Supreme leader in a move that has dashed hope of him retiring soon. The declaration puts him at par with Iranian’s Ayatollah Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Zanu-PF Midlands Province Coordinating Committee made the shocking resolution at the weekend report Afrik.com.
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
At a time when all but a few hundred of Zimbabwe's white farmers have been kicked off their land, fugitive businessman Billy Rautenbach has been handed a vast tract in the south, left in trust by former Nationalist leader Joshua Nkomo to develop black agriculture.
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Many of Zimbabwe's farmers are still waiting for compensation following government land seizures, writes Helen for UK's Channel 4.
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
Alvaro and Debbie Dos Santos, of Abilene, remember Zimbabwe as their homeland and a place where they once felt secure and happy. Government persecution and death threats caused the couple to flee their country in 2005 with two children.
Tue, Aug 04, 2009
Johannesburg - One of Zimbabwe's vice-presidents, Joseph Msika, has died at age 85 after a battle with illness, South African public radio reported Tuesday. Msika died Tuesday in a hospital in Zimbabwe, the report said. He was admitted to hospital in South Africa in June after falling ill at a summit of eastern and southern African leaders, the radio report said.
Mon, Aug 17, 2009
Zimbabwe’s economy is in a mess. Years of macro-economic mismanagement and crippling economic sanctions by western nations have left the country bankrupt.
Wed, Dec 15, 2010
The solution can achieve the objective of holding free and fair election.
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe will demand an apology from the European Union for imposing sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle, when an EU team visits the country this weekend, state media said.
Tue, Nov 03, 2009
HARARE: Zimbabwe has lost about 200 rhinoceroses -- a quarter of its total population -- to rampant poaching over the last three years as security and the economy deteriorated, state media reported on Tuesday.
Thu, Nov 05, 2009
MANICA, Mozambique -- This dusty border town in southern Africa has become a major hub for trading rough diamonds, but there is a problem: Mozambique doesn't produce any of the sparkling stones.
Fri, Nov 06, 2009
The Kimberley Process, the body charged with halting the trade in blood diamonds, was criticised yesterday for failing to add Zimbabwean gems to its proscribed list.
Tue, Nov 10, 2009
Ben Freeth who recently lost his farm to land invaders has written an open letter to Morgan Tsvangirai calling for him to act in a time of “Controlled Anarchy” where crimes against humanity are being committed in Zimbabwe:
Wed, Nov 11, 2009
Pretoria - A political impasse in Zimbabwe has raised concerns from regional leadership that the situation "could get out of hand", department of international relations director general Ayanda Ntsaluba said on Tuesday.
Fri, Nov 13, 2009
The British government is considering tighter controls on entry visas for foreign students, to address concerns that illegal immigrants are using them as an easy way to get into Britain..
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
During the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Arusha early October, there was a heated debate among the legislators and other participants about the viability of coalition governments in Africa.
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has used his annual leave to skip out of the country for another extensive medical treatment in Asia, amid reports that his condition did not respond well after a busy schedule at the Zanu PF Congress in Bulawayo.
Fri, Nov 27, 2009
A musical hero from Zimbabwe will be in Bristol on Saturday to support the plight of refugees from his homeland.
Tue, Dec 08, 2009
AN HIV-POSITIVE man who raped a woman after forcing his way into her home was jailed for 10 years.
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
Former international Zimbabwean Test cricketer Henry Olonga – famed for being forced into hiding after wearing a black armband in opposition to Mugabe’s regime – will be talking about life in Mugabe’s firing line.
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
Thirteen academics who were sacked for going on strike three years ago are battling to be reinstated and have lodged a US$46 million claim for unfair dismissal against their former employer, Zimbabwe's Solusi University.
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
Nestlé has resumed its operations in Zimbabwe following the suspension of its activities last month over a dispute on buying milk from suppliers linked to the wife of President Robert Mugabe.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
The North Gauteng Supreme Court in Pretoria this afternoon granted permission to three Zimbabwean farmers, represented by AfriForum, to start with a legal process against the Government of Zimbabwe. This legal process entails having the ruling of the Southern African Development Community (SADEC) registered and enforced in South Africa.
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
SPRINGBOK prop forward Beast Mtawarira will be staying and playing his rugby in Durban this year.
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Namibian power utility NamPower has denied that the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) has been ordered to cut power exports to Namibia, saying that it is “business as usual between NamPower and Zesa”.
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Zimbabwe's troubled constitution making process has hit another snag after women threatened to disrupt the exercise arguing that it is biased towards men.
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
Four cabinet ministers in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government are under probe from their respective parties, MDC and Zanu Pf, on corruption allegations.
Sun, Jan 17, 2010
Baghdad - An Iraqi court sentenced Ali Hassan al-Majeed, the Saddam Hussein-era official widely known as "Chemical Ali", on Sunday to death by hanging for a 1988 gas attack that killed about 5,000 Kurds, a court official said.
Mon, Jan 18, 2010
Beast Mtawarira has pledged his allegiance to South Africa and the Springboks in the wake of calls to deport him.
Fri, Jan 22, 2010
A shortage of raw materials has prompted Dunlop Zimbabwe to extend its annual shutdown period, and this decision has led to unrest amongst the company’s workforce. The Apollo Tyres South Africa owned company was scheduled to re-open its factory on January 11, however company officials say production will now commence on February 11 – provided it has obtained the necessary raw materials by that time.
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
Zimbabwe was opening up its doors to investors for its energy sector, Minister of Energy and Power Development Elias Mudzuri said on Tuesday, adding that it was also considering offering potential tax holidays for those investors willing to participate in the development of large power projects in the country.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
The University of Zimbabwe is battling to recover nearly US$5 million in research funds looted from its foreign currency account by the central bank during the country's economic crisis. Meanwhile, the institution has frozen intakes in some departments as the country's brain drain takes its toll - and a nationwide lecturer strike at public universities continues.
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Zimbabwe's leader lavishly celebrated his birthday last night. But four in five of his country's young cannot afford to go to school writes Rachel Shields in the UK's Daily Telegraph
Mon, Mar 01, 2010
Praise-singing politicians fall over themselves to salute Zimbabwe's leader as he nears 30 years in office
Thu, Mar 18, 2010
Windhoek - A young Namibian woman in jeans and T-shirt carries her textbooks and a laptop bag, her headphones connected to a mobile phone in her pocket, looking like a university student anywhere in the world.
Tue, Mar 23, 2010
Zimbabwe continues to both fascinate and frustrate. Its full mining potential has hardly been touched and ongoing disputes over ownership and certification, added to the impact of sanctions, continue to disrupt production. M J Morgan examines the key issues.
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Nearly 1.1 million people in Zimbabwe are HIV positive with 40% unaware of their status. 160,000 children are infected with counts rising by 17,000 yearly. Total HIV prevalence rate for Zimbabwe is 13.7%. There are 2,000 HIV related deaths in Zimbabwe every week. 25% of children in Zimbabwe are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS related deaths according to UN agency reports.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
HARARE – A parliamentary committee is seeking to further curtail police powers after proposals submitted by legislators suggesting the current Public Order and Security Act (POSA) Amendment Bill still left the law enforcers with room to violate human rights.
Sun, Mar 06, 2011
Zimbabwe’s Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday dismissed reports by the United Nations (UN) that his country supplied arms to Ivory Coast. (Pictured: Ailing Mugabe fuelling massacres at home and abroad)
Thu, May 13, 2010
LonZim PLC (AIM: LZM), the Lonrho (AIM: LONR) affiliated investment company focused on the recovery of Zimbabwe, said it plans to seek a secondary listing of its ordinary shares on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange. It has engaged Premier Banking Corp Ltd to act as financial adviser for the listing on the ZSE. It is expected that the listing will occur in the second half of 2010.
Thu, May 13, 2010
The 18-month-old elephants have been captured from the wild and are intended as a present for North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il from his long-time ally, Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe.
Thu, May 27, 2010
Harare - An expert in so-called conflict diamonds said Thursday he would recommend that restrictions on the export of rough diamonds from eastern Zimbabwe be lifted.
Mon, May 31, 2010
The UK government has just recently warned that the asylum system does face chaos due to delays in the payment of legal aid. The Refugee and Migrant Justice said that it’s facing a cash crisis, because a growing proportion of its legal aid is now only paid upon completion.
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
CHIADZWA - Over 1 700 families have been forced to immediately vacate their villages here to pave the way for controversial diamond mining in the area.
Wed, Jun 16, 2010
Thousands of pilgrims have overwhelmed a small church in Argentina after blood was said to be oozing down the face of an image of Jesus Christ.
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
London, - Thousands of refused Asylum seekers in the UK, mainly Zimbabweans, are living in limbo as they are unable to work, the British Red Cross has alerted.
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
HARARE, -- The National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe said on Friday Zimbabwe's stone sculpture on exhibition at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo has particularly proved popular among Chinese visitors.
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
ZIMBABWE appears set to start 2012 with a standoff, as President Robert Mugabe insists elections be held during the next year, while the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai continues to demand a new, more democratic constitution be drawn up first writes Colombus Mavhunga.
Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Long time Zimbabwe banned protest singer cum activist Viomak has chosen to put her lyrics and activism into political action after deciding to try politics as President of Zimbabwe Development Leaders (ZIDELE /ZDL) Party
Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Zimbabwe’s Justice minister claims he was detained for two hours at the Munich International Airport last week as German authorities sought to enforce a travel ban imposed on President Robert Mugabe’s inner circle.
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
HARARE - The International Committee of Jurists has demanded access to Zimbabwe's prisons where thousands of inmates have died over the past few years due to hunger, disease and violence by guards, The Zimbabwean has learnt..
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
HARARE – Prof Jonathan Moyo has asked Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court to reverse the historic August 25, 2009 election of the mainstream MDC’s chairman, Lovemore Moyo, to the position of Speaker of House of Assembly. (Pic: The eccentric nutty professor, master of nothing, Jonathan Moyo)
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
At least five people, four of them foreigners, were wounded in overnight clashes in Kya Sands, in northern Johannesburg.
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers are reportedly battling each other for the signature of ex-Manchester City forward Benjani.
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Propaganda songs praising President Mugabe have re-surfaced on Zimbabwe’s heavily state controlled radio and television and are causing a storm in the political circles.
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
London, - The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced it will review applications of migrants whose pleas were refused solely because they failed to meet the financial requirements for maintenance.
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
BULAWAYO – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF have no power to set fresh election dates without consulting him, as he snubbed the burial of Mugabe’s sister Sabina. (Picture: Mugabe/Tsvangirai..age and political momentum favouring Tsvangirai as old age seems to be catching up with the 86+ years old Mugabe)
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
WASHINGTON - Africa Action, the oldest human rights organization focused exclusively on Africa, celebrated the introduction of the Zimbabwe Renewal Act of 2010 (H.R. 5971) in the House of Representatives.
Tue, Aug 03, 2010
Teenage girls in Zimbabwe who are sexually active remain a difficult group for health workers to target with HIV/AIDS prevention messages.
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
The British model, who lives in New York, gave cool and self-assured testimony after being summoned as a prosecution witness at a UN war crimes court in The Hague.
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
Shares fell around the world today after unemployment numbers for America came in far worse than expected.
Mon, Aug 09, 2010
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, has told Zimbabwean soldiers that he will ensure every vote counts in the 2011 elections.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Rome, – Although food security in Zimbabwe improved significantly following government efforts and a US$70 million international assistance programme providing farmers with subsidized inputs, the country still needs agricultural and food assistance next year for some 1.68 million people.
Tue, Aug 10, 2010
Steven Slater can be seen clearly smirking as he was led away by police in handcuffs from his home in Queens, NY last night. He doesn’t look at all unhappy that he is facing a possible seven years in jail on charges of reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. Or that his 20 year career in the airline industry has obviously come to a dramatic end.
Mon, Aug 16, 2010
As regional leaders prepared for the SADC meeting in Windhoek, Vigil supporters were disturbed to read the comments on Zimbabwe by South Africa’s top foreign ministry official, Ayanda Ntsaluba. He said: “Zimbabwe is on the correct path. . . The overwhelming picture is favourable.”
Mon, Aug 16, 2010
An Invercargill District Court jury yesterday failed to reach a verdict on a rape charge but did find a Zimbabwe man not guilty of sexual violation.
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
Nick Clegg reopened a Coalition rift yesterday by dismissing flagship plans to bring in a cap on immigration.
Fri, Aug 20, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe - A magistrate in central Zimbabwe Thursday jailed a school headmaster for four years for a bizarre examination fraud in which he wrote the final exams for students in exchange for cattle.
Mon, Aug 23, 2010
The Zimbabwe government has refused Barclays Bank Zimbabwe the permission to transfer its local custody business to Standard Chartered Bank because it is in breach of the indigenization law, local media reported on Monday.
Tue, Aug 24, 2010
Through a summer appeal for Zimbabwe, UK Christian development agency Tearfund has managed to raise over half a million pounds to support its relief and longer-term recovery programmes in the country.
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
THE two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions closed ranks on Tuesday night to condemn President Robert Mugabe’s refusal to grant national hero status to the party’s founding leader Gibson Sibanda, who died on Monday night.
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has described the acrimonious split of the MDC in 2005 as the “saddest part of his political life” and offered apologies for badmouthing the late Gibson Sibanda, his former trade union colleague of 25 years.
Sun, Sep 05, 2010
Britain’s former foreign secretary David Miliband, frontrunner in the contest to be the leader of the opposition Labour party, says British government plans to place a cap on non-European migrants to the UK are “stupid” because current migration is mainly fuelled by Europeans. “Prime Minister David
Mon, Sep 06, 2010
Home Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa says there is no intention of an imminent mass deportation on their part and that the decision to end the special dispensation for Zimbabweans that was agreed on in April last year was only made to ensure that their presence in the country is properly documented.
Tue, Sep 07, 2010
The Zimbabwe High Court has overturned a judgment giving mining rights at the Marange fields to British firm African Consolidated Resources, the company reported.
Tue, Sep 07, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe - Five young Zimbabwean school girls have petitioned the Constitutional Court, the highest court in the land, to rule on the legality of the refusal by a school to admit them on grounds of their 'unshaven heads'.
Sun, Dec 12, 2010
Zanu PF is of the opinion that the leaked information from the Department of State, US, concerning Zimbabwe will or may assist its campaign of trying to influence the people of this country to believe that America and Britain are meddling in the internal affairs of this country and the not unusual “resist imperialism” and “sanctions” onslaught.
Sat, Apr 23, 2011
WORLDVIEW: Many MDC MPs have been arrested and jailed in a systematic attack by Mugabe supporters
Wed, Feb 23, 2011
For four decades, Libya’s Moammar Gadhafi has been a ruthless despot, a violently erratic terrorist precursor to Al Qaeda, and a pariah. Now the man who bankrolled Palestinian and other terrorist groups and whose agents infamously bombed a Pan Am passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, and a French UTA jet over the Sahara seems determined to add “war criminal” to the list.
Fri, Feb 25, 2011
READING, United Kingdom - A Zimbabwean benefits cheat from Reading has been sentenced to 10 months in prison after fraudulently claiming £28,000 in benefits.
Sat, Feb 26, 2011
Former Big Brother star Makosi Musambasi has been arrested on suspicion of fraud after allegedly producing a dodgy driving licence.
Mon, Feb 28, 2011
The singer and her family will be sent back to Zimbabwe after losing their appeal against the UK Border Agency.
Mon, Feb 28, 2011
The son of Equatorial Guinea's dictator of 30 years commissioned plans to build a superyacht costing $380 million, nearly three times what the country spends on health and education each year, says a corruption watchdog
Fri, Mar 04, 2011
43 year old mother and former school teacher, Emily Tsungai Madamombe is running for the post of MDC-UK & Ireland provincial Chairperson at the next Congress to be held in Leeds on 12/03/11. She is running a highly organised campaign that has catapulted her to front runner position.
Fri, Mar 04, 2011
HARARE – US ambassador to Zimbabwe, Charles Ray, has poured cold water on Zanu (PF)’s anti-sanctions petition, describing the move as a desperate “political messaging campaign” unlikely to be taken seriously by both Zimbabweans and outsiders.
Wed, Mar 16, 2011
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai urged southern African nations to establish a plan for new elections amid difficulties within the country’s coalition government.
Thu, Oct 27, 2011
POLICE in Manchester, England, have launched a murder probe after a Zimbabwean man died on Wednesday following a violent assault by a gang of men last Saturday.
Fri, Mar 25, 2011
Harare, -Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will on Saturday meet with the SADC facilitator and South Africa President Jacob Zuma to brief him on the crisis in Zimbabwe ahead of the Troika Organ Summit scheduled for Zambia next week.
Mon, Apr 18, 2011
HARARE — Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday warned of "dangers and difficult choices" ahead of possible elections later this year.
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe — More than a quarter of President Robert Mugabe’s opponents in Parliament have been arrested since agreeing to join the government in a shaky power-sharing arrangement, part of an intensifying campaign of harassment intended to drive them out of office, officials from both sides say. (Pictured Elton Mangoma, a Zimbabwe cabinet member, leaving a Harare prison on April 4, accompanied by his lawyer and a guard)
Sat, Apr 30, 2011
Allrounder Elton Chigumbura has expressed his wish to step down as Zimbabwe captain, ESPNcricinfo understands. He is currently involved in talks with Zimbabwe Cricket and a final decision will be made in the coming week.
Sat, Apr 30, 2011
BULAWAYO - Among all the candidates at the 3rd MDC National Congress, Nelson Chamisa has clearly had the edge when it comes to that magical quality known as charisma. Pundits of every political stripe have commented on Chamisa's "rock-star quality.
Tue, May 17, 2011
A security services building and the headquarters of Libya's anti-corruption agency were on fire in the capital Tripoli early on Tuesday after apparently being hit in NATO air strikes.
Wed, May 18, 2011
A Transition from Facilitative to Evaluative Mediation
Wed, May 18, 2011
Caledonia Mining (LON:CMCL, TSE:CAL) revealed that it has almost doubled profits from the Blanket gold mine in Zimbabwe during the first quarter of 201
Thu, May 19, 2011
A decision to let former X Factor hopeful Gamu Nhengu and her family remain in the UK is to be challenged by the Home Office.
Sun, Jun 05, 2011
LIKE a malignant cancer that slowly devours everything in its way, sodomy is becoming a serious problem in Zimbabwean society.
Wed, Jun 08, 2011
A stampede looms at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, this weekend when activists from Zimbabwe’s feuding political parties jostle to air their grievances to the Sadc Heads of State meeting to review the Zimbabwe crisis
Wed, Jun 15, 2011
A ZIMBABWEAN man caused panic at a Canadian airport after claiming he planned to plant a bomb in a major city and had been exposed to radioactive material.
Thu, Jun 16, 2011
Speaking after touring two mining operations in Chiadzwa on Wednesday, President Robert Mugabe reiterated that sanctions or no sanctions, Zimbabwe will continue to sell its natural resources.
Thu, Jun 16, 2011
CARLINVILLE -- Hackers targeted the Macoupin County Courthouse telephone system Friday, making 100 to 200 international calls without anyone knowing about it, according to State’s Attorney Jennifer Watson.
Sun, Jun 26, 2011
The Zimbabwe Prison Service (ZPS) is confused as to where to place an inmate who has both male and female sexual organs?
Thu, Jun 30, 2011
ZIMBABWE’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has expressed confidence in the ability of Zambians to hold free, fair and peaceful elections.
Tue, Jun 28, 2011
Harare, - Finance Minister Tendai Biti was Monday afternoon besieged by over 200 placard waving war veterans who demanded that he complies with Robert Mugabe's order for him to award a salary increase to civil servants and further denounced Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai whom they called a puppet of the West.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
HEADLANDS- A pilot sustained minor injuries when an aircraft he was using to spray crops at a farm in Headlands crash-landed on Wednesday morning. The pilot, who was alone, sustained bruises on his right hand while the plane was extensively damaged.
Sun, Jul 10, 2011
A ZIMBABWEAN mother-of-two with a catalogue of “manipulative” criminal offences has been sent to jail by a UK court.
Sun, Jul 31, 2011
Harare,- Zimbabwe’s Warriors have been drawn in the same group with seven time Africa Champions Egypt in the run up to the 2014 World Cup after the two countries were placed in Group G on the road to Brazil following the draw that was conducted in Rio de Janeiro Saturday night.
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
HARARE - The MDC-T is strategizing ways through which it can free the people of Mbare from the reign of terror instigated by Zanu (PF) thugs Chipangano – who have declared a war on the people.
Thu, Aug 11, 2011
Fresh allegations of abuse in Zimbabwe mines surface; a deal on exports will open up a new source of supply for India’s diamond processing
Wed, Aug 10, 2011
HARARE - Anglican priests and their families in Zimbabwe may face eviction following a High Court ruling awarding custodianship of Anglican church properties to excommunicated bishop Dr Nolbert Kunonga.
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
(Picture - Kasukuwere Gangster minister from Mugabe' ZANU PF Party)A Zimbabwean minister has warned that the seizure of foreign owned companies that fail to comply with the country’s empowerment laws will be more vicious than its land reforms that reportedly cost the economy US$12 billion in a decade.
Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak, bound to a stretcher and caged, appeared in court on Monday before the judge announced a three-week adjournment and an end to live television broadcasts.
Wed, Aug 17, 2011
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe described as a horrific tragedy the death of former army general Solomon Mujuru, a former ally who played a key role in his rise to power.
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
KARACHI: Pakistan will fly out for Zimbabwe early on Thursday morning hoping to avoid ‘unpleasant surprises’ on a brief tour during which they will play a Test, three One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 games.
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
Senegal is at its most politically volatile period in recent history. On 23 June, 85-year-old Abdoulaye Wade – who is seeking a controversial third term as president- tried to push through two laws that would have ensured his success in the February 2012 elections and created a way for his son, Karim, to take over.
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
MORE than a tonne of life-saving medicine destined for beleaguered Zimbabwe remains in storage until transportation costs can be met.
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
(File Picture: Terrible twins, Mugabe and Gadhafi) HARARE - The beleaguered Zimbabwean leader Robert has ordered Libya’s ambassador to leave Harare after he aligned himself with NATO-backed rebels who deposed the government of Muammar Gaddafi on Sunday.
Sun, Aug 28, 2011
X FACTOR star Gamu Nhengu has revealed how getting booted off the TV talent show has become her biggest break.
Mon, Aug 29, 2011
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono blasted Zanu PF hardliners for “making his job difficult” and only found ex-Finance minister Simba Makoni worth of praise among the party’s top leadership, a former United States ambassador to Zimbabwe claimed in a leaked diplomatic cable.
Thu, Sep 01, 2011
Abuja — President Goodluck Jonathan has made a clarion call to African countries to work together to assist Zimbabwe conduct free, fair and credible elections for lasting peace and development. This, he said, would also ensure that the country did not slide back into the type of crisis that rocked the nation during its last election.
Sun, Sep 11, 2011
A MWENEZI man impregnated his uncle's wife before conniving with her to callously murder the baby and bury it in a shallow grave to conceal their relationship.
Sun, Sep 18, 2011
Senior Zanu (PF) officials have threatened to expose President Robert Mugabe's secret dealings with Western businessmen if he brings up the issue of their own clandestine meetings exposed in leaked US diplomatic documents.
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
HARARE - Thousands of MDC supporters gathered in Harare on Wednesday to pay their respects and mourn the death of one of the party's founding members, Diamond Karanda, who passed away on Sunday.
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
Zambia held presidential elections Tuesday, but two days later only 85 of the country's 150 constituencies have reported results, sparking wide-scale unrest in the country and again bringing up allegations of fraud
Thu, Sep 22, 2011
Sarah Palin could lose both her marriage and her political career after the release of an explosive biography.
Sat, Sep 24, 2011
Baby sitting on her lap, she tapped her leg to the blurring sound of sungura music playing in the smoke-filled tavern writes Catherine Murombedzi for Zimpapers.
Sun, Oct 02, 2011
The man dubbed the "Facebook rapist" - and wanted in connection with more than 30 cases involving murder, rape, kidnapping, theft and fraud - made a brazen call to the detective hunting him down.
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Zimbabwe’s economy will probably expand as much as 9 percent next year, led by increased agricultural and mining production, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said.
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Remains thought to belong to victims of 1980s Gukurahundi massacre discovered after football pitch caves in
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Swiss food giant Nestlé, like other multinationals, faces losing the right to operate in Zimbabwe under a controversial reform known as the indigenisation law.
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Johannesburg - ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema has been admitted to a private hospital in Polokwane, the SABC reported on Wednesday.
Thu, Oct 06, 2011
Harare, - The Attorney General (AG)’s office has refused to comply with a high court order compelling state security agents to return all the property they unlawfully seized from prominent diamond rights campaigner, Farai Maguwu last month and stop harassing him by restricting his movement.
Sun, Oct 09, 2011
It was an all too familiar story Saturday as the Zimbabwe National Football team, the Warriors, failed to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations Finals courtesy of a shock 2-1 away defeat to minnows Cape Verde.
Sun, Oct 09, 2011
Secretary for Foreign Affairs Joey Bimha is in contempt of court after he ignored a Labour Court directive to reinstate a Tehran-based diplomat he unjustifiably recalled before dismissing him from service.
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
A family relative, Simbiso Mhike told the State controlled ZBC television Nzira died on Sunday evening after a long battle with hyper tension and a heart ailment.
Mon, Oct 10, 2011
A ZIMBABWEAN man has been arrested in the United States after his girlfriend was found dead in their home in Bonney Lake, Washington DC.
Tue, Oct 11, 2011
The London-based Commonwealth Advisory Bureau has issued a report which argues that the group of mostly former British colonies must seize the opportunity for political action to collaterally aid Zimbabwe along the path to democracy through the removing of target sanctions on Robert Mugabe and his followers.
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
Bail was set at $1 million for Mthulisi Bhala Ndlovu, who's accused of murdering his girlfriend and burning her body. Friends and family call the 38 year-old's alleged actions "out of character" and "confusing."
Wed, Oct 12, 2011
Study reveals a new dilemma for women deciding whether to take the contraceptive pill at the start of a relationship
Fri, Oct 14, 2011
ZIMBABWE and Zambia have won the bid to co-host the 2013 United Nations World Tourism Organisation General Assembly in Victoria Falls.
Sun, Oct 16, 2011
The body of the late Sungura musician Tongai Moyo has been taken from St Anne’s Hospital and will be transported to his home town of Kwekwe today
Wed, Oct 19, 2011
MIDLANDS Governor Jason Machaya has agreed to pay 35 cattle and $15 000 cash demanded by the Chokuda family as compensation for the murder of Moses Chokuda by his son, Farai, and three accomplices.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
HARARE — MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai says he thought of taking up arms to force himself into power after failing to out rightly win the 2008 presidential election.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
Zimbabwe has been ranked 171 out of 183 countries in terms of ease of doing business, a World Bank and International Finance Corporation’s latest Doing Business 2012 report revealed.The sub-Saharan came out 36 out of 46 African countries in the survey.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
FORMER South African President Thabo Mbeki was a central player in a 2005 split in the Movement for Democratic Change, which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says “was a big blow” to him – “far bigger than Mugabe’s relentless persecution”.
Fri, Oct 21, 2011
According to Libyan military officials, , the influential son of slain ruler Muammar Gaddafi is in critical condition and has been hospitalized after losing his arm.
Sat, Oct 22, 2011
President Robert Mugabe's nephew, Patrick Zhuwao, has been condemned by angry relatives after failing to show up at the funeral of a close relative because she belonged to the MDC, it has emerged.
Sun, Oct 23, 2011
Harare, --- Police on Saturday disrupted Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s star rally in Nkayi South constituency in violation of a High Court order.
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Children from Zimbabwe are set to benefit from a world music fundraiser that drew a diverse array of talent together to perform in Norwich.
Tue, Oct 25, 2011
The Essar Group’s quest for iron ore remains elusive with Zimbabwe declining to supply the resource as envisaged in a contentious deal between the Indian conglomerate and the African state.
Tue, Oct 25, 2011
HARARE - There was drama at the embattled Zanu PF backed outfit Affirmative Action Group (AAG) meeting on Monday afternoon when former executive members clashed on allegations of misappropriation of funds.
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Harare, – President Robert Mugabe and his two principals in the inclusive government have agreed to the reconstitution of the Tafataona Mahoso led Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) which is currently superintending over the licencing of new broadcasters.
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
ZVISHAVANE, -- A Zimbabwean court heard a bizarre excuse on Monday when a man accused of bestiality claimed he had hired a prostitute who transformed into a donkey overnight, local media reported on Wednesday.
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has rejected calls by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to enshrine gay rights in a new constitution.
Wed, Oct 26, 2011
HARARE - House of Assembly Members have adopted a motion to amend the Urban Councils Act in a move that could see the powers of the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development reduced.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
It would appear the South African leader has been so patient with Mugabe and his unwillingness to fully implement the GPA and share power with the MDC that he felt his own credibility was at stake, both at home and abroad.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011
Two MDC supporters here have been rounded up by police for allegedly likening President Robert Mugabe to the deposed like Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Mon, Oct 31, 2011
HARARE - The beleaguered Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has threatened to seize local Swiss government assets in retaliation for that country’s decision to refuse visas to his wife Grace Mugabe and his sidekicks who were due to attend a UN summit in Geneva, amid reports that the Swiss authorities intercepted details of the First Family plans to open bank Accounts in that country, according to sources.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
Australia is further easing its sanctions against Zimbabwe.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
Zimbabwe on Sunday said it was seeking the extradition of a wealthy businessman wanted on fraud charges and was believed to be hiding in Kenya under an assumed identity.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
HARARE, NEW ZIANA) -- As the impasse between the Zimbabwean government and small-scale chrome miners persists, the latter are appealing for a 36-month grace period to export stocks of the mineral which they have accumulated to enable them to raise capital to set up own smelters.
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
Coach Alan Butcher labelled day two of the Test against New Zealand as Zimbabwe's best since they returned to Test cricket in August, after the hosts pulled themselves back into the game with a strong showing.
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
There are reports that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is harbouring thoughts of flying to Zimbabwe to seek refuge, according to several media reports.
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Monday that rising political violence in the country is damaging the country's hopes of holding free and fair elections.
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
With Britain threatening to withhold aid to the Commonwealth members who enforced laws criminalising homosexuality, Africa could see street protests hitherto not witnessed by gay, lesbian, transgender and homosexuals, to demand recognition writes JANET OTIENO.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa is expected to pay a formal visit to Zimbabwe in the next two weeks to persuade President Robert Mugabe to return to the rule of law and ensure free and fair elections next year. His facilitation team has been in the country doing the groundwork.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
DUBLIN - A Zimbabwean PhD student has been viciously attacked and left permanently disfigured and blinded in one eye in Dublin reports RTE news.
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Tenants at St. Faith’s Anglican Church in Budiriro, grabbed from the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa by Bishop Nolbert Kunonga, are finding it difficult to pay monthly rentals
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
HARARE - Workers at Blue Ribbon Industries are up in arms with the company’s management claiming they have not received salaries for four months.
Mon, Nov 14, 2011
BELEAGUERED ANC Youth League president Julius Malema is going to ask Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe for money to fund the league's programmes.
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
Gay rights campaigners have condemned a church for running sessions to ‘cure’ people of homosexuality
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
Harare,--- An unidentified man on Tuesday stalked prominent human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko in central Harare raising fears of surveillance on the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) director who was a victim of abduction three years ago.
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Senator Sekai Holland, has told The Zimbabwe Briefing about the significant progress achieved by the Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration.
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
With UN lifting the ban on rough diamond imports from there, supply booking starts ahead of the wedding season.
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Harare, – Feminist groups have stood out in defence of Jocelyn Chiwenga, the controversial wife to feared army commander General Constantine Chiwenga, who claims persistent abuse at the hands of her powerful husband.
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Most young people in South Africa say the ANC was correct to suspend party youth leader, Julius Malema, for five years. A poll released this week by TNS Research Surveys said 70% of those questioned believed the party was justified in passing such a heavy sentence.
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
Harare - The embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has appealed to China and Russia to protect him from attacks by the United States and Europe.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Tehran, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received Zimbabwe Defense Minister Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa here on Tuesday evening.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
The European Union (EU) is reportedly pushing for re-engagement with Zimbabwe to 'normalise relations', and has invited government officials for 'dialogue' in Brussels.
Fri, Nov 25, 2011
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti has warned that the appetite for foreign trips by government officials is threatening the country's economic recovery.
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi is probably the best known Zimbabwean composer/performer on the international music scene. He also works as music director for Zimbabwe’s Kiss FM pop music radio station, which applied for a commercial private radio licence by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe. But BAZ awarded the latest two licenses to several prominent supporters of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party instead.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
FORMER X Factor contestant Gamu Nhengu has won her immigration fight to stay in the UK after the Home Office failed to overturn a court ruling.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Gideon Gono has said Zimbabwe should next year consolidate the country's look East policy by adopting the Chinese currency, the yuan, and do away with the US dollar which was fast ceasing to be the world's reserve currency.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Johannesburg - The Constitutional Court has sent a Mail & Guardian application for a secret report on the 2003 Zimbabwe elections back to the North Gauteng High Court for further determination.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
Harare,- A Zimbabwean woman has scored a major victory against Registrar General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede, after a high court Judge barred him from forcing the woman to alter her surname in order secure a birth certificate for her child.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
A prison sentence or community order longer than a year would have meant Goldberg would have had to sign the sex offender register, meaning she could no longer work with children.
Wed, Nov 30, 2011
Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was arrested and flown to The Hague overnight to face charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002.
Wed, Nov 30, 2011
ZIMBAMBWE, – Eighteen-year-old Ephraim Ntlamo from Zimbabwe has a dream, and that is for next year’s elections in his country to be free, fair and peaceful.
Wed, Nov 30, 2011
For the past two weeks, I have been a subject of intense media coverage regarding my relationship with Ms Lorcadia Karimatsenga. I know that as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, my private life is inevitably a public issue because of the public position that I hold. However, I feel that the people of Zimbabwe deserve to know my position on this matter, which to a large extent has damaged not only the reputations of the two of us involved in this relationship, but equally so the public image of the Tsvangirai and Karimatsenga families.
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
Zimbabwe is considering increasing diamond mining application fees to US1 million (about R8 million), Harare's Herald Online reported on Friday.
Sat, Dec 03, 2011
HARARE - It was another major blow for corky Professor Welshman Ncube as five legislators from his party formally crossed over to the camp led by Professor Arthur Mutambara.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
Dear Boyfriend, Y U NO NOTICE MY SEXY LINGERIE? I know you’re not blind, because I’ve seen you use your eyes before i.e. to play video games, gawk at my best friend’s cleavage, not bump into things etc.. So why don’t you notice when I’m standing in front of you wearing this filthy lace bra and matching thong set?
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
Anjin Investments was recently granted permission by the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme to sell some 2 million carats of diamonds from the controversial Marange field of eastern Zimbabwe
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
HARARE: A diamond mining firm jointly owned by China and Zimbabwe started auctioning diamonds after a ban was lifted by the Kimberley Process, state media reported on Tuesday.
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
A DOTITO man (23) and his 19-year-old sister are performing community service after engaging in an incestuous relationship that culminated in a pregnancy.
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe official John Mafararikwa who was arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot his live-in girlfriend over an iPAD was yesterday acquitted.
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
EDINBOROUGH, Scotland - Zimbabwean woman has been jailed together with her Polish lover in Scotland for attacking police officers after they tried to stop the drunken pair from ‘having sex’ in a public swimming pool.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Harare,- The lawyer representing the Mujuru family in the inquest of the late army General Solomon Mujuru on Tuesday accused police officers guarding the farmhouse where the first Zimbabwean army commander at independence died in a mysterious fire of "negligence."
Wed, Dec 07, 2011
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party opens its annual conference on Wednesday in Bulawayo with the contentious succession issue absent from the agenda.
Wed, Dec 07, 2011
HARARE - The House of Assembly yesterday passed the US$4 billion 2012 national budget presented by Finance Minister Tendai Biti last month.
Wed, Dec 07, 2011
HARARE - The High Court has ordered director-general of the Central Intelligence Organisation Major General Happyton Bonyongwe to justify the US$10 million he is claiming from Africa Consolidated Resources director Mr Andrew Cranswick as defamation damages.
Wed, Dec 07, 2011
HARARE - Mbizo Member of Parliament Settlement Chikwinya (MDC-T) on 6 December 2011 gave notice in parliament to move a motion on the irregular issuance of broadcasting licences by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ).
Fri, Dec 09, 2011
Bulawayo President Robert Mugabe has described the later Libyan leader Maummar Gaddafi as ignorant and failed to invest in Africa but splashed his money in Europe to please the West who killed him at the end, yet at the same time giving him only 4 Camels.
Fri, Dec 09, 2011
Mumbai: The Essar Group and the government of Zimbabwe have agreed to implement the pact signed between the two in August with immediate effect.
Fri, Dec 09, 2011
LIVINGSTONE - President Michael Sata on Saturday personally paid lodging and food bills to Sun International Hotel’s Royal Livingstone for over an hour’s use of the resort.
Sat, Dec 10, 2011
The main challenger in Democratic Republic of Congo’s election declared himself president on Friday and poured scorn on provisional official results handing victory to incumbent Joseph Kabila.
Sat, Dec 10, 2011
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Sat, Dec 10, 2011
Despite his young beautiful wife and children President Robert Mugabe told his party followers in Bulawayo that he is now lonely as most of his "fellow comrades are all gone".
Sat, Dec 10, 2011
A traditional court sitting in Chiweshe communal lands, Mashonaland Central, on Saturday convicted and fined Prime Minister Tsvangirai two beasts and two sheep for disregarding a cultural taboo after he paid the bride price (lobola) in the culturally forbidden month of November.
Sun, Dec 11, 2011
CLASHES between opposition protesters and security forces broke out in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, killing at least one, a day after election authorities named incumbent President Joseph Kabila winner of a disputed poll.
Mon, Dec 12, 2011
BULAWAYO - In a chilling message Zanu PF, Robert Mugabe has urged his party supporters to start attacking opponents in preparation for elections as the inclusive government has outlived its usefulness
Mon, Dec 12, 2011
Cape Town - A South African woman has been executed in China for smuggling drugs into that country, eNews reported on Monday.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011
Zimbabwe is keen to sell some of its elephants to reduce over population, a senior wildlife official said on Monday.
Tue, Dec 13, 2011
Amnesty International said today it considers three Zimbabwean human rights activists arrested this week to be “prisoners of conscience” and called for their immediate and unconditional release.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Johannesburg – The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Zimbabwean Exiles Forum (ZEF) have launched a landmark case in the North Gauteng High Court to compel South Africa to abide by its legal obligations to investigate and prosecute high level Zimbabwean officials accused of crimes against humanity.
Wed, Dec 14, 2011
Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary David Mangota recently said the country was losing millions of dollars in taxpayer money due to serious over-crowding in remand prisons
Wed, Dec 14, 2011
HARARE - A new fashion stable, House of Gushungo clothing stable, which is under Yedu Nesu Holdings, has introduced a new clothing line from President Robert Mugabe's signature.
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
MUTARE, Zimbabwe - Anjin Investments is now the biggest diamond producer in the world with only one and a half years of mining in eastern Zimbabwe, an official said on Wednesday.
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
If you stand on the Zambian side of the Victoria Falls you can look across at the ruin that is Zimbabwe. Zambia got the short end of the stick on the nature front: to enjoy the best look at the falls you should be in Zimbabwe. Yet no amount of natural beauty is going to make up for bad economic management writes Justice Malala.
Thu, Dec 15, 2011
There are two Robert Mugabes, according to the U.S. embassy cables. One is a frail “crazy old man” who has a young helper kneel at his feet during high-level meetings so he can wash his hands on a silver tray. The other is a physically fit, mentally agile and “charming” leader in full control of all factions in his party.
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
VANCOUVER -- A judge has decided to dismiss the petition of the father in Zimbabwe who wanted his son returned home after the boy was abducted by his mother a decade ago.
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
FRANCISTOWN: Vendors on the ever-busy Haskins Street here are decrying the trickle of Zimbabwean shoppers who normally swarm the place at this time of the year. The mood was the same among Chinese shopkeepers on the same street. “Around this time last year, there were so many Zimbabweans we could not sit down from morning till 6pm when we knocked off,” said Philip.”But this time around, we have time to relax, as you can see (pointing to a Chinese young man sitting cross-legged on the counter).”
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
A Zimbabwean nurse has been struck off the nursing register because of a “serious health condition.” The nurse has been on suspension for almost three years because of the condition which the Nursing and Midwifery Council said was typically chronic, relapsing and tended to recur. It did not say what the condition was.
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
FIRST Lady Amai Grace yesterday dispelled reports by some sections of the media that she is ill, saying she only hurt her back while exercising in the gym.
Sat, Dec 17, 2011
A Gweru man, Brian Shumba (32) who had a chunk of his manhood bitten off during a dispute with a prostitute is now up and about. Shumba was a regular customer and the dispute was over payment for services she had rendered to him.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
Harare,-The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has vowed to block any attempts by Zanu-PF to reintroduce the Zimbabwe dollar insisting it will not allow the former ruling party to oil its election campaign machinery through the unpopular plan.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
HARARE - Robert Mugabe, has consoled the Muzavazi family, following the death of former freedom fighter and principal security aid in the President’s Department, Shadreck Muzavazi.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
There was drama at Mashingaidze shopping centre in Buhera Central Constituency this week as war veterans with aid of Zanu-PF youths in ward 17 tried to force hundreds of villagers to accept to accept President Mugabe’s maize seed donations.
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
LONDON- The Air Zimbabwe plane seized in London on Monday last week should be released on Monday and is expected in Harare Tuesday morning, an official from the airline has told the state owned media.
Mon, Dec 19, 2011
The government of Zimbabwe is considering paying an amount of US$3.7 million to the Caledonia Mining Corporation and assuming ownership of the Canadian-based company’s Blanket gold mine in Zimbabwe.
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
THE State has seized properties worth billions of Kwacha, including a hotel in neighbouring Malawi and some apartments in Tanzania belonging to former first lady Thandiwe Banda.
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
A Durban headmistress will spend the Christmas and New Year holidays behind bars in the UK after authorities found 6kg of cocaine in her luggage. Annabella Momplé was arrested on December 3 at Heathrow Airport.
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
The MDC-T Women's Assembly organising secretary who is also MP for Chimanimani West, Lynnette Karenyi was on Tuesday remanded in prison in Mutare after the State invoked the notorious Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act to bar her bail.
Tue, Dec 20, 2011
Politicians who suffered at the hands of a para-military group funded by North Korea have said they have "no option but to welcome" the death of its strongman, Kim Jong Il.
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
A CHITUNGWIZA man landed himself in trouble after he was found in possession of two passports while applying for bail in another case of breaching the firearms’ law. In Zimbabwe it is unlawful for one to acquire foreign citizenship without renouncing Zimbabwe citizenship.
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
A convicted Zimbabwean drug dealer, Obriel Mugwagwa, has fought off attempts by the Home Office to deport him to Harare.
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
Liverpool have launched a vigorous defence of Luis Suarez, while attacking Patrice Evra and the Football Association after the striker was handed an eight-man ban for racial abuse.
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
George Charamba told parliament it has no mandate to discuss or question the work of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
The publication of the COPAC national report has caused an uproar, with Zanu PF and MDC-T prontagonists throwing counter accusations at each other as the more problems mount in the constitutional reform process.
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Bikita – Serious in-house fighting within Zanu-PF in Bikita District Coordinating Committee (DCC) has resulted in the warring factions opening two parallel party offices at Nyika Growth Point.
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
Bulawayo ---Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told more than 1000 mourners at MDC-T Senator for Mabutweni, Gladys Gombami- Dube's funeral at Mpopoma Methodist Church Thursday that Zimbabwe politics needs a very soft heart and a spirit of forgiveness, otherwise he would have killed many people in revenge.
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Kenya has recalled one million HIV testing kits because of fears about their accuracy, a health official has said.
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
A Harare man is battling for his life in the intensive care unit at Parirenyatwa Hospital after a prostitute tore off one of his testicles in unclear circumstances two days before Christmas.
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Liverpool's global reputation is being harmed as the club backs Luis Suarez despite his suspension for racially abusing an opponent, a group campaigning against racism in soccer said on Sunday.( Pictured: Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro - Suare claims he was only being friendly the Uruguay way... ouch surely not a place you want to visit if you are a Negro!)
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Zesa Holdings has completed upgrading its billing system under an initiative aimed at ensuring electricity customers receive accurate bills.
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
A MAN from Thokwana in Plumtree is ruing the day he followed the instructions of a traditional healer. He ended up with two vehicle wheel bearings stuck on both his arms.
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Last fortnight, many supporters of the Oppenheimers’ diamond empire were in a flap. The Indian government had finally decided to clear trade in diamonds with Zimbabwe.
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Over the past two years Venacio Chiriseri has had to settle in a new country, deal with xenophobia and adjust to a school where she couldn’t understand her classmates’ home language.
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
A MAN has confessed to killing a prostitute on Christmas Eve after finding out that he was really a man.
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
Two suspected female rapists have resurfaced in Chiredzi where they reportedly pounced on a stranded commuter and raped him at knifepoint.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Union leaders say the government, which has been pleading bankruptcy to avoid giving civil servants a salary hike, is being insincere, especially after agreeing to pay lawmakers $15,000 dollars each in backdated allowances.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
THIERRY HENRY has completed his short-term loan return to Arsenal.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
Some 3,000 cases of typhoid have been reported in Zimbabwe's capital of Harare since the first case was detected in a working-class suburb state media reported.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
DRAFTERS of the country’s troubled new supreme law of the land have been relocated to a secret location in the Eastern Highlands as the troubled Parliamentary Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) moves to shield them from the preying media and plug leakages of crucial data.
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended the bonding of nurses until it has the capacity to employ them, the state controlled Chronicle reported.
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
LIVERPOOL plunged headlong into another race storm last night when Oldham kid Tom Adeyemi was left in tears after allegations of vile abuse.
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
Masvingo,- Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) is demanding that President Robert Mugabe cut short his annual leave in order to address teachers’ grievances.
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
The Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has urged its members to report for duty when schools open this Tuesday as the teacher representative body continues to engage the Government over a salary increment.
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
ZIMBABWE has banned the importation of second-hand underwear.
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
HARARE — Troubled Air Zimbabwe disregarded recommendations that would have resulted in the airline having a lean staff compliment after shedding 1 000 jobs in a restructuring exercise.
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
ZIMBABWEAN ex-communicated Anglican Archbishop Nobert Kunonga has openly declared his support for the ageing tyrant Robert Mugabe and his party Zanu-PF in the next elections.
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Mention polygamy and people assume it’s all about sex, designed to suit men more than women. I’m aware that my life, and my religion, can sound bizarre to outsiders.
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: India is planning to provide a soft credit of USD 100 million (around Rs 520 crore) to Zimbabwe for development of its health sector and to help the country in skill development.
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
More than 165 wild animals including 88 hippopotamuses have died amid an outbreak of anthrax in Zimbabwe. The hippos were found dead alongside 45 buffaloes, 30 elephants and two kudos in the country's northern Mana Pools national park. Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo told the state-owned Herald newspaper that tests had proved the hippos were killed by anthrax.
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
ROBERT Mugabe of Zimbabwe will lobby his fellow Southern African leaders on the sidelines of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa later this month to acquiesce in an election in Zimbabwe this year without reforms many say are indispensable.
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
The Minister of Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, Saviour Kasukuwere will soon meet with local foreign owned commercial banks to tell them about their new indigenisation levels and requirements, a report revealed.
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
HARARE — Zimbabwe will not be on the agenda at the next African Union summit, it has emerged, after President Robert Mugabe held talks with AU chairman and Equatorial Guinea President T eodoro Obiang Nguema in Harare this week.
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
China is set to donate $14 million worth of food aid to Zimbabwe revealed the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Xin Shunkang.
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
ZIMBABWE’S parks and wildlife authority on Wednesday ordered a cessation of all bungee jumping on the Victoria Falls Bridge, days after a cord snapped and a tourist was plunged into the Zambezi, according to the New Zimbabwe publication.
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
Zambia’s new vice president, Guy Scott, has walked into a legal brick wall as he cannot act as President in the absence of President Michael Sata.
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association has threatened Copac (Zimbabwe's Constitutional making body) with a lawsuit for failure to use people's views in drafting the new constitution.
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
THE tripartite partners in the shaky Zimbabwe inclusive government are set to cross swords once again when terms of office of the country's service chiefs expire at the end of this month and February.
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
I found the indignation of the Information minister, Webster Shamu, over reports that President Robert Mugabe had flown to the Far East for medical treatment rather puzzling. (Pictured: Ailing Dictator, Mugabe)
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
THE MDC-T has been rocked by fresh infighting with some big wigs in the party already jostling for parliamentary seats considered safe ahead of possible elections to be held either later this year or in 2013 according to latest media reports.
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A very last minute injunction has saved a Zimbabwean activist who had been all set to be put on a plane bound for Zimbabwe from the UK Thursday evening.
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
WRITING on New Zimbabwe.com last week, Zanu PF’s Godwills Masimirembwa and Jacob Mudenda launched a withering attack on the two men and a woman tasked with drafting the new constitution from the mountains of data gathered during an extensive outreach programme last year.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A BUBI man will spend at least four years in jail for having sex with his mentally ill lover after a Bulawayo magistrate ruled that he had taken advantage of her condition.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Tererai Trent, proclaimed by Oprah as her all-time favorite guest, will be the keynote speaker at the Springfield NAACP's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March and Celebration.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
KWEKWE As tales surrounding the discovery of alluvial gold in Kwekwe continue to unfold, reports have emerged the deposits were discovered by a leader of an apostolic sect through a vision.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Zimbabwe has managed to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission to 18 percent which helps take the country to within the recommended five percent risk levels, Press TV reports.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Zimbabwe has managed to reduce mother-to-child HIV transmission to 18 percent which helps take the country to within the recommended five percent risk levels.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
THE first ever Zimbabwean-run supplementary school has been launched in Britain.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
NAIROBI: Only months ago, the only mobile phone devices found in Kenya were Chinese made products. Now, the introduction of cheap and easy-to-use handsets into the country by Zimbabwe’s Swav, Kenyans are able to enjoy more diversity in choice of the mobile phone they choose.
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe as Deputy Special Representative (Political) in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
A MUREHWA man allegedly sought a buyer for the heads of his wife and son in exchange for a Mercedes Benz.
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
Zimbabwe collected US$2.8 billion in tax revenue last year surpassing the target by 11 percent as the southern African country slowly emerges out of a decade of economic collapse.
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
THE inquest into the death of General Solomon Mujuru opened at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday with six witnesses testifying and the State presenting forensic evidence that no trace of explosives or inflammable liquids had been found.
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
HARARE - Robert Mugabe's controversial "Presidential Well Wishers Special Input Scheme" meant to benefit party loyalists masquerading as farmers has been looted; US$30 million worth of inputs have disappeared and members of the Central Intelligence have been called-in to investigate the scandal.
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
A GOVERNMENT-OWNED Zimbabwean weekly newspaper has accused popular radio legend Ezra "Tshisa" Sibanda for spying on behalf of the British intelligence service, MI6.
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Bulawayo -Zimbabwe State prosecutors were left ashamed on Friday after three Bulawayo youths were acquitted on charges of possessing and authoring cartoons deemed contemptuous of President Robert Mugabe,his wife Grace together with central bank chief Gideon Gono.
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Current Affairs and Research Manager, Freedom Moyo, has died at 37, the ZBC News reported.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Being opponents doesn’t mean the truth has to suffer in the name of winning. A lot of people suffocate the truth for the sake of being loved or adored. Well, this is wrong, depending of course on who you are and what you value the most. Some political fanatics may term this hypocrisy; I term it; “reconsidering and adjusting to the real changes.”
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
The new government of Thailand has been rocked by revelations that business woman Nalinee Joy Taveesin, who was appointed Minister in the Office of the country’s Prime Minister is on US targeted sanctions over her links to the Zimbabwean First Family underworld.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
The inquest set to establish the circumstances surrounding the horrific death of the late Retired General Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru at his Beatrice farm house is yet to bring out conclusive evidence pertaining to the cause of the fire.
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
THE acrimonious succession battle within Zanu PF seems to has spilled into SADC, threatening to derail the power sharing negotiations and the proposed election roadmap.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Opposition parties, civil groups and ordinary Zimbabweans have long been critical of Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede’s handling of electoral matters which has often worked to the advantage of ZANU-PF
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
GENERAL Solomon Mujuru wanted the cops guarding him to be removed, his maid, Ms Rosemary Short said yesterday. He died three days before their scheduled departure from the farm. She said relations between her boss and the policemen had deteriorated to an extent that he stopped her from giving them food.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Some family members of former president Rupiah Banda are reportedly seeking asylum in South Africa due to persecution by the PF government. And South African president Jacob Zuma has asked President Michael Sata to respect his predecessor and stop harassing him or his family.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
U.S. Ambassador Charles Ray held a roundtable meeting with Zimbabwean journalists to discuss U.S.- Zimbabwe relations. Some of the key highlights of his remarks include the United States assuming chairpersonship of the Kimberly Process, attempts by the U.S. Embassy to shift emphasis from "issues that divide us" to highlight issues of common interest.
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Last Saturday, hundreds of brave Zimbabweans brought The Strand to a standstill as they marched from Zimbabwe House in London to the South African embassy. They presented a petition to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Newly appointed cabinet member Thailand Nalinee Taveesin yesterday rejected calls for her to step down following alleged business connections with the Zimbabwe regime and subsequent financial sanctions by the US.
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
A Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb prophet claims that he gets healing powers from his penis. The Prophet, Blessed Mvura's magic stick healing prowess has been going for the past few years and claims to have healed hundreds of desperate women of different illnesses.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
JOHANNESBURG - The appeal by ANC Youth League President Julius Malema against his five-year suspension from the party starts today.
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
AFTER years fronting former South African President Thabo Mbeki’s skewed quite diplomacy protecting Robert Mugabe as Foreign Minister, South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma now has to put up with the reality of Zimbabwean strongman’s ruthless streak in her bid for AU Chairmanship.
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
HARARE - The government says it now has a position paper on salaries and conditions of service for civil servants which will be presented to the National Joint Negotiating Council on Wednesday this week.
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
APEX Council Chairwoman Tendai Chikowore said the union was pleased with the response on Monday, alleging intimidation tactics by government departmental heads to discourage employees from joining the strike
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
On Monday, 16 January 2012, the much-anticipated inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of General Solomon Mujuru, in an inferno at his Beatrice farm, 60 km south of Harare, in August last year opened at the Harare Magistrates Courts writes Gwinyayi A Dzinesa
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
UHURU Kenyatta, Kenya’s finance minister and son of the country’s founding president, must stand trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for directing a militia to murder and rape after the country’s disputed 2007 election, judges have ruled.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Defence Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa says regime change sponsored by the West will never happen in Zimbabwe.He said the country’s defence forces stood ready to counter western influences.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
A Zimbabwean nurse who called a colleague a slag after he saw what appeared to be love bite has lost his job and has been struck off the medical register. Rodney Gwamba was also found guilty by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of concealing a drug caution and of not attending mandatory training and a string of medication failures.
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
The Zimbabwe economy grew an average 9.3 last year as it continued to bounce back after a decade of economic decline, and will expand further in 2012 on the back of increased output in mines and farms if the political climate remains stable, treasury estimates predict.
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
Benin President Thomas Boni Yayi was elected the African Union Chairman Sunday, taking over the one-year post from Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, officials said.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
DELTA Beverages lost more than US$48 000 to its former clerk after she allegedly pocketed money paid by a client for the purchase of drinks.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
(Harare)Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti has made an emergency move to address the problem of the Typhoid disease outbreak which has seen hundreds being infected across the country.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwe is having to bolster its $4 billion 2012 budget with $110 million from an 2009 emergency IMF fund, a measure of the extent of an acute foreign exchange shortage in the southern African nation.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic gains in other parts of the continent of the past decades.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
LONDON, ZOL, the leading ISP in Zimbabwe, is experiencing steep growth in demand for bandwidth, driving ZOL to seek affordable uplink providers. DiViCloud is the perfect service, providing capacity from the cloud simply by placing a server in ZOL's premises, on top of ZOL's existing physical connectivity, and within 24 hours.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
THE BBC received 152 complaints after Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman compared Alex Salmond to the Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe during an interview.
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Carrier will add five weekly flights to Zambia, Zimbabwe, starting Feb. 1
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
The branding of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ‘as a Western stooge’ by the new Zambian President Michael Sata has raised diplomatic eyebrows between the two countries.
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - The Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) says 18 of the 19 chapters of the proposed constitutional draft are now complete and ready for analysis by the different stakeholders, paving way for the writing of the draft constitution if all parties append their signatures to the document.
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
BULAWAYO, (IPS) – From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds – the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie. From city sidewalks to low-income suburbs, the Chinese have become part of the local population, and if some senior government bureaucrats have their way, the country could soon find itself adopting the Chinese Yuan as its official currency.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
THERE is no doubt that the ZANU-PF of old was the quintessence of the liberations struggle.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
I would rather be a stooge of the western world than a stooge of a simple, bitter, disgruntled, unqualified, politically inexperienced and misguided editor of a newspaper tabloid.
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
AN Easton man convicted of sexually assaulting two youngsters has been jailed for ten years report a local Bristol newspaper.
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
DEFENCE Minister Emmerson "Ngwena" Mna-ngagwa has agreed to step down from a Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up by the House of Assembly to investigate the conduct of Shabani Mashava Mine administrator Mr Afaras Gwaradzimba on possible contempt of Parliament charges.
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
PASSENGERS travelling to Zimbabwe by air will now have to pay more after the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe introduced an Aviation Infrastructure Development Fund levy to raise money to rehabilitate infrastructure.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
THE issue of the interference of the security sector into politics which is not only symbolized by unprofessional political utterances and declarations by heads of security sectors of the country but also by the physical intervention of regular and non-regular forces including green bombers and war veterans in various acts of violation of human rights, has ignited animated debates on security sector reform in Zimbabwe. Now that the employment contracts of some of key members of security sector including that of the police commissioner are up for renewal, the debate on security sector reform has intensified but in a wrong direction.
Mon, Jan 30, 2012
A university in Canada last week held its first Dr Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture in honour of the slain Zimbabwean academic. Dr Chareka was killed by her husband, Patrick, who is now facing first degree murder charges. The University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Education where Dr Chareka taught will hold annual lectures in her memory.
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
Harare, Zimbabwe --- ESI-AFRICA.COM --- A 30-member delegation from the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC’s) Directorate of Infrastructure and Services will be visiting Zimbabwe this week to discuss the possibilities for future co-operation in the energy field.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
A man has appeared in court accused of murdering a woman by throwing her from a third-floor window.
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
“Who is next?” asked the demented dictator
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
Eight foreign nationals were injured in an assault, five of them critically, in Doornkuil on Wednesday, Johannesburg emergency management services said.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
LEARNING and teaching at Mahlontebe High School in Roosenekal outside Groblersdal in Limpopo, has not taken place since the schools' opening on January 18.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
A teacher who singled out five black children and made them sit at the back of the classroom in USA has been put on paid leave after parents protested.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
The country’s oldest suburb, Mbare, has been taken over by criminal elements with links to Zanu (PF) and those who are regarded as foes are persecuted.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
Zimbabwe’s tele-density rose to 74.7% as 2011 came to a close. Mobile phone subscriber statistics we received from the Post and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) recently show that all mobile phone operators registered an increase in subscribers since the last release of stats in September 2011 reports ZNCC newsletter.
Wed, Feb 01, 2012
The City Council, in conjunction with the police, has launched a crackdown on illegal businesses operating in the capital. This is likely to result in the closure of scores of unregistered shops and the arrest of many traders using fake licences.
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
HARARE –A South African Police forensic scientist who examined the debris of the burnt late retired Army Chief Solomon Mujuru told the court that they failed to detect the cause of the fire which gutted the General’s house because the way the debris was collected and transported to South Africa was not properly done.
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
Nyanga,- A planned government work-plan (GWP) workshop that was scheduled for Nyanga has been postponed to next week to pave way for an urgent National Security Council meeting on Friday it has been established.
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
PERTH (miningweekly.com) - Gold explorer Eldore Mining has signed an agreement to acquire the Lonely gold mine, in Zimbabwe, for $4.4-million.
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
Harare,- Constitutional law expert and National constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairman Dr Lovemore Madhuku has urged Zimbabweans to turn their anger towards bad governance into “Libya Style” street protests.
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
(JollofNews) – The Coalition for Change-Gambia (CCG) and the Civil Society Associations Gambia (CSAG), singly and jointly condemn the unfortunate extreme action taken by the regime of Robert Mugabe in denying Ms. Ndey Tapha-Sosseh entry into the country of Zimbabwe.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
SURAT: Backed by high demand from the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centre in Surat, Zimbabwe is all set influence price and demand for rough diamonds in 2012. The market is currently ruled by the giant mining companies like De Beers, Alrosa and Rio Tinto.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Guruve Mangava village residents of Guruve were left shell-shocked when two men who are also parents in their own right connived to rape an eighteen month-old baby for ritual purposes in a bid to enhance business growth.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Guruve Mangava village residents of Guruve were left shell-shocked when two men who are also parents in their own right connived to rape an eighteen month-old baby for ritual purposes in a bid to enhance business growth.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Henry Olonga has changed his tune. The once controversial Zimbabwean cricketer - who has become a professional musician-artist-public speaker in England - now endorses his country touring the world to play cricket.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
The government press is upping the ante in its attacks of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. The Sunday Mail has published what it calls a draft letter by Tsvangirai which is expected to have been sent to President Mugabe this week.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Accustomed to the long tradition of being given farming implements, maize seed and fertiliser as a tactic to curry favour, rural voters for President Robert Mugabe's party, Zanu-PF, are certain to see a change in the nature of "gifts" parcelled out to them this year.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
(eTN) - When tourism and travel trade executives are set to meet in Zimbabwe for the 37th Africa Travel association (ATA) Congress in May this year, it is a great honor for the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) region to have its member state hosting global delegates who will discuss key issues affecting tourism development in the African continent. Under an umbrella organization, the Regional Tourism Organization of Southern Africa (RETOSA), regional members of SADC are currently marketing this part of the African continent as a single destination comprised of 15 members, boasting diversified tourist attractions. In this exclusive talk, RETOSA's Executive Eirector, Mr. Francis Mfune, speaks briefly about the regional tourism development and the way forward.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has not been attending important government meetings after he broke his ankle while playing golf, it was reported on Sunday.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
TESTIMONY before an inquest into a Zimbabwean power broker's fiery death ended Monday, leaving the last hours of Gen. Solomon Mujuru's life shrouded in suspicion he was murdered by political rivals.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
Zimbabwe’s former football association chief executive officer, Henrietta Rushwaya, was charged with bribery, corruption and match fixing related to unsanctioned national team games in Asia.
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha on Friday sentenced to death a Gokwe South man who in 2010 axed to death his sister-in-law before striking his wife with the same axe and nearly killing her.
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
A Zimbabwean coroner has turned down an appeal by the family of a late former army general to have his remains exhumed for re-examination by an independent pathologist.
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
Acclaimed playwright Danai Gurira returns to Chicago with her newest work The Convert which focuses on Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwean identity. Directed by Emily Mann, the play features Pascale Armand, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Kevin Mambo, LeRoy McClain, Warner Joseph Miller, andHarold Surratt.
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
The state-controlled Herald newspaper said the Public Service Commission audit report dismisses the 2010 Ernst & Young led report which found 70,000 ghost workers on state payrolls
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Former Big Brother housemate Makosi Musambasi has been banned from the UK after she attempted to use a relative's passport to gain entry.
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
President Robert Mugabe this week hastily swept under the carpet his ongoing conflict with his partners in Zimbabwe's three-party government - apparently to head off a tongue-lashing during a scheduled late-February meeting with SADC facilitator and South African President Jacob Zuma.
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
Cape Town – Zimbabwe's first draft constitution has sparked outrage with legal experts equating it to an orchestrated attack on the country's moral, cultural and revolutionary pillars, Herald online reported on Friday.
Fri, Feb 10, 2012
Harare, - Lands and Rural Resettlement Minister Herbert Murerwa who has been not feeling well in the past year was flown to South Africa this week for a medical check-up, government sources have said.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
RAPAPORT... The large quantities of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange mines currently entering the market will have little impact on demand for De Beers goods or its prices, Philippe Mellier, De Beers chief executive officer (CEO) told Rapaport News.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
Harare - International diamond watchdog the Kimberley Process (KP) has certified Zimbabwe's Diamond Mining Company to sell gems from the violence-tainted Marange fields, state media reported on Sunday.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
Supermarkets bear a graphic demonstration of the national shame we carry around, writes Cathy Buckle.
Sun, Mar 11, 2012
Johannesburg - Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe's romantic partner Gugu Mtshali has allegedly been linked to a scheme to "buy" government approval for a plan to sell helicopters to Iran, according to a report by the Sunday Times.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Residents of Sokoto metropolis in Nigeria are coming to terms with an unbelievable incident that occcurred in the city recently, when a sheep gave birth to a monstrous being at a government owned veterinary clinic in the Sokoto State capital
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
HARARE Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean police have disrupted a Valentine's Day march aimed at promoting peace and love between foes in the troubled southern African nation.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe - The merchants on Livingstone Bridge at the border with Zambia are smiling amicably in the noonday sun. In their hands are thick bundles of bank notes, to be sold as souvenirs to the tourists.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Harare - Threatened with being cut off from electricity imports from its neighbours for non-payment, Zimbabwe's state-owned power utility said on Tuesday it would cut off hundreds of top politicians and civil servants who refuse to pay their bills.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
A MUM of five had sex with two boys aged 13 and 14 as a reward for trashing a love rival's car, a court heard yesterday.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012
Bulawayo,- British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Deborah Bronnert, has said the embattled former ruling Zanu (PF) should be committed to the drafting of the country’s new constitution.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012
ZAMBIA and Zimbabwe have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly construct the 1,650 mega watts Batoka Hydro-power project which is estimated to cost in excess of US$4 billion.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012
No leader has harmed his nation more.
Thu, Feb 16, 2012
Four Chinese nationals have been arrested on cruelty charges after they cut up and ate rare tortoises, an animal protection group said Thursday.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila's chief adviser was killed and his finance minister injured in an airplane crash near the eastern town of Bukavu on Sunday, government officials said.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
President Jacob Zuma is said to be Zimbabwe-bound again to meet President Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the other principal.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Bulawayo,- Essar Africa Holdings Limited (EAHL), an Indian steel making company has applied to the government to construct and operate a 600 Megawatt (MW) station to generate and supply electricity across the Zimbabwe.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
President Robert Mugabe will mark his 88th birthday next week with a no-expense-spared celebration.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Sombre atmosphere yesterday engulfed the community of Magada in Epworth after the body of an elderly woman, who died in the early hours of yesterday morning, was eaten by "unseen things."
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
Judge Chinembiri Bhunu has rejected a request by exiled Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) treasurer Roy Bennett to disclose the number of farms he owns in court.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
I n an interview with the Guardian newspaper of the UK, President Bingu wa Mutharika bullishly said Malawi would never go the route of Zimbabwe because, among other things, no country in sub-Saharan Africa is as free as Malawi, where citizens call the president names without running the risk of arrest writes Chachacha Munthali
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
Plans for a lavish 88th birthday party for Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwe president, are in trouble as organisers say they cannot raise enough cash for more than a modest celebration.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
Mugabe regime stashes gem earnings to fund poll violence, alleges report.
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
ZIMBABWE reserves the right to reject facilitators whose conduct exhibits bias towards another party in the coalition government, Robert Mugabe has said.
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
In a wide-ranging interview with the state-operated Sunday Mail, Mr. Mugabe said he had not yet groomed a successor and admitted to divisions within ZANU-PF though playing them down as 'not so serious'
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
Harare – Zimbabwean police have arrested the director-general of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on allegations he wanted to kill party members.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
SURAT/AHMEDABAD: With imports of low-range rough diamonds from Zimbabwe expected to soar, it's going to rain jobs in Surat, the world's largest cutting and polishing centre, this year.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
Zimbabwe's battling banking sector repatriated at least US$71 million in a week to ease a liquidity crisis that straddled the country's stricken economy.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
Harare,-Zimbabwe’s parastatals , ministries and corporates on Tuesday feted President Robert Mugabe with birthday messages as the octogenarian leader celebrated his 88th birthday.
Wed, Feb 22, 2012
Robert Mugabe's officials have blocked plans to exhume the remains of Zimbabwe's colonial master Cecil John Rhodes, saying his legacy is part of the country's history.
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Zimbabwe minister of youth development, indigenisation and empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere says he stands by a demand issued at a public rally earlier this week that Impala Platinum (Implats) relinquish its 50% shareholding in Mimosa Platinum. Mimosa is wholly owned by Mimosa Investments Limited, a Mauritius-based company jointly held by Implats and Aquarius Platinum Limited (Aquarius) in a 50:50 joint-venture.
Wed, Feb 22, 2012
[Anglican Communion News Service] Bishop Chad Gandiya of Harare Feb. 22 issued an open letter to stress the difference between the Church of the Province of Central Africa dioceses in Zimbabwe and the churches run by an excommunicated former bishop.
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Lusaka - Opposition lawmakers in Zambia walked out of parliament on Wednesday, saying President Michael Sata and his government had been violating the constitution.
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
A married security guard at Suncrest Chickens allegedly snatched his Human Resources manager's wife before tying the knot at the Harare magistrate's court.
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
In a wedding ceremony at Ikoyi registry, Lagos, a 28-year-old Nigerian man has tied the knot with a 71-Year-Old European woman. Despite the 43 years difference in their ages, the couple expressed they got married because they are deeply in love. However, many Nigerians are saying this wedding maybe for other reasons but love.
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma will be in Namibia next Wednesday to reportedly muster support from President Hifikepunye Pohamba on resolving the political impasse in Zimbabwe reports thge Namibian
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
WINDHOEK - The European Union (EU) Delegation in Namibia says Europe is already to sign a formal cooperation agreement with Zimbabwe within six months.
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
HARARE — Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai vowed Friday to resist a push by President Robert Mugabe to hold new elections this year.
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
FRANCISTOWN, Botswana - Zimbabwean man, a suspected rapist and serial killer facing four murder charges is in a serious condition in hospital after attempting to commit suicide by slashing his penis into pieces.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
President Mugabe has turned 88 years old and from all the staff at GREAT INDABA we say HAPPY birthday to you....but is it worth all the destruction and misery you have caused.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
The top Zimbabwean agricultural official on Saturday said the government will maintain its ban on imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and will not allow GMO crop seeds into the country.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Air traffic controllers at a New York airport have been caught on camera apparently sleeping while on duty.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chairman Godfrey Majonga reported the Sunday Times and The Zimbabwean newspaper to the Zimbabwe Republic Police, seeking to bar the newspapers from entering and circulating in the country because they were not registered with the statutory media regulatory body.
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
(Johannesburg)Zimbabwe will no longer be represented in this year’s Mr Gay World after the man who intended to compete finally withdrew from the contest.
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
HARARE - Once one of the biggest economies in southern Africa, Zimbabwe has shrunk to less than half of Zambia, Malawi and Namibia's economies, the National Economic Consultative Forum Executive Secretary, Amos Mushaninga has said.
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
HARARE, Zimbabwe—The country's fraught "unity" government will survive another year, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Tuesday, despite his rival's calls for early elections that have unnerved investors and African neighbors worried about a repeat of a violent 2008 vote.
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
HARARE - Two officers from Robert Mugabe's notorious State spy agency, Central Intelligence Organization (CIO), Richard Mubaiwa and his accomplice, John Chari have appeared before the court on allegations of extortion and kidnapping of ZIFA Chief Executive Officer Jonathan Mashangaidze.
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Masvingo,– The Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara’s national organising secretary in the MDC-M party Robson Mashiri is believed to have recently resigned citing lack of co-ordination and united effort to make the party vibrant as reasons.
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
A SELF-CONFESSED gangster jailed for a murder he says he did not commit has revealed that he met Lord Lucan in Africa.
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was reticent on Thursday about Robert Mugabe's claim that he was fit enough to still be president at 88.
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
A Zimbabwean woman is stranded at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after a controversial deportation from the United Kingdom reports the Star of Kenya.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
REGISTRAR General, Tobaiwa Mudede has insisted that the country’s widely condemned voters’ roll is “perfect” and dismissed fears of possible rigging in elections likely to be held this year.
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
Zimbabwe rejected a request by Zimplats, a unit of Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (IMP), to extend a deadline to hand over a 29.5 percent stake to the country.
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
Munyaradzi Gwisai, coordinator of Zimbabwe’s International Socialist Organisation (ISO), finally got his day in court on Wednesday of last week. His blunt statement from the dock that “Mugabe must go” stunned prosecutor Michael Reza into silence. But it led to cries of jubilation from the public gallery.
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
MUTARE: Just weeks before a global ban was lifted on Marange diamonds in Zimbabwe, an outpouring of mourners clogged the usually sleepy streets of Mutare in the eastern mining region.
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
BIRMINGHAM- Zimbabwe’s Co-Home Affairs Minister Theresa Makone met with UK immigration minister Damian Green about the possibility of granting a deportation amnesty for failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers until the next election.
Wed, Mar 07, 2012
Zimbabwe aims to produce 72 million day-old chicks this year, up from last 2011's 52 million, as more people now prefer local chickens as opposed to imports, the Zimbabwe Poultry Association (ZPA) has stated.
Wed, Mar 07, 2012
Tensions are rising between President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party and Pretoria following remarks Monday by South African Foreign Affairs Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane that elections in Zimbabwe should be held only after a new constitution and democratic reforms are put in place to ensure a free and fair poll.
Wed, Mar 07, 2012
A report yesterday in which Jonathan Moyo reportedly told the South African Minister of International Co-operation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to "shut-up" about the holding of free and fair elections in Zimbabwe exposes how Jonathan Moyo and Zanu (PF) have now reached the end of their pretensions at rational argument writes Makusha Mugabe.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
HARARE - The autocratic Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe will continue to support China even if western powers denounce the Asian world.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Harare, – The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has called on the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to investigate the alleged banning of the privately owned Daily News in Mashonaland East province.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
In the 32 years of his benighted rule, Zimbabwe's President Robert Gabriel Mugabe has done more damage to the country than its white-led minority government ever did.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Here in Geneva, at the Human Rights Council, on International Women’s Day, I have a case I want to make. It’s about Zimbabwe. It should have been made by the United Nations, but it hasn’t been made by the United Nations. Frankly, that’s unforgiveable.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
A Briton and an Italian taken hostage in northern Nigeria were apparently killed by their captors before the men could be rescued in a military operation Thursday, Britain's prime minister said.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Police officers detain one of the activists of Ukrainian group Femen trying to protest at a polling station in Moscow, March 4, 2012, shortly after Russia's Prime Minister and presidential candidate Vladimir Putin cast his ballot. The sign on the girl reads: "I steal for Putin!" The slogan refers to the term "party of crooks and thieves" to describe Vladimir Putin's United Russia party. Image by: AFP PHOTO / ILYA VARLAMOV
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Dambudzo Marechera was 31 when he first met Flora Veit-Wild in 1983. She was 36. Now, for the first time the latter reveals how she had an adulterous affair with the famous writer, then looked after him as he died from AIDS and later on discovered that she too had caught the HIV virus.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
Zimbabwe has been ranked the third most favoured investment destination in Africa over the next three years, behind Nigeria and Kenya, according to a survey on Institutional Investor Intentions to 2016 which the Economic Intelligence Unit (EIU) conducted recently.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
A Masvingo magistrate last Thursday refused to wed MDC-T legislator for Dzivaresekwa Evelyn Masaiti with a 37-year old Cameroonian man after he failed to produce an original certificate of clearance from his home country.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
Zimbabwe’s main Ammonium Nitrate fertiliser producer, Sables Chemicals has been closed.
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
Absence highlights impotence of PM, deputies writes Fungi Kwaramba & Kingston Ndabatei
Sat, Mar 10, 2012
GOVERNMENT has disbanded Air Zimbabwe Holdings and formed a new State-owned company, Air Zimbabwe Private Limited.
Mon, Mar 12, 2012
When someone is in their late 80s they have a tendency to forget certain fundamentals of how society is organised due to old age, yet there are some things that define the social and political order which people should hold dear writes Pedzisayi Ruhanya.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012
HARARE - A hardline group in Zanu PF, including Jonathan Moyo, is trying to use Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s alleged housing scandal and other extra-terrestrial issues to cow him ahead of possible elections this year or in 2013.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a meeting with Zimbabwean Defense Minister Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa stressed Tehran's preparedness to further develop relations with Harare in all fields.
Fri, Mar 16, 2012
BA new constitution for Zimbabwe is only one step in a series of fundamental reforms that are needed before Zimbabwe can hold elections writes DEWA MAVHINGA
Fri, Mar 16, 2012
He may face opprobrium abroad, but at home President Robert Mugabe has soared back to popularity thanks to a campaign to turn over white-owned companies to black Zimbabweans. A crusading indigenisation programme – the corporate version of the farm invasions a decade ago – on Tuesday netted its juiciest prey yet when the world's second-largest platinum miner, Impala, agreed to cede 51 per cent of its Zimbabwean arm, Zimplats.
Sat, Mar 17, 2012
"The ANC is disgusted by the false and inaccurate response of [the] ANCYL to an interview of President Zuma on the issue of [the] disciplinary process that is currently unfolding," ANC spokesman Jackson Mthembu said in a statement.( Malema, cake-eating Socialist)
Sat, Mar 17, 2012
Prisoners should be given sex toys to prevent homosexuality from spreading in Zimbabwe’s jails, a senator has said.
Sat, Mar 17, 2012
Jason Russell, the director and narrator of the Kony 2012 film which went viral on the internet after it appeared last week, was detained by police after reportedly running around the streets of San Diego in his underwear.
Sun, Mar 18, 2012
AILING and ageing President Robert Mugabe is desperate to force an early election under the old Lancaster House Constitution which favours himself and Zanu PF against his political rivals, political analysts have said writes Caiphas Chimhete, in the Standard.
Sun, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi : Indian companies were Sunday invited to invest in various sectors in Zimbabwe, including infrastructure development, mining and diamond cutting and polishing.
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Mines Minister Obert Mpofu has this week been told to appear in court, in connection with an ongoing fraud case.
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday pledged to push the international community to insist on fair elections in Zimbabwe during a meeting with counterpart Morgan Tsvangirai.
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
FIVE police constables have been arrested for allegedly stealing examinations papers which they were scheduled to write on Saturday for promotion.
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
PLUMTREE, (IPS) - Job Mthombeni loves traditional food. One of his favourite culinary delights is Mopani worms, referred to locally as amacimbi, which means caterpillar in Ndebele. At an early age he understood the nutritional value of the worm, which is found in his rural hometown of Plumtree, in southwestern Zimbabwe.The Mopani worm is the protein-rich caterpillar of the Emperor moth, which can supplement any diet.
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
PARLIAMENT is probing the distribution of inputs for the 2011/2012 agricultural season as more names of influential people who used their political muscle to grab large amounts of inputs, particularly fertiliser, emerged this week.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
The Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, or KAZA TFCA spans Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, centred around the Caprivi-Chobe-Victoria Falls area.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
The first Zimbabwe Gender Justice Local Government Summit and Awards ended in Kadoma on 29 March with a call for the new Constitution to enshrine gender equality and ensure women's equal participation and representation in decision-making.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
Why was Shrien Dewani never questioned as a suspect in his wife Anni’s murder? And why did the South African police overlook major discrepancies in suspect statements relating to her death? asks Heather Walker in the South African.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
Looking at attracting new investments in the domestic cotton industry, while securing the existing ones, the Zimbabwe Government would keep an eye on developments in the cotton industry.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
FARMERS are expecting an increase in the maize producer price from last season's US$285 per tonne to between US$350 and US$400 per tonne.
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
According to the state-controlled media, Kasukuwere said chiefs need business skills as they will be running the schemes initiated by various mining companies such as Zimbabwe Platinum Holdings.
Thu, Apr 05, 2012
HARARE - The leader of one of the fastest growing churches in the country, Emmanuel Makandiwa, has reportedly prophesied the “imminent death” of an oppressor of the people who he said has deprived people of freedom.
Thu, Apr 05, 2012
Harare,- Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (M.K.D) leader Simba Makoni says Zimbabweans should flatly refuse to participate in elections under an environment which does not guarantee a free and fair outcome.
Thu, Apr 05, 2012
Harare, - Relations between President Robert Mugabe and leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Joseph Kabila could have received a knock after the long-serving Zimbabwean leader insulted the youthful leader during his last visit to Harare.
Fri, Apr 06, 2012
ZIMBABWE’S judiciary is terribly under-funded, fuelling corruption in the justice delivery system, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku has said.Addressing delegates at the official launch of the code of ethics for judges and the Judicial Services Commision’s strategic plan inHarare, Chief Justice Chidyausiku said under-funding also hindered the judiciary’s capacity to deliver.
Sat, Apr 07, 2012
HARARE – As Zimbabweans prayed and enjoyed Good Easter Friday holiday across the country, mounting speculation about the health of the ageing President Mugabe who is said to be in Singapore for private visit has turned on the screws, feeding on the rumour mills amid reports that he is in the intensive care, his condition has deteriorated, and worse case scenarios being discussed on internet Social networks.
Sat, Apr 07, 2012
THE ailing Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe who is believed to be critically ill and having treatment in Singapore has sent a message of condolences to the people of Malawi following the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika.
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
AUSTRALIAN mining entrepreneur Lee John, jailed on politically motivated charges for the past fortnight in Zimbabwe, has been released on bail following the personal intervention of President Robert Mugabe.
Mon, Apr 09, 2012
There was commotion last week in Chirimba Township in Blantyre when people descended on a rented house of Prophet Daniel of Wells of Companion Church to deal with him after a married woman was found in his house.
Tue, Apr 10, 2012
ZIMBABWE can leverage its natural resources to settle its debt and harness development
Wed, Apr 11, 2012
HARARE - Zanu-PF's unofficial spokesman, the motor-mouthed legislator for Tsholotsho North Professor Jonathan "Eggy" Moyo says TB Joshua is a false prophet who was part of a conspiracy in the death of President wa Mutharika.
Wed, Apr 11, 2012
Luanda - The current political situation in Zimbabwe will be discussed Wednesday, in Luanda, during a meeting between an envoy of the prime minister and the Angolan authorities.
Wed, Apr 11, 2012
The cost of sending remittances from SA to Zimbabwe is among the highest in the world
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe arrived home from Asia this morning as his party denied reports he had suffered a health emergency. (Pictured: Mai Mujuru leads our dear leader to his vehicle: 'One step at a time Old Man')
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
A ZIMBABWEAN man who was arrested in the United Kingdom after being caught with a stash of fake passports, driving licences and other documents has been spared jail.
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
IN a direct challenge at outspoken Tsholotsho North legislator Professor Jonathan "Eggy" Moyo, Secretary for Media, Information and Publicity, George Charamba, has said a referendum to decide on a new constitution for Zimbabwe later this year is irreversible even if other players try to scuttle the process.
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) – Zimbabwe’s lack of preparedness for the impact of climate change is coming under increasing scrutiny, as the nation faces another year of drought and the government admits it has done little to mitigate the crisis.
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
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
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
A feminine hygiene product launched in India which promises to 'brighten' skin around the vagina is causing widespread controversy.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
Police in Malawi on Monday stopped some members of the family of late president Bingu wa Mutharika from sneaking out of State House with bags stashed with United States Dollars and local Kwachas.
Sat, Apr 14, 2012
The body of late Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika arrived back home from South Africa Saturday in a gold coffin draped in a Malawian flag to a sombre ceremony at Kamuzu International Airport, in the capital Lilongwe.
Sun, Apr 15, 2012
Vice-president Joyce Mujuru is the next in line to succeed President Robert Mugabe, according to the country's constitution and Zanu-PF's hierarchy.
Sun, Apr 15, 2012
One of the late Malawi leader’s harshest critics, Bishop Joseph Zuza who is the head of the Malawi Catholic Church says God should forgive Mutharika for he sinned while leading the nation.
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
It is decidedly “un-African”, indeed inhumane, to ready champagne corks for popping at the possible demise of a fellow human being. The degree to which the world media has been salivating over Zimbabwean boogeyman Robert Mugabe’s ill health would be deemed unsavoury in most decent Zimbabwean homes – were they not, truthfully, hoping for his demise too writes Godfrey Madanhire .
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
Johannesburg - In 2009, Axcil Jefferies made history when he and two other racers were selected by BMW for its Formula BMW Asia Pacific cadetship programme.
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).
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
Tomorrow will be an important day for us all as we celebrate our country’s Independence Day. It is a day that encapsulates Zimbabwe’s painful story. As a people, our independence was not a stroll in the park. We had to wage a brutal and protracted liberation struggle to end colonialism. Brave sons and daughters of this land perished in that struggle.
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
A "racist cake" designed to highlight the issues of female genital mutilation, is causing controversy after the Swedish culture minister, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, was seen eating the shocking dessert Sunday.
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
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
The devolution of power is the only sticking point left to be resolved by the Constitution management committee.
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
GWERU - As Zanu PF’s divisive succession debate rages on, Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed rumours that he has struck a “gentleman’s agreement” with President Robert Mugabe to succeed the 88-year-old.
Sat, Apr 21, 2012
TWO soldiers, a pirate taxi driver and another suspect have been arrested on allegations of fatally assaulting a member of the Central Intelligence Organisation. The operative was killed while trying to hire a taxi at a nightclub in Glen Norah on Independence Day.
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
Zimbabwe has shown growing ambitions to charm foreign investors, with the coalition government increasingly calling on the world to embrace the country as a worthwhile and safe destination.
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir has ordered the withdrawal of his troops from the Heglig oil field in Sudan.
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
Opposition activists in the Zimbabwean diaspora are pursuing a year-long worldwide protest movement demanding reforms that have already been agreed to, but have yet to be implemented. Saturday's demonstration came just a few days after Zimbabwe celebrated 32 years of independence with President Robert Mugabe in power the entire time.
Sun, Apr 22, 2012
A New Zealand journalist arrested in Zimbabwe last week has reportedly been freed.
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
Organisers of this week’s Zimbabwe International Trade Fair 2012 says there has been a marked increase in the number of exhibitors
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?)
Fri, Apr 27, 2012
President Michael Sata Thursday bemoaned the effects of what he called illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries.
Fri, Apr 27, 2012
Harare,- The Movement for Democratic Change led by Prime Minister Morgan on Thursday expressed concern about increasing reports of abuse of Zimbabwean workers by their Chinese employers.
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian on trial for the mass murder of 77 people last July, has puzzled mental health experts trying to decide one of the central questions in the case: whether he is sane or in touch with reality.
Mon, Apr 23, 2012
ZIMBABWEAN independence war veteran freedom fighter, and former cabinet minister in Robert Mugabe's first government Naomi Nhiwatiwa has died in the United States.
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
HARARE, Zimbabwe — When Zimbabweans say they are waiting for change, they are usually talking about politics. After all, the country has had the same leader since 1980 writes LYDIA POLGREEN in the NYT
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
Zanu (PF) supporters aligned to Manicaland Provincial chairman Mike Madiro today staged a solidarity demonstration in support of their leader at the party`s offices.
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
HARARE - Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe has been ordered to pay former editor of the Daily News Geoffrey Nyarota US$90 921 as damages for unlawful termination of employment.
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Harare, - Visiting Zambian President Michael Sata arrived in the country Wednesday afternoon on an official state visit saying he feels happy to be in Zimbabwe, his country's southern neighbour as he prepares to official open the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo.
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
THE National Constitutional Assembly has sent on forced leave all employees at its Harare headquarters as its coffers have run dry. NCA has at least 20 workers at its remaining offices countrywide.
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives - for up to six hours after their death.
Fri, Apr 27, 2012
Zimbabwe’s state-owned utility company, Zesa Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., says a “huge fault” at its Hwange thermal power plant won’t be repaired before tomorrow, leaving homes and businesses without power.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
JOHANNESBURG - Sources from President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF told a South Africa based newspaper , that he will only name a successor after elections.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Gweru — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai made his first official public appearance with fiancée Elizabeth Macheka at a Prayer meeting at Mkoba Stadium yesterday. The PM, who got engaged to Macheka at a party in Harare last week, sat next to his fiancée as the two were part of a 15 000-strong crowd which attended a prayer meeting organised by the Zimbabwe Pastors Fellowship.
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
The British singer, Misha B who was accused of having too much attitude on the X-Factor talent show last year has released a mixed tape call "Why Hello World".
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
MDC-T has reportedly fired Marondera mayor Farai Nyandoro and seven other supporters for inciting violence against fellow party activists including chairman for Mashonaland East, Piniel Denga.
Tue, May 01, 2012
Murder-accused George Gwaze stood watching as his wife struggled to clean up their unresponsive niece, the High Court in Christchurch has heard.
Tue, May 01, 2012
ZAMBIA, with a surplus of over 800,000 tonnes of maize from last farming season, should consider selling to Zimbabwe through a guaranteed payment by the World Bank, the Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has observed.
Wed, May 02, 2012
The media in Russia is "not free," due to the government keeping overall control of the sphere and clamping down on certain news outlets, organization Freedom House said Wednesday in its annual press freedom rankings.
Wed, May 02, 2012
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - The wife of murder-accused George Gwaze has denied changing her evidence to help her husband’s defence.
Thu, May 03, 2012
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has committed political suicide by choosing to align himself with one of the two rival labour movements, a move that was bound to cost him votes, Lovemore Matombo, the leader of the faction that the MDC-T leader snubbed, said yesterday.
Thu, May 03, 2012
Vusi Sibanda has made a return to Zimbabwe's national squad and was included in the 24-man training group to play South Africa in five Twenty20 matches in June. Sibanda was not considered for Zimbabwe's January tour of New Zealand after he chose to play grade cricket in Australia instead of fulfilling domestic commitments in Zimbabwe.
Thu, May 03, 2012
BELFAST, - A primary school teacher who helped in her sister's plot to illegally enter the UK has been given a four month suspended jail sentence.
Thu, May 03, 2012
The adult children of a Zimbabwean man accused of murder, George Gwaze, have spoken of their father's kind nature in the High Court in Christchurch today.
Thu, May 03, 2012
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki yesterday remained silent on having been snubbed by Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai when he failed to honour an invitation to the launch of a fund-raising programme for the University of Zimbabwe.
Thu, May 03, 2012
"It can't be either of us," the son of murder-accused George Gwaze told police when they asked him about his young cousin's death. George Gwaze, 60, is defending charges he murdered and sexually violated his 10-year-old niece, Charlene Makaza, in her bed in the family home in Bryndwr, Christchurch.
Fri, May 04, 2012
Zimbabwe has threatened a crackdown on the media over what it called sensational and inaccurate reporting, following stories over the health of 88-year-old President Robert Mugabe.
Fri, May 04, 2012
Zanu-PF Budiriro 2 District Co-ordinating Committee member Gladys Hokoyo has died. She was 49.
Fri, May 04, 2012
A CARE assistant has been sacked for feeding dog biscuits to an old folks’ home resident. The woman employee played the cruel prank on the man, who is in his 80s and has severe dementia, during a leaving party for a member of staff, according to insiders. She was sacked by bosses at the BUPA-run Kirknowe home in Wishaw, Lanarkshire, when the humiliating incident was reported to them.
Fri, May 04, 2012
Expelled ANC Youth League president Julius Malema has claimed the ANC used him for its own purposes before throwing him away, it was reported on Thursday.
Fri, May 04, 2012
A Scottish couple will return home with a different version of happy holiday snaps when Archibald D'Mello and his wife Violet look at photographs of her being attacked by a cheetah.
Fri, May 04, 2012
Sidestep the inevitable public holiday weight gain by making these wise choices when out.
Sat, May 05, 2012
THE Zambian Food Reserve Agency (FRA) has signed a US$42.5 million contract with a shadowy Zimbabwean company linked to State Security agency CIO, Sakunda Trading of Zimbabwe for the sale of 300, 000 metric tonnes of maize in a deal believed to be a secret pact between President Mugabe and his Zambian counter-part Michael Sata.
Sun, May 06, 2012
Beatrice -President Robert Mugabe says is not convinced that retired Army Chief Solomon Mujuru died in an inferno which gutted his Beatrice Farm house.
Sun, May 06, 2012
HARARE - The United Family International Church (UFIC) yesterday stunned Ruth Makandiwa, the wife of popular preacher — Prophet Emmnauel Makandiwa — when it honoured her with a top of the range Mercedes Benz reports the Daily News
Tue, May 08, 2012
The lead emergency doctor who assessed the unresponsive Charlene Makaza doesn't recall seeing blood when she examined her at Christchurch Hospital's Emergency Department.
Tue, May 08, 2012
The two Midlands State University students who recorded themselves having sex have been arrested by police.
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
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
HARARE - Zanu-PF loyalists say the defeat of French president Nicholas Sarkozy should spur Zimbabwe to launch a new diplomatic offensive under the newly elected Socialist, Francois Hollande.
Wed, May 09, 2012
HARARE - Robert Mugabe's Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa has castigated the decision by a South African high court to investigate and prosecute Zanu-PF loyalists and military Generals suspected of having committed crimes against humanity.
Wed, May 09, 2012
Rachel Hong Clarke, who was the paediatric registrar at Christchurch Hospital, has told court George Gwaze’s wife, Sifiso, saidCharlene did not have HIV and she did not think she had been tested.
Wed, May 09, 2012
HARARE - Political analysts loyal to Robert Mugabe's party Zanu-PF including Professor Jonathan "Eggy" Moyo say the stance taken by religious leaders on the pending visit by Temitope Balogun Joshua (TB Joshua) who is supposedly due in Harare in May for prayer meetings at the invitation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is commendable as men of God are not expected to interfere in the internal politics of a sovereign state.
Thu, May 10, 2012
A specialist sexual abuse doctor says Charlene Makaza's injuries were caused by blunt force.
Thu, May 10, 2012
The British Boxing Board of Control has condemned the proposed fight between David Haye and Dereck Chisora and threatened to remove the licence of anyone involved.
Thu, May 10, 2012
Brussels - A trio of Zimbabwean ministers on Thursday lobbied the European Union to lift sanctions on their country, but only got the bloc as far as agreeing to review the request.
Fri, May 11, 2012
Charlene Makaza's HIV infection did not explain her injuries, a paediatrician has told a court.
Fri, May 11, 2012
Self-exiled MDC-T treasurer-general Roy Bennett has hit out at some of the party's senior officials, describing them as "Zanufied" and accusing them of abandoning "the people" for the comfort of Zanu-PF's "gravy train."
Mon, May 14, 2012
The owner of a shortwave radio station that broadcasts to Zimbabwe via the Netherlands is pressing for more information about that country’s denial of its license application. Vox Media wants a record of the proceedings leading to the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe’s decision to authorize other stations, but not Vox’s Radio Voice of the Peoplesignal. The winning licenses have ties to the Zanu PF party of Robert Mugabe.
Mon, May 14, 2012
BULAWAYO — A parliamentary select committee leading the constitution-making process, has failed to find common ground on the issue of dual citizenship and has referred the matter to Parliament.
Mon, May 14, 2012
FRAUD cases in Zimbabwe topped $1.2 billion in only six months to December last year, while patterns of household income growth remain markedly poor in the country.
Mon, May 14, 2012
ZAOGA Forward-in-Faith founder Archbishop Professor Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti yesterday slammed spiritual leaders who are using the Word of God for material gain.
Mon, May 14, 2012
Harare - The Deputy Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs Obert Gutu is suing the state owned Sunday Mail newspaper of $ 1 250 000 for reporting that he was being paid $200 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to write newspaper articles casting the constitution making process in a positive light.
Tue, May 15, 2012
A Zimbabwean human rights group has threatened South Africa's chief crime fighting unit with international legal action, over on ongoing probe into the illegal renditions of Zimbabwean citizens from South Africa.
Tue, May 15, 2012
Harare –The new mining fees and levies which the government introduced in February have increased revenue by 108 percent, with at least US$10 million having been collected so far, a cabinet Minister said on Monday.
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.
Tue, May 15, 2012
Four diamond traders have been arrested in Zimbabwe on suspicion of engaging in illegal diamond trade. The four are accused of trading diamonds that are not certified by the Kimberly Process. The value of the diamonds, 272 in total, was said to be tens of thousands of dollars, the Times of India reported.
Tue, May 15, 2012
A Tongaat baker and the head of a private security firm in Verulam are planning a R2-million civil claim against the police for unlawful arrest after they were acquitted for kidnapping and assault in the Verulam Regional Court on Monday.
Tue, May 15, 2012
A Lord’s Resistance Army commander captured at the weekend is eligible to apply for amnesty, a Ugandan government legal adviser said on Tuesday.
Wed, May 16, 2012
THE MDC co-chairs of the Parliamentary Constitutional Select Committee (COPAC) have dismissed as “damn lies” claims by their Zanu PF counterpart that devolution of power will not form part of the new constitution.
Wed, May 16, 2012
Harare, - Fireworks are expected at a special politburo session on Wednesday called to deal with the serious divisions in Zanu (PF) seen threatening President Robert Mugabe’s re-election bid in polls he wants held this year without fail.
Thu, May 17, 2012
Harare, - Zimbabwean police have described popular Nigerian preacher Temitope Balogun (TB) Joshua as a false profit as President Robert Mugabe’s supporters steps up a campaign to block his visit to Harare.
Thu, May 17, 2012
Charlene Makaza's system was overwhelmed by HIV and collapsed, an HIV expert has told a court.
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
A HUNTMASTER accused of raping a guest after a black-tie ball said he acted as a “Good Samaritan” in offering her a lift home before they had sex “like a normal couple”.
Thu, May 17, 2012
A Zionist Archbishop on Wednesday admitted masterminding the gruesome murder of his younger lover. The 66-year-old Mfuleni resident led police straight to the scene where the body of Nonesi Mdekazi, 32, was dumped.
Thu, May 17, 2012
Disco singer Donna Summer has passed away at the age of 63, according to reports.
Thu, May 17, 2012
JOHANNESBURG — The United States vowed Wednesday that it would not lift sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and dozens of top officials before there are signs of permanent political reforms.
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