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Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Harare:Non-governmental organizations in Zimbabwe have vowed to continue a boycott of government functions in protest over continuing arrests of aid workers, an official has said.
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All WOZA Members Finally Released
Fri, Jun 19, 2009
The seven members arrested in Bulawayo on Wednesday have finally been released on bail of USD 20 each. They have been remanded out of custody to 3rd July and have to report to their nearest police station every Friday.
Zimbabwe Diamond Fields Suffer 'Repression'
Sat, Jun 27, 2009
Reports of forced labor, torture and beatings in the diamond fields of Marange, Zimbabwe, by the hands of the African nation’s police and army, were made public today in a report produced by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
EU re-engagement meeting threatened by ban on Mugabe man
Wed, Jun 17, 2009
Harare - The European Union's refusal to grant visas to ministers from Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party to accompany Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to Brussels this week has deepened rifts in Harare's coalition government, it emerged Tuesday. Tsvangirai is on a tour of the United States and several European countries to try to repair relations damaged during the past decade of Mugabe's autocratic rule and secure aid towards rebuilding Zimbabwe's battered economy.
Zimbabwe PM visits Norway
Wed, Jun 17, 2009
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will on Wednesday end his visit to Norway, where he has had talks with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere and other political leaders.
GHS Humanitarian group sends aid to Zimbabwe
Wed, Jun 24, 2009
GORHAM (USA) — The Gorham High School Humanitarian Group sent a U-Haul full of books, clothing, personal supplies and more to Zimbabwe last week, part of a partnership with the Dangwa Initiative. The items will be shipped to Zimbabwe to help children orphaned by AIDS. The supplies will go to five secondary schools and seven elementary schools.
New constitution process kicks off
Thu, Jun 25, 2009
"The constitution-making train is leaving station and I want you to be on board," Douglas Mwonzora, who co-chairs a parliamentary select committee coordinating the process, told hundreds of delegates attending a hearing in Harare.
Zimbabwe President to proclaim peace days
Sat, Jun 27, 2009
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is expected to declare through a proclamation a weekend or three days of national dedication for the country to celebrate new-found peace and unity, The Herald said on Saturday.
'Pressure for Mugabe exit risks chaos'
Sat, Jun 27, 2009
Western pressure for President Robert Mugabe's removal from office could lead to chaos in Zimbabwe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday.
Zimbabwe on alert for swine flu
Sat, Jun 27, 2009
Health officials in Zimbabwe said Friday the country was on high alert for swine flu following its outbreak in neighbouring South Africa and other African countries.
Tourism up as Zimbabwe stabilises
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
The occupancy of Zimbabwean hotels has almost doubled in the last year which shows that tourists are returning to the south-African nation as its economic and political condition has begun to stabilize.
Econet Zimbabwe receives equipment from Ericsson
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has received a massive shipment of equipment from Ericsson of Sweden which, when installed, will result in the complete elimination of shortage of lines in the country.
Zimbabwe earns US$80m from tobacco
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
Agriculture officials in Zimbabwe said Monday the country had so far earned US$87.3 million from tobacco exports this year, higher than the US$76.8 million it netted last year in the same trading period.
MDC MP jailed
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
MUTARE – A regional magistrate here has sentenced Shuah Mudiwa, the MDC Member of Parliament for Mutare West, to seven years in jail after finding him guilty of kidnapping a 12-year old girl.
African leaders head for AU meeting: Ahmadinejad to attend
Tue, Jun 30, 2009
(File Picture: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be leading the prayers of hate and stolen elections) TRIPOLI, Libya - Heads of state from across Africa begun arriving Tuesday in Libya for the 13th summit of the African Union, due to focus on boosting the continent's fledging economy and discussing ways to fight the spread of deserts.
Mwana Africa hit hard by massive full year loss
Wed, Jul 01, 2009
Shares in Mwana Africa PLC (AIM: MWA), formerly African Gold PLC, plummeted after the group posted a massive loss in the full year to end-March 2009, mainly due to an asset writedown, and it announced it probably has to raise more money to keep going.
Lonrho affiliate LonZim to launch Fly540 airline operations in Zimbabwe
Thu, Jul 02, 2009
Lonrho PLC (AIM: LONR) announced that LonZim PLC (AIM: LZM), in which it holds a 24.53 percent stake, is to launch operations of African low-cost airline Fly540 in Zimbabwe.
IMF refuses new aid for Zimbabwe
Fri, Jul 03, 2009
The International Monetary Fund has told Zimbabwe that it will not provide the country with more funds until its existing $1bn debts are settled.
Afreximbank gives Zimbabwe US$60m for tobacco
Fri, Jul 03, 2009
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has given Zimbabwe a US$60 million loan to finance tobacco production this year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Thursday.
Botswana differs with AU summit
Sun, Jul 05, 2009
Gaborone - Botswana on Sunday distanced itself from a decision by African leaders to ignore the International Criminal Court order to extradite Sudan's President Omar Al-Bashir, the foreign ministry said.
Zimbabwe shocks the markets with move on mines
Mon, Jul 06, 2009
ZIMBABWEAN Finance Minister Tendai Biti shocked the markets on Friday when he announced that Zimbabwe would re- evaluate all mining contracts and introduce a “use it or lose it” policy for its mining industry under a proposed law.
Campbell appointed chairman of selectors
Tue, Jul 07, 2009
HARARE: Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Alistair Campbell has been appointed as the new chairman of selectors by the Zimbabwe cricket board.
Mohadi opts out of ZANU PF VP race
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
ZIMBABWE – BULAWAYO – Zanu-PF Politburo member, Kembo Mohadi has declined his nomination by Masvingo province for the post of National Chairman, saying that he instead, wants to support the candidature of Simon Khaya-Moyo
Zimbabwe's living costs on the rise
Wed, Jul 08, 2009
Johannesburg - The cost of living for a family of six in Zimbabwe’s low-income urban category rose to $502.22 (R4 078) in June, the Herald reported on Wednesday.
Zimbabwean migrant workers' stories to be filmed
Thu, Jul 09, 2009
THE experiences of migrant workers who move thousands of miles to find work in the UK is to be highlighted in a Southend student’s documentary film.
MDC MP jailed
Fri, Jul 10, 2009
A member of parliament for Zimbabwe's former Movement for Democratic Change was sentenced to 18 months in prison - six of them suspended - on Thursday after conviction on charges that he committed violence in the turbulent post-election period of 2008.
In historic Ghana visit, Obama touts Africa
Sun, Jul 12, 2009
US President Barack Obama says that his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa aims at reminding the conflict-marred continent of its indispensable role.
Tsvangirai Taken to Task for flip-flopping
Sun, Jul 12, 2009
THE MDC-T national executive on Friday took Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to task for failing to stand up to President Robert Mugabe whom they accused of violating the Global Political Agreement (GPA), sources said yesterday.
India invests $4 mln in oil refinery in Zimbabwe
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
HARARE, -- An Indian company Parrogate Investments has invested 4 million U.S. dollars in an oil refinery and cotton ginnery in the suburbs of Zimbabwe's capital city of Harare.
Zimbabwe gets new airline
Thu, Jul 16, 2009
As Zimbabwe's economy begins to recover after a decade of crisis, a group of local investors announced Thursday it was setting up a low-cost airline to rival the nation's state-owned carrier, the country's only airline until now.
NAM backs Zimbabwean inclusive government
Sat, Jul 18, 2009
HARARE, -- The Non Aligned Movement (NAM) has thrown its weight behind the inclusive government in Zimbabwe and expressed hope it will successfully tackle national efforts to rebuild the economy, The Herald said on Saturday.
Zimbabwe to secure $339.5 mln worth of lines of credit
Mon, Jul 20, 2009
Zimbabwe is set to secure 2.75 billion rand (339.5 million U.S. dollars) worth of credit lines from South Africa's private sector when the two countries meet next month to sign the Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA), The Sunday Mail reported.
Zimbabwe political leaders meet over 'outstanding' GPA issues
Sun, Aug 16, 2009
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe's two MDC formations have been urged to fulfill agreed concessions to the inclusive government, among them actively advocating the lifting of the economic sanctions imposed on the country by the West.
Heartland Stop Giant Killers Monomotapa
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
Heartland FC defeated Monomotapa of Zimbabwe 3-1 on Sunday in a CAF Champions League Group B match played at the Dan Anyiam Stadium in Owerri, south east Nigeria.
UN says it still needs $4.8 billion to provide all humanitarian aid required in 2009
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
GENEVA — The U.N. says it still needs $4.8 billion for the rest of the year to bring food, shelter, medicine and other aid to 43 million people who have fled fighting, suffer from droughts and disasters around the world.
Zimbabwe at risk of becoming a failed state - report
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
There were few surprises at the top of the list – Somalia topped it for the second year running, with Zimbabwe and Sudan nipping at its heels.
I'd topple Mugabe if I were still in power, says Blair
Wed, Jul 22, 2009
Tony Blair says he would consider toppling Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe if he were still in power.
Aids prevention trial targets 5 000 women
Thu, Jul 23, 2009
JOHANNESBURG – About 5 000 women in four southern African countries will soon participate in an Aids prevention trial to establish whether some antiretrovirals (ARV) used to treat HIV can also be used to prevent the disease when administered both as microbicide gel or oral tablets.
Biti threatened with death
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe's Finance Minister and deputy leader of the former opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Tendai Biti, on Monday received a bullet and a written threat in the post at his home in Harare.
Diesel n'anga convicted 'in absentia'
Mon, Jul 27, 2009
A medicine woman who conned President Robert Mugabe’s government out of about 1 million US dollars by bamboozling ministers into believing she could tap diesel fuel from a rock was convicted of fraud at the weekend, state media reported today.
Zimbabweans 'raped and robbed' on South African border
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
Zimbabweans crossing back into South Africa after spending holidays at home are being raped and robbed, Médecins Sans Frontières claims.
Obama to mend Crowley racial issue
Wed, Jul 29, 2009
THE professor, the policeman and the president are ready to share a beer — and maybe a few thoughts about race and law enforcement in the US.
Zimbabwean MP visits Rippon
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
A ZIMBABWEAN MP has taken time out from his humanitarian fact finding tour of the UK to visit Ripon.
Zimbabwe lifts reporting restrictions on BBC
Thu, Jul 30, 2009
London - The Zimbabwean government has lifted a ban on the BBC reporting freely from the former British colony, ending restrictions in place for eight years, the broadcaster said Thursday.
Suspending diamond trade will 'worsen things' - Zimbabwe
Fri, Jul 31, 2009
Harare - The Zimbabwean government said Thursday its suspension from the rough diamond trade, as called for by a watchdog body fighting trade in so-called conflict diamonds, would "not solve anything" and would only "worsen things."The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), a 49-member body representing 75 diamond-producing countries, visited Zimbabwe earlier this month to inspect allegations of gross human rights abuses by the military in the eastern Marange diamond fields
Zimbabwe's new constitution delayed until 2011
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Harare - The process of drafting a new Zimbabwean constitution has been further delayed, meaning the country's new charter is now running seven months behind schedule. A co-leader of parliament's constitutional committee Munyaradzi- Paul Mangwana told journalists in Harare late Tuesday that Zimbabwe would not have a new constitution before February 2011 at the earliest
Death toll rises to 37 in Zimbabwe road accident
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
HARARE, -- Thirty-seven people died on Sunday when a long-distance bus collided head-on with a lorry 80 km south of Harare on the road to the city of Masvingo
Mugabe says inclusive gov't works well
Mon, Aug 03, 2009
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said the inclusive government was solid and working well in spite of challenges the new administration was facing as it strives to revive the country's economy.
Tsvangirai leaves Gaborone after meeting Khama
Thu, Aug 06, 2009
Press Secretary to the President Khama Sipho Madisa said that Morgan Tsvangirai was in Botswana and left yesterday after meeting Khama.
'Rogue' army generals finally salute PM
Tue, Aug 11, 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean generals known as hard-line supporters of President Robert Mugabe have saluted former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwean man dies in train shooting
Tue, Aug 11, 2009
A ZIMBABWEAN man died on the Shosholoza Meyl train after a fellow passenger, who was allegedly drunk, randomly opened fire en route from Johannesburg to Durban.
Bhasera seals move to UK premiership club
Thu, Aug 13, 2009
In Brief: Britain’s Portsmouth Football Club has signed Zimbabwe Warriors backfielder Onismor Bhasera in a three year deal that almost didn’t happen when the team had trouble securing a work permit for him due to Zimbabwe’s low rankings by FIFA. The decision by the International Federation Of Football Associations was appealed with success this week by Portsmouth Chairman Peter Storrie, clearing the way for Bhasera to follow in the footsteps of Warriors Captain Benjani Mwaruwaru, who played with Portsmouth before being traded to Manchester City. Portsmouth has been facing some serious financial problems as the owner has withdrawn any further financial support to the club and is looking for new buyers for the club.
Kanye West coming to Zim
Thu, Aug 13, 2009
ZIMBABWE – HARARE – AllHipHop.com announced this week that rap star Nas, Wyclef Jean, Damian Marley and Kanye West will be performing at a gig in Harare, Zimbabwe on April 19, 2010. According to promoters, Nas, Wyclef, Kanye West will be the top Hip-Hop acts who will travel to Zimbabwe to take part in the Zimrocks 2010 International Music Concert. - Zimnet Radio
Air Zimbabwe now a lost cause and faces total collapse
Mon, Aug 17, 2009
Its all over for troubled Zimbabwe’s sole airline, Air Zimbabwe, which completely broke and is being sued by its workers while facing a US$30 million debt.
Zimbabwe unveils US$1b road project
Mon, Aug 17, 2009
Harare, Zimbabwe - The Zimbabwean government said Monday it had secured private investors to dualise the country's main highway, running from the South African border in the south to the Zambian border in the north, at a cost of US$1 billion.
From new priest to Bishop in 17 days
Thu, Aug 20, 2009
SEVENTEEN days after being ordained to the priesthood by the Bishop of Kensington, the curate of the Church of St Mary the Virgin in Hampton of the Diocese of London has been elected Bishop of Manicaland.
False ID man spared prison
Mon, Aug 31, 2009
A TEACHER who worked illegally as a labourer on Teesside after he fled Zimbabwe from Mugabe’s thugs has walked free from court.
Zimbabwe cost of living eases as local produce returns to shelves
Wed, Sep 02, 2009
Harare - The cost of living in Zimbabwe edged down by one per cent in August, as locally-manufactured goods began to return to supermarket shelves, the Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ) reported Wednesday
So near yet so far for Zim trainee nurse caught with forged documents
Tue, Sep 08, 2009
A trainee nurse from Zimbabwe who used forged ID documents to obtain a £19,700 bursary was caught when she was just one exam away from qualifying, a court heard.
Zimbabwe to free 1,500 prisoners to ease jail population
Wed, Sep 02, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe's coalition government is shortly to free more than 1,500 prisoners in a bid to ease the crisis in the country's crowded jails that have become known as "death camps," reports said Wednesday. The crisis was exposed in April when documentary video footage showed half-naked, skeletal inmates wasting away from hunger and diseases in the country's 42 jails, as prison authorities ran out of money for rations and drugs.
AU send Mbeki again to 'fix' IC political stalemate
Sun, Dec 05, 2010
Cheat: Laurent Gbagbo was sworn in as president after his election victory was rejected by world leaders but accepted by the army, raising fears of a power struggle
Imara takes Zimbabwe investor indaba to the UK
Wed, Sep 09, 2009
Imara, a pan-African financial services group, and Fleming Family & Partners will co-host a Zimbabwe investment indaba in London, UK on 24 September, 2009.
80 year old woman armed robber on the run
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
The dollarisation of the crumbling Zimbabwe economy has got robberies to be more daring in the missions. Police in Harare have launched a massive hunt for a 80 year old woman who on Monday was part of gang which robbed a women of US$2 650 and a mobile phone.
Illegal imigration into Zambia drops
Fri, Sep 11, 2009
Lusaka, Zambia - Zambia's Department of Immigration has reported a drastic reduction in the number of illegal immigrants from neighbouring Zimbabwe.
MDC under pressure to pull out
Sat, Sep 12, 2009
The Movement for Democratic Change leader was to hold a crisis meeting with his party's national council in Bulawayo in a desperate attempt to cool rising tempers over the SADC debacle in Kinshasa last week.
Kenya bans leaky condom brand, orders recall
Sun, Sep 13, 2009
Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya's quality assurance body, the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS), on Friday ordered the recall of a new brand of condom, Hot, from the local market after tests revealed that the product was leaky, PANA reported from here.
Zimbabwe’s children receive vital education support
Mon, Sep 14, 2009
HARARE, – The Government of Zimbabwe, UNICEF and the international donor community today unveiled a $70 million partnership through the Educational Transition Fund (ETF) and the revitalisation of the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM) to ensure access and quality education for the country’s children.
Karel De Gucht visits humanitarian projects in Zimbabwe
Mon, Sep 14, 2009
Brussels, - Karel De Gucht, the European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, is making his first visit to EU-funded operations today, in Zimbabwe. On his agenda are two humanitarian projects implemented by partners of the Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO).
Allegations of abuse at Central Methodist Church
Mon, Sep 14, 2009
Scores of children have fled the controversial Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg amid allegations of sexual abuse.
Rio Tinto: Zimbabwe diamond production could increase
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Rio Tinto says their Zimbabwe operation could increase 6 fold, meanwhile government seeks to stabalise investment environment.
Damco extends operations to Zimbabwe
Fri, Sep 18, 2009
Freight forwarder Damco has announced that it will open a new office in Harare, Zimbabwe in October 2009.
African Consolidated wins Zimbabwe legal battle over Marange diamond field
Sun, Sep 27, 2009
Shares in African Consolidated Resources rose more than 23% to 14.5p this morning on news that the Zimbabwe High Court had backed the company’s claims on the Marange diamond field.
Ethanol refinery in Zimbabwe announced
Mon, Mar 08, 2010
The Zimbabwean government has launched plans for the construction of a sugarcane-to-ethanol refinery.
PM inspects water quality
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai has visited areas in Harare which are now getting clean water. The inspection came a year after the outbreak of Africa's worst ever cholera epidemic.
SA retail group splashes R167 million for Zimbabwe rival
Wed, Sep 30, 2009
Harare, Zimbabwe - South African consumer retail giant, Shoprite, said Tuesday it would go ahead with plans to spend R167 million to snap up a rival in Zimbabwe in spite of political and economic instability in the country.
Autopsy: Jackson was healthy
Fri, Oct 02, 2009
Los Angeles - An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press shows Michael Jackson was not the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids.
SA arms deal part of British charges
Fri, Oct 02, 2009
British anti-fraud prosecutors intend to pursue a case against BAE Systems plc, the world's No2 defence contractor, on charges of corruption in dealings on foreign contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
EPPING FOREST: People fleeing Mugabe's Zimbabwe to be rehoused in district
Fri, Oct 02, 2009
VULNERABLE people fleeing Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe are to be rehoused in the Epping district, the council has announced.
Roy 'Pachedu' Bennet ordered to back to jail
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
Mutare - A Zimbabwe court on Wednesday ordered ministerial nominee Roy Bennett, a close aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, back to jail until his trial begins next week.
Fort Hare Uni Vice Chancellor responds
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
The Vice Chancellor of Fort Hare University has responded to an e-mail from the MDC South Africa region demanding the re-instatement of 12 students axed from a scholarship programme for supporting the MDC. Below is his response.
Mugabe too busy to address unity crisis
Mon, Oct 19, 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The spokesman for Zimbabwe's president says Robert Mugabe is too busy to address the crisis in his unity government.
Tsvangirayi is right! - Mutambara
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara's party is in total support of the decision taken by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democracy Change (MDC-T) to disengage from cabinet but will continue to attend cabinet meetings to prevent the Zanu-PF party led by President Robert Mugabe from passing unsound policies, Mutambara said on Monday.
Tomana to do the 'devil's' job
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
Harare, - The prosecution of Deputy Agriculture Minister Designate Roy Bennett took a dramatic twist on Monday after Attorney General (AG) Johannes Tomana took charge of the prosecution of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer-General.
EC urges SADC, AU to act swiftly on Harare
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
HARARE – The European Commission (EC) on Monday called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and African Union (AU) to intervene to stop a crisis threatening Zimbabwe’s eight-month old coalition government.
Zimbabwean in British court on murder rap
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
Petros Williams Mwashita, 37, is charged with killing his son, Theo Molemohi, 2, and his four-year-old daughter, Yolanda.
Aids vaccine shows positive results
Tue, Oct 20, 2009
An HIV vaccine tested in Tanzania has shown positive results in preliminary trials and may provide better protection than a promising Thai vaccine unveiled on September 24, Swedish researchers said.
SA Will Not Appeal for Mission to Zimbabwe, Place Arms Embargo
Wed, Oct 21, 2009
Johannesburg — SA WOULD not appeal to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to send a fact- finding mission to Zimbabwe and would not impose a blanket arms embargo on its neighbour in the wake of current developments, President Jacob Zuma said in a written reply to a parliamentary question yesterday.
Zimbabwean beaten to death in Diepsloot
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
A 22-year-old Zimbabwean man has been beaten to death by Diepsloot residents who accused him of robbery, say police.
Zimbabwe Faces ‘Massive’ Power Shortages, Herald Reports
Sun, Oct 25, 2009
Zimbabwe faces two weeks of “massive” electricity shortages while the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority closes a plant for maintenance, the state-owned Herald said, citing Fullard Gwasira, a Zesa spokesman.
Ghanaian Cardinal to head Vatican's peace office
Sun, Oct 25, 2009
The pope has appointed Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana to head the Vatican's justice and peace office, a high-profile post that cements his reputation as a possible future papal candidate.
UN expert on torture deported
Wed, Oct 28, 2009
(Hath no fury...)Manfred Nowak, the UN special rapporteur on torture, has been deported from Zimbabwe a day after being detained by security officials on arrival in Harare, a UN official has said.
Zimbabwe crisis not 'out of hand'
Fri, Oct 30, 2009
Pretoria - The political impasse in Zimbabwe and its resulting humanitarian crisis was not out of control, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) president Joseph Kabila said in Pretoria on Friday.
Zimbabweans and South Africans to face robbery and murder charges in Botswana
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Lobatse High Court judge Gabriel Rwelengera is on the 2nd of December expected to hear a case in which two Zimbabwean nationals and a South African are facing multiple charges of murder, assault and armed robbery.
Mozambique's Frelimo headed for clean sweep
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
Provisional results for Mozambique's presidential and parliamentary elections show incumbent President Armando Guebuza and his party, Frelimo, are poised for a clean sweep.
Zimbabwean refugees demand alternative accommodation
Sun, Nov 01, 2009
The Africa Heritage Human Rights Forum has announced it plans to sue authorities for the unannounced visit to the Central Methodist Church in the Johannesburg CBD.
Hopes for an end to impasse in Zimbabwe
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
(SADC getting tired of Mugabe's web of lies?) Zimbabwe's partners in the coalition government, the Movement for Democratic Change and Zanu-PF, were due to meet in Harare today for make-or-break negotiations.
Zimbabwe lawyers to lay down their gowns
Mon, Nov 16, 2009
Zimbabwean lawyers will boycott their court duties in Harare on Monday to protest the ongoing harassment of lawyers and state agents.
Mugabe says no wholesome nationalisation of foreign companies
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said Monday the country did not plan wholesome nationalisation but would insist on a 51 per cent stake in new foreign-led ventures.
Zim hotel group eyes US$25m investment
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
A Zimbabwean hotel group said Monday it planned to raise US$25 million to expand across the continent.
Diamond cartel bans dealing in Zimbabwe’s diamonds
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
HARARE - An international network of companies providing services that support the development of fair and competitive diamond and jewellery markets announced Monday that it was banning trade on all diamonds from Zimbabwe due to alleged human rights violations at a site where the precious mineral is being mined.
Mugabe blames sanctions for Zimbabwe food shortage
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
(Mugabe's gangsters burning down farms and blaming the west: Kettle calling the pot black?) President Robert Mugabe called for the West to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, which he said were designed by "neo-colonialist enemies" who want his land reforms to fail.
Zimbabwe bracing for more of Mugabe's lunacy
Tue, Nov 17, 2009
At last year's ZANU PF congress in Bindura Mugabe declared that 'Zimbabwe is mine' What can we expect this year?
Zimbabwe, China Sign $8 Billion Investment Accord
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Zimbabwe’s government and a Chinese joint venture signed an $8 billion accord that will result in investment in the southern African country’s mining, energy and housing industries, the Herald reported.
Most African nations are corrupt , Zimbabwe improving
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Most African nations are corrupt, scoring less than 3.0 out of a possible mark of 10 in the 2009 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of the Berlin-based anti-corruption organ isation Transparency International (TI), released Tuesday in Berlin, Germany.
Tsvangirai to meet Kaddafi
Thu, Nov 19, 2009
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left Zimbabwe Thursday for Morocco and Libya, the current African Union chair, where he said he will brief Moamer Kadhafi on the unity government.
Negotiators of Zimbabwe main parties to meet on Sunday
Sun, Nov 22, 2009
Negotiators of Zimbabwe's major political parties are expected to meet in Harare on Sunday for formal discussions aimed at ironing out sticking points around the implementation of the Global Political Agreement, The Sunday Mail reported.
Harare coalition parties begin talks
Tue, Nov 24, 2009
HARARE –Zimbabwe’s three governing political parties on Monday began talks to try to resolve a power-sharing dispute threatening their shaky coalition government .
Zuma appoint new Zimbabwe team
Wed, Nov 25, 2009
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his office said.
Bolton ready to launch Benjani bid
Wed, Nov 25, 2009
Bolton boss Gary Megson is reportedly preparing a bid to lure out of favour Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari to the Reebok Stadium as he looks to steer the club clear of the relegation zone.
Zuma starts off for Zimbabwe, Zambia
Sun, Dec 06, 2009
South African President Jacob Zuma Will tomorrow arrive in the Zimbabwen Capital Harare for talks with the three principals in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government in a fresh bid to meet a December 6 deadline set by regional leaders to force a quick resolution of the power-sharing dispute threatening to derail the country’s coalition regime.
Man infects sleeping wife with HIV
Sun, Dec 06, 2009
A man in New Zealand has been arrested after infecting his wife with HIV through pricking her skin with a needle whilst she slept.
MDC suspends three
Tue, Dec 08, 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Three members of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change have been accused by the party of corruption and inciting violence, officials said.
Polokwane turns on Zimbabweans
Wed, Dec 09, 2009
SIX Zimbabwean nationals were brutally beaten up during a xenophobic attack in Polokwane on Monday night.
Punish Corruption - Parliamentarians
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Harare — PARLIAMENTARIANS will soon be appealing for the executive to bring laws to the legislative body prescribing stiffer penalties for those convicted of corruption to effectively deal with the vice, a legislator has said.
Vicious Mugabe slams Tsvangirayi
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Harare - President Robert Mugabe on Friday called Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's choice for a ministerial post an "offspring of a settler" who was not Zimbabwean, a remark which is likely to further strain the country's fragile coalition government. Mugabe was referring to Roy Bennett, a white commercial farmer who was driven off his land by Mugabe's controversial land reform targeting whites.
Zimbabwe tells SA miners to stop work
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
Two South African companies partnering a state-owned Zimbabwean mining company in a diamond mining venture in eastern Zimbabwe have been ordered to stop operations.
Berlusconi 'struck in the face' at Milan rally
Sun, Dec 13, 2009
An attacker hurled a statuette at Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, striking the leader in the face at the end of a rally on Sunday and leaving the stunned 73-year-old media mogul with a bloodied mouth, police said.
Tsvangirai stays home to save money, Mugabe heading for Copenhagen
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Harare - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has cancelled his trip to the UN Climate Change Conference in Denmark to spare his cash-strapped government the expense, officials confirmed Monday.
Zimbabwean Diamonds Smuggled Into Moza
Mon, Dec 14, 2009
Maputo — Diamonds smuggled out of Zimbabwe are being illegally sold on the Mozambican side of the border, in Manica town, according to the administrator of Manica district, Jose Tefula, cited by Radio Mozambique.
Zimbabwe blitz victims remain homeless
Tue, Dec 15, 2009
Harare - Four years after her house was demolished in a blitz by Zimbabwe's government, Chipo Chama still lives in a grass thatched shack struggling to find a better home for herself and her two children.
Mugabe thugs left me with brain damage, says Tatchell
Wed, Dec 16, 2009
Gay equality campaigner Peter Tatchell today revealed he has brain damage from being beaten up by Robert Mugabe's thugs and is having to abandon a bid to become an MP
Zimbabwean born man jailed for staying in UK illegally
Sun, Dec 20, 2009
AN OLDBURY man who stayed in the area after his six month visitors visa to the United Kingdom expired has been jailed for eight months.
DONORS TO TRANSFER CASH TO ZIMBABWE USING MONEY TRANSFER SYSTEM
Mon, Dec 21, 2009
HARARE, — Donor organisations will soon be channelling funds to Zimbabwe through the money transfer system as a way of ensuring accountability, an official said Sunday.
Morley church worker wins the right to escape war vets violence
Thu, Dec 31, 2009
A FARMER'S daughter from Zimbabwe who came to work in Morley two years ago has been granted asylum. An immigration judge decided Erica Coetzee, 22, should be allowed to stay because her life would be in danger if she was deported to Zimbabwe.
Archbishops of Canterbury and York protests at violence within the church
Thu, Dec 31, 2009
THE Archbishops of Canterbury and York have protested against a resurgence of police intimidation that caused Anglicans in Zimbabwe to be locked out of their churches at Christmas.
Zimbabwe Resumes Talks on Inclusive Gov't in Two Weeks
Mon, Jan 04, 2010
Negotiations on outstanding issues to Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA) which have been on hold during the festive season will begin in two weeks time, an official has said.
Zimbabweans’ passports confiscated at border
Mon, Jan 04, 2010
Dozens of Zimbabwean travellers trying to enter South Africa at the Beitbridge Border Post have reportedly had their passports confiscated.
NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFT PROCESS UNDERWAY
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
The process to rewrite Zimbabwe's constitution has formally begun today. The measure was included in the political accord undersigned in the political accord allowing for the formation of the national unity government made up by three parties last year.
Left-back still on Pompey's radar
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
Pompey insist they haven't given up hope of recruiting forgotten man Onismor Bhasera.
Leeds nurse's £44,000 benefits fraud
Tue, Jan 05, 2010
A NURSE plundered the public purse of £44,000 in benefits after working in two Leeds care homes – while claiming she was too sick to walk properly.
Botswana Sign Deal To Revive Bulawayo Power Station
Wed, Jan 06, 2010
Gaberone - Botswana and Zimbabwe concluded a deal on Friday that will result in the revival of the moribund Bulawayo Power station by June 2010.
U.S. counterfeit dollar dealers arrested in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Wed, Jan 06, 2010
Counterfeit United States Dollars are in huge calculation in most African countries as hardly a month passes by without arrests. Tuesday morning, both Zambian and Zimbabwean authorities announced arrests involving huge sums of counterfeit notes.
Diamond sales halted
Thu, Jan 07, 2010
Zimbabwe's government on Thursday halted the sale of diamonds from its controversial Marange fields, saying the process would only go ahead under international supervision.
Zimbabwe courts South Africa in World Cup preparations
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Zimbabwe is talking to South African companies to assist in erection of giant screens in remote areas to screen live and delayed matches of the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament that kicks off in June.
Veterans demand 20% of lands and mines amid threats
Mon, Jan 11, 2010
Zimbabwe’s liberation fighters have declared that they are entitled to a 20 per cent share of any resource in the country saying they are the poorest lot in the southern African nation.
Zimbabwe government feels pressure from restive civil service
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
HARARE, -- The refusal by Zimbabwe's teachers to work on the first day of the school year on Tuesday is just but a tip of the iceberg with regards to the labor problems dogging the country and the pressure the government has to endure.
Terrorism trial witness' bid to seek legal advice
Wed, Jan 13, 2010
Harare - The prosecution's star witness in the trial of Roy Bennett, Zimbabwe's junior agriculture minister-designate, for terrorism and insurgency, on Wednesday failed in his bid to secure time to seek legal advice. Prosecutors allege arms dealer Michael Hitschmann was paid by Bennett to buy weapons to assassinate government officials.
Leicestershire health spa therapist denies molesting women during massages
Thu, Jan 14, 2010
A Zimbabwe-born therapist sexually molested four women while he massaged them at a top health spa, a jury heard yesterday.
Zimbabwe is lost! Trainer angry with MOD after horse gets loose
Fri, Jan 15, 2010
A FRANTIC trainer is appealing for help to find a racehorse who has been missing for a week having got loose on a military firing range in Kent after unseating his rider while being galloped on nearby Camber Sands.
Zuma cannot dictate on Zimbabwe - Tsvangirai
Tue, Jan 19, 2010
Harare/Johannesburg - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday resisted pressure for elections next year, in opposition to calls made by South African President Jacob Zuma over the weekend. Zuma is charged with the task of facilitating the resolution of issues threatening the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) that created the Zimbabwe's power sharing government last year, and he is pushing for elections next year.
Zim government to discuss drought solutions
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
Zimbabwe’s cabinet is due to discuss what measures to take to mitigate the effects of a possible drought.
Zimbabwean"Charlatan" fleeced Zimbabwean immigrants
Sun, Jan 24, 2010
A BOGUS lawyer who fleeced thousands of pounds out of vulnerable immigrants hoping to stay in the UK has been jailed for 15 months.
Industry Urges Tough Action on Zimbabwe
Tue, Jan 26, 2010
A coalition of industry-based associations and representatives met yesterday with top U.S. State Department officials in Washington D.C. to urge tough action by the Kimberley Process (KP) in implementing the joint work plan (JWP) designed to bring Zimbabwe into full KP compliance.
Zimbabwe elected to Africa's Peace and Security Council
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
Zimbabwe made a surprise diplomatic victory Satur day at the ongoing foreign ministers meeting in Ethiopia when it landed a slot at the powerful Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union, PANA reported from here.
Davos 2010: Zimbabwe 'needs reward for progress'
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
Davos – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has urged the easing of targeted sanctions, saying there ought to be a reward for Zimbabwe's progress.
Students drop out because of unaffordable fees
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
Zimbabwe student leaders held a crisis meeting with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai last week after it emerged that 28% of students had dropped out of the country's leading university because of a lack of foreign currency to settle tuition fees.
China Reschedules Zimbabwe Steel Maker Debt: Minister
Sun, Jan 31, 2010
China has rescheduled to 2013 the debt of Zimbabwe's biggest iron and steel maker following a request by the Zimbabwean government, according to official sources.
Violent diamond rush in Chipinge
Mon, Feb 01, 2010
Another wave of diamond rush has hit Zimbabwe sparking a fierce battle to control the field site. This time diamonds said to be of high industrial quality have been found at the remote countryside of Chipinge in the eastern part of the country close to Mozambique.
African Consolidated to Begin Magnetic Survey in Zimbabwe to Detect Buried Kimberlite Bodies
Tue, Feb 02, 2010
A combination of African Consolidated Resources Plc’s historical diamond database and recent regional exploration has defined two broad areas containing significant clusters of kimberlite indicator minerals.
HIV-associated illness in adolescents in Zimbabwe
Tue, Feb 02, 2010
Nearly half of adolescents admitted to two public hospitals in Zimbabwe are HIV positive according to a new paper in PLoS Medicine. This study examines the causes of unselected acute hospitalization in adolescents, and serves to highlight the growing crisis of HIV acquired at birth in teenagers and young adults in the developing world.
PM leaves Angola
Mon, Apr 11, 2011
Luanda - The Zimbabwean prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left Luanda back to his country, after a few hours visit to the Angolan capital, during which he was received in audience by the local head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos.
Zimbabwe civil servants declare open-ended strike over pay
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Harare - Civil servants in Zimbabwe on Friday announced an open-ended strike after turning down what they called the government's "pathetic offer" of a fractional wage increase. "There has hasn't been a positive development to improve the offer the government gave us (in January), which has been rejected," said Tendai Chikowore, the president of Zimbabwe Public Service Association (ZPSA), after a meeting of about 5,000 unionized workers in the capital Harare, where they decided on immediate strike action.
Mpofu in trouble over diamond mine partners
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
Harare - Controversy deepened Monday over the Zimbabwean government's handling of the Chiadzwa diamond field in the eastern Zimbabwe, with revelations of serious irregularities by the mines minister and the South African companies involved. A parliamentary committee heard Monday of the attempted illegal sale of 300,000 carats of diamonds by officials of a South African- based company that was supposed to be in partnership with a Zimbabwe state mining company.
'Zimbabwe needs new elections'
Tue, Feb 09, 2010
Fresh elections are the only way to a lasting solution for Zimbabwe, the MDC in South Africa said.
State to appeal against the release of Botswana rangers
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
The Zimbabwe government is appealing a Monday court ruling in which a Magistrate's court dropped two of the three counts that Botswana wildlife officers were facing in the country.
Aquarius studying Zimbabwe indigenisation regulations
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe was currently in closed discussions with relevant authorities to finalise the indigenisation and empowerment quota for the mining industry, in terms of that country’s new Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment regulations, midtier miner Aquarius Platinum said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe lure English pair for Twenty20 tournament
Wed, Feb 10, 2010
Zimbabwe Cricket has lured two more English players to its domestic Twenty20 competition ahead of its launch on Friday.
61 cattle smuggled into Zimbabwe
Thu, Feb 11, 2010
A total of 61 cattle were smuggled into Zimbabwe in the Tutume policing area during the past two years.
Sanctions against Zimbabwe extended
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
The Committee of permanent representatives from European Union member countries has decided to extend the targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe, official sources said in Brussels on Thursday.
EU extends Zimbabwe targeted sanctions by another year
Sun, Feb 14, 2010
Harare The committee of permanent representatives from European Union member countries has decided to extend the targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and more than 200 officials from his party.
Two Killed in Accident Involving MDC-T MP
Tue, Feb 16, 2010
Harare — Two people died on the spot while eight others were injured when an Isuzu KB truck being driven by Hwange Central legislator Mr Brian Tshuma (MDC-T) overturned along the Harare-Bulawayo Road yesterday afternoon.
SA certify Zimbabwe gems
Thu, Feb 18, 2010
A South African official has been chosen by the Kimberly Processes monitor in Zimbabwe's controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields.
ZDDI to host a constitutional indaba
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
THE Zimbabwe Diaspora Development Interface (ZDDI) is hosting a consultative meeting on Diaspora participation in the Zimbabwe national constitutional reform exercise on Saturday, 7th August at the London Metropolitan University.
Death rate said down in Zimbabwe prisons
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
HARARE, -- Overcrowding has been eliminated at prisons in Zimbabwe and the death rate has dropped by 93 percent, a government minister announced.
Robert Mugabe turns 86, no sign of retiring
Sun, Feb 21, 2010
Harare - The world's oldest head of state, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, turned 86 on Sunday, with no indication that he plans to give up his long hold on power. Mugabe, who came to power after independence in 1980, has led the southern African country for 30 years. He is to mark his birthday, as he has in previous years, with a lavish public feast next Saturday.
Zimbabwe novelist finds a safe haven in Miami
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
The death threats? Too numerous to count. The serious attempts on his life ranged from make-believe doctors offering potentially fatal ``medicine'' to a traffic accident that was no accident at all.
Zimbabwe, Botswana officials meet to defuse diplomatic tension
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
Harare Zimbabwe and Botswana officials are meeting in the Zimbabwean resort town of Victoria Falls as efforts intensify to ease tensions between the southern African neighbours sparked by last month’s detention of three Batswana rangers for illegally entering Zimbabwean territory.
Izhakoff Urges Action on Crime in the Marange Fields
Wed, Feb 24, 2010
In a keynote speech delivered at the 2010 CIBJO Congress in Munich, Germany, Eli Izhakoff, the chairman of the World Diamond Council (WDC), urged decisive action to end the intolerable situation in the Marange diamond fields of Zimbabwe. Izhakoff said that the Kimberley Process (KP) remains the best vehicle to combat those carrying out criminal acts in the region. The following is the full text of his address:
Zambia Owes Zimbabwe U.S.$3 Million for Grain Delivered Ten Years Ago
Thu, Feb 25, 2010
Zimbabwe is owed more than US$3 million by Zambia for maize delivered about 10 years ago, according to the Herald newspaper of Zimbabwe.
Man who infected wife with HIV named
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A man who infected his wife with his own HIV blood so that she would resume having sex with him can now be named.
UK HOME OFFICE 'WASTES £11M ON FLAWED ASYLUM DECISIONS'
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
A refugee charity has accused the Home Office of wasting an estimated £11 million last year by making flawed decisions on asylum claims that had to be overturned on appeal.
Hands off our diamonds, platinum: Mugabe
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
HARARE Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday defended new laws that force companies to hand control of their businesses to black Zimbabweans, and warned Western investors to keep their hands off Zimbabwe's mineral wealth. (Pic: Mugabe- Mugabe the megalomaniac is not the answer to his people's wellbeing. Rather, he is the sole reason for their woes. )
Zanu-PF ministers accused of 'looting'
Sun, Feb 28, 2010
Zimbabwe Cabinet ministers in the previous regime have been fingered in a damning report that accuses them of looting state assets ahead of the formation of the unity government last year.
KIMBERLEY PROCESS MONITOR ARRIVING IN ZIMBABWE
Tue, Mar 02, 2010
South African industrialist Abbey Chikane, who has been appointed under the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme to monitor mining and sale of diamonds in Zimbabwe, is expected to arrive here Monday, says Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu.
Zimbabwe reviewing local ownership rules
Wed, Mar 03, 2010
Zimbabwe’s unity government is reviewing rules forcing foreign-owned firms to sell a majority stake to locals, a cabinet minister said today, adding that the regulations were published prematurely last month.
'Iran will help Zimbabwe fight Western sanctions'
Tue, Mar 09, 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) meets Zimbabwean Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Didymus Mutasa in Tehran.
Zimbabwe truck involved in an accident pile-up
Fri, Mar 12, 2010
The truck that allegedly caused the multi-vehicle accident under the Atterbury Bridge on Wednesday in which one person was killed belongs to a Zimbabwean company, says the Tshwane Metro.
Zimbabwe PM calls for tolerance ahead of 'elections'
Sun, Mar 14, 2010
APA-Harare Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday called for unity and political tolerance amid reports of resurgence in violence in the countryside.
New Zimbabwe media body begins work
Fri, Mar 19, 2010
Harare - A new commission meant to reform Zimbabwe's repressive media laws has begun its work, three months after its members were appointed, the body said on Friday.
Fresh outbreak of cholera affects 100 people in Zimbabwe, says WHO
Sun, Mar 21, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A resurgent cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe has so far infected about 100 people and claimed three lives since it was detected last November, the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports here Sunday.
'Situation in Zimbabwe Will Normalise' - Guebuza
Mon, Mar 22, 2010
Windhoek — Mozambican President Armando Guebuza told reporters on Sunday he is confident that the political situation in Zimbabwe will soon normalize.
Mbeki’s brother slams indigenisation law
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
JOHANNESBURG –Moeletsi Mbeki, the brother of former South African President Thabo Mbeki, has described Zimbabwe’s move to empower blacks by imposing an ownership quota as part of a get-rich-quick scheme for politicians.
X Factor 2010: Simon Cowell loves talented Gamu Nhengu
Fri, Aug 20, 2010
Gamu Nhengu is set to blow audiences away when she makes her TV debut on Saturday night’s X Factor.
Act of Shame :Zimbabwe ambassador heckles U.S. official
Thu, May 27, 2010
When Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson took to the podium Tuesday night, he probably didn't expect any hecklers.
Supreme Leader meets Zimbabwe, Algeria, Sri Lanka, Senegal presidents
Tue, May 18, 2010
TEHRAN (ISNA)-Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Sayyed Ali Khamenei met with Zimbabwean, Algerian, Sri Lankan and Senegalese presidents on the sidelines of G15 summit in Tehran.
Zimbabwe, Korea pledge investments
Mon, May 24, 2010
Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan asked Monday for Zimbabwe’s support in helping South Korean firms take part in various reconstruction projects in the southern African nation, Chung’s office said yesterday.
M&G in court over Zimbabwe poll report
Tue, May 25, 2010
JOHANNESBURG - The release of a report by two of South Africa’s top judges on the fairness of the 2002 presidential election in Zimbabwe would be “detrimental to peace in Zimbabwe”, the High Court in Pretoria was told yesterday.
Tories pledge cap on immigration and to end detention of minors
Tue, May 25, 2010
The Torie' pledge to put a cap on immigration from outside the EU, which survived the coalition negotiations, is enshrined in the Queen's Speech.
Former cricketer from Zimbabwe, Henry Olonga, sings and tells tales in Epsom
Wed, May 26, 2010
A former Zimbabwean test cricketer who protested against his country’s oppressive leader is coming to Epsom to sing and tell stories about his life.
Sable Mining acquires Zimbabwe coal stake
Tue, Jun 01, 2010
Sable Mining Africa has acquired an 80% interest in Monaf Investments, which holds the Lubu Coal concession in the Bulawayo Mining District of Zimbabwe, for 3m cash.
S KOREA'S POSCO TO TAP SILICA, OTHER MINERALS IN ZIMBABWE
Thu, Jun 17, 2010
South Korea's leading steelmaker, said Thursday that it plans to set up joint ventures in Zimbabwe as part of efforts to secure stable supplies of key raw materials.
Suicidal nurse killed baby son and botched her own death after stealing drugs from patients
Tue, Jun 08, 2010
A suicidal nurse killed her baby with medication she had stolen from her patients at work.
Zimbabwe halts investor-hostile programme
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
The unity government of Zimbabwe has put the controversial indigenisation programme on ice, fearing investors will not return to the country. The programme demands Zimbabweans to hold a share majority in mains sectors. The indigenisation programme will not commence until after the new changes to the legislation have been approved by new Zimbabwean cabinet, Deputy Minister of Indigenisation and Empowerment Thamsanga Mahlangu states.
Zimbabwean school student charged in alleged sexual attack after prom
Fri, Jun 11, 2010
A Northern Valley Regional High School student appeared in court by video link Thursday afternoon, a day after he was charged in an alleged sexual attack at an after-prom party in Seaside Heights last weekend.
Zimbabwe to lift diamond export ban
Sun, Jun 13, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's government will soon lift its ban on diamond exports and expects to trade more than 4 million carats from the controversial Marange fields, state media reported on Sunday.
DRC main opposition party's president is in Zimbabwe for a regional Tour
Mon, Jun 14, 2010
Harare-The Democratic Republic of Congo's main opposition Party, National People's Patriotic Party of the Congo/DRC President Sapard Vincent-de Paul Mozes Mulumba Tshimankinda Ngandu KALALA is in Zimbabwe for a regional Tour to lure support ahead of the country's election due next year.
Hamilton back on top of standings
Mon, Jun 14, 2010
LEWIS HAMILTON is back on top of the Formula One standings for the first time in 18 months after a stunning Canadian Grand Prix win.
Caledonia Commissions the First Standby Generator at Blanket Gold Mine in Zimbabwe
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Caledonia announced the installation and commissioning on schedule of the first of several planned 2.5MVA diesel generators at the Blanket Gold Mine in Zimbabwe.
Northern Valley high school student charged in alleged sexual attack posts bail
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
A Northern Valley Regional High School student charged in an alleged sexual attack at an after-prom party in Seaside Heights has posted bail.
New Zealand's black Caps could tour Zimbabwe
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Zimbabwe's hopes of returning to the Test cricket fold next year continue to rise, after New Zealand were given the green light by their own government to schedule a tour.
Denmark offers safe haven for Zim author
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
Copenhagen - A Zimbabwean author on Tuesday became the first writer to be offered a safe haven for two years in the Danish city of Arhus.
UK rules out sanctions review
Tue, Jun 15, 2010
BRITISH Foreign Secretary William Hague says any review of European Union sanctions against Zimbabwe would be based on progress made in implementing the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and will need the endorsement of all 27 EU member states.
Ben Freeth awarded an MBE
Wed, Jun 16, 2010
Ben Freeth a Zimbabwean farmer who has worked tirelessly for the right of commercial farmers and farm workers to continue producing crops for the nation in the face of mass-scale state-sponsored harassment, has been awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire).
Zimbabwe launches public hearings on independence constitution
Wed, Jun 16, 2010
Zimbabwe today officially launches public hearings on the making of a first post independence constitution for the southern African nation.
TWP pulls out of Zimbabwe gold plant project
Fri, Jun 18, 2010
Changing scenarios in Zimbabwe did not prevent so called companies from sidelining it as TWP Investments has pulled out of a gold plant project citing the country as too risky.
Zimbabwe: British, Belgian Firms Buy Chiadzwa Diamonds
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
British and Belgian companies have been buying diamonds from the contested Chiadzwa diamond fields, even though London and Brussels claim Zimbabwe should not be given Kimberley Process certification to export diamonds harvested in the area.
Chinese communists sponsor ZANU PF
Sun, Jun 20, 2010
The Communist Party of China has secretly sealed a US$200-million funding deal with ZANU PF as part of the former ruling party's election war chest for 2011.
Zimbabwean boy dies after shoulder-charged rugby tackle
Mon, Jun 21, 2010
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - A Zimbabwean 17-YEAR-old boy died after staff at Sydney's Campbelltown Hospital twice told his mother to take him home following a school rugby accident.
John Howard flies to Zimbabwe to try and save ICC nomination
Wed, Jun 23, 2010
JOHN Howard has flown to Zimbabwe in a bid to save his nomination for International Cricket Council vice-president and future president.
Fund manager sees growth in Zimbabwe
Mon, Aug 02, 2010
ONE OF the most highly regarded fund managers in London has committed $US25 million of clients' money to investment in Zimbabwe.
Woman's body flown back to Zimbabwe for funeral
Tue, Jun 29, 2010
The body of a woman discovered dead at her home in Leicester is to be flown to Zimbabwe.
Aquarius expecting 200,000 oz output in Zimbabwe 29th June 2010
Tue, Jun 29, 2010
Aquarius Platinum has confirmed that pgm production at its Zimbabwe joint venture will rise by about 11 per cent in the year to the end of June.
Meikles-Demerger still hanging in the balance
Wed, Jun 30, 2010
Harare — MEIKLES Africa Limited are playing their cards close to the chest despite the announcement by Kingdom Financial Holdings that it has paid US$22,5 million to pave way for the demerger of the two parties.
Zimbabweans leave South Africa as attack threats rise
Wed, Jul 07, 2010
SOME Zimbabweans based in South Africa are making hasty arrangements to leave the country as threats of xenophobic attacks in the aftermath of the FIFA world Cup finals escalate.
Asylum seeker who beat girlfriend spared jail
Fri, Jul 09, 2010
NOTTINGHAM, UK - A Zimbabwean asylum seeker from Nottingham who beat up his partner in the street early on New Year's Day has been given a community order.
IMF tells Zim to cut spending
Sun, Jul 11, 2010
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund has advised cash-strapped Zimbabwe to curtail its 2010 expenditure by three percent of gross domestic product to return to a path toward medium-term fiscal stability.
Outrage over dead Mandela painting
Sun, Jul 11, 2010
A PAINTING that depicts a dead Nelson Mandela undergoing an autopsy has provoked outrage in South Africa with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party condemning the piece as racist and an act of witchcraft.
Mugabe gives 'messianic' hope to Zim economic woes
Mon, Jul 12, 2010
A defiant President Robert Mugabe yesterday took a stand against what he called Western meddling in Zimbabwe’s affairs.
Zim Investigating Rwandan Genocide Fugitives
Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe is investigating reports that fugitives of the 1994 Rwandan genocide could be living in the country.
Mozambique warns SA over xenophobia, SADC emergency
Wed, Jul 14, 2010
MAPUTO - Mozambique officials said last night that they will do everything possible to protect the lives of the more than 3 million Mozambican nationals living and working in South Africa amid fresh threats of a new wave of xenophobic attacks.
Zimbabwe tops Africa's literacy rate
Wed, Jul 14, 2010
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe has overtaken Tunisia to become the country with the highest literacy rate in Africa, according to statistics from the latest UNDP Digest.
Kimberley Process Reaches Deal With Zimbabwe
Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Negotiators from the Kimberley Process reached a deal with the Zimbabwe government that will let the country export diamonds from the Marange region while agreeing to a strict regime of monitoring and supervision.
Galleries & report: Zimbabwe Constitutional Consultation Workshop Forest gate (UK)
Sun, Jul 18, 2010
The Zimbabwean Constitution Coalition (UK), a grouping of Zimbabwean civic organisations formed for the purpose of facilitating Diaspora participation in the writing of a new constitution for Zimbabwe, held a Constitutional workshop on Saturday 17 July, Forest Gate, London.
Phew: Air Zimbabwe better than the worst
Mon, Jul 19, 2010
Only 48 per cent of Easyjet's flights from Gatwick, its main base, departed on time last month, making the British budget airline less efficient than Air Zimbabwe, according to statistics obtained by the Sunday Times. Air Zimbabwe managed 50 per cent, while British Airways hit 85.7 per cent.
Zimbabweans place high hope on Chinese-funded agricultural center
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
Many Zimbabweans place high hope on the Demonstration Center of China Agricultural Technology being built in Harare, which they hail as an important cog in the country's agricultural development to regain its status of "bread basket" in Africa.
UK continues assistance for reform in Zimbabwe
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
Lord Howell, Foreign Office Minister met with David Coltart, Zimbabwe's Minister for Education, Sports, Art and Culture this morning.
Argyle left-back Onismor Bhasera unable to get visa for Dutch tour
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
THE REASON for the absence of Argyle left-back Onismor Bhasera from the trip to the Netherlands this week has been explained.
Zimbabwe gay rights activist cleared of porn charge
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
A Zimbabwean gay rights activist was found not guilty of pornography charges after a police raid in May on his group's offices, his lawyer said Monday.
Muslims told not to wear 'devilish' Manchester United jersey
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
KUALA LUMPUR - Muslims have been told by religious leaders in Malaysia to stop wearing Manchester United football shirts because the image of the famed red devil in its crest is forbidden in Islam.
Sony Ericsson X10 Mini: Keep Technology in Pocket
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
The Sony Ericsson is such a mobile brand which does not need any introduction today. The mobile phone of this company is recognized for high quality of music.
Former Australia bowler Gillespie takes coaching job in Zimbabwe
Thu, Jul 22, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Former Australia Test bowler Jason Gillespie, who was in the running to become England bowling coach after Otis Gibson left, has instead accepted an offer in Zimbabwe.
UK - MFA - Lord Howell meets Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
FCO Minister discusses reform and the economy with Professor Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe tries to stop SA properties being auctioned
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
The Zimbabwean government has challenged the auctioning of several of its properties in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Uganda routs Kenya, meets Zimbabwe
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
AFTER routing rivals Kenya 18-0 in the on-going Confederation of Africa Rugby (CAR) Cup in Abidjan, the Uganda U-19 team will be going for revenge when they meet Zimbabwe in the semi-finals tomorrow.
CDB to acquire majority stake in Zimbabwe's bank: report
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
China Development Bank Corp, a state-controlled bank primarily responsible for raising funds for large infrastructure projects in the country, plans to acquire a majority stake in Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe, the state-owned Xinhua News Agency reported last week, citing an executive in charge of public relations in the Zimbabwean lender.
Zimbabwean government to allow private investment in energy sector
Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Zimbabwe will soon open up its doors to investors in the energy sector to invest as independent power producers or public-private partnership arrangement in the development of larger power projects in the country, The Herald said on Tuesday.
Bomb scare at e.tv studios , Zimbabwe was next
Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Cape Town police are formulating charges against a Kalk Bay man who allegedly entered e.tv's Long Street studios and threatened to blow up the building.
Iran gives Zimbabwe 40m euro loan
Wed, Jul 28, 2010
Iran gives Zimbabwe 40m euro loan - Iran has extended a 40-million-euro line of credit to Zimbabwe to finance energy, banking and industrial projects, the local media reported Wednesday, quoting the country's top diplomat in Tehran.
Zimbabwe says western sanctions undermine country's democracy - Ncube
Thu, Jul 29, 2010
The sanctions regime imposed on Zimbabwe by Britain and its allies will undermine the outcome of elections if polls are to be held while they are still in place, an official has said
Heavy rains hamper Pakistan crash search
Thu, Jul 29, 2010
ISLAMABAD, Heavy rains and bad weather on Thursday hampered efforts of the rescue teams at the site of the air crash of a Pakistani passenger plane, which killed 152 passengers and crew members.
Tsvangirai to address a 'star' rally in Hwange
Fri, Jul 30, 2010
Zimbabwe Prime Minister President Morgan Tsvangirai will on Saturday present an overview of the performance of the inclusive government to party supporters in the mining town of Hwange, more than 300 km northwest of Zimbabwe's second largest city of Bulawayo. ( File Picture: Tsvangirai draws big crowds of supporters at MDC rallies)
China is now SA's major trading partner, Zimbabwe drops to ninth
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
China has now become South Africa's major trading partner, with former leader Zimbabwe falling down the pecking order to ninth, figures released last week show.
ZESA is dangerous: Ncube
Sun, Aug 01, 2010
HARARE –Industry Minister Welshman Ncube has branded the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) a “dangerous” entity stifling the country’s ability to inject life into its comatose productive sector.
Masakada's five fashions big win for Zimbabwe XI
Wed, Aug 04, 2010
Zimbabwe XI 351 (Ervine 177, Bhatti 6-98) beat Canada 129 (Cheema 46, Chatara 3-21) and 149 (Tariq 39, Chatara 3-18, Masakadza 5-58) by an innings and 73 runs
Zuma arrives in Russia
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
Johannesburg - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was set to hold talks Thursday with South African President Jacob Zuma, on the first day of the African leader's first state visit to Moscow.
Kenyans set to approving new constitution
Thu, Aug 05, 2010
Nairobi - Provisional results continuing Thursday to come in showed that Kenyans appear to have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that is part of a reform process aimed at preventing election-related bloodshed.
'Leave or be deported' Border Agency ultimatum to families
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
Families with children facing removal from the UK are being given a two-week ultimatum to leave the country voluntarily before being deported "within weeks" under a pilot scheme, it was reported today.
Meikles Board Rejects Offer for Stake in Kingdom Financial From Former CEO
Sat, Aug 07, 2010
Meikles Africa Ltd., a Zimbabwean company with interests in the retail and tea industries, said it rejected an offer from former Chief Executive Officer Nigel Chanakira to buy its stake in Kingdom Financial Holdings Ltd.
Iranians and ZANU PF rally against the west
Sat, Aug 07, 2010
Harare. Iran and Zimbabwe should join hands in fighting against the western sanctions
Prime Minister praises Chief Kaisa Ndiweni
Sun, Aug 08, 2010
Prime Minister and Head of Government Right Honourable Morgan Tsvangirai has described the late Chief Kaisa Ndiweni as an embodiment of natural leadership and an unwavering custodian of the values and virtues of the Zimbabwean tradition.
Two Harare man die of cocaine overdose
Mon, Aug 09, 2010
TWO Zimbabwean men died at Harare’s Parirenyatwa Hospital after taking an overdose of cocaine at their Glen Lorne home.
Diamond sales start in Zimbabwe
Wed, Aug 11, 2010
-- Zimbabwe began selling a fifth of a $1.7 billion stockpile of diamonds extracted from a deposit where Human Rights Watch said security forces killed 200 illegal miners in 2008.
Diamond group bans Marange diamonds
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
An international network of diamond buyers and suppliers on Thursday advised its members to boycott diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields, threatening to expel and blacklist anyone who violated the ban on trading in gems from the controversial area according to the group's press release.
Mugabe and Hu Jintao meet
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
BEIJING, -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met , Robert Mugabe, here Friday, the two pledging to bolster political, economic and cultural cooperation between the two nations.
Zimbabwe military delegation expected Sunday in Luanda
Sat, Aug 14, 2010
Luanda - A delegation of students of the 23rd course of the Zimbabwe Armed Forces’ Command and Chiefs of Staff is expected Sunday in Luanda for an eight-day visit, as part of existing bilateral cooperation in the defence domain between the two countries.
Zimbabwe match fixing probe concluded
Mon, Aug 16, 2010
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has completed its investigations into match fixing allegations in the Warriors trip to Asia which they have handed over to the sport and recreation commission for actioning.
SADC prepares mission to re-evaluates sanction against Zimbabwe
Wed, Aug 18, 2010
Luanda - The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) said it will soon prepare a mission of the organ's president to intercede with western countries to re-analyse and possibly relieve the sanction imposed on Zimbabwe.
Full Text: Zuma's report on Zimbabwe to SADC Troika summit
Thu, Aug 19, 2010
Today we publish the full text of President Zuma's address tothe SADC Troika meeting in Windhoek Namibia
Foot and mouth breaks out in southern Zimbabwe
Mon, Aug 23, 2010
HARARE, -- An outbreak of foot and mouth disease has been reported in the southern Beitbridge District of Zimbabwe amid suspicion that the disease could have originated from 25 buffaloes that strayed from nearby South Africa's Kruger National Park.
44 illegal Somali, Ethiopian immigrants nabbed in Zimbabwe
Mon, Aug 23, 2010
Zimbabwean police, with the help of an alert bus team, have nabbed 44 illegal Somali and Ethiopian immigrants who are believed to have been on their way to South Africa, the State media reported on Monday.
Zimbabwe Invites Bids for Its 70% Stake in Steelmaker Zisco, Ncube
Wed, Aug 25, 2010
Zimbabwe has invited bids for its 70 percent stake in Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Works Ltd., once the second-largest integrated steelmaker in sub-Saharan Africa, Industry Minister Welshman Ncube said.
Zimbabwe too broke for elections next year: state media
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Zimbabwe’s electoral commission will not be able to draw up a clean voter’s roll and organise elections next year because of lack of money, a state daily reported.
Frelimo Reiterates No Third Term for Guebuza
Fri, Aug 27, 2010
Maputo — The secretary-general of the ruling Frelimo Party, Filipe Paunde, on Wednesday said nobody should doubt the assurances given by President Armando Guebuza that he will not run for a third term in 2014.
Mugabe must go - Malema
Sat, Aug 28, 2010
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema said on Friday that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe must step down.
Zimbabwe's Central Bank to lay off 85 per cent of staff: minister
Sun, Aug 29, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's bankrupt central bank is to retrench 85 per cent of its bloated staff complement to help it move back into the black and function as a reliable national bank, according to Finance Minister Tendai Biti.
Mugabe being disingenuous on governors issue : PM
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said President Robert Mugabe is lying that principals have agreed to only get MDC governors sworn in only after western sanctions are removed.(Picture: Mugabe seems to be living in cuckoo land)
Zimbabwe’s Nango stands by Nomination of Farai Maguwu as Kimberley Process Diamond Certification Scheme as Local Focal Point
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
Zimbabwe’s National Association of Non Governmental Organisations (Nango) says it is not moved by statements by Minister of Mines and Mining Development, Obert Mpofu, over Nango’s nomination of Farai Maguwu as the Kimberley Process local focal point person.
Zimbabwe sets up state mineral exploration company
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
Zimbabwe said Monday it was setting up a state mineral exploration company to identify and value all the country's mineral resources
Zimbabwe to become biggest supplier of diamonds to Surat
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
SURAT: Zimbabwe is likely to become the biggest supplier of rough diamonds to the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centres in Surat. The diamond output from its Marange fields is expected to reach 40 million carats per annum in the next two years.
Zimbabwe bush fires kill 10 people, 10 elephants
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe - Widespread summer bush fires in Zimbabwe killed 10 people and 10 elephants recently, police said Wednesday.
Zimbabwe's Phone Companies Will Get $24 Million to Expand to Rural Areas
Thu, Sep 02, 2010
Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator will transfer $24 million to phone companies this year to extend services to rural areas.
Zimbabwe PM on prigilmage to Nigerian 'prophet'
Sat, Sep 04, 2010
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Richard Tsvangirai is in Nigeria to seek spiritual help at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN), a competent source told Africa News on Thursday.
South African woman nabbed for trying to smuggle heroin
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
HARARE - A South African woman has appeared in court in Zimbabwe for trying to smuggle 1.3 kilograms of heroin worth US$ 70,000 into the country.
Zimbabwe Government Slashes Passport Charges
Thu, Sep 09, 2010
Harare, - Zimbabwe has reduced the charges to obtain a passport to US$50 from about US$140 following a cabinet directive issued on Tuesday.
China makes inroads into Zim bank sector
Tue, Sep 14, 2010
HARARE – A Chinese bank has snapped up a major stake in the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) in the latest sign of the booming Asian nation’s growing stranglehold on the resource-rich but cash-strapped southern African country.
Econet announces number change
Tue, Sep 14, 2010
ECONET Wireless is changing the first three digits of its network starting October 2 in a forced move, a spokesman said.
Zimbabwe sells more diamonds in secrecy
Wed, Sep 15, 2010
Zimbabwe’s Secretary for Mines Thankful Musukutwa has confirmed to news outlets that the country auctioned off diamonds from the controversial Marange diamond fields this past weekend, but did not provide any information on the number of stones sold or their worth.
Zimbabwe to become world largest diamond-producing country by 2013
Wed, Sep 15, 2010
Brussels, Belgium - Zimbabwe will become the largest producer of diamond in the world by 2013, with an expected volume of 40 million carats per year, to be produced from the rich deposits in Marange, the former director of the Diamond High Council (HRD), Filip Van Laere, revealed on his return from a visit to Zimbabwe.
'Progress and madness' in Zimbabwe:PM
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
While Zimbabwe is making "tangible" progress, the "madness" still persists, its prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday.
Tsvangirayi will never rule Zimbabwe: Cde' Diesel' Mutasa
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
ZANU PF will never handover power to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, even if he wins next year’s elections, Presidential Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa said on Wednesday.
Air Zimbabwe wants 2 new airbus planes
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
Air Zimbabwe, whose pilots have been on strike for 12 days, wants to buy two Airbus A340 planes for about 400 million dollars, state media said Sunday.
Zimbabwean man rides high in US banking
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
ZIMBABWEAN Martin Ganda is now a derivatives analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York, but joining the global investment and securities bank would have been a dream too far as he struggled to get schools fees in Mutare’s impoverished Sakubva township not so long ago.
Home Affairs Urges Illegal Zimbabweans To Use Amnesty
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
The Department of Home Affairs has called on Zimbabweans in the country illegally to make use of the current amnesty to get their papers in order.
Zimbabwe nationals squat in Cape Town Consulate office
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
While AfriForum is waiting for the courts to decide if it can go ahead with auctioning an abandoned building belonging to the Zimbabwe government, homeless people, predominantly Zimbabwean refugees, have occupied it.
No To A War Election: Tsvangirai
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said he will not participate in any election if it is a ‘declaration of war’, a day following violent disruptions of constitution meetings in by Zanu (PF) supporters in Harare over the weekend.
Zimbabwe Students killed at the Bindura University of Science and Education.
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
At least two Bindura University of Science and Education (BUSE) students have been confirmed dead with sixteen more seriously injured after being assaulted by a group of the university security guards.
Strike is over:Air Zimbabwe
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
AIR Zimbabwe says it is resuming domestic and international flights on Friday after resolving a pay dispute with pilots and cabin crew on Wednesday evening.
70 Zimbabwean kids die of measles
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Harare, At least 70 children in Zimbabwe died of measles in a two-week period recently after communities of religious sects drove away government health teams trying to immunise their children, the health ministry said Thursday.
Zimbabwe judge sues Bennett for $1 million
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Harare - A Harare High Court judge is suing Roy Bennett, one of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's closest aides, for 1 million dollars for remarks the dispossessed white farmer made about the judge during his terrorism trial this year, according to official papers.
‘Diesel n’anga’ Mavhunga jailed
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
Harare - A Zimbabwean spirit medium has been jailed for more than three years for bamboozling President Robert Mugabe's powerful politburo into believing she could conjure diesel fuel from a rock, reports said Thursday.
Wheel chair bound woman charged over toddler and mother fire deaths
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
AN INNOCENT mum and her three-year-old daughter perished in a house fire in Milton Keynes, England, after being caught up in a love squabble between a Zimbabwean couple, a court heard.
Carer jailed for defrauding Worcester man of £300,000
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
A carer who defrauded an elderly man of about £300,000 has been jailed.
End violence or sanctions remain: Germany
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
HARARE – Continuing violence is making it difficult for European Union (EU) envoys to recommend lifting or easing of sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his top allies, German ambassador Albrecht Conze has said.
Malawi: Zimbabwe Student's Murder Case Sucks in Immigration Staff
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Harare — Some Malawian police officers and Immigration Department officials are being investigated over their alleged involvement in the murder of a Zimbabwean woman whose body was found buried in a bathroom.
Army movements not political: Minister
Sat, Oct 30, 2010
DEFENCE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed allegations that army units have deployed across the country to campaign for Zanu PF as the country gears for elections, due next year.
Zimbabweans can get documents in SA
Sat, Oct 30, 2010
Cape Town - Zimbabweans staying in South Africa can now apply for birth certificates and ID cards in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Thursday.
ChomboGate: Fireworks in Chombo's messy divorce
Fri, Nov 05, 2010
HARARE - Robert Mugabe's corky Local Government, Rural and Urban Development Minister Ignatius Chombo is embroiled in an acrimonious property-sharing wrangle with his wife, Marian, from whom he has been separated for the past three years.
New EU ambassador sceptical on lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions
Wed, Nov 10, 2010
Harare - The new representative of the European Union to Zimbabwe said Wednesday he was concerned about fresh incidents of political violence in the country and expressed doubt that Zimbabwe met the EU's conditions for the lifting of targeted sanctions.
Zim officials ’failing to meet demand for documentation’
Tue, Nov 16, 2010
Zimbabwe’s registrar-general said the country is unlikely to meet South Africa’s deadline to provide documents to hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans outside its borders without official papers.
Drop Zim sanctions - Zuma
Thu, Dec 02, 2010
President Jacob Zuma and his Zambian counterpart Rupiah Banda on Thursday called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be dropped.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe vows retaliation against West
Fri, Dec 17, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's president says the country will retaliate against Western economic curbs imposed on his party using measures that include the seizure of foreign-owned businesses and mining interests.
SA, Zimbabwe mull tighter border controls
Wed, Feb 23, 2011
Home Affairs Ministers discuss tighter border controls between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Chikumba flees 'Scare Zimbabwe''
Thu, Dec 30, 2010
AIR Zimbabwe CEO Peter Chikumba is leaving the troubled airline, it was announced on Thursday. (Picture: Air Zimbabwe - Mugabes' local taxi for shopping trips)
Zimbabwe stops issuing IDs and Passports - Mudede
Tue, Jan 04, 2011
ZIMBABWE has indefinitely stopped issuing birth certificates, identity cards and passports after an electric fault triggered a small fire at the Registrar General’s office which damaged equipment, officials said.
SA seeks UN Security Council reform
Wed, Jan 05, 2011
South Africa will push for reform of the United Nations Security Council during a two-year stint as a rotating member of the group, a government minister says.
Zimbabwe’s MDC Says Mutambara to Stay in Government
Sun, Jan 09, 2011
A faction of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change party said its former president Arthur Mutambara will stay on as deputy prime minister in the coalition government after being ousted as party leader.
New strike may paralyse Zim
Fri, Jan 14, 2011
Harare - Civil servants in Zimbabwe threatened late on Thursday to go on strike in seven days unless the government offers them more pay.
Mbeki implicated in Mugabe vote rigging by leading think-tank
Sat, Jan 15, 2011
HARARE – Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has been implicated in the vote rigging that kept Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe in power after losing first round presidential polls in 2008.
Malaysia denies Mugabe story
Tue, Jan 18, 2011
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian FM, Wisma Putra has denied a foreign media report speculating that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is in Malaysia.
Diamond exports from Zimbabwe to resume
Wed, Jan 19, 2011
Diamond exportss from Zimbabwe are to resume, as the country has agreed to abide by the Kimberley process that certifies diamonds for any trade.
Disgruntled and underpaid Civil Servants on Strike: Where is the money from our diamonds?
Sun, Jan 23, 2011
HARARE – Public sector workers in Zimbabwe begin an open-ended strike on Monday after wage talks collapsed, with Finance minister Tendai Biti insisting there is no cash to meet the workers demands. (Picture: The Game is UP! Over-fed minister of Mines, Where is the money from our diamonds?)
Teenager was 'in a trance' when arrested, Leicester jury is told
Wed, Jan 26, 2011
A policewoman told a jury that a teenager appeared in "some kind of a trance" when arrested for attempting to murder her mother.
Nelson Mandela back home to recuperate
Fri, Jan 28, 2011
Johannesburg - Former president Nelson Mandela was discharged from Milpark Hospital in Johannesburg on Friday, his grandson said.
Zimbabwe central bank cuts 75% of staff
Fri, Jan 28, 2011
Zimbabwe's central bank laid off three quarters of its staff Friday as it streamlined operations to focus on its core business, the bank announced.
Fuel shortage - Biti blames Zanu
Sat, Jan 29, 2011
HARARE – Finance Minister Tendai Biti says fuel shortages that hit the country last week can be traced back to an inefficient fuel procurement system set up by the previous Zanu (PF) government.
"Mutambara remains our Deputy Prime Minister" - Mugabe
Sun, Jan 30, 2011
Robert Mugabe says Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara can stay on in government as long as he chooses not to resign – even as his MDC party insists it only can decide on cabinet appointments
Mubarak pledge to step down dismissed as too slow
Wed, Feb 02, 2011
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would surrender power in September, angering protesters who want an immediate end to his 30-year-rule.
Mubarak to ABC News: If I quit now, Egypt will sink into chaos : Please go and take Mugabe with you
Fri, Feb 04, 2011
CAIRO − Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak told U.S broadcaster ABC yesterday that he wants to resign but fears Egypt will sink into chaos if he does.
Going...Going...gone....Mubarak remains leader of ruling party and President as entire leadership resigns
Sat, Feb 05, 2011
The top leadership body of Egypt's ruling party, including the president's son Gamal Mubarak, has resigned, state TV reported.
South Africa sends a naval ship to Ivory Coast on a secret mission
Wed, Feb 09, 2011
ABUJA, Nigeria - The chairman of West Africa's regional bloc on Tuesday criticized South Africa for sending a warship to the region amid Ivory Coast's political crisis, but the South African government maintained it had sent the vessel as a negotiating venue.
Zimbabwe charges 46 with treason
Thu, Feb 24, 2011
HARARE – A group of Zimbabwean activists accused of plotting north African-style anti-government protests were on Wednesday charged with treason and face a possible death sentence if convicted.
Starving North Korea begs for food from Zimbabwe
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
NORTH Korea has resorted to begging for food from Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's wealth fund to grab 51pc of mining industry
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
Zimbabwe government is about to seize control of Zimbabwe's foreign-owned multi-billion-dollar mining industry.
Current power-sharing unlikely to last beyond 2011 - IDASA
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
JOHANNESBURG - Uncertainty over elections and the fate of constitutional reform, as well as approaches and commitments made by SADC and the global community are key to Zimbabwe’s political environment in 2011.
Zimbabwe court refuses appeal over 'plot' acquitta
Thu, Mar 10, 2011
HARARE — Zimbabwe's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out an appeal against the acquittal of Roy Bennett in an alleged plot to overthrow President Robert Mugabe, his lawyer said on Thursday.
Zimbabwe opposition activists forced out of homes and beaten
Sun, Mar 13, 2011
Harare, Opposition activists in Zimbabwe have said that they were forced out of their homes and beaten for refusing to support President Robert Mugabe, claiming that the attacks are 'state sponsored,' as the police arrested those who complained, instead of helping them.
HIV-positive Zimbabwean man admits giving a lover the disease
Sun, Mar 13, 2011
An HIV-positive Zimbabwean man who has admitted giving a lover the disease through unprotected sex was at the centre of a new investigation today.
Deportations of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe to resume- new country guidelines outline
Tue, Mar 15, 2011
LONDON - Failed asylum seekers from Zimbabwe should return to their own country following a drop in politically-motivated violence there, the UK government has said.
Gadaffis give ultimatum to Benghazi residents
Thu, Mar 17, 2011
The Libyan army has issued an ultimatum to residents of the opposition capital Benghazi, warning them to leave rebel-held locations and weapons storage areas, according to reports on Libyan television.
Zimbabwe PM to address a star rally in Harare
Thu, Mar 17, 2011
HARARE, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has lined up a massive star rally on Saturday in what insiders say is intended to brief supporters about the latest crisis in the government of national unity (GNU).
US Inflation Worse than Zimbabwe?
Fri, Mar 18, 2011
Baltimore, Maryland – If you live in the United States, your cost of living – even by official stats – is rising twice as fast as in Zimbabwe.
Gadaffi's rutheless son killed kamikaze style
Tue, Mar 22, 2011
COLONEL Gaddafi's brigade commander son has been killed by a kamikaze Libyan air force pilot, it was claimed last night.
Air Zimbabwe pilots strike for second day
Wed, Mar 23, 2011
Flights in Zimbabwe were grounded on Wednesday after Air Zimbabwe pilots embarked on a strike.
Britain warns Mugabe and his blood thirsty cronies
Thu, Mar 24, 2011
THE British Foreign Secretary has sent a strong warning to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe and other African dictators following recent bloody attacks which were launched on Lybian dictator Muammah Gadaffi this week.
Foreign mining firms under siege
Tue, Mar 29, 2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe yesterday made public radical regulations forcing foreign mining companies to sell majority stakes to blacks by September this year, sending shares in miners with local operations tumbling amid jitters their businesses could be nationalized.
ZANU PF bribe allegations come to light
Wed, Mar 30, 2011
The MDC has unearthed a scandal and bribery scam hatched and executed by a criminal syndicate representing a Zanu PF faction to coerce MDC MPs to cast their ballots in the election of the Speaker of the House of Assembly in favour of Simon Khaya Moyo this afternoon.
GoDaddy.com CEO Under Fire for shooting an elephant
Wed, Mar 30, 2011
Some animal rights activists and animal lovers are outraged at GoDaddy.com CEO Bob Parsons after he posted online a video of himself hunting and killing an elephant, MyFoxPhoenix.com reports.
Week of the rumbling dictators, First Mugabe, now Gaddafi's letter to Obama
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
Here is the unedited letter that Muammar Gaddafi sent to US President Barack Obama: Our son, Excellency, President Obama U.S.A
Divorce opens hidden wealth of Mugabe's minister
Thu, Apr 07, 2011
MINISTER of State in Vice President Joice Mujuru's Office, Sylvester Robert Nguni, and his wife of almost six years - Tsitsi - are divorcing and fighting over the division of property and monthly maintenance.
Trade Imbalance With South Africa Riles Industry Confederation
Thu, Apr 21, 2011
CONFEDERATION of Zimbabwe Industries president Mr Joseph Kanyekanye has likened the trade relationship between Zimbabwe and South Africa to that of a "horse and rider".
Internet unlikely to lead a mass mobilisation campaign in Zimbabwe
Wed, Apr 20, 2011
Freedom House says Internet usage has grown rapidly in the country from 0,3% of the population in 2000 to 12% by 2009 - but the medium is still relatively expensive and erratic because of frequent power cuts
Mugabe's torture mastermind dies
Tue, Apr 12, 2011
HARARE - Mernard Muzariri, the Deputy-Director General in the Zimbabwe government's State Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Organisation, has died.
Air Zimbabwe Overstaffed, Management Lacks Essential Skills - Pilots
Wed, Apr 13, 2011
Air Zimbabwe pilots spokesman Charles Chikosi told a parliamentary committee that the national carrier will keep posting huge losses as long as technical staff are not engaged in decision-making
UK businessman returns to Zimbabwe to help anti-Mugabe forces
Sun, Apr 17, 2011
A HUDDERSFIELD businessman is returning to Zimbabwe to support the opposition to the country’s veteran leader Robert Mugabe.
ZDF Commander Chiwenga Flown to China for Treatment
Sun, Apr 17, 2011
The Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF), General Constantine Chiwenga, 55, has been flown to China for medical treatment after he recently fell ill in Harare.
ZANU Chairman for Mashonaland West dies
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
Zanu PF Acting Chairman for Mashonaland West Province Robert Sikanyika has died. He was 41.
Tsvangirai denounces ZANU PF ' indigenisation' policy
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
In a statement for the 31st independence anniversary, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed as "empty rhetoric" a drive by Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to force foreign companies to transfer majority shareholding to local blacks.
Batswana threatens to close their borders
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
A public sector strike targeting border posts threatens to stop all movement of people and goods into and out of Botswana from April 18 to 29 as State employees press for a salary increment.
Mugabe calls for end to violence for the 'upteenth' time
Tue, Apr 19, 2011
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Monday called for an end to violence that has resurfaced ahead of possible elections this year, in what appeared to be a bid to mollify regional leaders who have hardened their attitude over political violence in Zimbabwe.
20 held in Bulawayo MDC-T clashes
Sat, Apr 23, 2011
TWENTY MDC-T youths were arrested in Bulawayo as rescheduled elections to choose a provincial executive turned violent with youths supporting rival candidates engaging in street battles and smashing cars in the city centre.
Number of Zimbabwe cellphone users falls by 18pc in 2 months
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
Harare. A Zimbabwe's mobile tele-density rate has declined by 17.8 percent from 8.4 million subscribers in February to 6 million in Apri
70 Percent of African Tourists Come From SA
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
SOUTH Africa accounts for 70 percent of visitors from African countries that visit tourist resorts in Zimbabwe, an official has said.
Two held in India over Marange diamonds
Mon, Apr 25, 2011
INDIA’S Directorate of Revenue Intelligence has announced the arrest of two people for allegedly smuggling a consignment of diamonds from Zimbabwe valued at over US$2 million.
Biti Upbeat As Inflation Tumbles
Sat, Apr 30, 2011
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti says Zimbabwe's Public Enemy No. 1 is inflation, fortunately now firmly under control.
In Pictures:I'm not ill, says Zimbabwe's Mugabe
Sun, May 22, 2011
Zimbabwe’s 87-year-old president has scoffed at speculation over his health as “misplaced”, adding that he and his wife are fitness enthusiasts.
Air Zimbabwe keeps flying, despite IATA suspension
Sat, May 21, 2011
Air Zimbabwe took to the skies on Monday, despite a financial suspension from the International Air Transit Association (IATA), which means its tickets were not available through the IATA’s 60, 000 accredited travel agents.
Gaddafi’s Oil minister ‘defects’
Wed, May 18, 2011
Libyan Oil minister Shukri Ghanem has left the country, amid reports that he has defected.
British Airways to take advantage of Air Zimbabwe woes
Thu, May 19, 2011
THE British Airways is mulling to restore its direct flights to Harare with immediate effect as the national carrier Air Zimbabwe looks likley to collapse on the back of poor management and financial melt down as a result of political meddling from Zanu PF officials.
SOLDIERS FROM ALGERIA & ZIMBABWE FIGHTING IN LIBYA FOR GADDAFI
Fri, Jun 10, 2011
Algeria and Zimbabwe have sent troops to support Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in his war against the rebels according to the daily The International Business Times.
Phillip Machemedze the murderous CIO member worked illegally
Sun, May 29, 2011
A VIOLENT henchman of Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe has been working in a Bristol care home.
MDC tells army to shut up
Fri, May 27, 2011
The MDC condemns in the strongest terms, the statements published in this week’s The Zimbabwe Independent by Brigadier General Douglas Nyikayaramba calling for elections in Zimbabwe this year.
Mugabe in Abuja to witness President Jonathan take his oath of office
Sun, May 29, 2011
PRESIDENT Mugabe arrived in Abuja, Nigeria on Saturday to attend the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan set for today.
Electricity black-outs a thing of the past: Caledonia Mining
Wed, Jun 01, 2011
Caledonia is continuing to ramp up production at the Blanket gold mine to an annualised 40,000 ounces a year, while reducing the cash costs to below $550 an ounce
Unfolding web of lies: Death of a police officer
Wed, Jun 01, 2011
HARARE - Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF is not leaving it to chance milking on the death of police Inspector Petros Mutedza who is alleged to have been murdered by assailants linked to the country's State intelligence in a plot to smear the MDC-T ahead of the 11 June SADC Summit in South Africa.
Police working with Zanu PF to portray MDC-T violent - Biti
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
HARARE, - Zimbabwe Finance minister and MDC-T Secretary General Tendai Biti and a top Tsvangirai aide in the coalition brokered by regional leaders in 2009, said Wednesday at least 30 of his party's supporters were arrested in a police crackdown in the western Harare township of Glen View since the death Sunday of a police officer there.
UK asylum seekers offered 'amnesty'
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
A cross-party Home Affairs Committee report has concluded that the UK Border Agency has dealt with the backlog of asylum seekers so badly that it has granted an "amnesty" for people to stay.
Lovemore Moyo under fire
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
The speaker of the House of Assembly, Mr Lovemore Moyo is under fire for his claims that he will use his influence to block the adoption of a new constitution if the process's outcome does not favour his party.
Zanu-PF official addresses Ian Khama's party in Botswana
Thu, Jun 02, 2011
In a move that is set to have tongues wagging in political circles in Botswana, Zimbabwe and all over the world, a Zanu-PF official was given the platform to address Botswana president Ian Khama's Botswana Democratic Part in Khama's presence.
Computers track cholera in Zimbabwe
Fri, Jun 03, 2011
GAINESVILLE, Fla., (UPI) -- Researchers say mathematical models of a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe are providing insights into effective vaccination strategies against future outbreaks.
China meets Libya rebels in latest blow to Gaddafi
Fri, Jun 03, 2011
TRIPOLI - China made its first confirmed contact with Libyan rebels in the latest diplomatic setback for Muammar Gaddafi, and France said on Friday it was working with those close to the veteran ruler to persuade him to leave power.
Mugabe attacks Biti
Fri, Jun 03, 2011
HARARE - The embattled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has launched an astonishing attack on Finance Minister Tendai Biti, while repeating his demands for elections to be held this year.
Zimbabwe Service Chiefs will accept election results: Biti
Mon, Jun 06, 2011
Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change says it has reached an agreement with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party to dilute the powers of Zimbabwe's army and state security chiefs.
Mugabe's electoral ghosts unfolding
Mon, Jun 06, 2011
A leaked version of Zimbabwe's voters' roll contains some 2.5m too many names, according to a report by a respected South African organisation.
Zimbabwe’s Plan to Clear Debt Arrears Stalled by Vote Dispute, Biti Says
Wed, Jun 08, 2011
Zimbabwe’s efforts to clear its international debt arrears are being hampered by a deadlock over the staging of elections, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said.
IMF wants Biti to handle all diamond dealings
Wed, Jun 08, 2011
HARARE - The International Monetary Fund wants Finance Minister Tendai Biti to handle all diamond transactions by transferring the administration of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation to his ministry.
Tribal clashes rock anti-Mugabe protests, feuding mobs teargased
Sat, Jun 11, 2011
Johannesburg, Political intolerance among Zimbabwe's pro-democracy parties saw a demonstration against Robert Mugabe by the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations, Zapu and Mtwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) disrupted and teargas thrown by the police to disperse the crowds who had become rowdy.
Zimbabwe student denied visa because she was late by a minute
Sat, Jun 11, 2011
A MELBOURNE university graduate has been refused a skilled migration visa because she faxed the forms which arrived seconds after official business hours, it is claimed.
Miners Submit Zimbabwe Indigenization Plans
Sun, Jun 12, 2011
Miners operating in Zimbabwe have submitted proposals for how they will meet the indigenization-law requirements that fall below government demands, and that could lead to the country seeking better offers, an official on the constitution-reform committee said Sunday.
Zimbabwe sanctions protesters ejected
Wed, Jun 15, 2011
Harare - Protesters pushing for the Zimbabwean finance minister to sign a petition calling for the lifting of international sanctions against the country had to be dispersed by police Wednesday.
UK says now deporting Zimbabwean asylum seekers
Wed, Jun 15, 2011
BRITAIN’S Home Office confirmed on Wednesday that it had resumed the removal of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe, hours after a 45-year-old woman was bundled onto a Kenyan Airways plane and sent home.
Mugabe vows to defy rules on 'blood diamonds'
Sun, Jun 19, 2011
ZIMBABWEAN president Robert Mugabe has promised to sell diamonds from his country's controversial Marange mine ''sanctions or no sanctions'', and the country that would be his biggest customer, India, is being urged by the industry there to buy Zimbabwe stones outside the international framework.
Teacher gets 20 years for raping 11-year-old pupil
Sun, Jun 26, 2011
A Harare primary school teacher has been slapped with a 20-year jail term for raping a 11-year-old pupil.
Registrar-General speaks on South Africa deportations
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
The Registrar-General, Tobaiwa Mudede said his department had afforded the Zimbabweans in South Africa a chance to regularise their stay, but some now wanting special help did not take up the offer.
Matabeleland people are against Mthwakazi state: Ncube
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
THE Government must act decisively to stop the marginalisation of Matabeleland before people from the region lose patience, the leader of the MDC, Professor Welshman Ncube, has said.
Evans Ndebele has died
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
GWERU - Prominent Bulawayo businessman and owner of the Zimbabwe Express Airlines Evans Ndebele has died aged 52.
Arrest Tsvangirai: Moyo
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
HARARE - Zanu PF loyalists masquerading as political analysts, including the country's most dangerous attention seeker Professor Jonathan Moyo have called for the prosecution of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Minister Jameson Timba for accusing Robert Mugabe of lying to the nation.
Company launches free SMS service
Mon, Jun 20, 2011
A FREE text messaging service enabling users to send free text messages to mobile phone networks in Zimbabwe using any web-enhanced devices such as computers and mobile phones has been launched.
Obama pays tribute to Zimbabwean young writer
Wed, Jun 22, 2011
Here's the full transcript of Michelle's Obama's speech which she delivered this morning at the Regina Mundi Church in Soweto. YES WE CAN.
Undersea Internet cable in deal for Zimbabwe service
Thu, Jun 23, 2011
The company running a high-speed Internet cable along Africa's east coast said Wednesday it has reached a deal with Mozambique to provide a new link to landlocked Zimbabwe.
Mugabe Turns Against Church
Sat, Jun 25, 2011
Harare — Catholic priests are facing arrest and torture by President Robert Mugabe's secret police masquerading as Mass goers.
Land reform target impossible: SA
Fri, Jul 01, 2011
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s government has admitted failure in its bid to transfer 30 percent of arable land to blacks by 2014, with land reform minister Gugile Nkwinti describing the ambitious target as impossible.
New Monaco Princess Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Mon, Jul 04, 2011
The controversy surrounding the wedding of Prince Albert of Monaco to Charlene Wittstock has not stopped Bulawayo claiming the princess as one of their own.
Zimbabwe Catholic justice leader fears priests could be targeted
Wed, Jul 06, 2011
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (CNS) -- The national director of Zimbabwe's Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace said he fears that priests could be victimized after a recent commission statement urging political leaders to intervene to stop politically motivated skirmishes in the capital, Harare.
'STOP the Mugabes'
Sun, Jul 10, 2011
BRUSSELS - Joint African Pacific Caribbean and European Union (ACP-EU) Parliament co-president David Matongo says the world should stop election losers from refusing to leave office and seeking comfort in coalition governments.
India to Ban Diamond Imports from Zimbabwe
Sun, Jul 10, 2011
The Zimbabwean Marange diamond alluvial mines had experienced a recent setback in their global import of diamonds following India’s Gem and jewelry Export Promotion Council’s decision to ban all imports coming from the mine.
Lawmakers want service chiefs reigned in
Wed, Jul 13, 2011
MDC-T legislators on Tuesday moved a motion in the House of Assembly that seeks to reign in service chiefs who have been making tresonuos statements especially against the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe activists on trial for alleged Egyptian revolt-inspired plot
Mon, Jul 18, 2011
After attending a seminar on recent events in North Africa, the Zimbabwean activists were arrested on charges of treason, but today had those charges reduced
State drops treason charges
Tue, Jul 19, 2011
The charges against six Zimbabwean activists initially charged with treason for attending a lecture in February about the Egyptian uprising have been altered in a dramatic climbdown by the State.
Zim, SA trade deficit widens
Wed, Jul 20, 2011
Zimbabwe's trade deficit with South Africa increased more than seven-fold over the past four years to hit R13,6 billion last year, according to a report by the ministry of economic planning and investment promotion.
Hubby sues wife's 'lover' for stealing affection
Wed, Jul 20, 2011
Andrew Mwandayi of HARARE man is suing his wife's alleged lover, Thomas Chirinda Chimukokelo for US$100 000 accusing him of impregnating her in an adulterous relationship in 2009.
Dead Slough woman was pregnant, inquest hears
Thu, Jul 21, 2011
SLOUGH, LONDON, United Kingdom - A young Zimbabwean woman found dead on a railway track was pregnant, an inquest has heard.
Reprieve: Activist deportation halted
Thu, Jul 21, 2011
A London based female Zimbabwean activist was saved at the last minute just before being hauled into a Kenyan Airways plane, for deportation to Zimbabwe.
Cameron’s visit rattles Zanu (PF
Sun, Jul 24, 2011
Zanu (PF) has reacted with the usual venom against South African president Jacob Zuma for hosting British premier David Cameron last week.
Zimbabwean man jailed for giving partner HIV
Mon, Jul 25, 2011
LONDON, United Kingdom - A Zimbabwean Staffordshire man who had unprotected sex with his partner knowing he had HIV has been jailed for four years.
Zimbabwean security guard faces jail for commenting against Mugabe
Sun, Jul 31, 2011
Harare, July 30 (ANI): A security guard faces up to one year in jail for commenting on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's health and taunting that he has ruined the economy of the country, his lawyer has said.
Mugabe wants to plunder banks next
Sun, Jul 31, 2011
In remarks guaranteed to send shivers down the spines of investors, a Zimbabwean cabinet minister has warned that the government plans to target foreign-owned banks in its campaign to dictate control of companies operating in the country reports Times Online.
South Africa's ANC Rejects Youth League Stance on Botswana
Wed, Aug 03, 2011
The African National Congress (ANC) would like to totally reject and publicly rebuke the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) on its extremely thoughtless and embarrassing pronouncements on "regime change" in Botswana and the so called, "veering off the African agenda by the African Union (AU) together with the Southern African Development Community (SADC)" according to a press release from ANC.
Mubarak, bedridden and caged, denies charges at start of his trial
Thu, Aug 04, 2011
CAIRO - From a bed inside the defendants' cage, an ashen-faced Hosni Mubarak showed a glimmer of his old defiance. Egypt's former president wagged his finger in the air and denied all charges against him as he went on trial for alleged corruption and complicity in the deaths of protesters who helped drive him from power.
Death Toll Reaches 33 In Zimbabwe's Commuter Bus Crashes
Fri, Aug 05, 2011
Creditors are refusing to fund expansion of the country’s highway network in a project running from Botswana through Zimbabwe to Mozambique as investors have doubts about Harare's creditworthiness
Armed robbers burn loot, trying to blow up safe
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
Three dumb armed robbers are on the run after their raid on a Norton service station ended fruitlessly when an explosive device they used to blow up a safe burnt the US$4 300 they intended to snatch.
Chiwenga warns Zimbabweans not to insult War Veterans
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
HARARE - Zimbabwean people have been warned to desist from looking down upon war veterans as this constitutes an insult to people who put their lives on the line not only to free this country but to ensure the country enjoys continual peace and stability.
Thousands attend Mukonoweshuro’s burial
Mon, Aug 08, 2011
Thousands of mourners gathered in Harare on Monday for the burial of Professor Elphas Mukonoweshuro, the Public Services minister, who died suddenly on Friday last week.
SADC GPA Monitoring Team Ready For Deployment
Fri, Aug 12, 2011
Harare,---South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team on Thursday informed the Joint Monitoring Committee (JOMIC) that a regional team meant to bolster its operations will be deployed soon following the completion of its terms of reference.
Essar deal to revive Zimbabwe town
Sun, Aug 14, 2011
The biggest foreign direct investment deal in Zimbabwe in more than 10 years - the revival of Ziscosteel by the Indian Essar Group - is set to bring a ghost town back to life.
Zimbabwe misses tobacco targets
Mon, Aug 15, 2011
HARARE - The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) says the industry will fail to meet this year’s projected target of 177 million kilogrammes of tobacco owing to high losses of 31% in farms and 21% during the re-handling process.
Zimbabwe Civic Activists Detained In Angola
Tue, Aug 16, 2011
Luanda - Zimbabwe’s civic society members were on Monday detained at the De Fevereiro International Airport in Luanda, Angola after the arrival in the southern African country for the annual Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit.
South Africa issues over 65 000 work permits to Zimbabweans
Wed, Aug 17, 2011
Cape Town - The Department of Home Affairs' issuing of works permits to Zimbabwean nationals, under its recent Zimbabwe Dispensation Project, has inflated the number of work permits issued by the department to foreigners, with over 65 000 issued in the first quarter of this fiscal year.
Implats confident of attaining ‘appropriate’ equity ownership level in Zimbabwe
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Impala Platinum (Implats) CEO David Brownsaid on Thursday the company remained confident it would attain an “adequate and appropriate” level of equity ownership in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's world ranking boosted
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
The recent 2-0 win over Zambia in a friendly international has seen Zimbabwe climb 12 places up the Fifa/Coca-cola World rankings to become the 74th best team in the world.
Anglican Church Challenges Kunonga In Supreme Court
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
Harare, - LAWYERS representing the Anglican Diocese of Harare in the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA), led by Bishop Gandiya have filed a Constitutional appeal against a chamber ruling by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on 4 August 2011, which allowed the ex-communicated Dr Nolbert Kunonga in temporary custody of the churches property
Tel-One on the brink of collapse
Thu, Aug 25, 2011
HARARE - Telecommunications service provider, Tel-One, is on the brink of collapse following allegations of gross-mismanagement in the face of stiff competition from mobile phone operators among a host of challenges.
Blanket mine loses licence in Zimbabwe
Mon, Aug 29, 2011
Blanket mine, in Gwanda, continued operation on Friday but reports said that Youth Develop- ment, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere withdrew the operating licence.
Foreign banks 'enabling' Zimbabwe diamond violence: groups
Tue, Aug 30, 2011
JOHANNESBURG — Foreign banks with investments in Zimbabwe are enabling human rights abuses by failing to stop local partners from facilitating illegal sales of the country's diamonds, rights groups said Tuesday.
Zimbabwean prisoners diet improves
Tue, Aug 30, 2011
Zimbabwean prisoners are now guaranteed a diet consisting of beans fish, fresh peas, ground nuts and milk instead of thick maize meal porridge and cabbages on a daily basis.
Expelled Libyan ambassador leaves Zimbabwe
Fri, Sep 02, 2011
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The expelled Libyan ambassador has left Zimbabwe by car, meeting a 72-hour deadline set for his departure, the southern African's foreign ministry said Friday.
New Dawn signs memorandum for Zimbabwe indigenisation plan
Fri, Sep 02, 2011
New Dawn Mining Corp. is a Zimbabwe-focused junior gold company engaged in the production of gold and related activities, including exploration, development, mining and processing in southern Africa. The Company's principal assets are the actively producing Turk Mine in Zimbabwe, the advanced exploration project Angelus Mine in Zimbabwe, and a portfolio of exploration properties.
Mugabe a 'MAD DOG' - Chissano
Sat, Sep 03, 2011
FORMER Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano likened President Robert Mugabe to a “mad dog” looking for a dignified exit from power, leaked US diplomatic cables reveal.
GONO Leaks: Mugabe obsessed with out-lasting Kaunda
Sun, Sep 04, 2011
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe rejected pleas from close aides and his personal physician to leave office in 2007 insisting he had to beat former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda’s record of 27 years in power. (Picture Grace and Gideon: Will they outlive Mugabe?)
Et tu Emmerson - ‘Mnangagwa pleads with Tsvangirai for govt post’
Sun, Sep 11, 2011
DEFENCE minister Emmerson Mnangagwa allegedly pleaded with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai five years ago to include him in a future MDC government, a leaked United States embassy cable has revealed.
Ruthless Mnangagwa's ‘disdain’ for Moyo, AIPPA
Tue, Sep 13, 2011
DEFENCE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa thought the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act was a bad law, and “voiced disdain” for former Cabinet colleague Jonathan Moyo in meetings with American diplomats, it has been revealed.
Ambassador Recalled
Thu, Sep 15, 2011
President Robert Mugabe will recall Jacqueline Zwambila, Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia who has been accused of stripping down to her underclothes before male embassy staff members, the Herald reported on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe poachers poison water
Mon, Sep 19, 2011
Harare - Health fears were on the rise in Zimbabwe as poachers began poisoning water holes in many of the country's biggest game-parks, killing dozens of animals, reports said on Sunday.
Mugabe must GO! Chigwedere
Mon, Sep 19, 2011
HARARE - Mashonaland East provincial governor and former Education Minister Aeneas Chigwedere thinks President Robert Mugabe is a liability to Zanu PF and needs to be retired, according to leaked secret United States diplomatic cables.
UN: Mugabe speaks on poverty eradication
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
New York, United Nations - Activities of the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly entered the second day at the UN headquarters in New York this Tuesday afternoon with leaders attending several high level meetings on various issues affecting world development.
Moyo seconded to JOMIC
Wed, Sep 21, 2011
Jonathan Moyo has been seconded to the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC), the grouping set up to track compliance with the 2008 Global Political Agreement for power sharing.
Zimbabwe respects Zambia's regime change: Mujuru
Sat, Sep 24, 2011
Vice President, Joice Mujuru is back home from Lusaka Zambia where she witnessed the inauguration of newly elected Zambian President, Michael Sata.
Hungwe, Moyo traded secrets for sanctions removal
Sat, Sep 24, 2011
FORMER Masvingo governor Josiah Hungwe and the ex-Labour Minister July Moyo were removed from United States sanctions after they “provided useful information” to American diplomats.
South Africa Abandons Mbeki’s ‘Quite Diplomacy’: SA Envoy
Sun, Sep 25, 2011
Harare, - South African president, Jacob Zuma is abandoning his predecessor, President Thabo Mbeki’s infamous ‘quite diplomacy’ on Zimbabwe as he believes the impasse has gone on for too long.
Zimbabwe rejects Standard Chartered Bank's equity proposal: Reports
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
HARARE: Zimbabwe has rejected Standard Chartered Bank's offer to cede 10 percent of its shares to local blacks under a new law requiring foreign firms to sell majority stakes, a state daily reported Monday.
Yes to investment but NO to Chinese workers - Sata
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
LUSAKA - New Zambian President Michael Sata told Beijing on Monday he welcomed Chinese companies investing in Africa's biggest copper producer but only if they obeyed the law, especially by employing more Zambian workers.
ZIPRA Labels 'Sickly' Veterans Leader Sibanda 'Sellout'
Mon, Sep 26, 2011
Bulawayo,- Liberation war heroes from the Zimbabwe African People’s Union’s military wing (ZIPRA) have lashed out at the war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda calling him a sellout ‘who can do anything for money’.
ZESN observes Zambia’s tripartite elections - 2011
Wed, Sep 28, 2011
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network deployed a 15 member delegation to observe the tripartite election which were held on 20 September, 2011.
Big- headed, Mutambara waffles about China again
Wed, Sep 28, 2011
HARARE - The 'Party-less' Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Arthur Mutambara, has accused the West of trying to use Africa, including Zimbabwe to destroy the excellent relations existing between the African continent and China.
All our politicians need is love: Biti
Thu, Sep 29, 2011
WHEN Tendai Biti quips that he is a finance minister without any “finance”, his audience in a church hall in Harare nodded and smiled. They knew that when Biti went into the treasury for the first time as finance minister in 2009 he found his Zanu PF predecessor had left him little more than petty cash to run the country and about R50 billion in foreign debt.
SADC Boots (almost) On the Ground in Harare
Fri, Sep 30, 2011
South Africa's mediators in Zimbabwe will finally be able to parachute in a three-member "oversight" team to the country, in a further sign that obstructionist die-hards in the ruling Zanu-PF party are on the back foot.
Zimbabwe Media Liberalization Advocates Grow Impatient on Radio Licenses
Fri, Sep 30, 2011
Broadcasting Authority officials in July told Parliament's committee on media that the agency lacked the capacity or funding to monitor new commercial stations as the law requires, raising doubts about new licenses
NO! to new cars for legislators - Biti
Fri, Sep 30, 2011
FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti on Thursday shot down demands by MPs and Senators to be bought new vehicles at great expense to the taxpayer.
Zimbabwe Prosecutors go on strike
Wed, Oct 05, 2011
Zimbabwe Prosecutors countrywide have resolved to go on strike in protest over salary discrepancies between them and the country's magistrates.
Malema's disciplinary hearing to reconvene
Sun, Oct 16, 2011
ANCYL president Julius Malema's disciplinary hearing will reconvene on October 26, where final witnesses are expected to testify, ANC spokesman Keith Khoza said on Saturday.
Libya 'must probe mass 'executions'
Mon, Oct 24, 2011
Sirte - The discovery of 53 decaying bodies in Sirte, final bastion of Libya's ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi, suggests some of his loyalists were executed, a rights group said.
Zimbabwe gets green light for Marange diamond exports
Tue, Nov 01, 2011
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe has been given the green light to start rough diamond exports from all operations in the controversial Marange region, according to an agreement reached on Monday at the 8th Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
PM refuses to give in on gay rights
Wed, Nov 02, 2011
ZIMBABWE Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has suffered relentless attacks from homophobic mobs rallied by a Wales based Zimbabwean website and Zanu PF State media after saying Gays gay have rights too.
Zimbabwe Procurement board floats 1 500 tenders
Mon, Nov 07, 2011
THE State Procurement Board has this year floated 1 553 tenders, with only one case having been disputed and lost.
Canadian company denies espionage allegations
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
OTTAWA, Canada - The head of an Ontario telecommunications company says he is shocked that "unfounded allegations" have landed his firm at the centre of an African spy scandal.
7 pilgrims die in South Africa bus accident
Tue, Nov 08, 2011
Seven members of a South African church were killed on Sunday night on their way from a conference from neighbouring Zimbabwe after a bus they were travelling in overturned.
Child's Skeletal Remains Found At Showground
Tue, Nov 15, 2011
A ZIMBABWE Agricultural Society worker discovered skeletal remains of a child on Sunday while clearing a piece of land for farming inside the Harare Exhibition Park.
Unreported horrors of male rape in DRC
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
KAMPALA — They are men who have lost all pride and self-confidence and who have been left severely traumatised by their experience. At the medical centre in Uganda where they are being treated, they talked candidly about crimes carried out against them.
SA man jailed in UK for child's murder
Wed, Nov 16, 2011
A South African man has been jailed for life in the United Kingdom for murdering a 6-year-old girl by setting fire to her family’s home
PM in Diplomatic Drive to Engage UN
Thu, Nov 17, 2011
ZIMBABWEAN Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's current trip to Morocco has touched a nerve with George Charamba, spokesman for President Robert Mugabe, who says the prime minister traveled to Rabat as part of a diplomatic effort to engineer a Libyan-style scenario of Western intervention for regime change in Harare.
Mugabe blasts gay people ... his favourite journo is gay
Fri, Nov 25, 2011
One of President Robert Mugabe’s chief journalists Robert Mukondiwa who was reportedly caught in the act of gay intimacy while at work and also on a trip with the president continues to enjoy immunity just as Zimbabwe’s aging ruler on Wednesday declared that “homosexuals and lesbians will be punished severely.”
40,000 Zimbabwean men circumcised in a year
Mon, Nov 21, 2011
More than 40,000 Zimbabwean men have been circumcised so far since the programme began in 2010, in a bid to reduce the risk of HIV, the country’s official news agency New Ziana reported.
Zimbabwe's police most corrupt in Southern Africa
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
A survey by Transparency International says police in Zimbabwe top the list of the most corrupt institutions.
Vile racist woman arrested
Mon, Nov 28, 2011
Police have tonight arrested a woman after a passenger allegedly burst into a vile racist rant on a tram while holding a child on her knee.The video, posted on YouTube, shows a woman hurling abuse at other passengers on the south London tram and baiting them with foul xenophobic insults.Tonight a 34-year-old woman from New Addington has been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and is being questioned by police.
Zimbabwe militants call for chicken restaurant ban
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
STATE radio says a militant youth group loyal to the president is calling for a boycott of a restaurant chain whose latest advertising depicts Zimbabwe's leader as "the last dictator standing".
Tsvangirai 'wife' suicide bid
Wed, Nov 30, 2011
Cape Town – The "marriage" of Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has taken a new twist after it emerged that the woman he "married" allegedly attempted to commit suicide in desperation after the PM rejected her three months ago, Zimbabwe's Daily News reported on Thursday.
Man ordered to pay wife for lack of sex
Wed, Nov 30, 2011
A COURT in France has ordered a man to pay $13,500 in damages to his long-frustrated ex-wife after he failed in his marriage "duties" by withholding sex from her for years.
Namibia take on Zimbabwe in Cosafa U20 Champs
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
Namibia kick off their campaign in the Cosafa U20 Youth Championships on Friday with a tough encounter against Zimbabwe in Group D.
Zimbabwe diamond auction to go ahead despite human rights fears
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
Chinese company's sale of $300m worth of stones raises questions about industry watchdog
Zimbabwe's debt to UK includes money lent for police repression
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
Newly uncovered documents reveal that Zimbabwe’s £210 million debt to the UK includes loans from Tony Blair’s government to Zimbabwe’s police force while they were engaged in internal repression.
Tsvangirai to address a major rally in Plumtree
Fri, Dec 02, 2011
MDC president, Morgan Tsvangirai, accompanied by the MDC-T leadership is expected to address party supporters at a rally at Dingumuzi Stadium in Plumtree on Saturday.
Chelsy Davy dating son of Aston Martin boss and 'very serious' about it
Tue, Dec 06, 2011
London - Chelsy Davy's relationship with Jamie Richards, the son of Aston Martin boss David Richards, is reportedly "very serious".
Zimbabwe to open diamond offices in United Arab Emirates
Fri, Dec 09, 2011
The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development and diamond industry officials from Dubai have agreed on a Memorandum of Understanding which is set to pave way for the setting up of Zimbabwean diamond offices in the United Arab Emirates.
AIRZIM SUSPENDS SA FLIGHTS
Fri, Dec 16, 2011
AIR Zimbabwe has suspended flights to South Africa with management scared creditors might descend on its planes on landing at OR Tambo International Airport. An Airzim plane was this week impounded at London’s Gatwick International Airport over a $1,5 million debt.
Zimbabwe police arrests 31 Zambian fish poachers
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Harare. Zimbabwean police have arrested 31 Zambians for poaching fish in prohibited zones along the Zambezi River. Police also seized eight commercial fishing rigs belonging to the Zambians during an anti poaching operation with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZPWMA).
Mystery space ball crashes in Namibia
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
It is a mysterious ball that looks like a prop from a science fiction film and nobody can explain where it came from.
Pay -as-you-go: Air Zimbabwe plane flies back home
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
HARARE, – An Air Zimbabwe plane impounded in London for more than two weeks over a debt dispute flew home on Sunday after the national carrier settled $1.2 million owed to a US spares company, the airline’s acting chief executive said.
Zimbabwe police 'arrest owner of boat that capsized'
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
HARARE — Zimbabwean police have arrested the owner of boat which capsized on Christmas Day, killing 11 children, state media reported Wednesday.
Mugabe's party office bombed
Thu, Dec 29, 2011
An explosion hit the provincial office of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF in the central city of Gweru, causing only material damage, state media reported Thursday.
Taxi airline fails to take off
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
THE first taxi industry-controlled airline which was supposed to have reached for the skies last month - after a maiden flight - has failed to take off.
Beitbridge diamonds not real
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Tests have shown that stones which sparked a rush in Beitbridge recently were not diamonds but aquamarine stones, a Government minister has said.
Cervical cancer vaccine to be introduced in Zimbabwe
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
The proposed introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Zimbabwe will result in a marked reduction of women who develop cervical cancer, medical experts have said.
TEN ZIMBABWEANS DEPORTED FROM UK
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
At least 10 Zimbabweans have been deported from the UK since the resumption of deportations in April last year, according to the Zimbabwe Association.
MDC-T plans protests at all South African embassies
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
MDC-T activists in the Diaspora are planning protests at all South African embassies worldwide to put pressure on President Jacob Zuma to "straighten up" issues in Zimbabwe's unity government ahead of impending elections.
MDC activist located, hospitalised
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
Barnabas Mwanaka, the MDC Youth Assembly secretary for Mbare district has been located at a Harare hospital where he is recovering after he was severely beaten by police, breaking his right leg yesterday outside Harvest House.
12 Security details perish in road accident
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A TOTAL of 12 members of the Zimbabwe's security service have died in a horrific along the Harare-Chirundu road, it has been reported.
Zimbabwe bookseller arrested over PM's biography
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A bookshop owner in the resort town of Victoria Falls has been arrested for selling Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's new autobiography, the Premier's party said on Saturday.
Pastors die in accident
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
TWO Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastors were killed, while four others were injured, one of them seriously when a vehicle they were travelling in burst a front tyre, veered off the road and overturned.
Air Zimbabwe threatened with liquidation
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
AIR Zimbabwe has been placed under judicial management and may face liquidation after the airline’s debt rose to $140 million.
Zimbabwean academic to contest presidential elections as independent
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
A UNITED-STATES educated Zimbabwean academic Dr Raymond Chamba has announced that he will contest the forthcoming presidential elections as an independent candidate.
MDC99 to go ahead with Egyptian-style protests
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
MDC99 leader Job Sikhala says his party will go ahead with Egyptian-style protests aimed at forcing President Robert Mugabe to step down before the next elections are held.
Four Zim - SA deportees injured in crash
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Four Zimbabwean deportees and a South African policeman were seriously injured when a police truck transporting them back to Zimbabwe was involved in an accident along the N1 highway last Thursday.
MDC-T youth in limbo as leader languishes in jail
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
The youth structures of Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) party remain in limbo, placed on the back foot by the continued detention of the party's youth leader, Solomon Madzore.
What a player! Mugabe wants to quit
Sat, Jan 28, 2012
President Robert Mugabe is reliably understood to be planning to retire after the next elections to pave way for his hand-picked successor, who will protect his interests and shield him from punishment for human rights violations.
'Blood Diamonds for Blood oil?'
Tue, Feb 07, 2012
ZIMBABWE and Equatorial Guinea are set to sign an oil deal worth US$1.5 billion in return for mining rights.
Mozambique threatens to cut power to Zimbabwe
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
MOZAMBIQUE has threatened to cut off power supply to Zimbabwe over a US$5 million debt. Hydro Cahora Basa supplies Zimbabwe with about 500 megawatts to cover shortfalls.
Panick as Banks run out of the 'green dollar'
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
HARARE - Some commercial banks in Harare have run out of United States dollars, sending shock waves within the business community.
Senior MDC-T official shot and seriously injured by unknown gunmen
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Zororai Mashuma Murega, a senior MDC official was shot and seriously injured by unknown gunmen at the Renco Mine turn off in Masvingo at around 9pm last night.
MISA-Zimbabwe position on inclusion of media freedom
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
MISA-Zimbabwe welcomes the inclusion of media freedom and the right to access to information as captured in the first constitutional draft published in The Herald on 9 February 2012. Chapter 4 of the draft outlines the declaration of rights which includes freedom of expression and the media as stated below:
CEO who used fake qualifications arrested
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
A Bulawayo man, Torarama Gutu (49) allegedly duped Modzone Enterprise Pvt Ltd officials that he possessed an Executive Masters in Business Administration degree and got employed as a managing director for nearly two years.
Botswana cannot be better than Zimbabwe, says Perm Sec!
Wed, Feb 22, 2012
ZIMBABWE has among the best education systems in the world let alone in Africa and thus cannot be compared with Botswana, says Dr Washington Mbizvo, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education.
Air Zimbabwe fails to resume flights as promised
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
Air Zimbabwe remains grounded following promises to be back in the air this week, with flights suspended indefinitely as staff refuse to work until outstanding salaries are paid.
Zimbabwe gov't to promulgates diamond policy in March
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
HARARE, (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government on Thursday said it is targeting the first quarter of this year to complete the diamond policy document which will lead to the crafting of the much anticipated Diamond Bill.
Arrested 'gunman' sodomises two in cells
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
A SOLDIER who was arrested accused of sodomising a teenager pulled a shocker when he allegedly sodomised two other men while in police holding cells at Matapi police station in Mbare.
Gono 'doctored' his Doctorate- Kereke
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
The authenticity of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono's qualifications have been questioned by a former aide who claims to have wrote assignments and examinations that earned President Robert Mugabe's personal banker a doctorate.
UK - Zimbabwean woman found dead in her flat
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
A ZIMBABWEAN woman was found dead just days after telling friends on Twitter: “Nothing wants to go right, this is just ridiculous! *sigh*.”
Zimbabwe's AIDS Levy Expected To Net US$30 Million This Year
Wed, Mar 07, 2012
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe's National Aids Council expects to collect US$30 million this year through the country's AIDS Levy, up from last year's US$24 million, buoyed by an improved industrial capacity utilisation and adoption of multiple foreign currencies, an official says.
Oasis Outdoor Media expands to Zimbabwe
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
Oasis Outdoor Media has decided to expand its offerings into Zimbabwe. The new business in that country has been established by partnering with local firm Reflex Media which is based in Harare.
Late Brigadier's wife given notice to vacate army house
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
The widow of national hero Brigadier-General Paul Armstrong Gunda has been given 10 days to vacate an army house in Bulawayo, ending a long running legal battle.
Mugabe should accept ballot defeat- Khupe
Sat, Mar 10, 2012
Harare - My dream for Zimbabwe is to see President Robert Mugabe peacefully accepting defeat at the hands of Tsvangirai, shaking hands and congratulating the winner in the election, the MDC Vice President Thokozani Khupe has said.
Zimbabwe Instability Concern for Region - Khama
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
Botswana President Ian Khama has called on Zimbabwe to adopt democratic reforms that will guarantee a credible election, which he says is necessary for regional stability.
Muamba prayers woman dies after Hillingdon meeting
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
A CHURCHGOER died of a suspected heart attack whilst leading a prayer for a footballer who suffered a cardiac arrest during a match.
AfDB to Host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable in Tunis
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
The African Development Bank (AfDB) will host the Friends of Zimbabwe Roundtable, to discuss economic and political developments in the country on 23 March. The meeting will also focus on the prospects of dealing with the country's external debt arreears.
Morgan Tsvangirai At The Deep End with T William Bango
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
A founding member and leader of Zimbabwe’s mainopposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai came to prominence as a political force in the late 1990s
Great Zimbabwe University Student Activist Convicted Again:
Thu, Apr 12, 2012
A Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) student activist Prosper Tiringindi was today convicted by a Masvingo magistrate Mr. Mudzongachiso. He was convicted on charges of assaulting Masvingo Polytechnic College Principal, Mr.Nyamukapa. Tiringindi was being charged together with Brighton Ramusi, Zivanai Muzorodzi, Godfrey Kurauone and Brian Chimwayi.
Zimbabwe exporting lions to Kenya!
Wed, Apr 04, 2012
The cash-strapped Government of President Robert Mugabe is not aware that some criminals in the tourism industry are allegedly exporting lions to Kenya, The Zimbabwean can reveal.
Zimbabwe's draft constituition ready by mid-April - Matinenga
Wed, Mar 28, 2012
Costitutional and Parliamentary Minister Eric Matinenga on Monday said drafters of the constitution making process will be through writing the first draft charter by mid-next month but a referendum will be held in September the earliest.
Police Stole Israeli Pilot’s Diamonds: Samkange
Thu, Apr 05, 2012
Harare, – Prominent Zimbabwean lawyer Jonathan Samkange who is representing an Israeli pilot facing charges of trying to smuggle diamonds told the magistrate court Tuesday that his client will sue the police for stealing some of the diamonds.
China extends economic assistance to Zimbabwe
Sat, Apr 07, 2012
HARARE- The Chinese government on Thursday signed with theZimbabwean government several economic and technological cooperation agreementsworth 1.141 billion RMB yuan (180 million U.S. dollars).
Mudede Incompetent ZANU PF Activist and Liar: ZAPU
Sun, Apr 15, 2012
Bulawayo,--The opposition Zapu said Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede is an “incompetent liar and a Zanu (PF) activist” who should not be part and parcel of any election process in Zimbabwe.
Corrupt Chombo rules out the return of white farmers
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
ZANU PF has vowed to block any attempts to bring back white ex-commercial farmers removed from their farms under the country’s controversial land reforms.
Biti: Incompetent State Lawyers Costing Zimbabwe Billions in Undervalued Deals
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
Biti was quoted in the state-run Herald newspaper as saying the country’s dependence on inexperienced lawyers in the attorney general’s office recently resulted in an unnamed investor getting a piece of land in Selous, Mashonaland West, stretching over 100 kilometers for only $200 million.
Rwanda: Zimbabwean Delegation On Study Visit
Tue, Apr 17, 2012
"What Rwanda has been through and the process to rebuild the country is a lesson for anyone." This was stated by the head of a Zimbabwean delegation, Eric T. Matinenga, Minister of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs, when they were received by Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama.
UK:Abusive nurse struck off
Wed, Apr 18, 2012
A nurse has been struck off after threatening to chop her clinic manager into ‘little pieces’ and bury her in the ground. Margaret Amao told her manager Kathleen Booth that she would poke her eyes out and pour a patient’s urine all over her after being asked to test a sample.
Jealousy husband in sadistic attack of love rival
Wed, Apr 18, 2012
A Southern California woman gave graphic testimony Tuesday in the torture trial of a former sheriff's deputy accused of ordering her to castrate her lover during a savage assault.
Zimbabwe government soon to issue mining right to Essar
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
The Herald reported that Mines and Mining Development of Zimbabwe Government will soon issue a Special Grant for the transfer of mining rights to Essar Africa for the Indian firm to revive NewZim Steel Limited.
Madhuku pushing fo a NO vote on the constitution: even before we see the draft
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
Harare,- The National Constitutional Assembly insists it will oppose the new constitution draft and campaign for people to reject it at a referendum planned for later this year
US$58 Million worth of diamonds revenue unaccounted for
Thu, Apr 19, 2012
A cabinet minister has told a Harare Chamber of Mines breakfast seminar that only $19,5 million was received from diamond revenue during January and February out of the expected $77, 5 million.
Joke of the century: Mutasa Joins Race To Succeed Mugabe
Sat, Apr 21, 2012
Mutare, – Didymus "Diesel" Mutasa, Zanu PF secretary for administration and a fierce loyalist of President Robert Mugabe, has joined other heavy weights in Zanu PF in the race to succeed the 88-year old leader.
Mtharika laid to rest in 'style'
Tue, Apr 24, 2012
Mutharika built a mausoleum for himself at his vast farm.
Jonathan Moyo is EVIL: Mangwana
Wed, Apr 25, 2012
HARARE – Professor Jonathan Moyo is a messenger of evil, says Paul Mangwana, the Zanu PF co-chair to the Constitution Select Committee (Copac).
Zambia committed to strengthening relations with Zimbabwe
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
HARARE, ) -- Zambia was committed to strengthening relations with Zimbabwe through increased political, economic and social cooperation, visiting Zambia President Michael Sata has said.
Zimbabwe's PM decries 'poisonous politics'
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Zimbabwe's prime minister said Wednesday that the nation's "bad and poisonous politics" have held back recovery and investment in the troubled economy.
King of the poor, gets a personal jet
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
Swazi King Mswati III has received a jet for his 44th birthday, despite the tiny country's crippling financial crisis, the prime minister said on state radio.
UK sleep walks back into double dip recession
Thu, Apr 26, 2012
THE UK slid back into recession yesterday after a drop in construction output and a stagnant services sector forced a 0.2% decline in GDP.
Mbeki shies away from talking of the monster he created
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
Harare, - Ex-South African President Thabo Mbeki refused to talk about the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which he brokered in September 2008 when he visited Zimbabwe for the first time in three years at the weekend.
Nympho kept victim captive for 36-hour forced sex session
Mon, Apr 30, 2012
A GERMAN nymphomaniac arrested after forcing a man to have sex with her eight times has struck again - this time keeping her victim on the go for a staggering 36 HOURS.
Fearsome Mnangagwa want to know why journos don't talk to him - REALLY
Thu, May 03, 2012
Bulawayo, — Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has complained that journalists have been writing about his interest in succeeding President Robert Mugabe but have never spoken to him.
PM address on World Press Freedom Day
Thu, May 03, 2012
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s statement on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day - 3 May 2012
Zimbabwe, EU officials to hold sanctions talks
Sun, May 06, 2012
HARARE, – Zimbabwe will send government ministers this week to hold talks with European Union officials over sanctions slapped on President Robert Mugabe and his circle a decade ago, state media said Sunday.
Are Prince Harry And Chelsy Davy Rekindling Their Romance?
Sun, May 06, 2012
Prince Harry was rumoured to be dating Mollie King, but it seems The Saturdays singer was just a red herring!
Global Alliance Partners to Gather in Zimbabwe
Tue, May 08, 2012
Harare, -- The international member firms of Global Alliance Partners (GAP) will gather in Harare, Zimbabwe on May 21-22 for the 8th semi-annual GAP meeting hosted by Africa partner, the Imara Group.
Zimbabwe lauds China’s unwavering support
Wed, May 09, 2012
HARARE, – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party on Tuesday commended China for its unwavering support to Zimbabwe since independence in 1980.
Out- going MPs want subsidised residential stands
Fri, May 11, 2012
ABOUT 400 Members of Parliament want Harare City Council to allocate them residential stands in leafy suburbs at subsidised prices. They say this will reduce money being spent on hotel bills. The legislators said owning residential stands in the capital was part of self development because most of them remained poor despite serving the country.
ZANU PF backed radio stations fail to go on air
Fri, May 11, 2012
The two private radio stations that were awarded operating licences last year announced yesterday they would only be ready to go on air at least three months from now, well after expiry of the six-month deadline provided for under the Broadcasting Services Act.
Force women to have fewer baths and shave off their hair to make them less attractive - Senator
Mon, May 14, 2012
A Zimbabwean politician has said women should be forced to bathe less and shave off their hair to make them less attractive to men and help curb the spread of HIV.
Zimbabwean minister wants gays evicted from communities
Mon, May 14, 2012
A Zimbabwean minister has ordered traditional leaders to seize land belonging to homosexuals and expel them from their communities.
Sikhala accused of rape
Mon, May 14, 2012
FORMER St Mary’s legislator and MDC 99 leader Job Sikhala was yesterday charged with rape and theft.
Devolution Of Power Rejected – Herald
Tue, May 15, 2012
Harare– Devolution of power has been rejected, the state media reported on Tuesday.
Zanu-PF unhappy with EU sanctions stance
Wed, May 16, 2012
HARARE - Zanu PF says there is nothing to celebrate from the so-called progress reported to have been made in last week’s talks between Zimbabwean officials and the European Union in Brussels.
Foul-mouthed General gags his foul-mouthed wife
Wed, May 16, 2012
The outspoken estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s army commander General Constantine Chiwenga has been reprimanded by the High Court for discussing terms of their divorce with the media, his lawyer said.
Prophet Mukandiwa flees journos from a Merc showroom
Wed, May 16, 2012
Harare, - Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa on Tuesday caused drama at a Harare up market ZIMOCO motor showroom when he sneaked out through the back door leaving his body guards threatening journalists intending to take pictures of him scouting for a latest Mercedes Benz.
Deported man challenges state in courts
Wed, May 16, 2012
South Africa-based Zimbabwean Roland Whitehead has made an application at the High Court seeking a declaration order to have his citizenship status restored and to be issued with a new Zimbabwean passport within 14 days.
Suspected killer of Zimbabwean student to be extradited back to Malawi
Thu, May 17, 2012
A South African court will next week rule on whether Malawian businessman and fugitive murder suspect, Misozi Chanthunya will be extradited to Malawi for a murder trial.
Moyo in a humiliating climb down after a dress down by Mangwana
Thu, May 17, 2012
HARARE - In a dramatic twist, Professor Jonathan Moyo acknowledged COPAC progress in the Constitution making process so far and also said Zimbabweans have no problem with United Nations Development Programme UNDP funds, but said the constitution-making process has reached a point whereby the country no-longer requires any advise from donors hence the western agent should just disengage from COPAC.
Thank Mugabe for not bombing Harvest House : Madhuku
Thu, May 17, 2012
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC should thank President Robert Mugabe for not bombing the party’s Headquarters even though he has the capacity to do so, constitutional law expert, Lovemore Madhuku, has said.
Semen found in Charlene’s underwear
Fri, May 18, 2012
A forensic scientist has told a court semen was found in the underwear of a girl allegedly sexually violated and murdered by her uncle. George Gwaze is on trial in the High Court Christchurch in relation of the death of Charlene Makaza in 2007. A forensic scientist, Rosalyn Rough, told the High Court at Christchurch that a pair of the ten year old's underpants was found in the washing machine at the Gwaze home.
Malawi makes move to recover money owed by Harare
Fri, May 18, 2012
The new Malawian government has reportedly dispatched a delegation to Zimbabwe to demand a five year-old $23 million debt, in what could mark a shift in relations between the two countries.
