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SA 'failing its business community in Zim'

Sun, Aug 01, 2010

Security of tenure and property rights - or the absence of such - was the dominant issue at the breakfast meeting held to sell South Africa as an investment destination for Zimbabwe businesses.

'Miracle' as pastor returns from deep freeze

Sun, Sep 05, 2010

Pastor Ray McCauley's recovery since heart surgery in May has been called a "miracle".

Final snub for MDC man

Sat, Aug 28, 2010

Anger as Zanu PF refuses to recognise struggle role

Salary gap between foreign and civil service exposed

Sun, Oct 03, 2010

A Zimbabwean diplomat is suing the government for more than $400000 in a case which exposes the wide discrepancies between the salaries of diplomats and hard-pressed civil servants.

Zimbabwe skies threat to world's aircraft : Sunday Times

Zimbabwe skies threat to world's aircraft : Sunday Times

Sun, Oct 31, 2010

Old equipment, warthogs on runways and now a strike face aviation authority

Mrs Chombo's appeal for help in divorce draws blank from Mugabe

Sun, Nov 07, 2010

President Robert Mugabe has avoided getting himself involved in the acrimonious divorce wrangle between Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo and his wife Marian.

Zanu-PF is not socialist, then

Mon, Nov 08, 2010

Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, once said that seven things will destroy humanity. All of them have to do with social and political conditions writes Zoli Mnagena in the Sunday Times.

SEXGATE: Gono turns up the heat on RBZ rival Kuwaza

SEXGATE: Gono turns up the heat on RBZ rival Kuwaza

Sun, Nov 14, 2010

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) deputy board chairman Charles Kuwaza is under intense pressure to resign from the central bank as his boardroom fight with his boss Gideon Gono reaches a fever pitch. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Chinamasa in battle to block tycoon

Sun, Nov 21, 2010

Senior cabinet ministers move to halt SA-based Mawere recovering seized assets

Biti resists plan to set aside referendum, election funds

Sat, Nov 20, 2010

Finance Minister Tendai Biti is resisting President Robert Mugabe's demand to set aside $200-million in his forthcoming budget for the referendum on the new constitution and the elections next year.

Mugabe, MDC lock horns over new elections

Mugabe, MDC lock horns over new elections

Sun, Dec 19, 2010

Tsvangirai insists that it should be only a presidential poll

Mugabe: Mujuru has blown it

Sun, Dec 19, 2010

President Robert Mugabe thinks his deputy and once-likely successor, vice-president Joyce Mujuru, has blown her chances to take over from him after she was caught working with Finance Minister Tendai Biti to usurp his powers on currency and exchange rate issues.

Zim splashes out on huge ethanol scheme

Wed, Dec 22, 2010

But critics warn the $600m plan is taking farming land from the community

Plans afoot to unleash militia

Sun, Jan 16, 2011

President Robert Mugabe and his party Zanu-PF will soon reintroduce the controversial National Youth Service training programme ahead of crucial elections, a move likely to have a chilling effect on a country where polls are characterised by violence and intimidation, spearheaded by aggressive youth militias.

Mugabe is 'day-dreaming'-PM

Mugabe is 'day-dreaming'-PM

Sun, Feb 06, 2011

General elections will only be held on the completion of the ongoing constitutional process and not at the behest of President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.

Dossier implicates Tomana in high criminal activities

Dossier implicates Tomana in high criminal activities

Sun, Feb 20, 2011

Attorney General Johannes Tomana should be subjected to a criminal investigation for helping his associates to escape criminal liability in the past few years, a civil society anti-corruption report has said.

Beginning of the end: Zuma, Mugabe at war

Beginning of the end: Zuma, Mugabe at war

Sun, Apr 03, 2011

Zimbabwe president blasts SA counterpart after harsh criticism T President Jacob Zuma and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Robert Mugabe, are headed for a showdown following the Zanu-PF leader's vow to "resist" renewed pressure by neighbouring states for reforms.

Knives drawn out for the 'Old man'

Knives drawn out for the 'Old man'

Sun, Apr 17, 2011

Deep divisions have surfaced within President Robert Mugabe's inner circle over his decision to run for another five-year term of office amid growing concerns about his advanced age and deteriorating health.

Mugabe favours Sekeramayi to succeed

Mugabe favours Sekeramayi to succeed

Sun, May 22, 2011

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has dumped the two main rival factions in Zanu PF, which for years have been plotting against each other to succeed him, in favour of the Minister of State Security in his office, Sydney Sekeramayi, authoritative sources said. (Insert, 'Future' President going through the rituals of getting diesel from rocks)

They have become bolder, while men want more old-fashioned romance

They have become bolder, while men want more old-fashioned romance

Sun, Jun 12, 2011

South African women are becoming more adventurous in bed - and the fun doesn't stop there.

Vavi stuns ANC

Vavi stuns ANC

Sun, Jun 12, 2011

COSATU general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi warns in a report prepared for the federation's central committee meeting this month that South Africa could become a "banana republic", and threatens to repudiate President Jacob Zuma's leadership.

Zimbabwe army takes charge?

Sun, Jun 26, 2011

ZIMBABWE's unstable inclusive government has been thrown into a fresh crisis after Jameson Timba, the Minister of State in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office, was arrested on Friday for saying President Robert Mugabe lied about the SADC summit in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Zuma ready to confront Mugabe

Thu, Jul 21, 2011

HARARE – South African President Jacob Zuma has dumped his country’s traditional “quiet diplomacy” and is instead going for full “confrontation” with President Robert Mugabe to force free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, a cabinet source has said.

President Zuma fumes at Malema ..

President Zuma fumes at Malema ..

Mon, Aug 15, 2011

The battle between President Jacob Zuma and errant ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema took a dramatic turn on Monday when a fuming Zuma threw the youth leader out of a meeting.

Mugabe's party is BROKE

Mugabe's party is BROKE

Sun, Sep 25, 2011

Zanu-PF is broke and President Robert Mugabe is under growing pressure from within his party ranks to quit ahead of the next crucial elections because of his chequered record.

Zuma's presidency 'challenged'

Sun, Oct 02, 2011

Intense lobbying for Deputy President to succeed President Jacob Zuma as the head of the ANC has begun in earnest in South Africa's economic hub, with the party's Johannesburg region positioning itself as a springboard for his campaign.

UN daggers drawn

Sun, Oct 09, 2011

Daggers are being drawn over Zimbabwe at the United Nations Human Rights Council's universal periodic review in Geneva, Switzerland, as its controversial human rights situation comes under close scrutiny tomorrow.

SA envoy's rant sets scene for showdown

Sun, Oct 16, 2011

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is due to confront President Robert Mugabe this week in an attempt to defuse a potentially major diplomatic row after South Africa's ambassador in Harare, Vusi Mavimbela, launched a vicious attack on the government over lawlessness.

Morgan Tsvangirai's love exploits laid bare

Sat, Dec 03, 2011

ZIMBABWEAN Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's 12-day marriage has cast the spotlight on his private life - with a list of women with whom he has allegedly had relationships crawling out of the woodwork.

Pyrrhic victory for Mugabe - the unwanted presidential candidate

Pyrrhic victory for Mugabe - the unwanted presidential candidate

Sat, Dec 03, 2011

Zanu-PF is stuck with President Robert Mugabe. The party is set to endorse the ailing 87-year-old as its candidate in the elections next year or in 2013 against the will of most of its senior members.

Tender boss paid Malema

Tender boss paid Malema

Sun, Dec 25, 2011

Bank records show businessman's R1.2m payments to youth league leader.

Zuma gets more muscle to deal with Zimbabwe

Zuma gets more muscle to deal with Zimbabwe

Sun, Jan 15, 2012

South African President Jacob Zuma's political hand has been strengthened to deal with trouble spots in the region, mainly Zimbabwe, after Pretoria took over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council at the beginning of the month.