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Zanu councillors hold on to power

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

MARONDERA - Losing Zanu (PF) councilors here are holding on to power despite having been rejected by residents in the March 2008 elections.

Zim Assoc to the rescue of despairing exiles in UK

Wed, Feb 03, 2010

LONDON - As Zimbabwe has lurched from crisis to crisis, over the past eight years a small London-based charity has worked tirelessly to alleviate the fallout among members of the Diaspora in the UK.

5,000 fake passports seized

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

JOHANNESBURG – South African authorities have confiscated over 5,000 fraudulently-acquired passports from Zimbabweans reports the Zimbabwean.

Amai Tsvangirai memorial service set for Saturday

Wed, Mar 03, 2010

All roads lead to Glamis Stadium in Harare on Saturday where thousands of Zimbabweans are expected to converge for the memorial service of Amai Susan Nyaradzo Tsvangirai the wife to MDC President and Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister and head of government, Morgan Tsvangirai.

KP tightens up on fake diamond permits

Tue, Mar 16, 2010

HARARE - Fake diamond certificates have been discovered in circulation, raising suspicions that Zimbabwe is trying to market “blood diamonds” illegally.

Germans bust Mugabe sanctions

Thu, Mar 25, 2010

JOHANNESBURG - A German company with a branch in South Africa has busted the EU targeted measures against President Robert Mugabe and his wife, Grace, by building a state-of-the-art dairy processing plant to process milk from their Gushungo Dairy Estates.

Mugabe heading for a shok poll defeat

Mon, May 17, 2010

HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and Zanu (PF) have reportedly developed cold feet over holding early elections after a recent poll showed that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai would win by a whopping 88 percent.

Churches in National Day of Prayer

Tue, May 25, 2010

HARARE - Churches of Zimbabwe will be holding a National Day of Prayer today as the nation commemorates Africa Day. "We call upon all churches and Christians of all denominations to gather together to pray y in their cities, towns and villages to seek the face of the Lord for the healing of the nation," said a statement.

Warriors move up FIFA rankings

Thu, May 27, 2010

JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe’s senior national soccer team climbed three places up the ladder in the latest FIFA/Coca-cola World rankings, released on Wednesday afternoon.

Mugabe loses female vote

Mugabe loses female vote

Tue, Jun 01, 2010

HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has lost the confidence of the female population, according to a recent poll that projects he will win only nine per cent of women’s votes in a future election.

Zuma tries to mend broken bridges

Mon, Jun 07, 2010

THE two antagonists in Zimbabwe’s unity government – President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai – will be part of the VIPs that will grace the opening ceremony of the historic 2010 FIFA World CupTM,according to The Zimbabwean.

Tsvangirai outstages Mugabe at NSS

Wed, Jun 09, 2010

HARARE - Wednesday's epic football match pitting Zimbabwe's Warriors against five time World Champions, Brazil was easily turned into a test to gauge the popularity of the country's two main political leaders, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and President Robert Mugabe.

University of Zimbabwe Students suffer from food poisoning

Mon, Jun 14, 2010

Hundreds of University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students face food poisoning on campus, with already a number of students seeking medical help after eating poisoned food.

MDC leaders tour country

Wed, Jun 23, 2010

HARARE - Every person in spite of their political affiliation, religious beliefs, creed or background, should attend the constitution outreach meetings to be held in their wards, an MDC leader has said.

CFU wants farm compensation plus interest

Sun, Jun 27, 2010

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s white farmers have submitted an ambitious agricultural recovery plan to government that proposes converting into interest-bearing bonds the amount owed by Harare to farmers for farms expropriated during a controversial decade-long land reform programme.

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Wed, Jun 30, 2010

BULAWAYO - Hundreds of residents of Bulawayo’s Gwabalanda and Luveve suburbs received free medical services last week. The programme, which was organised by the Lamsukar Foundation, founded by former rugby player, Lameck Kasuka, saw many elderly people and children getting treated at no cost.

Ministry has no funds to design new travel document

Mon, Jul 12, 2010

HARARE - Travellers needing Temporary Travelling Documents (TTDs) have to wait a little longer before the heavily indebted Registrar General’s office can design a new document that complies with the South African Immigration Department machines. Among other burdening debts, the RGs office owes the Treasury and Fidelity Printers over US$10 million.

Mayor, minister clash

Mon, Jul 12, 2010

HARARE - A fresh wrangle has emerged between Water Resources, Development and Management Minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo and Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda over the disconnection of water supplies to Harare Residents.

Army deployed to intimidate

Wed, Jul 14, 2010

MUREWA - Soldiers who terrorized villagers in the run up to the sham June 27, 2008 Presidential elections, were officially redeployed last week Tuesday, The Zimbabwean has learnt.

Activist lives in fear after threatening calls

Wed, Jul 14, 2010

JOHANNESBURG - A Movement for the Democratic Change activist, whose legs and arm were broken after being beaten with iron bars by Zanu agents, is now living in fear in Johannesburg.

The ball is in your Court- Khupe tells Zim Diaspora

Fri, Jul 16, 2010

Zimbabwe's first female Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, won friends and respect from Zimbabweans living in the United Kingdom when she braved tough questions and urged Zimbabweans to make their own risk assessments before packing bags to go back to Zimbabwe. amme.

Zimbabwe falls off AU agenda

Mon, Jul 26, 2010

HARARE - Heads of state and government of the African Union have dashed hopes that they would take President Robert Mugabe to task for his contemptuous flouting of the global political agreement that formed the troubled coalition government.