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Parties split on Malema's Zim visit
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF says it will give Julius Malema a resounding welcome when he arrives in Harare on Friday for solidarity meetings with his Zimbabwe counterparts.
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Zimbabwean Study: Commonly-used antibiotic ‘co-trimoxazole’ can reduce HIV mortality rate
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
In their study published in The Lancet, researchers from the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit and Imperial College in London, and centres in Uganda and Zimbabwe, have expressed the opinion that the lives of countless HIV patients can be saved by using a simple, cheap, drug treatment – which though endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), is not being adequately administered
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CAUGHT CHEATING? HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER BEING UNFAITHFUL
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
We all learn to look out for signs that our man is cheating, or subtle hints that he might be seeing someone else on the side, but what if you are the one that cheated? Assuming that you still want to work on your current relationship, we have 7 ways to move on successfully after you’ve been unfaithful. This is not a “loop-hole” and is not praised, but the reality is 14 percent of married women have had affairs at least once during their married lives and 17 percent of divorces in the United States are caused by infidelity. If you fall into this category, and don’t want to be part of the divorce statistic, take a look at these helpful steps.
Sure signs she's cheating on you
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
Who wants to be a monkey?
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
A student has been left feeling a little red-faced after an embarrassing incident with a monkey made her a global star. Charmian Chen, who just happens to be a model, was visiting the Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud in Bali last month when two of the primates decided she was a little overdressed.The 22-year-old student, from Taiwan, was on holiday on the tropical Indonesian island feeding long-tailed macaques when she was singled out.
'South Africans smuggling Zimbabwean diamonds' - ACR CEO
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
INTERVIEW: Journalist Violet Gonda presents Hot Seat where she speaks to Andrew Cranswick, CEO of African Consolidated Resources, the company in the middle of a legal wrangle with the government over the Chiadzwa diamond mine.
No end in sight for Zimbabwe
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
Zimbabwe’s feuding political parties look set to miss yet another deadline to conclude talks on outstanding issues from their power sharing agreement with indications that sharp differences have started to emerge.
Zimbabwe through a different prism
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
David Smith visits Harare and writes in the Guardian that life for Zimbabweans is not all conflict and despair
Columns : Guest Writer
Mugabe’s partners in power struggle
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Although the prime minister and his Movement for Democratic Change are theoretically equal partners in the coalition government with Robert Mugabe, the president, the reality is very different. Mr Tsvangirai lacked the authority to prevent the police from sabotaging an event he had chosen to open.
Zimbabwean Village Pays Heavily for Diamond Wealth
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
In the once-quiet Zimbabwean village of Chiadzwa, there are massive diamond deposits that can be dug out with simple tools only a few feet below the ground - on children's playgrounds, in pastures, and in cornfields. But in an all-too-familiar illustration of the resource curse, the mineral wealth has turned out to be anything but a gift for the poor people who live there.
Africa looks up to Punjab for 'green revolution'
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
African countries are eyeing Indian technology and expertise, especially from Punjab, to bring in a green revolution that will help them ensure food security and even export food grains to other countries.
News : National News : Parliament and Politics
Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
Mugabe is now shadow of the president who used to deliver thought - provoking speeches and would transcend all corners of the country with such enthusiasm and energy even his bodyguards struggled to keep up with his energetic and quick movements.
Columns : Business , Financial and Property Indaba
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.
MTN's Zimbabwe acquisition under threat
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
MTN's planned acquisition of a 49% stake in Zimbabwe's state-owned cellular network NetOne could collapse after revelations some members of the inclusive government are opposed to its privatisation.
Kasukuwere storms out of Indigenisation meeting
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
Harare- The embattled Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has stormed out of an Indigenisation meeting after a white businessman had described the Empowerment law as an ‘economic apartheid’.
Zimbabwe Stocks Have Longest 2010 Rally on Ownership Law Review
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
(Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe shares posted their longest 2010 rally as the government reviews forcing companies to transfer ownership to black citizens. Exotix USA Inc. and Kingdom Stock Brokers Ltd. said further gains may be limited.
Zimbabwe bars foreign acquisition of oil companies
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
In the first enforcement of new controversial indigenisation laws, the Zimbabwe government announced Thursday it had barred two foreign companies from acquiring local asset of two multinational oil companies.
Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba
Parliamentarians Probing Zimbabwe Diamond Field Abuses Hit Corporate Barrier
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
The Chiadzwa Community Development Trust said the presence of soldiers in the Marange or Chiadzwa area as it is known promotes corruption with syndicates diverting diamonds from the zone into the Mozambique black market
Land minister 'has forked tongue'
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Cape Town - A warning by Rural Development and Land Reform Minister Gugile Nkwinti that commercial farmers must co-operate to avoid a situation in South Africa "worse than Zimbabwe" has drawn sharp reaction from the agricultural union TAU-SA and the Freedom Front Plus.
Zim firm gets KP nod to sell diamonds
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
HARARE – International diamond regulation body Kimberly Process (KP) has granted Mbada Investments permission to sell 2.5 million carats of diamonds mined from the controversial Marange field, a senior government official told ZimOnline on Friday.
Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba
Columns : Health Indaba
MALES TAKING 'HANDS-ON APPROACH' TO TACKLE HIV AND AIDS IN ZIMBABWE
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
Men in rural Zimbabwe are looking to tackle the country's HIV and AIDS epidemic by taking part in a new scheme.
Circumcision can protect from HIV transmission: Reports from Zimbabwe
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Nearly 1.1 million people in Zimbabwe are HIV positive with 40% unaware of their status. 160,000 children are infected with counts rising by 17,000 yearly. Total HIV prevalence rate for Zimbabwe is 13.7%. There are 2,000 HIV related deaths in Zimbabwe every week. 25% of children in Zimbabwe are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS related deaths according to UN agency reports.
Columns : Science and Technology Indaba
Zimbabwe to Get Mobile WiMAX Network
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Ecoweb, Zimbabwe's largest internet access and service provider, is poised to deploy the country's first mobile WiMAX network. Ecoweb is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country's largest telecoms company.
Zimbabwe ICT sector shows signs of recovery
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
After breaking all inflation records and experiencing a chronic shortage of capital and international political isolation, Zimbabwe's ICT sector is showing signs of recovery, according to analysts.
Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex
Good bye to the search for the G-Sport?.. It doesnt exist
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
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Get real, the war is over VP Nkomo tells ZANU PF
Tue, Jul 20, 2010
Vice President John Nkomo's comments did not seem likely to be popular in a party that has defined itself as a bulwark against imperialism and neo-colonialism reports VOA
ANC condemns Malema's behaviour
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Johannesburg - The ANC "strongly condemned" its youth league president Julius Malema's treatment of a BBC journalist, a spokesperson said on Friday.
Mugabe makes it clear to Zuma he is not sharing power
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
Robert Mugabe has reportedly said he will not appoint provincial governors from the MDC, as they may not be loyal to him. He has also dug in his heels and said that Attorney-General Johannes Tomana and central bank boss Gideon Gono are going nowhere reports SW Radio Africa.
Zimbabwean refugees targeted ahead of World Cup: report
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabweans who fled their country's political and economic crisis are being targeted by a "clean-up" ahead of the football World Cup in South Africa, a report said Wednesday.
Zimbabwe swears in electoral, human rights commissioners
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe swore in members of electoral and human rights commissions on Wednesday, a step toward fully implementing his power-sharing agreement with rival Morgan Tsvangirai.
Zimbabwe slap Roy Bennett with new charges
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
Authorities in Zimbabwe slapped Roy Bennett, a top aide to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, with charges of breaching grain laws as the verdict in his treason trial was postponed.
Zimbabwe parties miss Zuma deadline
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's political parties failed to meet a Monday deadline set by South African President Jacob Zuma to resolve a power-sharing dispute that threatens to tear apart the country's coalition, a cabinet minister said.
Zimbabwe urged to allow debate on past human rights violations after police block art exhibitions
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Amnesty International today called on Zimbabwe’s Government to end repression of public debate on past and ongoing human rights violations, following the detention of a well known artist for work depicting atrocities committed in the 1980’s.
Zimbabwe-South Africa-Farmers sieze Zim property
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A group representing South African farmers dispossessed of their land in Zimbabwe on Tuesday seized a Cape Town property belonging to the Zimbabwean government in a move likely to trigger similar action by other foreign nationals aggrieved by Harare’s decade-long farm seizure programme.
South African Facilitators Back In Zimbabwe As Power-Sharing Parties Miss Deadline
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
Facilitation team member Lindiwe Zulu, a foreign policy adviser to Mr. Zuma, told VOA that her team was in the Zimbabwean capital to take delivery of a report by party negotiators detailing results of power-sharing talks
World Cup countries show Zimbabwe the red card
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
HARARE // Zimbabwe’s hopes of earning much-needed revenue by hosting football teams before the Fifa World Cup in June in neighbouring South Africa have been dashed: none of the 32 qualifiers chose to hold training camps here.
Zimbabwe appeals for funding to fight measles
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
The Zimbabwean government and UN officials have issued an international appeal for funds to help contain an outbreak of measles that has killed at least 183 people - mainly unvaccinated children under the age of 5.
Mugabe's men grab prime Harare land
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
Two prominent Zimbabweans have been implicated in an urban land-grab scandal involving prime property in Harare worth millions of US dollars.
White farmers seek to grab Mugabe land in SA
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
White Zimbabwean farmers dispossessed by President Robert Mugabe's government will take another big step this week towards seizing Zimbabwean government-owned properties in Cape Town.
DA slams home affairs minister
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
DA spokesperson on home affairs, Juanita Terblanche, said in a statement that she was astonished the minister could not see the link between "the disastrous combination of uncontrolled immigrants streaming through South African borders and her department being riddled with under-staffing and incompetence".
Zimbabwe newspaper apologizes to Britain's Queen
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — An independent Zimbabwe Sunday newspaper apologizes to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II for publishing a computer-doctored photograph showing the 83-year old monarch pregnant during news reports on a state visit earlier this month by the South African president.
Zimbabwe sanctions on Mugabe allies should go - Zuma
Sat, Mar 27, 2010
(Reuters) - Travel restrictions slapped on Zimbabwean officials from President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party should be lifted to help the unity government function effectively, South African President Jacob Zuma said.
Mugabe and Tsvangirai blasts homesexuals
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
PRESIDENT Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have strongly condemned efforts to include "gay rights" in the new constitution, saying Zimbabwe will never succumb to shameless foreign traditions.
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.
News : National News : Constitutional Indaba
Cost Concerns With New Delays in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
The Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reported that the panel is running through US$100,00 dollars a week on accommodation and travel costs and sitting allowances for the 25 members of the committee
News : National News
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".
Another Snag for Zimbabwe's Stop-and-Go Constitutional Revision Process
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
Co-Chairman Douglas Mwonzora of the Parliamentary Select Committee for Constitutional Revision told VOA that the UNDP had promised to US$21 million for the process, but now wants Harare to cover 30 percent of costs
Woman found dead in Leicester flat
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
BRITISH police have launched murder investigations after a Zimbabwean woman was found dead in her Leicester city flat on Saturday.
Malema expected in Zim
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
Dubbed South Africa’s “Phillip Chiyangwa”, controversial African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President, Julius Malema, is set to visit Zimbabwe for a series of meetings with Zanu PF counterparts.
Zimbabwe Students Plan On Street Protests
Sun, Mar 28, 2010
Zimbabwe students are planning on to stage protests countrywide on Monday in an attempt to push the country’s unity government to come up with sound policies that would put Zimbabwe back on the education map.
Zimbabwe working to reform media laws
Sat, Mar 27, 2010
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Zimbabwe was working to reform its harsh media laws, with work on a new constitution expected to get under way next month.
Roy Bennett detained by armed Police
Sat, Mar 27, 2010
Chimanimani,- A group of armed officers from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Friday briefly detained Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) treasurer and deputy agriculture minister designate, Roy Bennett for yet unclear reasons.
Zuma continues to sit on army general’s report on Zim violence
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
In 2008 former South African President Thabo Mbeki commissioned a fact finding mission into state sponsored violence that took place in the run up to Zimbabwe’s one man presidential run-off. Mbeki, as mediator, sent six retired South African army generals on two fact-finding missions to investigate the cause of the political crisis, especially the role of the army in the violence. Nearly two years since those generals reported back to Mbeki, their damning report has still not been made public.
NORWEGIAN ENVOY IMPRESSED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF ZIMBABWE’S POLITICAL ACCORD....BUT
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
HARARE, (NNN-NEW ZIANA) — The visiting Norwegian State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Gry Larsen, on Wednesday met the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) to get an update on implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) which led to the formation of Zimbabwe’s unity government.
Election violence threat hindering Zimbabwe: British MPs
Fri, Mar 26, 2010
Progress in Zimbabwe could be reversed at any time due to the violence and intimidation blocking free and fair elections, according to a report by British lawmakers released on Friday.
News : Africa
South Africa’s Cosatu to Discuss Alliance With ANC
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
(Bloomberg) -- South Africa’s ruling African National Congress and the Congress of South African Trade Unions will meet on April 8 to “reconfigure” their alliance, the head of the labor federation, Zwelinzima Vavi, said.
I’d rather go to jail - Malema
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema says he would rather go to jail than stop singing liberation songs like Dubul’ ibhunu (kill the Boer).
Big guns probe Malema tenders
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
The Public Protector has roped in the auditor-general in a high-level investigation into multi-million rand provincial government tenders awarded to a company allegedly co-owned by ANC Youth League president Julius Malema
COSATU warns against Zanufication
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
JOHANNESBURG - The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has urged South Africa’s ruling tripartite alliance to desist from intimidating the media or issuing threats against journalists saying such hostility towards the Press would eventually lead to suppression of the media as is the case in Zimbabwe.
Mubarak’s failing health prompts talk of successor
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
CAIRO // The ageing Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, is facing growing questions about his ability to rule and who should succeed him as he convalesces at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh after more than three weeks spent abroad for surgery.
News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa
News : World news : UK and Europe
Foreign workers 'to face English tests'
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
English tests will be made compulsory for all public sector migrant workers, under manifesto pledges to be announced by Gordon Brown today.
Zimbabweans in the UK to celebrate Independence Day
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
Birmingham - Zimbabweans in the United Kingdom are set to celebrate Zimbabwe’s independence across the country with places such as Leeds, Nottingham, and Bristol eagerly preparing for their own local gatherings.
News : Crime and Courts
Newbury woman tells of her parents’ trauma after armed attack on farm
Wed, Mar 31, 2010
A NEWBURY woman has spoken of the emotional trauma that her family has been through after her parents were recently beaten and nearly killed while living under the oppressive regime of Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe man who murdered his children jailed for life
Tue, Mar 30, 2010
MANCHESTER, UK - A Zimbabwean man has been jailed for life with a minimum of 28 years after being found guilty of strangling his children in a bid to punish his estranged wife for looking for new lovers on the internet.
Leicester man remanded over woman's murder
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
A man charged with the murder of a woman in Leicester has been remanded in custody.
Zimbabwe Magistrate Refuses To Release Detained Artist
Mon, Mar 29, 2010
Bulawayo, March 29, 2010 - Owen Maseko, the local artist arrested for holding an exhibition on the Gukurahundi massacres will spend another night in prison after a Bulawayo magistrate refused to release him.
Police swoop on wife of murdered judge
Sat, Mar 27, 2010
Police have finally made a breakthrough into the mysterious death of Western Cape High Court Acting Judge Patrick Maqubela, nine months after he died.
Highfield School Head Jailed
Thu, Mar 25, 2010
Harare — HIGHFIELD High 1 School headmaster Edmore Makomeke has been jailed four years effective for indecently assaulting a Form Four pupil he accused of loitering for the purposes of prostitution at Machipisa Shopping Centre.
News : Africa : Southern Africa
'Terre'Blanche persecuted us'
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Ventersdorp - Slain right-wing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche will be remembered as a person who persecuted black people, residents of Tshing township outside Ventersdorp said on Friday.
Columns : Indaba Podcast
Audio tapes:Deputy PM Mutamabara London address to Zim Diaspora
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Below is the full audio recording of the Deputy Prime minister's speech and question and answer in London to Zimbabweans in Diaspora on 24/08/2010
Columns : Indaba Galleries
Gallery: Mugabe:30 years From a pauper to a Billionaire - Zimbabwe from billions to poverty,disease,fear and hunger
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
So how did Mugabe make all this money?
UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Taking you back in time with all the buses that transported millions of Britons across the island
Deputy Prime minister Mutambara address to Zimbabweans in London
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK
Columns : Indaba video files
Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A YOUNG South African singer serenaded billionaire Sir Richard Branson's daughter when she exchanged wedding vows at a Caribbean island on Tuesday.
Sexy girl looking for a man
Sat, Jun 11, 2011
In general, supposedly hilarious videos that "take the internet by storm" make us cringe a bit, but this one's a goodie. Apparently this is a real human lady's dating profile video. But it might just be someone having a larf. Or it might be a bit of cunning viral marketing on eHarmony's part (although suggesting that their site is full of crazy cat ladies is a bit of a risky strategy). Either way, it did tickle us so. Have a watch and see what you think.
Columns : Entertainment Movies & Music
Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A YOUNG South African singer serenaded billionaire Sir Richard Branson's daughter when she exchanged wedding vows at a Caribbean island on Tuesday.