Stay out of Africa this time, Nelson Mandela's wife tells Britain
Sat, Apr 17, 2010
One of Africa's most eminent political figures has condemned Britain for taking a patronising "big brother" attitude to its former colonies.
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Sat, Apr 17, 2010
One of Africa's most eminent political figures has condemned Britain for taking a patronising "big brother" attitude to its former colonies.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
We all learn to look out for signs that our man is cheating, or subtle hints that he might be seeing someone else on the side, but what if you are the one that cheated? Assuming that you still want to work on your current relationship, we have 7 ways to move on successfully after you’ve been unfaithful. This is not a “loop-hole” and is not praised, but the reality is 14 percent of married women have had affairs at least once during their married lives and 17 percent of divorces in the United States are caused by infidelity. If you fall into this category, and don’t want to be part of the divorce statistic, take a look at these helpful steps.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
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.
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence 30 years ago on Sunday, has seen his image transform from an icon of Africa's liberation movement to a despot.
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
The Mozambican town of Vila de Manica is thriving thanks to the trade in illegal Zimbabwean diamonds.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
LONDON (Commodity Online): The world knows very well about the rule of Robert Gabriel Karigamombe Mugabe in Zimbabwe, a country which a year ago had 1,00,000 per cent inflation rate. This is despite the country having the best diamond fields in the world. There is a saying in Zimbabwe if you own the diamonds in the country you can buy any African country now.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Every day millions of dollars’ worth of diamonds leave Zimbabwe from the world’s richest diamond field. But none of that money reaches the country's desperate poor. Who are the men plundering a nation’s future?
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
From the moment the results were out and it was apparent that the ANC was to form the government, I saw my mission as one of preaching reconciliation, of binding the wounds of the country, of engendering trust and confidence.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Zimbabwe is a great nation which, through personal inadequacy and greed, Robert Mugabe single-handedly tried to destroy.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
When President Robert Mugabe presides over the commemoration of Zimbabwe's 30th anniversary of independence on April 18, one point he'll certainly emphasize – for the 30th time – is that the country will never be a colony of another.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
South African President Jacob Zuma's credibility is said to be taking a serious blow over his handling of Zimbabwe's political crisis, as critics warn that the future of South Africa is also at stake writes Alex Bell of SWradio Afriica
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
OPINION: After 54 years of independence, many African countries remain among the least developed and yet paradoxically are richly endowed with mineral wealth writes Mutumwa Mawere.
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.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
HARARE – A parliamentary committee is seeking to further curtail police powers after proposals submitted by legislators suggesting the current Public Order and Security Act (POSA) Amendment Bill still left the law enforcers with room to violate human rights.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
PARLIAMENT is now pushing for a special investigation into Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu’s interest in the companies that were controversially given licences to mine the Chiadzwa diamonds after MPs were barred from touring the fields last week.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
NEW YORK, US - A New Jersey congressman says he will demand a government inquiry into Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire poised to buy the New Jersey Nets, for his extensive business dealings in Zimbabwe -- a bombshell that could blow up the $200 million team deal and threaten the future of Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards, it has been revealed.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday promised business leaders new and “more progressive” empowerment laws, as Zimbabwe’s ruling coalition continues to give conflicting signals over its controversial plan to place more of the economy in the hands of local blacks.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will officially open Zimbabwe's main trade show later this month, state television reported on Thursday.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
GURUVE, (IPS) - Mbuya Erica Chirimanyemba is a marvel among women, and men! Watching her digging holes in dry ground earlier this year, her neighbours thought the old lady had gone berserk. But 60-year-old Chirimanyemba was putting an alternative farming technique into practice writes Ephraim Nsingo for IPS.
Wed, May 05, 2010
ZIMBABWE’S mining industry will be worth US $180 million annually by 2013, a forecast by a global research and forecast intelligence company predicts.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Vice-President John Nkomo today visits the controversial Chiadzwa diamond field to assess operations by two mining firms – Mbada Investments and Canadile Miners – two weeks after police barred parliamentarians from touring the area.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
A new, upgraded biosafety level 2+ laboratory has been handed of by the United States to Zimbabwe's Minister of Health, Dr. Henry Madzorera
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
BULAWAYO, (IPS) - The plumes of smoke rising above the dense working class suburbs of Bulawayo are a sign of the environmental impact of Zimbabwe's electricity crisis.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
Zimbabwean striker Nyasha Mushekwi could ignite a serious tug-of-war led by Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns with the two PSL clubs having raised their hands high for the services of the towering striker.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Harare — DOVES Morgan Funeral Services have unveiled a funeral scheme for the Footballers Union of Zimbabwe aimed at helping the members and their immediate families in time of bereavement.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
SUNDAY Chidzambwa has dropped the biggest hint that he is ready to quit the Warriors' coaching post, if he gets a good offer as he revealed the depth of his unhappiness holding local football's top job. Chidzambwa, a perennial cagey character opened up in an interview at Rufaro last Thursday saying if he gets a good offer he will pack his bags writes the Zimbabwe Standard.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
JOHANNESBURG – Caps United are through to the next round of the CAF Confederations Cup, after they beat South Africa’s Moroka Swallows 1-0 in their second round, second leg tie of the continental club showpiece, played at Johannesburg’s Rand Stadium Saturday afternoon.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
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.
Wed, May 12, 2010
Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday expressed optimism about the situation in Zimbabwe.
Thu, Apr 22, 2010
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left Thursday for a two-day visit to Zimbabwe and to UN Security Council member Uganda, with whom he will discuss Iran's nuclear programme, state television reported.
Sat, Apr 17, 2010
A BUSY hospital in Zimbabwe is asking its patients to select their funeral directors – before they are admitted. In a shocking reflection of the dire state of Zimbabwe's healthcare system, Thorngrove Hospital in Bulawayo is turning away patients who refuse to pick a parlour before treatment.
Sat, Apr 17, 2010
Mutambara was invited by members of the Congressional Black Caucus to detail progress in Harare that might warrant the normalization of ties including the lifting of sanctions on President Mugabe and other ZANU-PF officials
Sat, Apr 17, 2010
Two members of the pressure group, Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), have been detained by Zimbabwean police while at a public meeting convened by the country's Competition and Tariff Commission.
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Harare, - The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, David Coltart, says donors have told him that they will not support the payment of teacher salaries because Zimbabwe is a bottomless pit.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Harare - Zimbabwe's mostly white-owned business won't immediately have to comply with a law that requires them to hand over 51 percent control to blacks, a minister said Wednesday.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Zimbabwe's unity government has suspended rules that require foreign-owned companies in the country to sell a majority stake to local citizens.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s MDC party on Tuesday said its leader and the country’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was not planning to travel to Europe next week to call for lifting of sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Luanda - Zimbabwe on tuesday thanked the ongoing angolan support to end the social and political crisis in the inland southern african nation through the assistance to political parties and the opening of a line of credit, as parliament speaker, Paulo Kassoma, audienced zimbabwean ambassador, James Manzou.
Tue, Apr 13, 2010
Harare — THE Registrar-General's Office will from tomorrow start issuing six-month multiple-entry Temporary Travel Documents to replace the existing 21-day Emergency Travel Documents.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
The Angolan government has embarked on seeking Zimbabwe's assistance in various military aspects, Angolan armed forces chief, General Fransisco Furtado said here Thursday.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
Negotiators trying to break the political stalemate in Zimbabwe have asked President Jacob Zuma to help put the talks back on track.
Sat, Apr 10, 2010
A Zimbabwean asylum seeker who was due to be deported tomorrow says his life has been saved by a decision to review his case.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Pretoria - The "time is not right" to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe, German Foreign Minister and Vice Chancellor Guido Westerwelle said in South Africa on Friday.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
A Harare city council report said Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo and businessman Philip Chiyangwa obtained city land through illegal means at a time when the capital was run by a ZANU-PF-appointed commission writes VOA
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
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".
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday rejected claims by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's office that the government had reversed a law forcing foreign firms to cede a majority stake to locals.
Tue, Apr 13, 2010
Buhera, - The state security agent who went missing after denouncing President Robert Mugabe and saying he felt used by the government for taking part in the torture, harrassment of innocent Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) activists, has been found dead.
Tue, Apr 13, 2010
The ZINASU faction which backs the parliamentary-led constitutional revision process told the prime minister said that one student has been abducted, 51 have been arrested and 13 have been expelled since January
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
HARARE - Joseph Chinotimba’s faction of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veteran Association has defied their patron Robert Mugabe’s calls for quiet and respect for the results of a recent congress by launching a media campaign against Jabulani Sibanda’s faction.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Bishop Abel Muzorewa, leader of an interim government which preceded Zimbabwe's independence has died, state media reported on Friday. He was 85.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
HARARE – Two prominent Zimbabwean academics who had been appointed to represent the civil society on parliamentary committee leading the country’s constitutional reforms have been dropped at the request of rights activists.
Fri, Apr 09, 2010
Harare(ZimEye)-Police have summoned relatives of the 2007 coup plotter, former Army captain Albert Matapo, who during the weekend attempted to escape from Chikurubi maximum prison, and have tortured a convicted prison officer Donald Tapera Gwekwerere said to have assisted in the botched escape, forcing them to implicate Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa in the case, it has emerged.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will lead a high level government delegation to talks with the European Union later this month where he will campaign for the lifting of sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
North Korea will train in Zimbabwe before the World Cup, after they were the only one of five competing nations to accept a request from the Zimbabwean government to come to the country.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
An annual report by the US State Department on human rights in Zimbabwe has said that gays and lesbians in the country face harassment and rape by people trying to 'cure' them.
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Representatives of President Jacob Zuma were to return to Harare later this week for another effort at breaking deadlocks over the top positions at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the Office of the Attorney General reports VOA
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, at the centre of a storm of accusations that his singing "Shoot the Boer" created a climate for the killing of AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche, is lying low after quietly returning to the country on Monday night.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
Norton, - Youth Development, Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono clashed publicly on Sunday over the controversial indigenous Act.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Harare, - Controversial African National Congress (ANC) youth league president Julius Malema claimed Monday that he had advised Zimbabwean iron fisted President Robert Mugabe to desist from using violence to win elections as this usually backfires.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
STATEMENT - The MDC formation under the leadership of Professor Arthur Mutambara is deeply concerned by the new prosecution of Senator Roy Bennett of the MDC (T), commenced with the service of a summons on him on the 30th March 2010, on allegations that he hoarded maize 9 years ago.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
HARARE - A special Harare City Council meeting last week adopted a report exposing alleged illicit land deals involving flamboyant businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa and Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
ANC Youth League President Julius Malema yesterday endorsed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's economic policies - and threatened to import them to South Africa and to nationalise white-owned farms and mines.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
MAJOR Indian missile and armament systems may have been compromised as Chinese hackers have broken into top secret files of the Indian defence ministry and embassies around the world including Zimbabwe, the New York Times has reported.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged thousands of gun-toting militia troops on Tuesday to be ready to fight for his socialist government, telling them that opponents may be plotting to oust or kill him.
Tue, Apr 13, 2010
A top judge from Moscow's city court who had tried high-profile racist murder cases was shot dead as he left his apartment in the Russian capital, investigators said.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
A Classics teacher at a leading private school slept with a 16-year-old pupil after one of his friends dared him to kiss her for £20, a court heard yesterday.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
GENEROUS Prince Harry treated complete strangers to £200 bottles of vintage champagne on a £10,000 booze bender.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
A SIGNIFICANT number of people have applied for asylum in the UK and they were turned down for various reasons. Appeals were lodged and were also unsuccessful.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Two brothers have been charged in connection with the death of 15-year-old Nigerian, Toyosi Shittabey, in West Dublin, Northern Ireland on Friday night.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
COVENTRY, UK - A Zimbabwean clergyman, Kirk Moyo who had been living in Coventry has been jailed for using a false passport to try and enter the UK
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Almost 300 MDC activists in Manicaland province are still to stand trial, a year after police charged them with trying to reclaim their livestock looted by ZANU PF supporters during the election violence in 2008.
Thu, Apr 15, 2010
Harare — Police have arrested two principal immigration officers for allegedly demanding US$6 000 bribe from two Ugandan traditional healers who were working in Zimbabwe without permits
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Harare — HARARE City Council could lose 33 trucks to its chief accountant, Mr Tendai Kwenda, who wants to attach the cars to recover US$650 000 he says the municipality owes him in unpaid salaries and benefits.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Harare — AN unnamed senior Zimbabwe Prison Service officer has been implicated in the foiled escape by seven dangerous prisoners from Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on Monday last week.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
Harare - Prosecutors in Zimbabwe said on Monday they have dropped grain-hoarding charges against Roy Bennett, a top aide of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
HARARE – More than 50 condemned prisoners languish inside Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on the outskirts of Harare today as they wait for their date with the hangman.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
Harare, - The Attorney General’s office has declined to prosecute MDC treasurer general Roy Bennett on charges of holding to maize nine years ago in matter that has been described as persecution rather prosecution.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
ANC Youth League leaders in the various provinces have rallied around their president Julius Malema in the wake of a lashing from ANC President Jacob Zuma.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
A 1980s sex scandal - involving Eugene Terre'Blanche and a male Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) supporter - has surfaced again, just as the Hawks confirmed that the AWB leader's murder could be investigated as a homosexual sex crime.
Sun, Apr 11, 2010
A defiant Julius Malema said he was ''shocked'' at the public rebuke he has received from President Jacob Zuma, saying even former ANC leader Thabo Mbeki never behaved in such a manner.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
JOHAANESBURG - A 24-year-old Zimbabwean man is nursing a broken shoulder, after he was shot at close range by his countryman in Hillbrow suburb, Johannesburg on Thursday morning.
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
Johannesburg - A journalist at an ANC Youth League media briefing was called a "bastard" and an "agent" by its president Julius Malema on Thursday.
Wed, Apr 07, 2010
Prosecutor says his attackers pulled down his trousers, exposed him
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
Ventersdorp - One of the two people accused of murdering AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche was led out of court amidst cheers and ululation on Tuesday shortly after lunchtime.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Ventersdorp - The mother of a 15-year-old murder suspect told Associated Press Television News on Monday that her son says he struck AWB leader Eugene Terre'Blanche with an iron rod after the farmer refused to pay him.
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
Thu, Apr 08, 2010
If you can figure out what this man is about then good luck to you!
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
So how did Mugabe make all this money?
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Taking you back in time with all the buses that transported millions of Britons across the island
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
CONTROVERSIAL Zanu PF businessman Temba Mliswa was arrested last week for allegedly threatening a white businessman whose business he intends to acquire in line with the controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act.
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.
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.
Mon, Apr 12, 2010
Ilorin — One of the white farmers from Zimbabwe working in Kwara State, Mr James Chisohm, was mysteriously found dead beside the stream in Labintan village, Bakase in Asa Local Government Area of the state, weekend.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
Lagos — At 68, and given the longevity of his reign, Qaddafi could have been an African elder statesmen but, not in the least because his inflammatory lifestyle and violent dispositions to many a world issue won't let him be writes Tony Okerafor
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
DAKAR, - Bissau-Guineans have endured decades of coups and countercoups and many were hoping a peaceful presidential election in 2009 marked a step towards stability and development. But fear returned to the streets of the capital Bissau on 1 April, after the Prime Minister and Army Chief were detained by mutinous soldiers.
Mon, Apr 05, 2010
LOUGA, - In Senegal women who become pregnant outside of marriage - their husbands living abroad - commonly kill their babies out of fear and shame.
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.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
WHITNEY HOUSTON has pulled out of a Paris concert on doctors' orders.
Tue, Apr 06, 2010
Katie Price today admitted she thought about killing herself in a car crash when her ex-husband Peter Andre first threatened to leave her.