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Stay out of Africa this time, Nelson Mandela's wife tells Britain

Stay out of Africa this time, Nelson Mandela's wife tells Britain

by The Guardian UK

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.

Columns : Guest Writer

A certain boy called Julius Malema visited Zimbabwe “ and Senator Obert Gutu takes a look at "Friends Like These"

by Obert Gutu

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.

Mutambara owes nobody an apology

by Tanonoka Whande

Fri, Apr 09, 2010

Zimbabwe is a great nation which, through personal inadequacy and greed, Robert Mugabe single-handedly tried to destroy.

Innocent Madawo: Selling Zimbabwe's economy, at a loss

Innocent Madawo: Selling Zimbabwe's economy, at a loss

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.

Zuma's Credibility in Jeopardy over Crisis

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

Mutumwa Mawere:Bridging the knowledge gap: Political economy of mining

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.

News : National News : Parliament and Politics

Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?

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.

Parly push to curtail powers of the police

by Special correspondent

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.

Massive cover-up at Chiadzwa , Parly to investigate

by The Standard

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.

Columns : Business , Financial and Property Indaba

New NBA owner, a Russian Billionare has ties with Robert Mugabe

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.

Tsvangirai promises ‘progressive’ empowerment

by Zimonline

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.

Ahmadinejad to open Zimbabwe trade fair: state TV

Ahmadinejad to open Zimbabwe trade fair: state TV

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will officially open Zimbabwe's main trade show later this month, state television reported on Thursday.

Columns : Agriculture Indaba

'Farming God's Way'

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.

Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba

Zim’s mining sector to be worth $180m annually

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.

Nkomo tours diamond field

by Zimonline

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.

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

Columns : Health Indaba

U.S. hands over biosafety lab to Zimbabwe

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

Columns : Nature and Environment

Future Generations Will 'Inherit Only the Wind'

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.

News : Sports

Top PSL Clubs Interested In Zimbabwean Striker Nyasha Mushekwi

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.

Doves Unvail Funeral Scheme for Footballers

by The Herald

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.

Chidzambwa Ready to Quit

by The Standard

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.

Caps beat Swallows to progress in the CAF Confederations Cup

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.

Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex

Good bye to the search for the G-Sport?.. It doesnt exist

by The Sun

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.

Lead Stories

Mugabe heading for a shok poll defeat

by The Zimbabwean

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.

Zuma positive about Zimbabwe

by News24

Wed, May 12, 2010

Cape Town - President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday expressed optimism about the situation in Zimbabwe.

Iran's Ahmadinejad heads to Zimbabwe, Uganda

by AFP

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.

Hospital tells sick: nominate a funeral director or go away

by Jane Fields - New Scotsman

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.

Zimbabwe Deputy Prime Minister Mutambara Pursues Re-Engagement With Washington

by VOA

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

Zimbabwe police arrest two WOZA members

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.

Donors Say Zimbabwe A Bottomless Pit

by Radio VOP

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.

Zim indigenous law to be discussed

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.

Zimbabwe suspends ownership law: PM

Zimbabwe suspends ownership law: PM

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.

Tsvangirai too busy to travel to Europe: MDC

by Zimonline

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.

Zimbabwe thanks Angola support in the solution of the crisis

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.

New Travel Document Unveiled

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.

Angola seeks Zimbabwe military assistance

by PANA

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.

Zimbabwe turns to Zuma, again

by The Times (SA)

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.

Zimbabwean asylum seeker's relief at decision

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.

Zim 'not ready to shed sanctions'

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.

Zimbabwe Police Arrest Harare Councilors for Issuing Report Alleging Land Graft

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

News : National News : Constitutional Indaba

Cost Concerns With New Delays in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process

by 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

News : National News

Zimbabwe militants call for chicken  restaurant ban

Zimbabwe militants call for chicken restaurant ban

by Staff reporter and agencies

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".

Mugabe: Company grab laws to stay

Mugabe: Company grab laws to stay

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.

Missing Zimbabwe State Security Agent Found Dead

by Radio VOP

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.

Zimbabwe University Students Meet With PM Tsvangirai Over Alleged Crackdown

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

Zimbabwe War Veteran Association disintegrating

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.

First black Prime minister of Zimbabwe dies

First black Prime minister of Zimbabwe dies

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.

Prominent academics dropped from constitutional body

by Zimonline

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.

Prison officer tortured to implicate Mnangagwa

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.

Zimbabwe PM to lobby EU over Mugabe

by Daily Nation

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.

North Korea tom train in Zimbabwe

North Korea tom train in Zimbabwe

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.

Gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe facing 'corrective rape'

Gays and lesbians in Zimbabwe facing 'corrective rape'

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.

South Africans to Continue Trying to Broker Sustainable Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Deal

by VOA

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

'Drama queen' Malema lies low after Zimbabwe trip

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.

Kasukuwere, Gono Clash In Front Of Malema

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.

ANC To Coach Zanu PF Youth On Violence Free Election

by VOA

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.

MDC-mutambara's Statement on latest Bennet Charges

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.

Move to arrest Chiyangwa gathers momentum

Move to arrest Chiyangwa gathers momentum

by The Standard

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.

Malema lauds Bob, says SA will copy Zim's land seizures

Malema lauds Bob, says SA will copy Zim's land seizures

by The Times (SA)

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.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

Gallery Pictures:Ageing president takes a tumble (Will you catch me if I fall?)

News : World news : Australia, NZ and Asia

Chinese agents hack into India's top secrets in Harare

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.

News : World news : Middle East and Latin America

Chavez rallies militia troops

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.

News : World news : UK and Europe

Top anti-racism judge shot dead in Moscow

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.

Woman teacher at private school 'plied pupils with cider and had sex with 16-year-old'

by Daily Mail

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.

Prince Harry blows money on strangers

by The Sun

Mon, Apr 12, 2010

GENEROUS Prince Harry treated complete strangers to £200 bottles of vintage champagne on a £10,000 booze bender.

UK court says asylum seekers can work

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.

Brothers Charged With Stabbing Nigerian Teenager in Ireland

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.

Zimbabwean clergyman nabbed over false Irish passport

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

News : Crime and Courts

Pictures:South African woman (23) caught trying to smuggle 1.5kg of cocaine in her dreadlocks

Court Cases Against 300 MDC Activists Drag On in Manicaland

by SW radio

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.

Immigration Officers Arrested Over Bribe

by The Herald

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

Worker Grabs 33 Council Cars

by The Herald

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.

Foiled Jailbreak Sucks in Top Prison Officer

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.

Bennett cleared of grain charges

by AFP

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.

Zimbabwe desperate for a hangman

by Daily News

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.

AG Declines To Prosecute Bennett on Nine Years Old

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.

News : Africa : Southern Africa

Support for Malema 'solid'

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.

Dog raped

Tue, Apr 13, 2010

ET's sex scandal surfaces again

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.

Malema turns onto own 'master'

Malema turns onto own 'master'

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.

Zimbabwean shot in Hilbrow

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.

Malema kicks out BBC journalist

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.

Terre Blanche was stripped, 'humiliated'

by The Times (SA)

Wed, Apr 07, 2010

Prosecutor says his attackers pulled down his trousers, exposed him

Mixed feelings for Terre'Blanche

Mixed feelings for Terre'Blanche

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.

'My son killed Terre'Blanche'

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.

Columns : Indaba Podcast

Audio tapes:Deputy PM Mutamabara London address to Zim Diaspora

by Oliver Farirayi

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

Confusing: Whom is Julius Malema

Thu, Apr 08, 2010

If you can figure out what this man is about then good luck to you!

Columns : Indaba Galleries

Gallery: Mugabe:30 years From  a pauper to a Billionaire - Zimbabwe from billions to poverty,disease,fear and hunger
UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies

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

Deputy Prime minister Mutambara address to Zimbabweans in London

Tue, Jul 27, 2010

24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK

Mliswa arrested for threatening white businessman

by The Standard

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.

Columns : Indaba video files

Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality

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.

News : Africa : West Africa

Nigeria: White Zimbabwean Farmer Found Dead in Kwara

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.

Nigeria: Qaddafi - The Leader Who Has Lost His Way

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

GUINEA-BISSAU: Instability returns to capital

by IRIN

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.

SENEGAL: Killing babies to hide indiscretion

by IRIN

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.

Columns : Entertainment Movies & Music

Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality

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.

Houston has another problem

by The Sun

Tue, Apr 06, 2010

WHITNEY HOUSTON has pulled out of a Paris concert on doctors' orders.

Katie Price: 'I considered suicide when Peter told me he was leaving me'

Katie Price: 'I considered suicide when Peter told me he was leaving me'

by Daily Mail

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.