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Economy on mend, 7 pct growth seen in 2010: Biti

Economy on mend, 7 pct growth seen in 2010: Biti

by AFP

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

HARARE, - Zimbabwe's battered economy is on track to expand for the first time in a decade this year and to grow by 7 percent in 2010 as key sectors such as agriculture and mining start to recover, the finance minister said on Wednesday.

South African Mediators on Zimbabwe Complete First Round of Talks

by VOA

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

South African President Jacob Zuma's three-person team of mediators has completed a heavy schedule of closed-door meetings with top players in Zimbabwe's power-sharing government reports Voice Of America.

Zimbabwe cargo plane crashes in China, killing 3

Zimbabwe cargo plane crashes in China, killing 3

Sat, Nov 28, 2009

SHANGHAI — A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said.

Columns : Guest Writer

Back on the air, but don’t mention Mugabe

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

Yesterday I presented my Radio 5 Live programme from Harare, the first time a full domestic BBC programme has been transmitted from Zimbabwe since foreign press were banned in 2001. It did not look like the capital city you would associate with a developing country. It looks like a capital city anywhere in the world. (Victoria Derbyshire )

Study Confirms Zimbabwe, South Africa Form Epicenter of Rhino Poaching Crisis

Study Confirms Zimbabwe, South Africa Form Epicenter of Rhino Poaching Crisis

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

A recent study points out that 95% of illegal African rhino killings since 2006 have occurred in Zimbabwe and South Africa.

Why BEE should be abolished

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

By Moeletsi Mbeki Black economic empowerment is one of the most destructive policies that have been adopted by the ANC government since the advent of democracy in 1994

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.

Columns : Business , Financial and Property Indaba

Nearly all Zimbabweans wallowing in poverty: Biti

by The Times (SA)

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti said 85% of his country's citizens were "drowning" in poverty.

Zimbabwe, S.Africa sign investment protection deal

by AFP

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

HARARE — Zimbabwe and South Africa signed a bilateral investment agreement on Friday which would protect investments made by nationals of both countries in each other's territory.

Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba

Zimbabwe man snatches South Africa's top job

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

Johannesburg - Anglo American has appointed top Zimbabwean business executive Godfrey Gomwe as its executive director of Anglo American South Africa, becoming their key representative in the country.

Harare willing to engage firm over diamond field

by Zimonline

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

HARARE – The Zimbabwean government is willing to engage British mining firm African Consolidated Resources (ACR) in negotiations to resolve an ownership dispute over the controversial Marange diamond field, a top government official said Thursday.

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

Columns : Health Indaba

US plans month-long memory of AIDS victims exhibition in Zimbabwe

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

APA-Harare The United States embassy in Harare said Sunday it would host a month-long art exhibition to honour the millions of people affected by HIV and AIDS worldwide.

Kenya:Home-based care as effective as clinical care

Kenya:Home-based care as effective as clinical care

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

NAIROBI (PlusNews) - A new Ugandan study adds to a growing body of evidence that providing home-based antiretroviral (ARV) care in low-income settings can be as effective as facility-based interventions.

Struggling Zimbabwe Health System Gets $180M Boost From Global Fund

by VOA

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria disbursed $180 million one week after extending the deadline to use another $38M

News : Sports

Anger as Robert Mugabe raises World Cup trophy

Anger as Robert Mugabe raises World Cup trophy

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

Human rights groups in Zimbabwe have condemned world football's governing body for allowing Robert Mugabe to hold the World Cup trophy as it passed through Zimbabwe.

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.

Divorcee Rachel Uchitel denies playing around with crash golfer Tiger Woods

Divorcee Rachel Uchitel denies playing around with crash golfer Tiger Woods

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

'I'm no home wrecker.. but if I was Tiger's wife I would have killed him'

Lead Stories

Harare coalition parties resume talks

by Zimonline

Fri, Dec 04, 2009

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s three governing political parties on Thursday resumed talks to try to resolve a power-sharing dispute threatening their shaky coalition government after taking a break to meet a team of facilitators appointed by South Africa leader Jacob Zuma.

International Community Must End Isolation On Zimbabwe

by Radio VOP

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

Cape Town, Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday appeared to be heeding to President Robert Mugabe's pressure that his Movement for Democratic Change must call for the removal of sanctions when he told a Cape Town public meeting that the international community must cease isolation on Zimbabwe reports VOP.

SA to introduce tougher migrant monitoring at borders

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

South African Home Affairs will beef up security at borders and monitor African immigrants by distinguishing between refugees and economic migrants when granting visa waivers

New Zimbabwe constitution ready in 2011

by Zimonline

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Constitutional Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga on Wednesday said the country would by this time next year have a new and democratic constitution.

Zimbabwe Takes Botswana to Task Over Foreign Radio News Transmissions

by VOA

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

The state-controlled Herald newspaper quoted Foreign Affairs Secretary Joey Bimha as saying Harare objects to the transmission of "hate messages" to Zimbabwe from transmission facilities in Botswana

Zimbabwe to open new missions

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

The Zimbabwean government plans to set up four new missions in Africa and Asia as part of efforts to boost international relations, an official has said.

Parly must hold ministers in check: Tsvangirai

by Zimonline

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

HARARE – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday said Parliament should hold government ministers in check and ensure those who abuse state funds are brought to book.

WHO sets new HIV treatment guidelines

WHO sets new HIV treatment guidelines

Wed, Dec 02, 2009

NAIROBI, (PlusNews) - The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a new set of guidelines for the treatment of HIV and prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) on 30 November.

Southern Africa struggling with Zimbabwe migrants

by The Times (SA)

Tue, Dec 01, 2009

Southern African countries are battling to respond appropriately to an influx of Zimbabwean migrants fleeing the economic circumstances in that country, a study has found.

Cosatu tells Mbeki to say sorry

by IOL

Tue, Dec 01, 2009

Apologise! That was the message to former president Thabo Mbeki from Cosatu on the eve of World Aids Day (December 1), as the labour federation urged him to say sorry in public "for presiding over hundreds of thousands of Aids-related deaths".

Zimbabwe Industry Group Calls for Adoption of Rand as Sole Currency

Tue, Dec 01, 2009

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries noted that many businesses generate revenues and pay workers in U.S. dollars but must source goods and materials in South African rand

FIFA shame: Mugabe gets his hands on the World Cup

FIFA shame: Mugabe gets his hands on the World Cup

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Evil dictator Robert Mugabe smirks as he grasps the World Cup on its way through Zimbabwe yesterday en route to South Africa. But the megalomaniac's dreams of conquering world football will have to wait - after his oppressed nation failed to qualify for next year's finals. The 18-carat solid gold trophy is on an 86-country, 225-day tour before arriving in Johannesburg.

'Zim dollar won't return soon' - Gono

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Harare - Zimbabwe's central bank governor said the country will not put the local dollar back into circulation anytime soon as the economy must first achieve growth rates of at least seven percent, a state daily reported on Saturday.

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".

South African Facilitators Meet With Zimbabwe Unity Government Principals

by VOA

Tue, Dec 01, 2009

The team of advisers to South African President Jacob Zuma was to meet with negotiators for Mr. Mugabe's ZANU-PF and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change before reporting to Mr. Zuma on progress in Harare

PM welcomes SA's intervention

by Zimonline

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Harare - Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is thankful for South African efforts to rescue his coalition government.

Bennett's trial deferred to 2010

by SAPA

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

Harare - The treason trial of Roy Bennett, a top aide to Zimbabwe's prime minister, was deferred on Friday to January next year after a key state witness failed to show up in court to testify.

News : Africa

Mann implicates SA in failed coup

by Reuters

Tue, Dec 01, 2009

JOHANNESBURG – Simon Mann, a British mercenary jailed for plotting against the government of Equatorial Guinea, has said South Africa tacitly supported a failed 2004 coup in the oil-rich African nation.

Tsvangirai welcomes prospect of Zimbabwe rejoining Commonwealth

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

The Prime Minister of Zimbabwe welcomed the prospect of his country’s readmission to the Commonwealth six years after it withdrew as the heads of government prepared to debate the subject at a summit in Trinidad on Saturday.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

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

News : World news

4 police officers shot dead in US

by SAPA

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Four police officers were shot and killed Sunday morning in what authorities called a targeted ambush at a coffee house in Washington state, a sheriff's official said.

Francophone Rwanda embraced by Commonwealth

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Commonwealth leaders shrugged off fears over Rwanda's rights record and admitted the mainly French-speaking nation into the family dominated by former British colonies, officials said.

Osama was 'within reach'

by AP

Sun, Nov 29, 2009

Washington - Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.

Brown hopes Zimbabwe can rejoin Commonwealth

Brown hopes Zimbabwe can rejoin Commonwealth

by Reuters

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

PORT OF SPAIN - Prime Minister Gordon Brown held out the prospect on Friday that Zimbabwe could be re-admitted to the Commonwealth in 2011 if it pushes ahead with reforms.

News : Crime and Courts

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

State to Contest Gwezere's Bail

by The Herald

Fri, Dec 04, 2009

Harare — The State has filed a notice in the Supreme Court to challenge a High Court decision to grant MDC-T transport manager Pasco Gwezere bail on allegations of stealing 21 rifles from army barracks at Pomona.

Council Seeks to Evict Chinotimba

by The Herald

Fri, Dec 04, 2009

Harare — HARARE City Council is seeking intervention from the courts to evict war veterans' leader Cde Joseph Chino-timba from a council house he has been renting since 2006.

Pretend to enjoy it, victim told

Thu, Dec 03, 2009

Johannesburg - A man saved a young woman from being raped again, by pretending to have intercourse with her and asking her two attackers to go away, "because we want to enjoy the sex", the appeal court heard on Wednesday.

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

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

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.

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.

Chiwoniso branches out from Zimbabwean roots

Zimbabwean hero to give voice to refugees’ plight

by Special correspondent

Fri, Nov 27, 2009

A musical hero from Zimbabwe will be in Bristol on Saturday to support the plight of refugees from his homeland.