RSS 2.0 FeedDecember 2009 Volume 16, Featured Articles, National News
Zimbabwe activists demand inquiry into death of leader 30 years ago
JOHANNESBURG // After a victorious guerrilla struggle for independence, it is often the leader of the liberation movement who swaps his combat fatigues for a suit and tie and goes on to head the new government wites Sebastien Berger in the National.
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Expats oppose tax in exchange for voting
WASHINGTON, - Zimbabweans living abroad may have to pay tax in exchange for voting rights and retaining their citizenship rights if the government embraces a proposal made by finance minister Tendai Biti in London on 13 December 2009.
Mugabe quotes
'Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change.'
BOTSWANA/ZIMBABWE: Cross-border shoppers disappear
FRANCISTOWN, - Relative silence has replaced the bustle that Francistown, on the border between Botswana and Zimbabwe, used to experience during the peak shopping period at Christmas.
Zimbabweans making merry at Christmas
Cleopatra Matimbe (24) pushes her trolley slowly through a busy supermarket in central Harare, picking up groceries for Christmas.
Zimbabwean refugees would rather operate as illegals
The “humanitarian nature” of the mass movement of Zimbabweans to neighbouring Southern African countries has blurred the distinction between what is a “refugee” and an “economic migrant”, because such people fit neither category perfectly and fall between the cracks, a new report says.
Candid Comment: 2010 Budget Bemoans ‘resource curse’
MOST sub-Saharan African countries’ budgets are donor funded. This is not to say that these countries are poor. The tragedy is what Professor Paul Collier calls the “resource curse” writes Tapiwa Mashakada.
