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Zimbabwe, Botswana officials meet to defuse diplomatic tension

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Harare Zimbabwe and Botswana officials are meeting in the Zimbabwean resort town of Victoria Falls as efforts intensify to ease tensions between the southern African neighbours sparked by last month’s detention of three Batswana rangers for illegally entering Zimbabwean territory.

Robert Mugabe turns 86, no sign of retiring

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Harare - The world's oldest head of state, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, turned 86 on Sunday, with no indication that he plans to give up his long hold on power. Mugabe, who came to power after independence in 1980, has led the southern African country for 30 years. He is to mark his birthday, as he has in previous years, with a lavish public feast next Saturday.

Columns : Guest Writer

Marian L Tupy: Mugabe's U.N. Helpers

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Did the United Nations ignore Zimbabwe's 2008 cholera outbreak to please Harare?

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

Some donors willing to cancel Zimbabwe debt:Biti

by AFP

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Some donors would be willing to cancel Zimbabwe's 5.4 billion dollar foreign debt, if the strained unity government presents a united proposal to settle it, the finance minister said Thursday.

Indigenisation law comes into force Monday: Minister

by Zimonline

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

HARARE – Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere on Wednesday told ZimOnline that regulations to force foreign firms to offload controlling stake to local blacks will come into force next Monday, appearing to brush aside objections to the controversial rules by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

Willowvale Faces Collapse

by The Herald

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Harare — Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries is on the verge of collapse after failing to secure US$3,4 million to repay the debt it owes Itochu, a Japanese company, which supplies Mazda kits.

Seed Co International Sues Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to Recover US$3.6 million Debt

by VOA

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Reports said the Reserve Bank ordered US$13 million in maize seed from Seed Co. International in 2007 and 2008, paid US$10 million of that, then failed to pay the balance as promised reports VOA

ARM could invest in Zimbabwe

by BusinessDay

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

DIVERSIFIED miner African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) was considering an investment in a world-class platinum group metals ore body in Zimbabwe, but was concerned about ensuring that it acquired any assets in that country legally and ethically, chairman Patrice Motsepe said yesterday.

Zim to keep foreign currencies in circulation till 2012

by PANA

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Zimbabwe said Monday it would keep foreign currencies as legal tender in the country until 2012, when it expects the economy to have recovered enough to re-introduce the domestic currency.

Power cuts worsen as Hwange switches off

by Zimonline

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

HARARE – Struggling Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) Holdings has extended electricity power cuts across the country following the complete loss of power from Hwange Thermal Power Station, the firm said.

China will not lend Zimbabwe any more cash, minister says

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Harare - China has told the Zimbabwean coalition government not to expect further loans from Beijing until it pays its existing debts, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara was quoted as saying Sunday.

IMF restores Zimbabwe's voting rights after 7 years

by Reuters

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

WASHINGTON - International Monetary Fund member countries on Friday restored Zimbabwe's voting rights after a seven-year suspension but said it could not have access to IMF funds until it had paid off $1.3 billion in arrears.

Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba

Zambia Owes Zimbabwe U.S.$3 Million for Grain Delivered Ten Years Ago

by Staff reporter and agencies

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

Zimbabwe is owed more than US$3 million by Zambia for maize delivered about 10 years ago, according to the Herald newspaper of Zimbabwe.

ZCTU calls for probe into diamond field

by Zimonline

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s labour movement has called for an investigation into mining of diamonds at the controversial Chiadzwa field, amid allegations that top officials from President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party and the military are looting the gemstones for sale on the international black-market for precious stones.

Zimbabwe's white farmers struggle to build city lives

by AFP

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Ten years into Zimbabwe's land reforms, lifelong farmer John Browning has found a job at a food company's factory in Harare, supervising the night shift.

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

Columns : Health Indaba

"Small House, Big House" showing soon on TV

"Small House, Big House" showing soon on TV

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

HARARE,(PlusNews) - A new Zimbabwean short film on multiple concurrent sexual partnerships (MCPs) runs for just 24 minutes, but the producers are hoping that its message will last much longer.

Measles in nearly half of country's districts

Measles in nearly half of country's districts

by IRIN

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

HARARE, - A measles outbreak has hit 28 of Zimbabwe's 62 districts and is still spreading, but efforts to vaccinate people in some quarters is being hampered by religious convictions.

Columns : Religion/Spiritual

Zimbabwe displays 'Ark of Covenant replica'

by BBC

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

A wooden object claimed to be a replica of the Biblical Ark of the Covenant has gone on display at a Zimbabwe museum.

News : Sports

Ghana’s Black Stars to camp in Zimbabwe

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

HARARE -- West African soccer kingpins and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations finalists, Ghana, could relieve Zimbabwe’s desperate attempts to lure a World Cup qualifying team to camp in the troubled southern African country before the tournament swings into life in South Africa in June, a Ghanaian Cabinet minister said last week.

Zim in tricky 2012 AFCON Draw

by Sports reporter

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Johannesburg---Zimbabwe has been handed a tricky draw for the 2012 CAF African Nations Cup that will be held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.

Former England batsman appointed new Zimbabwe cricket coach

by Sports reporter

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Zimbabwe has appointed former England batsman Alan Butcher as its new national cricket coach, replacing Walter Chawaguta who had been in the post since August 2008, APA learns here Sunday.

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

Bennett’s defence unmasks state witness

by Zimonline

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

HARARE – A key state witness – supposed to be an information technology (IT) expert – turned out to be just a cable layer after he was unmasked by defence lawyers of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s top aide Roy Bennett, who is facing terrorism charges.

Male masseur who sexually assaulted clients at top health spa jailed for six years

Male masseur who sexually assaulted clients at top health spa jailed for six years

by Daily Mail

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

A Zimbabwe - born therapist who sexually assaulted four women as he massaged them at a leading country house hotel and spa was jailed today for six years.

Controversial board chairs Zim diamond fields

Izhakoff Urges Action on Crime in the Marange Fields

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

In a keynote speech delivered at the 2010 CIBJO Congress in Munich, Germany, Eli Izhakoff, the chairman of the World Diamond Council (WDC), urged decisive action to end the intolerable situation in the Marange diamond fields of Zimbabwe. Izhakoff said that the Kimberley Process (KP) remains the best vehicle to combat those carrying out criminal acts in the region. The following is the full text of his address:

Zimbabwean union leader in hiding after police raid

Zimbabwean union leader in hiding after police raid

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Amnesty International has called on the government of Zimbabwe to end harassment and intimidation of a union activist who is in hiding after police raided a union office in Harare on Wednesday.

Zimbabwe's Bennett lawyers dispute e-mail evidence

by Reuters

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

HARARE - Lawyers for Zimbabwe politician Roy Bennett disputed on Wednesday a state witness' evidence backing up emails linking Bennett to a terrorism plot, saying he was not suitably qualified to declare their authenticity.

Cape Zimbabweans scared

by IOL

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Zimbabweans living in a temporary refugee camp in De Doorns in South Africa stayed away from work yesterday after being frightened by rumours of a protest by locals.

Brown apologises for Britain's 'shameful' child migrant policy

by The Guardian UK

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Gordon Brown today offered a "full and unconditional" apology to tens of thousands of British children exiled overseas who suffered physical and sexual abuse in orphanages and labour farms in Commonwealth countries including Zimbabwe.

Long awaited media commission gazetted

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on 19 February 2010 gazetted the establishment of the long awaited Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) amid expectations that the Commission will immediately call for applications for licenses for new and old players in the print media.

Bennett trial – witness leaves court in stitches

by The Zimbabwe Times

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

HARARE – A State witness in the ongoing terrorism trial of MDC treasurer general Roy Bennett left the court in stitches Tuesday when he vehemently begged the court to proceed with cross-examining him saying he wanted to travel to work in Mozambique the same night.

Zimbabwe Black Ownership Law Should Be Changed,Mudzuri

Zimbabwe Black Ownership Law Should Be Changed,Mudzuri

by Bloomberg

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Zimbabwean legislation signed into law two weeks ago compelling companies with assets worth more than $500,000 to be 51 percent black-owned has confused investors and should be changed, Energy and Power Development Minister Elias Mudzuri said.

Zimbabwe House Panel Summons Entire Board of Diamond Mining Firm

by VOA

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Robert Mhlanga, a former Air Force vice Marshal, told the House Mining Committee that he was prepared to answer all questions about the Marange operations of his Mbada Holdings firm, but the committee insisted on quizzing all directors reports The Voice Of America.

Zim link to multi-million rand SA Scam

by Sunday Times

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

SOUTH African police investigating a car crash involving kwaito star Mandoza have reportedly stumbled on a sophisticated asset fraud scam worth millions of Rand and said to involve Zimbabweans.

China throws a birthday bash for Mugabe

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

China, in a rare show of support for diplomatically isolated Zimbabwe, China’s embassy in Harare threw President Mugabe a party to celebrate his 86th birthday. The party was held yesterday at the embassy premises and was attended by Mugabe himself and his closest political allies.

Lovemore Moyo, Zvoma rift widens

by ZIMEYE

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Harare – The clash between Zimbabwe’s Speaker of House of Assembly Lovemore Moyo and the country’s Clerk of Parliament has widened with the former threatening the latter with unspecified action over leaking of confidential documents.

Chiyangwa in Fifa deal

Chiyangwa in Fifa deal

by IOL

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

In Zimabwe, the exclusive and lucrative contract to sell Fifa's World Cup hospitality packages has been awarded to president Robert Mugabe's nephew, businessman and former Zanu-PF MP Philip Chiyangwa, who is the subject of international sanctions.

Zuma Working On Zimbabwe's Free And Fair Election

by The Times (SA)

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Johannesburg, - The South African African government says it is working towards a free and fair election in Zimbabwe at a time when the country's parliamentary committee on the constitution is saying it is impossible for Zimbabwe to have elections before 2013.

Zimbabwean civil servants march in capital

Zimbabwean civil servants march in capital

by AFP

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- More than 2,000 civil servants marched in Zimbabwe's capital to demand a nearly four-fold raise.

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".

ZANU PF youths demonstrate against sanctions

Zimbabwe releases Botswana property

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

KASANE - Zimbabwe has released Botswana government properties, which it had impounded when police arrested three wildlife scouts at Lesoma last month.

Civil service strike losing steam

by SW radio

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

A strike by civil servants appeared to be losing steam Tuesday with most government workers interviewed by Newsreel admitting they had gone back to work. Civil servants have been on strike for over two weeks now with government insisting it does not have the money to pay the US$630 a month salaries they are demanding.

Hwange Thermal SuffersTotal Generation Failure

Tue, Feb 23, 2010

Harare — The country is likely to experience acute power deficits after complete loss of power generation at Hwange Thermal Power Station.

Zanu councillors hold on to power

by The Zimbabwean

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

MARONDERA - Losing Zanu (PF) councilors here are holding on to power despite having been rejected by residents in the March 2008 elections.

Zimbabwe's democracy "insufficient", EU Ministers say

by The Times (SA)

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

A year into a power-sharing agreement that was supposed to put an end to President Robert Mugabe's autocratic rule, Zimbabwe has made "insufficient" moves towards democracy, European Union foreign ministers said.

Mugabe appoints media commission

by Zimonline

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe on Friday appointed the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), one several commission meant to open democratic space and reform Zimbabwe’s politics.

Senators lament ‘unclear’ role

by The Standard

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

BULAWAYO — Senators last week admitted their roles were not clearly spelt out and consequently were not adding real value to the Upper House re-introduced five years ago. The senators who were attending a workshop on the new constitution-making process organised by the Zimbabwe Institute said they were duplicating the work of MPs.

Zim, Botswana to meet over diplomatic spat

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

THE Zimbabwe/Botswana Joint Permanent Commission will meet in Victoria Falls next week to, among other issues, discuss the stand-off that emerged between the two countries over the arrest of three Tswana rangers who illegally entered the country, a Cabinet Minister confirmed yesterday.

‘Illegal sanctions won’t divide inclusive Govt’ Mugabe

by VOA

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

President Mugabe says the ' illegal' Western sanctions will not achieve their intended objective of dividing the inclusive Government. He said the European Union’s decision this week to extend the embargo was designed to offset unity between Zimbabwe’s political parties.

News : Africa

Govt, Botswana Row Resolved

by The Herald

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

The diplomatic row sparked by the arrest and subsequent conviction of three armed Batswana game rangers who had strayed into Zimbabwe has been resolved.

Zuma will ask UK to lift Zimbabwe sanctions

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

South Africa will seek to win British support for an end to targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe during President Jacob Zuma’s state visit to the UK next week.

Kabila reshuffles cabinet, excludes rebels

by Reuters

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila has carried out a wideranging cabinet reshuffle, excluding former rebels, changing 20 posts and dropping a deputy minister at the centre of a mining review.

'Zuma jogger' apologises, has record

'Zuma jogger' apologises, has record

by The Times (SA)

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

The Cape Town student who gave President Jacob Zuma's blue light convoy the finger has apologised for his actions, the Police Ministry said on.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

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

News : World news

‘Netanyahu authorised Dubai hit’

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met members of a hit squad at Mossad headquarters shortly before they went to Dubai to kill a Hamas commander, Britain's Sunday Times newspaper reported.

News : Crime and Courts

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

Woman torches hubby’s house

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

A Harare businesswoman reportedly burnt down her husband’s Borrowdale house destroying household property and a vehicle worth millions of United States dollars, over a marital dispute.

Supreme Court Orders Return of Diamonds

by VOA

Sun, Feb 21, 2010

HARARE - The murky saga of diamonds mined in eastern Zimbabwe has once more been aired in the courts, with the ZANU-PF mining minister Obert "Chiadzwa" Mpofu ordered to return 29 kilograms of rough stones he took from the central bank where they had been deposited for safekeeping.

Court Orders Return of Diamonds Seized By Zimbabwe Mining Minister

by VOA

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

The murky saga of diamonds mined in eastern Zimbabwe has once more been aired in the courts, with the ZANU-PF mining minister Obert Mpofu ordered to return 29 kilograms of rough stones he took from the central bank where they had been deposited for safekeeping reports VOA.

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Said to Renege on Deal to Surrender Assets for Auction

by VOA

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Farmtec attorney Davison Kanokanga, said the deputy sheriff has made several fruitless trips to the RBZ seeking to have the property in Mutare and Nyanga, Manicaland province, handed over to auctioneers

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

Zim to offer haven for WC-weary

by AFP

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's ailing tourist industry is hoping to restore its health by luring South African holidaymakers eager to escape the football madness of the World Cup.

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.