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Zimbabwe's new constitution delayed until 2011

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

Harare - The process of drafting a new Zimbabwean constitution has been further delayed, meaning the country's new charter is now running seven months behind schedule. A co-leader of parliament's constitutional committee Munyaradzi- Paul Mangwana told journalists in Harare late Tuesday that Zimbabwe would not have a new constitution before February 2011 at the earliest

Zimbabwe sanctions 'must go': Mugabe

Zimbabwe sanctions 'must go': Mugabe

by AFP

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

HARARE — President Robert Mugabe said Wednesday that he and his partners in Zimbabwe's unity government agreed that "sanctions must go", a day after the European Union extended its restrictions on the country.

Columns : Guest Writer

Commentary: Cry for Zimbabwe: A great country in ruin

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

In what is clearly an act of madness the Robert Mugabe government in Zimbabwe published on February 9th regulations governing “Indigenization and Economic Empowerment” making it compulsory for white-owned companies in Zimbabwe to hand majority control to black persons writes Sir Ronald Sanders.

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

IMF to meet on Zimbabwe voting rights on Friday

by Reuters

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund's board will consider whether to restore Zimbabwe's IMF voting rights in a meeting on Friday, an IMF spokesman said on Thursday.

Zimbabwe Reconsiders Black Ownership Law, Khupe Says

by Bloomberg

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Zimbabwe will reconsider legislation aimed at forcing companies to sell more than half of their assets to black investors after the law frightened off investors, acting Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe said.

Zimbabwe inflation at -4.8 percent in January

by AFP

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Consumer prices in Zimbabwe fell by 4.8 percent January, compared with the same month last year, but the downward trend was slower than in December, the government said on Thursday.

Minister urges dialogue on empowerment laws

by Zimonline

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister Walter Muzembi on Tuesday urged Harare coalition partners to engage constructively on the country’s controversial empowerment laws announced last week compelling foreign-owned firms to cede controlling stake to locals.

Tongaat Hulett sees annual headline profit up 40-45 percent

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

South African sugar group Tongaat-Hulett Group said on Tuesday it expects full-year headling earnings per share to rise 40-45 percent year-on-year.

Kingdom Meikles Africa Limited De-Specified

by The Herald

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Harare — KINGDOM Financial Holdings Limited and Meikles Africa Limited may soon relist on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange after the Government last week de-specified Kingdom Meikles Africa Limited.

1000 Delegates Expected for Investment Summit

by The Herald

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Harare — MORE than 1 000 local and international delegates converge in Harare today for the 5th Pan African Tourism Investment Summit and the International Conference on Investment Opportunities in Tourism and Related Sectors.

Treaty will protect South African investors in Zimbabwe

by IOL

Wed, Feb 10, 2010

A bilateral investment treaty signed recently between SA and Zimbabwe will protect future investors where expropriation and compensation are involved, a law firm said on Wednesday.

Tsvangirai rubbishes new Zimbabwe indigenisation law

Tsvangirai rubbishes new Zimbabwe indigenisation law

Tue, Feb 09, 2010

Harare - Regulations published Tuesday in Zimbabwe declaring that large companies must hand blacks a 51 per cent stake within five years were summarily dismissed as "null and void" by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.

Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba

SA certify Zimbabwe gems

by Staff reporter and agencies

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A South African official has been chosen by the Kimberly Processes monitor in Zimbabwe's controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields.

Mugabe threatens to break with Kimberley Process

by Reuters

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

HARARE — Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday threatened to defy the Kimberley Process to sell diamonds from a field where the global regulator accuses the military of forced labour and other abuses.

Drug dealers on Zim diamond boards: MPs

by Zimonline

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

HARARE – Some members of the boards of two firms mining diamonds at Zimbabwe’s controversial Marange diamond field were once illegal drug and diamond dealers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Sierra Leone, parliamentarians have said.

Mpofu Offices Raided

by The Herald

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

Harare — Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu's offices in Harare were broken into by unknown people while he was away and police have since launched investigations into the matter reports the Herald.

Zimbabwe cancels British diamond miner's licence

by AFP

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

The London Stock Exchange-listed ACR has been embroiled in a legal fight with mining authorities after it was ordered in 2006 to suspend its operations in Marange.

Zimbabwe's tobacco sales marked by higher production

by AFP

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Zimbabwe's annual tobacco selling season began on an upbeat note Tuesday when a bumper crop went under the hammer, attributed by industry officials to good prices and more farmers.

16 judges benefit from land grab

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

HARARE – At least 16 judges from the High Court and Supreme Court have benefited from President Robert Mugabe's chaotic and often violent land reforms, the Commercial Framers Union (CFU) has said raising questions about the impartiality of Zimbabwe’s judiciary when dealing with land disputes.

Zimbabwe govt. bans food aid

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

A state newspaper in Zimbabwe said on Friday the government had taken a radical move of banning all food handouts by NGOs. The decision was announced by Agriculture Minister Joseph Made and will arouse suspicion that it is politically motivated.

Chombo, Shamu leasing farms — Mliswa

by The Zimbabwe Independent

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

LOCAL Government minister Ignatius Chombo and Information minister Webster Shamu (pictured) are leasing out their farms to former white commercial farmers, Mashonaland West secretary for lands and resettlement Temba Mliswa has alleged.

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

Zimbabwe hotel group plans to double room capacity

by Reuters

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Zimbabwe's second largest hotelier Rainbow Tourism Group plans to double its room capacity in the next two years to take advantage of an expected rise in the number of visitors to the region, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

Mexican journalist and Minister's driver arrested for filming tourist facilities

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Harare - A Mexican journalist was arrested Friday while filming tourist facilities in southern Zimbabwe, Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi complained here.

Columns : Health Indaba

Columns : Science and Technology Indaba

Zimbabwe and South African Toyota cars recalled

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Toyota Zimbabwe is recalling close to 100 cars for check ups as the automotive giant recalls thousands of cars worldwide. In South Africa a recall of just over 50 000 vehicles has been announced.

Telecel counts on 3G to expand its subscriber base

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Zimbabwe’s third largest mobile cellular company, Telecel, is hoping to increase its subscriber base before end of this year, a company’s senior official has announced.

News : Sports

BLACKBURN WILL GO BACK IN FOR BENJANI

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

BENJANI looks a summer target for Blackburn's Sam Allardyce.

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.

S African wins Mr Gay World title

by AFP

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Oslo - A South African has won the 2010 Mr Gay World pageant, beating rivals from Australia, Hong Kong, China and Spain, the organisers said on Sunday.

Two more Zuma kids revealed

by The Times (SA)

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

It has emerged that President Jacob Zuma has two more daughters, aged 12 and 7, in Kwa-Zulu Natal.

Lead Stories

Court stops govt diamond mining

Court stops govt diamond mining

by SAPA

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has ordered two government mining firms to stop operations on British-owned diamond mining fields plagued by human rights abuses, state newspapers reported Thursday.

5,000 fake passports seized

by The Zimbabwean

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

JOHANNESBURG – South African authorities have confiscated over 5,000 fraudulently-acquired passports from Zimbabweans reports the Zimbabwean.

SA student's arrest 'reminiscent of Zimbabwe'

by SAPA

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

The arrest of a student for "swearing" at President Jacob Zuma's convoy was the tactics of a police state, not a democracy, the Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.

Foreign and Nigerian businesses to face indigenisation law

by Afrik.com

Thu, Feb 18, 2010

A radical black empowerment lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG) has resolved to flush out all foreigners especially Nigerian businessmen in Zimbabwe by all means to pave way for locals.

600 Zim teachers bridge the gap

Wed, Feb 17, 2010

THE South African LIMPOPO department of education said yesterday that it had contracted about 600 teachers from Zimbabwe to cope with the shortage of science, mathematics, commerce and technology teachers in the province.

US Delegation To Assess New Unity Government Agreement

by Radio VOP

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Harare, - A five-member congressional delegation of the U.S. House of Representatives will visit Zimbabwe on Thursday to assess progress in the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), economic reforms and visit U.S. funded humanitarian assistance projects.

Two Killed in Accident Involving MDC-T MP

by Staff reporter and agencies

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Harare — Two people died on the spot while eight others were injured when an Isuzu KB truck being driven by Hwange Central legislator Mr Brian Tshuma (MDC-T) overturned along the Harare-Bulawayo Road yesterday afternoon.

Representatives of Zimbabwean Civil Servants Charge Intimidation Over Strike

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Public Service Association Executive Secretary Emmanuel Tichareva said government department heads in Harare and elsewhere have been taking down the names of those who fail to show up for work, leading some of the striking employees to return

Zimbabwean Ministers Urge Exiled Businessmen to Return Home

by VOA

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Two senior cabinet ministers encourage successful entrepreneurs in neighboring South Africa to help revive moribund economy reports VOA

‘War with Zimbabwe would be unfortunate’ – Seretse

by Sunday STANDARD Sunday STANDARD

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Botswana’s Minister of Justice Defence and Security, Ramadeluka Seretse, this week said that it would be very unfortunate if the raging diplomatic war between Botswana and Zimbabwe leads to war.

Jonathan Moyo left out in the cold

Jonathan Moyo left out in the cold

by Radio VOP

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Harare, - Political turncoat Jonathan Moyo’s quest to rise in the Zanu PF power hierarchy hit a brick wall Friday when the central committee blocked his appointment to the party’s highest decision - making body politburo.

FIFA boss: Latins applaud adulterers

FIFA boss: Latins applaud adulterers

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

If loose lips sink ships, FIFA boss Sepp Blatter could famously take down armadas.The most powerful man in the world’s biggest sport was at it again Wednesday in Vancouver, where he’s travelled for a meeting of the International Olympic Committee.

WOZA and MOZA march in Harare to mark Valentine’s Day

by Zimjournalist

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

AT noon on sunday 700 members of Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise marched through central Harare to the offices of the state-owned Herald newspaper, handing out Valentine cards, red roses and abbreviated copies of WOZA’s report on the state of democracy in Zimbabwe

EU extends Zimbabwe targeted sanctions by another year

EU extends Zimbabwe targeted sanctions by another year

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Harare The committee of permanent representatives from European Union member countries has decided to extend the targeted sanctions against Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and more than 200 officials from his party.

Zimbabwean security forces accused of poaching

Zimbabwean security forces accused of poaching

by AP

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- The leader of a U.N. program to protect endangered species on Thursday charged that Zimbabwean security forces are spearheading poaching of elephants and rhinos in the troubled country.

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".

Death rate said down in Zimbabwe prisons

by Staff reporter and agencies

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

HARARE, -- Overcrowding has been eliminated at prisons in Zimbabwe and the death rate has dropped by 93 percent, a government minister announced.

Striking Zimbabwe Civil Servants Return to Harare Gardens to Map Way Forward

by VOA

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

Chairwoman Tendayi Chikowore of the Apex negotiating panel for public workers told VOA that there is no end to the strike in sight as the government has not been engaging unions and other public service representatives

ROHR Zimbabwe News Alert

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Godfrey Chimombe, MDC provincial vice chairman for Mashonaland Central was arrested on Saturday 13th of February around 0900hours by detective Tariro of Bindura Law and Order section for allegedly insulting the president on a political rally.

WOZA issues report on 'democratizing Zimbabwe'

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

A leading pressure group, Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA), has issued a report on 'the state of democracy in Zimbabwe', highli ghting views of some 11,000 of its members in one year, following the formation of the unity government in the Southern African nation, PANA reported Monday.

Zimbabwe Cabinet Showdown Looms

by Radio VOP

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Harare, February 15, 2010 - A major showdown is looming in Zimbabwe’s troubled inclusive government, as it has emerged that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is preparing to tackle President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF head on in Cabinet over the recent gazetting of a new Statutory Instrument on indigenisation

Chombo shields corrupt councilors

by SW radio

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

HARARE - Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has moved to protect 23 MDC-T councillors in Chitungwiza who were sacked by their party last Thursday over corruption allegations.

Outrage over arrests of The Zimbabwean staff

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

MEDIA groups have described the arrest last week of distributors of The Zimbabwean newspaper as demonstration of the unity government’s insincerity about media reforms.

Zanu PF, MDC-T talk tough as talks resume

by The Standard

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

THE inter-party talks between the three governing parties are set to resume in Harare tomorrow, with Zanu PF and the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai still stuck in their parallel positions.

Divisions rock striking civil servants

by The Standard

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

THE Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) yesterday threatened to withdraw its support for the week-long civil servants’ strike saying the job boycott was turning political.

Brain drain bites, academics strike

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Science departments in Zimbabwe's universities have been hardest hit by a brain drain that has been blamed mostly on poor salaries. Last week low pay prompted lectures at all state-run higher education institutions go on strike as part of wider civil service industrial action.

War Vets Dig Up Great Zimbabwe Ruins

by Radio VOP

Sun, Feb 14, 2010

Masvingo, - Riot police had running battles with Robert Mugabe's war veterans on Friday night who were digging up one of the world's historical monuments, The Zimbabwe Ruins, to exhume remains of bodies of fighters of the liberation struggle, which they said had been buried there.

Elections chief to operate from Namibia

by Zimonline

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

JOHANNESBURG - The new chairman of Zimbabwe's electoral commission will oversee his Herculean task to overhaul the country's skewed electoral system from his Namibian base, he told ZimOnline this week.

News : Africa

Madagascar's Vice Prime Minister Resigns

by Reuters

Mon, Feb 15, 2010

Antananarivo, - Madagascar's vice Prime Minister Ny Hasina Andriamanjato has resigned in a sign of growing divisions within the government over how to end the Indian Ocean island's year long political crisis.

Thousands commemorate Mandela’s release

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

JOHANNESBURG – (The Guardian) Arm-in-arm and shouting “Viva Mandela!”, veterans of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle Thursday retraced Nelson Mandela’s final steps as a political prisoner exactly 20 years ago.

Zuma a 'confident liar' :COPE

by SAPA

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

Johannesburg - Cope Youth Movement has branded President Jacob Zuma a "confident liar" after he announced in his State of the Nation address that 480 000 jobs had been created last year.

Zambian supreme court rules against Chiluba

by IOL

Thu, Feb 11, 2010

Lusaka - Zambia's supreme court on Thursday dismissed an application by former president Fredrick Chiluba to stop the government applying a London judgment that found him guilty of fraud and froze his bank account.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

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

News : World news

Conservatives lead Labor in U.K. poll

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

LONDON, (UPI) -- Britain's Conservative Party would get 40 percent of votes if an election were held now while the governing Labor Party would get only 26 percent, a poll says.

New Canadians sworn in on Flag Day

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Forty-five years ago Monday, the Maple Leaf was raised for the first time above Parliament as Canada's new official flag.

News : Crime and Courts

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

Ex-Saltlakes Boss' Trial Opens

by The Herald

Tue, Feb 16, 2010

Harare — The trial of a former Saltlakes Holdings general manager accused of swindling the crop-contracting firm of 50 000 litres of diesel worth US$44 000 opened yesterday at the Harare Magistrates' Courts with Simbarashe Muchengeti (37) being formally charged and denying the allegations.

61 cattle smuggled into Zimbabwe

by Staff reporter and agencies

Fri, Feb 12, 2010

A total of 61 cattle were smuggled into Zimbabwe in the Tutume policing area during the past two years.

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.