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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fri, Feb 19, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- More than 2,000 civil servants marched in Zimbabwe's capital to demand a nearly four-fold raise.
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".
Fri, Feb 26, 2010
Guests will enjoy lobster, prawns and caviar to be washed down with bottles of Johnnie Walker Blue Label and Chevas Regal whiskies.
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.
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.
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.
Tue, Feb 23, 2010
MUTARE, Zimbabwe (AlertNet) - The double pressures of climate change and poverty threaten to make Africa one of the regions hardest hit by coming climate-related problems. Nowhere is that more evident than in Zimbabwe, where the urban poor already struggle to survive in a harsh economic climate.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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