Wed, Mar 28, 2012
Following Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s talks here last week with his British counterpart David Cameron, the Vigil will soon present a petition to Whitehall calling for UN supervision of the next elections.
Wed, Mar 28, 2012
When Tinevimbo Shumba (not her real name) 26, from Chitungwiza visited an employment agency last year to register as a till operator trainee, she was immediately suspicious.
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
PARLIAMENT is probing the distribution of inputs for the 2011/2012 agricultural season as more names of influential people who used their political muscle to grab large amounts of inputs, particularly fertiliser, emerged this week.
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
PLUMTREE, (IPS) - Job Mthombeni loves traditional food. One of his favourite culinary delights is Mopani worms, referred to locally as amacimbi, which means caterpillar in Ndebele. At an early age he understood the nutritional value of the worm, which is found in his rural hometown of Plumtree, in southwestern Zimbabwe.The Mopani worm is the protein-rich caterpillar of the Emperor moth, which can supplement any diet.
Wed, Mar 21, 2012
King Dube, Salatiel Mutasa and Orirando Manwere’s deaths, in separate instances, have shocked the media industry that is still mourning the passing recently of three other veteran journalists
Sun, Mar 18, 2012
The youth of the African continent should prepare themselves for a rebellion against their older generation and claim their leadership role Thabo Mbeki said on Saturday.
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has dismissed Attorney General Johannes Tomana's order to police to halt arrests of MPs accused of embezzling government’s Constituency Development Funds (CDF).
Tue, Mar 13, 2012
Tehran, IRNA – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad received Zimbabwe Defense Minister Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa here on Tuesday evening.
Sun, Mar 11, 2012
South African President Jacob Zuma could fly into a stormy political atmosphere when he visits Harare soon to put the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and preparations for free and fair elections back on track.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
The widow of national hero Brigadier-General Paul Armstrong Gunda has been given 10 days to vacate an army house in Bulawayo, ending a long running legal battle.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
A Masvingo magistrate last Thursday refused to wed MDC-T legislator for Dzivaresekwa Evelyn Masaiti with a 37-year old Cameroonian man after he failed to produce an original certificate of clearance from his home country.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
BULAWAYO - A Kenyan traditional leader yesterday described President Robert Mugabe as a “great man” before presenting him with a gown he said once belonged to the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Fri, Mar 09, 2012
Several groups and members of the media were able to explore the diamond mining fields, which have been a no-go zone since coming under control of the military in 2008
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
Harare, – The Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe has called on the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to investigate the alleged banning of the privately owned Daily News in Mashonaland East province.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
HARARE - The autocratic Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says Zimbabwe will continue to support China even if western powers denounce the Asian world.
Thu, Mar 08, 2012
BULAWAYO - Zimbabwe's traditional chiefs have demanded guns saying they want to protect themselves from some people in the society, especially politicians whom they said have no respect for them, and are beating them up or threatening them daily.
Tue, Mar 06, 2012
The parliamentary committee on public service wants the PSC to table the report and outline how it intends to deal with the imaginary workers said to be fleecing government of millions of dollars
Mon, Mar 05, 2012
TOP Zanu-PF and government officials are involved in widespread acts of corruption -- that was the message delivered in front of President Robert Mugabe at his Mutare birthday party.
Fri, Mar 02, 2012
The authenticity of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono's qualifications have been questioned by a former aide who claims to have wrote assignments and examinations that earned President Robert Mugabe's personal banker a doctorate.
Thu, Mar 01, 2012
Kereke accused Gono of giving the impression he fired him for disciplinary reasons
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
Masvingo,– The Deputy Prime Minister Professor Arthur Mutambara’s national organising secretary in the MDC-M party Robson Mashiri is believed to have recently resigned citing lack of co-ordination and united effort to make the party vibrant as reasons.
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
Harare, - Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono has accused his former lieutenant, Munyaradzi Kereke, of betraying him calling him a “turncoat” seeking to curry favour with unnamed national figures after he allegedly authored a dossier specifying the central bank boss’ alleged financial transgressions.
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has all but confirmed that he is increasingly getting isolated by Africa’s new crop of leaders, whom he has described as “naive and weak”.
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
(Johannesburg)Zimbabwe will no longer be represented in this year’s Mr Gay World after the man who intended to compete finally withdrew from the contest.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chairman Godfrey Majonga reported the Sunday Times and The Zimbabwean newspaper to the Zimbabwe Republic Police, seeking to bar the newspapers from entering and circulating in the country because they were not registered with the statutory media regulatory body.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
President Mugabe has turned 88 years old and from all the staff at GREAT INDABA we say HAPPY birthday to you....but is it worth all the destruction and misery you have caused.
Sun, Feb 26, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwean opposition party Movement for Democratic Change 99 has announced its plan to oust President Robert Mugabe by June 2012 and vowed not to allow elections while Bob’s in power. Party president Job Sikhala says he will use whatever means necessary, but who will follow?
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is headed for a head-on clash with members of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) pushing for the arrest of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) on allegations of misappropriating US$1,5 million allocated by the Reserve Bank for the purchase of his official residence in 2009.
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has lashed out at his coalition partner President Robert Mugabe describing him as both a 'hypocrite and a tired election candidate' leading a group of cowards.
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
THE Southern African Developm-ent Community (SADC) has given a nod to South African President Jacob Zuma’s continued mediation in the Zimbabwe crisis following an onslaught by ZANU-PF over his facilitation reports the Financial Gazette.
Fri, Feb 24, 2012
POLICE Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri says there is nothing partisan about a Zimbabwean police officer loving his country and being prepared to die for it.He said no one should apologise for such a disposition.
Thu, Feb 23, 2012
ZIMBABWE has among the best education systems in the world let alone in Africa and thus cannot be compared with Botswana, says Dr Washington Mbizvo, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education.
Wed, Feb 22, 2012
DOMBOSHAVA - A CHEATING married woman has come under fire from her boyfriend's relatives after her lover died in her bedroom in Mungate Village, Domboshava.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
Harare,-Zimbabwe’s parastatals , ministries and corporates on Tuesday feted President Robert Mugabe with birthday messages as the octogenarian leader celebrated his 88th birthday.
Tue, Feb 21, 2012
In a wide-ranging interview with the state-operated Sunday Mail, Mr. Mugabe said he had not yet groomed a successor and admitted to divisions within ZANU-PF though playing them down as 'not so serious'
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
HARARE - The family of the late decorated war hero — Solomon Mujuru — says it will leave no stone unturned to find the “killer” of the former general who died in a mysterious fire that gutted part of his farmhouse in Beatrice last year.
Mon, Feb 20, 2012
Plans for a lavish 88th birthday party for Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwe president, are in trouble as organisers say they cannot raise enough cash for more than a modest celebration.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
Sombre atmosphere yesterday engulfed the community of Magada in Epworth after the body of an elderly woman, who died in the early hours of yesterday morning, was eaten by "unseen things."
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
President Robert Mugabe will mark his 88th birthday next week with a no-expense-spared celebration.
Sun, Feb 19, 2012
MORE than 100 foreigners were arrested and deported last year for illegally operating businesses like grocery shops and restaurants in violation of Zimbabwe's immigration and investment laws.
Sat, Feb 18, 2012
ZIPRA Veterans Trust chairman, Buster Magwizi said a group of Zanu PF) supporters and war veterans led by Monica Mguni-Sikhosana visited Cecil John Rhodes’ grave in Matopos Hills in Matebeleland South province this week demanding to exhume his remains and send them to Britain.
Wed, Feb 15, 2012
The meeting between civil servants' representatives and Prime Minister, Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai failed to yield anything concrete serve for promises of more engagements in future.
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Allegations of ghost workers on the public payroll have been dismissed by Zimbabwe Public Service Commission (PSC)
Tue, Feb 14, 2012
Harare, - - The dam wall on the Zimbabwean side on one of the world biggest dams, Kariba is weak and requires urgent repairs to prevent the wall from collapsing, Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma said Monday.
Mon, Feb 13, 2012
Supermarkets bear a graphic demonstration of the national shame we carry around, writes Cathy Buckle.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
Ntepe Initiative members rejected charges by the police that the station was linked to the former opposition MDC and spread negative information about President Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF
Sat, Feb 11, 2012
Harare,- Constitutional law expert and National constitutional Assembly (NCA) Chairman Dr Lovemore Madhuku has urged Zimbabweans to turn their anger towards bad governance into “Libya Style” street protests.
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Augustine Chihuri’s continued stay in his powerful position as Zimbabwe’s police chief is being described as a ‘betrayal’, regardless of the temporary nature of the job.
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
Election timing continues to stoke tensions between the parties in government with ZANU-PF Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa saying this week that Zimbabwe will hold elections under the present dispensation
Thu, Feb 09, 2012
The state-controlled Herald newspaper said the Public Service Commission audit report dismisses the 2010 Ernst & Young led report which found 70,000 ghost workers on state payrolls
Wed, Feb 08, 2012
Botswana Defence Forces Commander Lieutenant General Tebogo Carter Masire has dismissed claims of tension between Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has not been attending important government meetings after he broke his ankle while playing golf, it was reported on Sunday.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Accustomed to the long tradition of being given farming implements, maize seed and fertiliser as a tactic to curry favour, rural voters for President Robert Mugabe's party, Zanu-PF, are certain to see a change in the nature of "gifts" parcelled out to them this year.
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai’s is nursing a broken ankle, forcing him to miss crucial engagements. The PM missed the first Cabinet meeting of the year and the National Security Council meeting which had to be postponed.
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".
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