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Zimbabwe government feels pressure from restive civil service

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

HARARE, -- The refusal by Zimbabwe's teachers to work on the first day of the school year on Tuesday is just but a tip of the iceberg with regards to the labor problems dogging the country and the pressure the government has to endure.

Regional summit this week on Zimbabwe, Madagascar- Tsvangirayi not attending

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

MAPUTO — Key Southern African leaders will hold a special summit Thursday in Mozambique's capital Maputo to discuss the crisis in Madagascar and the power-sharing government in Zimbabwe, officials said.

Veterans demand 20% of lands and mines amid threats

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Jan 11, 2010

Zimbabwe’s liberation fighters have declared that they are entitled to a 20 per cent share of any resource in the country saying they are the poorest lot in the southern African nation.

Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe says 2010 special year for bilateral ties

by XINUA

Wed, Jan 06, 2010

HARARE-- The year 2010 is a very special one for China and Zimbabwe because not only will Zimbabwe be celebrating her 30th anniversary of independence, but the two countries will also be marking 30 years of diplomatic relations, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Xin Shunkang said on Wednesday

Zim to review death penalty, executive powers

by Zimonline

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

HARARE -- Whether the president should wield more power than the prime minister or whether capital punishment should stay, are some of the issues Zimbabweans will be asked about during a 65-day public consultation exercise on a proposed new constitution, top officials said Tuesday.

Zimbabwe Resumes Talks on Inclusive Gov't in Two Weeks

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Jan 04, 2010

Negotiations on outstanding issues to Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (GPA) which have been on hold during the festive season will begin in two weeks time, an official has said.

Zimbabwe needs SA help now

by The Times (SA)

Mon, Jan 04, 2010

Parliament to try to kick-start constitutional reform

Calls for South Africa to protect citizens evicted in Zimbabwe

Thu, Dec 31, 2009

A CIVIL rights group has warned the South African government that unless it acts to protect citizens in Zimbabwe evicted from their farm on Christmas Eve it will seek an enforcement order from the courts.

Chinese agree to fund construction of new Zimbabwe parliament building

Chinese agree to fund construction of new Zimbabwe parliament building

Thu, Dec 31, 2009

China has agreed to fund the construction of Zimbabwe’s new Parliament building in the capital Harare, a cabinet minister said here Wednesday.

Leaders of Zimbabwean charities honoured by British Queen Elizabeth II

Thu, Dec 31, 2009

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom on Thursday named two leaders of Zimbabwean charities among the list of 72 prominent individuals for their contribution to human development in the UK and other countries.

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".

MDC Cabinet ministers under corruption charges

by Special correspondent

Fri, Jan 15, 2010

Four cabinet ministers in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government are under probe from their respective parties, MDC and Zanu Pf, on corruption allegations.

Public strike to test Zim's fragile coalition

by Zimonline

Fri, Jan 15, 2010

HARARE – A planned national strike by Zimbabwean state workers in February would cripple public services and exert pressure on Harare's fragile coalition which has a huge task of rebuilding a devastated economy, analysts said.

Regional leaders conclude summit on Zimbabwe, Madagascar

by AFP

Fri, Jan 15, 2010

MAPUTO - Key southern African leaders wound up a special summit in the Mozambican capital Maputo on Thursday with calls for a return to dialogue in the ongoing political crisis in Madagascar.

Women protest against Zimbabwe law review bias

by Special correspondent

Thu, Jan 14, 2010

Zimbabwe's troubled constitution making process has hit another snag after women threatened to disrupt the exercise arguing that it is biased towards men.

Terrorism trial witness' bid to seek legal advice

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

Harare - The prosecution's star witness in the trial of Roy Bennett, Zimbabwe's junior agriculture minister-designate, for terrorism and insurgency, on Wednesday failed in his bid to secure time to seek legal advice. Prosecutors allege arms dealer Michael Hitschmann was paid by Bennett to buy weapons to assassinate government officials.

Politics Intrudes on Zimbabwe Constitutional Process as War Veterans Chant

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

A Harare training session for outreach workers was disrupted by war veterans singing revolutionary songs and demonstrating despite instructions from organizers not to engage in partisan displays

Fort Hare University Slammed for Giving in to Zanu Pf

by SW radio

Wed, Jan 13, 2010

Over 12 students who had their government scholarships withdrawn by ZANU PF officials have slammed Fort Hare University in South Africa for allowing them to be victimized.

Nestle denies indirectly buying milk from Zimbabwe president’s farm

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Multinational Swiss food giant Nestle on Tuesday sought to allay fears that it had resumed purchasing “blood milk” from a farm owned by the wife of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, insisting that it was maintaining its stance of sourcing milk “exclusively from contracted farmers.”

UK Urged to Stop Funding 'Failing' Unity Government

by SW radio

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

The British government is set to come under pressure to lead the way in Europe, by not sending developmental aid to the coalition government until the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement.

UK Urged to Stop Funding 'Failing' Unity Government

by SW radio

Tue, Jan 12, 2010

The British government is set to come under pressure to lead the way in Europe, by not sending developmental aid to the coalition government until the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement.

Mutasa, Muchinguri Lock Horns Over Farm Seizure

by The Standard

Mon, Jan 11, 2010

ZANU PF's women's league leader, Oppah Muchinguri, tried to block Minister of State for Presidential Affairs, Didymus Mutasa from violently taking over one of the most productive farms in Manicaland in what is seen as widening divisions in the party over the continuing land invasions.

Sadc 'unhappy' with slow pace of Zimbabwe talks

by SAPA

Mon, Jan 11, 2010

SOUTHERN African leaders were “unhappy” with the slow pace of negotiations aimed at ending the political crisis in Zimbabwe, a regional defence and security committee official said on Friday.

Bumpy Start for Zimbabwe Toll Roads as Motorists See Few Highway Improvements

by VOA

Thu, Jan 07, 2010

Toll gates in place on Zimbabwean highways for five months now are bringing in US$350,000 a month or some US$1.4 million a month, but motorists say the major roadways continue to be littered with hazardous potholes

SA unhappy with Zim talks pace

by Reuters

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

Harare - Zimbabwe's political rivals have agreed some outstanding issues of a power-sharing deal, but the pace of negotiations is slow, a South African official mediating in the talks said on Tuesday.

Zimbabwe Teachers Plan Strike

by Radio VOP

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

Masvingo, - A leading teachers' representative body has threatened industrial action ahead of the schools opening on January 12, to force government to award them salaries above the Poverty Datum Line (PDL).

NEW CONSTITUTION DRAFT PROCESS UNDERWAY

by Staff reporter and agencies

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

The process to rewrite Zimbabwe's constitution has formally begun today. The measure was included in the political accord undersigned in the political accord allowing for the formation of the national unity government made up by three parties last year.

Zimbabweans’ passports confiscated at border

by Staff reporter and agencies

Mon, Jan 04, 2010

Dozens of Zimbabwean travellers trying to enter South Africa at the Beitbridge Border Post have reportedly had their passports confiscated.

Iran says ready to offer assistance to Zimbabwe

Fri, Jan 01, 2010

HARARE, Iran has said it is ready to offer humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe in times of need and develop to the highest level cordial relations between the two nations.

Morley church worker wins the right to escape war vets violence

by Staff reporter and agencies

Thu, Dec 31, 2009

A FARMER'S daughter from Zimbabwe who came to work in Morley two years ago has been granted asylum. An immigration judge decided Erica Coetzee, 22, should be allowed to stay because her life would be in danger if she was deported to Zimbabwe.