Fri, Jul 16, 2010
To fathom that few weeks ago we were like one African family cheering behind the bafana-bafana team is quite shocking. The South African flag was on almost every car, house ,College, university and, for once, Africa’s hopes were revived. Indeed it is time for Africa. Where has this xenophobia come from then? To make matters worse it’s targeted at the same poor peasants who stood by you in time of need writes Simbarashe Chirimubwe
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Tue, Jul 13, 2010
OPINION - A stranger in Johannesburg immediately notices serious security measures everywhere. High walls are topped with electrified razor wire. Dogs are visible or audible behind the walls.
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Sun, Jul 11, 2010
As I left the Anglican church in a suburb of Harare, my Zimbabwean host said: "Don't forget us." Yet the persecution of Anglicans in the diocese of Harare, which is spreading, is being seen and remembered by few Christian communities across the world writes Brian Castle in the Guardian
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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.
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by AFP
Tue, Jul 13, 2010
HARARE — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe vowed Tuesday that the country would go ahead with diamond sales that were banned earlier this year because of rights violations at its largest mines.
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Sun, Jul 11, 2010
HARARE - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Morgan Tsvangirai is resisting pressure from his party to fire his co-Home Affairs Minister, Theresa Makone.
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Mon, Aug 16, 2010
Mutale Kapekele A Zimbabwean inflation expert has said the proposed harmonisation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) within the Comesa region will help member countries to come up with figures that reflect a true picture.
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by Radio VOP
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
Harare, - The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), angered by the failure of Finance Minister Tendai Biti to come up with a pro-poor budget, has urged workers to prepare fora fight with the coalition government.
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by Zimonline
Tue, Jul 13, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s biggest labour movement has called on the government to slash income tax by 25 percentage points to help struggling workers and inspire confidence it is committed to tackling poverty affecting more than 70 percent of the population.
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Sun, Jul 11, 2010
CHINA’S Export & Import Bank (Eximbank) is to provide an estimated $400-million for the expansion of the generation capacity at Zimbabwe’s Kariba hydropower station from 1 000 MW to 1 300 MW.
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by Staff reporter and agencies
Sun, Jul 11, 2010
HARARE – The International Monetary Fund has advised cash-strapped Zimbabwe to curtail its 2010 expenditure by three percent of gross domestic product to return to a path toward medium-term fiscal stability.
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Fri, Jul 16, 2010
Nyamandhlovu Farmers Gary Godfrey and Nigel Fawcett, together with Nigel’s manager Russell McCormack were theatrically escorted yesterday morning under armed guard from the charge office to the police holding cells at Nyamandhlovu.
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Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Deliveries of tobacco by growers in Zimbabwe might be the highest since 2002 because of a bigger-than-expected crop, the industry marketing board said yesterday.
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Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Investment in Zimbabwe's mining sector is starting to pick up despite investor concerns about an impending indigenisation law, according to Imara, the pan-African investment group.
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Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Tourism group Tourvest's newest venture, a luxury tented camp in its concession in the Victoria Falls National Park costing "just over $1 million (R7.6m)" to develop, has already been fully occupied on several days since its opening on July 6.
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Tue, Jul 13, 2010
Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho is raring to take up his new coaching duties at Spain’s richest club after he and his family ended a three-week holiday in Kenya.
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by Zimonline
Sun, Jul 11, 2010
HARARE - More than a third of Zimbabwe’s children aged below five are malnourished, according to new data released by the government and the United Nations Food and Nutrition Council (FNC) on Friday.
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by AFP
Thu, Jul 08, 2010
FARIDPUR, Bangladesh — Whenever Bangladeshi brothel owner Rokeya, 50, signs up a new sex worker she gives them a course of steroid drugs often used to fatten cattle.
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Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Harare, - Zimbabwe said Wednesday it planned to repatriate 800 Rwandan refugees back to their country, with the assistance of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
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by The Zimbabwean
Wed, Jul 14, 2010
JOHANNESBURG - A Movement for the Democratic Change activist, whose legs and arm were broken after being beaten with iron bars by Zanu agents, is now living in fear in Johannesburg.
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by MDC
Wed, Jul 14, 2010
Two armed Zanu PF supporters on Monday attacked three sons of an MDC activist, Cruiser Svosve at Gokwe Centre, Midlands North province accusing them of foiling their plan to murder their father in 2008. The Zanu PF supporters, Ramius Chitopera and one Zimba attacked Svosve’s sons Terrence, Casper and Morris in Mapfungautsi suburb.
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Mon, Jul 12, 2010
The deal to export wildlife to North Korea has been called off in a move described as good news for Zimbabwe by wild life conservationists.
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Fri, Jul 16, 2010
William Porterfield, the Ireland captain, has said the extra motivation of moving above Zimbabwe in the ICC rankings will egg his side on to complete a 2-0 sweep of Bangladesh in the one-dayers in Belfast. Ireland comprehensively won the first match on Thursday by seven wickets, with Porterfield's unbeaten century being the cornerstone of the victory.
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by The Sun
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
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