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Zimbabwe to use IMF cash for overhaul: Biti

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

Zimbabwe's government has allocated 100 million dollars to refurbish the country's dilapidated infrastructure, part of the funds granted by the IMF last year, the finance minister said Thursday.

Striking Zimbabwe Civil Servants Return to Work; Leadership Says Action Continues

by VOA

Tue, Mar 09, 2010

Sources said worker representatives and union leaders decided to call a return to work in response to reports of intimidation and victimization of state workers

Mugabe Gives ZMC Greenlight to Implement Media Reforms

by The Standard

Sun, Mar 07, 2010

Harare — IN an open rebuke to Media, Information and Publicity secretary George Charamba who has been frustrating the licensing of new players in the newspaper publishing sector, President Robert Mugabe has told the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) to get on with its mandate of opening up the media space wites the Standard.

Pungwe River Floods Beira-Zimbabwe Road

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

Maputo — The Pungue river burst its banks on Thursday and flooded a stretch of the Beira-Zimbabwe road, between Mutua and Tica, in the central Mozambican province of Sofala.

Assasination Attempt On Tsvangirai - MDC Launches Investigation

by Radio VOP

Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Harare, - Zimbabwe’s security services and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have launched investigations into a suspected assassination attempt on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai during his hunger assessment tour of Matabeleland two weeks ago, reports South Africa-based Radio VOP.

Freelance photojournalist released

Wed, Mar 03, 2010

Freelance photojournalist Andrison Manyere has been released from police custody after paying US$20 admission of guilty fine for disorderly conduct in a public place.

Tsvangirai urges the West to stop sidelining Mugabe

Tue, Mar 02, 2010

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has urged western countries to lift sanctions against Zimbabwe and stop sidelining President Robert Mugabe in resolving the Zimbabwe crisis.

Hands off our diamonds, platinum: Mugabe

Hands off our diamonds, platinum: Mugabe

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

HARARE Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday defended new laws that force companies to hand control of their businesses to black Zimbabweans, and warned Western investors to keep their hands off Zimbabwe's mineral wealth. (Pic: Mugabe- Mugabe the megalomaniac is not the answer to his people's wellbeing. Rather, he is the sole reason for their woes. )

Zanu-PF ministers accused of 'looting'

by Staff reporter and agencies

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Zimbabwe Cabinet ministers in the previous regime have been fingered in a damning report that accuses them of looting state assets ahead of the formation of the unity government last year.

Zimbabwe farm union leaders in hiding

by SAPA

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Zimbabwe - The entire leadership of Zimbabwe's union for farm workers has gone underground after a series of raids, arrests and threats against them, lawyers said on Sunday.

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".

Zimbabwean nationals destitute after raid

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

Dozens of people were kicked out of their homes on Thursday after a massive raid in Braamfontein. Police closed down two illegal bus ranks in the Johannesburg city centre and raided several buildings, confiscating stolen goods and drugs

President Zuma due in Zimbabwe to resolve political rift

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) South African President Jacob Zuma is expected in Zimbabwe on Tuesday next week amid reports that Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai plans to appeal to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to intervene in the country’s power-sharing dispute.

Court upholds Moyo as Zimbabwe speaker

Court upholds Moyo as Zimbabwe speaker

Tue, Mar 09, 2010

HARARE — Zimbabwe's high court on Tuesday threw out a bid by an ally of President Robert Mugabe to nullify the election of the speaker of parliament from rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party.

Zimbabwe 'needs peacekeeping force' for election:

Zimbabwe 'needs peacekeeping force' for election:

by AFP

Sun, Mar 07, 2010

CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe?s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday called for an African Union and regional peacekeeping force to ensure that general elections in the country will be peaceful.

MDC requests SADC to mediate in deadlocked negotiations

by SW radio

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

The national executive council of the MDC has resolved that SADC should be called in to mediate in the long running stalemate between parties in the Global Political Agreement.

Tales of Witchcraft Abound in Zimbabwe

by VOA

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

In Zimbabwe, witchcraft is still common in rural areas. Hardly a week passes without a local report or newspaper story on the practice. For example, police recently cornered a man at the Mbare Mbare bus terminal, after they discovered a live cobra snake in his luggage. He told officers the reptile was one of his witching tools.

MDC meet to discuss deteriorating situation

Fri, Mar 05, 2010

Sources said Tsvangirai MDC party leaders took up the delays in resolving outstanding power-sharing issues, the constitutional revision process and new incidents of political intimidation or violence

Zimbabwe: Political and Security Challenges to the Transition

Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Despite initial scepticism, Zimbabwe’s year-old unity government has achievements to its credit, but the democratic transition remains at risk, especially from hard-line security officials – President Robert Mugabe’s last reliable supporters.

Businessman in court for stealing Makamba's cattle

by The Herald

Thu, Mar 04, 2010

Harare — A PROMINENT farmer and businessman here has admitted to stealing and selling 48 cattle to fugitive businessman James Makamba's wife.

Amai Tsvangirai memorial service set for Saturday

by The Zimbabwean

Wed, Mar 03, 2010

All roads lead to Glamis Stadium in Harare on Saturday where thousands of Zimbabweans are expected to converge for the memorial service of Amai Susan Nyaradzo Tsvangirai the wife to MDC President and Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister and head of government, Morgan Tsvangirai.

Mugabe's Spy Agency recruits thousands of illegal vendors as informers

Tue, Mar 02, 2010

Harare – Zimbabwe’s premier spy agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has recruited hundreds of youthful street vendors and illegal street dealers as informers, a report revealed reports ZimDiaspora.

Tsvangirai to open MDC regalia shop

by The Zimbabwe Mail

Tue, Mar 02, 2010

Harare - Prime minister and president of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai, will on Thursday officially open the party's regalia shop and a research and library centre at Harvest House.

Zimbabwe Vigil to target Zuma UK visit

by Zim Vigil

Tue, Mar 02, 2010

VIGIL supporters discussed President Zuma’s state visit to the UK. We were surprised that, on the eve of his visit, he called for the lifting of EU targeted sanctions against Mugabe and his cronies.

A mysterious arms dealer lands Illinois golf course in legal "twilight zone"

A mysterious arms dealer lands Illinois golf course in legal "twilight zone"

Mon, Mar 01, 2010

MARION, ILL. — Until recently, people here had little reason to know the name John A. Bredenkamp or anything about his past, a tale worthy of a James Bond villain, filled with allegations of international arms deals, blood diamond trades and ties to despotic regimes in his native Africa.

Bob is 'God's gift to Africa'

Bob is 'God's gift to Africa'

by Special correspondent

Mon, Mar 01, 2010

Praise-singing politicians fall over themselves to salute Zimbabwe's leader as he nears 30 years in office

GNU cracks widen

by The Standard

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

THE MDC-T is demanding drastic action against Zanu PF youths who last week threatened Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai with unspecified repercussions for not advocating for the removal of sanctions imposed by western countries.

Sibanda bounces back as new ZUJ president

by Radio VOP

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

HARARE, – Dumisani Sibanda, news editor with thestate controlled Sunday News weekly, has bounced back as the new Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) president following a rerun of the union’s elections in Bulawayo on Saturday.

Fairtrade link creates work in Zimbabwe

Fairtrade link creates work in Zimbabwe

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

A Fairtarde company which sells pet beds has been backed by Reading West Tory Parliamentary hopeful Alok Sharma.

African leaders show there are many countries for old men

African leaders show there are many countries for old men

by The Guardian UK

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Robert Mugabe is the eldest statesman on a continent where age is seldom a barrier to power

Visiting Danish minister refuse to meet Mugabe

Sun, Feb 28, 2010

Harare - A visiting Danish minister is refusing to meet President Robert Mugabe, describing the aging leader as a dictator and an impediment to democracy and development of Zimbabwe.

Man who infected wife with HIV named

Man who infected wife with HIV named

by Staff reporter and agencies

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

A man who infected his wife with his own HIV blood so that she would resume having sex with him can now be named.