Retired Lt. Gen. Peter Walls dies in exile in South Africa
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — A veterans' group says the last white commander of forces that opposed the guerrilla armies that swept Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to power has died.
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Wed, Jul 21, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — A veterans' group says the last white commander of forces that opposed the guerrilla armies that swept Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to power has died.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
We all learn to look out for signs that our man is cheating, or subtle hints that he might be seeing someone else on the side, but what if you are the one that cheated? Assuming that you still want to work on your current relationship, we have 7 ways to move on successfully after you’ve been unfaithful. This is not a “loop-hole” and is not praised, but the reality is 14 percent of married women have had affairs at least once during their married lives and 17 percent of divorces in the United States are caused by infidelity. If you fall into this category, and don’t want to be part of the divorce statistic, take a look at these helpful steps.
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011
A student has been left feeling a little red-faced after an embarrassing incident with a monkey made her a global star. Charmian Chen, who just happens to be a model, was visiting the Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud in Bali last month when two of the primates decided she was a little overdressed.The 22-year-old student, from Taiwan, was on holiday on the tropical Indonesian island feeding long-tailed macaques when she was singled out.
Mon, Jun 07, 2010
On Hot Seat Violet Gonda has an exclusive interview with Farai Maguwu, the Director of the Centre for Research and Development (CRD), who has been investigating human rights abuses at the Chiadzwa diamond fields.
Wed, May 26, 2010
A former Zimbabwean test cricketer who protested against his country’s oppressive leader is coming to Epsom to sing and tell stories about his life.
Wed, May 26, 2010
As the new coalition government moves to end keeping children in detention centres, Wells Botomani, now 14, relives his family's nightmare at Yarl's Wood removal centre writes Wells Botomani in the Guradian.
Wed, May 26, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Call it anti-World Cup fever: Campsites and budget-price game lodges in Zimbabwe are receiving bookings from South Africans trying to escape the frenzy of the world's biggest sporting event at home, according to tour operators and officials.
Tue, May 25, 2010
This year ZIDWOG is holding a fundraising Dinner Dance for the Mashambanzou Aids Orphanage in Zimbabwe on Saturday 29th May 2010 at The Holiday Inn Brent Cross London.
Tue, May 25, 2010
HARARE, (IRIN) - The death of Zimbabwe's secretary for agriculture, Renson Gasela, and two other senior officials from the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in a car accident recently has highlighted the country's inability to respond to accidents, emergencies or disasters.
Sun, May 23, 2010
With his bouffant hair, platform shoes and strange penchant for zip-up, khaki catsuits, it would be easy to dismiss North Korea’s dictator as a faintly ludicrous pantomime villain.
Sun, Jun 06, 2010
THE abhorrent behaviour by Robert Mugabe’s propagandist ambassador in the United States, Machivenyika Mapuranga, in heckling like a drunkard the US undersecretary of state for Africa, Johnny Carson, was very revealing of the barbaric nature of members of Zanu PF.
Thu, May 27, 2010
They gave their son, born in Zimbabwe, a Shona name to honor the country and culture and were honored in return writes Kate Chambers in the Chrisian Science Monitor
Wed, May 26, 2010
LONDON - British authorities under pressure to sort out a desperate asylum system in the UK really need to open their eyes to the Zimbabwean situation.
Tue, May 25, 2010
The other day I stayed in Kariba Town, Zimbabwe, on the way home from Harare to Livingstone. I wanted to see what was available on both sides of the dam wall. Kariba Town is on the Zimbabwe side; Siavonga is on the Zambian side.writes Gill Staden for ETN
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.
Thu, May 27, 2010
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday Zimbabwe elections will go ahead next year, despite infighting that continues to hamper the government's power-sharing agreement.
Thu, May 27, 2010
Cape Town - A new political party, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is set to be launched in Zimbabwe with the aim of changing the country’s political landscape. In a wide ranging interview with News24, the party’s founder and president Pastor Timothy JM Chiguvare revealed how PPP is geared to face the challenge in its endeavour to oust President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party.
Thu, May 27, 2010
Zanu-PF’s high decision body, the politburo has told its dwindling support base to get ready for national elections anytime next year, possibly May. This comes in a backdrop of a recent poll which showed that President Mugabe’s long time rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai would win by a whopping 88 percent.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Recent media reports have indicated that the statutory Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) is finally holding its inaugural strategic and board meeting, after allegations of haggling over logistical, financial and human resource issues.
Sun, May 23, 2010
THE long-awaited Zapu national congress, where interim chairman Dumiso Dabengwa is set to be confirmed as the substantive leader is now set for August, the party said last week.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Harare — PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has written a strongly worded letter to President Robert Mugabe warning him that he risks plunging the country into a constitutional crisis following his unilateral appointment of three High Court judges last week according to the Standard.(In Picture villain George Chiweshe)
Wed, May 26, 2010
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that Zimbabwe's outlook was "highly uncertain," saying economic growth would fall rapidly and banking risks would balloon without timely action
Wed, May 26, 2010
ABIDJAN, - Zimbabwe's economy should grow faster than expected this year thanks to $1 billion in foreign investments and some expected donor aid, but its debt burden is "crippling", the finance minister said on Tuesday.
Mon, May 24, 2010
Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan asked Monday for Zimbabwe’s support in helping South Korean firms take part in various reconstruction projects in the southern African nation, Chung’s office said yesterday.
Sun, May 23, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is in Seoul on a three-day official visit at the invitation of his South Korean counterpart Chun Un-Chang.
Sun, May 23, 2010
KenolKobil plans to get a larger share of the Southern African oil market has run into headwinds after Zimbabwe blocked its plan to acquire Shell and BP assets in the country.
Sun, May 23, 2010
President Robert Mugabe will soon appoint a team of agricultural economists to audit his controversial land reform programme. (Mugabe's land invaders: Despite their best efforts the real beneficiaries are Mugabe's cronies)
Sat, May 29, 2010
VICTORIA FALLS, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Friday said the government would not expropriate mining firms under the country's controversial equity laws.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Zimbabwe mining group RioZim said on Wednesday it would raise $40 million in a rights issue to fund expansion of its gold mining projects and refurbish a nickel refinery.
Wed, May 26, 2010
The Center for Research and Development issued a report saying employees of Canadile Mining, a partner in a joint venture with the government, and members of the military, have become the chief suppliers to illegal buyers
Tue, May 25, 2010
Tel Aviv - Monitoring the sale of diamonds from Zimbabwe will be the focus of a meeting of diamond trade regulators in Tel Aviv next month, a leading Israeli diamond industry official has said.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Kimberly monitor Chikane told officials he had not come to certify diamonds from Marange for international sale, but to follow up on his fact-finding mission earlier this year during which critical information was withheld from him
Mon, May 24, 2010
KIMBERLY Process (KP) monitor for Zimbabwe Abbey Chikane is expected in the country on Wednesday, as government tries to comply with international regulations to trade in diamonds from the controversial Marange field.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Since breaking out in 2006, the battle over Zimbabwe’s massive Marange diamond field has drawn the attention of numerous regional power brokers and the scrutiny of NGOs ranging from the Kimberley Process to Human Rights Watch.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Mangalore, India - Investigators scoured the slopes of a ravine in southern India on Sunday looking for the black box of a Boeing 737-800 that crashed off a hilltop runway, killing 158 people.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Among the first to be immunized were children from some of the Apostolic Faith sects that object to modern medicine on religious grounds, after an intervention with sect leaders last week by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Mon, May 24, 2010
ZIMBABWEAN researchers will this week join experts from the rest of the world searching for more effective HIV prevention methods at the International Microbicides Conference in Pittsburgh, United States.
Fri, May 21, 2010
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's spokesman James Maridadi said the apostolic sect leaders who attended the high-level meeting agreed to work with the government to make sure that their children are vaccinated reports VOA
Sat, May 29, 2010
Mutare police on Thursday clamped down on a rights group that has exposed the level of abuse at the Chiadzwa diamond fields. They raided the group’s offices, the home of the group’s director and arrested his younger brother.
Thu, May 27, 2010
Harare - A Zimbabwe court on Thursday freed two employees of a gay organisation after six days in jail on allegations of possessing indecent material and displaying a placard seen as insulting to President Robert Mugabe, an outspoken critic of homosexuality.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Zimbabwe's Constitution Select Committee (Copac) has stated that gay rights will not be included in the new constitution and that they will not enter into debate or discussion over the issue.
Tue, May 25, 2010
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party wants media hangman Tafataona Mahoso fired from his new job as chief executive of a state media commission responsible for accrediting journalists
Sun, May 23, 2010
Harare — THE government, which is under international pressure to end torture and harassment of trade unionists, says it will implement far reaching policies to promote trade unionism in Zimbabwe.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Harare, - The Organ on National Healing and Reconciliation was on Saturday forced to cancel a crucial meeting with representatives of different political parties after Zanu (PF) supporters refused to take orders from Vice President John Nkomo, accusing him of selling out to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
Sun, May 23, 2010
Washington - BP opted to keep an ineffective test valve rather than replace it with one that might have pinched off the flow of oil and helped avert the Gulf oil spill disaster, the Washington Post reported on Sunday.
Sun, May 23, 2010
The uproar over the transfer of wildlife from Hwange National Park to North Korea continues to pit conservationists against the Zimbabwean government.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Harare, The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) has raided a car dealership in Harare and stopped the auction of 75 cars as part of investigations into alleged tax evasion by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.
Tue, May 25, 2010
HARARE - Churches of Zimbabwe will be holding a National Day of Prayer today as the nation commemorates Africa Day. "We call upon all churches and Christians of all denominations to gather together to pray y in their cities, towns and villages to seek the face of the Lord for the healing of the nation," said a statement.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Harare, -President Robert Mugabe’s son, Robert jnr, is said to be causing security nightmares for his personal guards preferring a normal life.
Sat, May 29, 2010
Coach Dunga and his World Cup squad flew into South Africa yesterday morning ahead of the tournament next month.
Sat, May 29, 2010
One-day international tri-series, Bulawayo: Zimbabwe 289-4 (48.2 ovs) beat India 285-5 (50 ovs) by six wickets
Thu, May 27, 2010
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwe’s senior national soccer team climbed three places up the ladder in the latest FIFA/Coca-cola World rankings, released on Wednesday afternoon.
Wed, May 26, 2010
JOHN HOWARD'S bid for the vice-presidency of the International Cricket Council is facing an unprecedented challenge, with India understood to be wavering in support and South Africa and Zimbabwe considering opposing his nomination.
Wed, May 26, 2010
The Indian cricket team without its top players, left for Zimbabwe yesterday. The team will play a tri-series tournament, which will also feature Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Brazil are to play friendly matches against Tanzania and Zimbabwe before heading into the World Cup tournament in South Africa, Brazilian football officials said Monday.
Mon, May 24, 2010
Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote could be poised to complicate Arsenal’s ownership even further.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Women find it harder to use the latest technology more often than men, but certainly know how to use it when it comes to spying on their partners, a study claims.
Thu, May 27, 2010
When Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson took to the podium Tuesday night, he probably didn't expect any hecklers.
Wed, May 26, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was on Wednesday conferred upon with an honorary doctorate in law by a South Korean university in recognition of his contribution to the development of Zimbabwe.
Wed, May 26, 2010
A SPECIAL taskforce will track down hundreds of women nationwide who may be infected with HIV after sleeping with acrobat Godfrey Zaburoni.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Zimbabwe has unveiled a new United Nations-supported campaign to boost the health of the country’s children and protect them from measles.
Tue, May 25, 2010
The Torie' pledge to put a cap on immigration from outside the EU, which survived the coalition negotiations, is enshrined in the Queen's Speech.
Tue, May 25, 2010
JOHANNESBURG - The release of a report by two of South Africa’s top judges on the fairness of the 2002 presidential election in Zimbabwe would be “detrimental to peace in Zimbabwe”, the High Court in Pretoria was told yesterday.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
The Zimbabwe Independent newspaper reported that the panel is running through US$100,00 dollars a week on accommodation and travel costs and sitting allowances for the 25 members of the committee
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".
Wed, Jul 21, 2010
JOHANNESBURG -- A veterans' group says the last white commander of forces that opposed the guerrilla armies that swept Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to power has died.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Zimbabwe's media commission said on Wednesday it had licensed four private daily newspapers, including the banned Daily News, as the new unity government takes steps to open up the media.
Tue, May 25, 2010
The MDC joins the rest of Africa in celebrating Africa Day, amid renewed hope that the continent will take its rightful place among the family of nations as the true bastion of progress, peace and development.
Mon, May 24, 2010
The Herald has scaled dizzy heights as a Zanu (PF) pamphlet and today the discredited newspaper beat its own record of outrageous lies by publishing malicious and slanderous rumours as news. For three consecutive weeks, The Herald has been consistent in manufacturing lies and divisions in the MDC.
Mon, May 24, 2010
Zimbabwean university students who receive state assistance are now required to surrender a third of their salaries if they choose to work in foreign countries on completing their studies. The cash-strapped government has set up a special cadet scheme whose stringent conditions it hopes will stem a crippling brain drain that has hit most of the country's economic sectors.
Sun, May 23, 2010
HARARE - A syndicate of senior Zimbabwean government officials, including ministers and top senior civil servants, is looting and stripping Reserve Bank assets through illegal auctions of public property over unpaid debts.
Sun, May 23, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Norway said Sunday it was increasing humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe this year to 30 million kroners (about US$4.7 million) while a further US$16 million was earmarked for development projects in the southern African country.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Ethiopians in their tens of thousands thronged the capital's main square Tuesday to hear Prime Minister Meles Zenawi salute his party's victory in Sunday's polls from behind bullet-proof glass.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Addis Ababa - Ethiopians began voting in legislative elections on Sunday as Prime Minister Meles Zenawi appeared set to extend his 19-year-old rule over sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Australian authorities fear at least 12 women may have been deliberately infected with the HIV virus by a Zimbabwe-born circus acrobat.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Left-wing firebrand Diane Abbott has topped the first major opinion poll since she entered the Labour leadership race - despite not having the declared support of any MPs.
Tue, May 25, 2010
A woman drove a man to suicide by crying rape and forced a second innocent man to consider taking his life after falsely accusing him of a similar sex attack.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Britain’s News of the World newspaper said it had caught the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson in a sting, filming her allegedly offering to sell access to her former husband and UK trade envoy Prince Andrew.
Thu, May 20, 2010
A schoolboy threw himself in front of a train after his parents told him he was too young to go on holiday to Greece with his friends, an inquest heard today.
Tue, May 18, 2010
London: A young Zimbabwean woman who was detained and awaiting deportation at a detention centre is being treated in hospital after taking an overdose.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Harare - Police in Zimbabwe have detained two gay activists on charges of keeping pornographic materials and insulting President Robert Mugabe, a lawyer said on Tuesday.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Pretoria - Acting Judge Stanley Sapire reserved judgment in the North Gauteng High Court on Tuesday in the Mail & Guardian's application for access to a report by two judges about the fairness of the 2002 presidential election in Zimbabwe.
Tue, May 25, 2010
Harare — MDC-99 leader Job Sikhala yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate on allegations of convening an unsanctioned meeting at Adelaide Acres in Waterfalls, Harare.
Mon, May 24, 2010
Harare — POLICE in Mashonaland Central have arrested a Dotito man who allegedly raped and impregnated his 19-year-old daughter-in-law with his son's full consent on the pretext that it was a family tradition.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Former Bafana Bafana star Doctor Khumalo narrowly escaped being sent to jail yesterday.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Three inmates at Boksburg Prison, South Africa decided to defy warders by protesting against the poor food. In return, they were forced to eat human faeces by three warders - two of whom were acquitted and a third given a warning.
Tue, May 25, 2010
The controversial leader of South Africa's youth league has defended his behaviour after being disciplined by the ruling ANC.
Mon, May 24, 2010
President Jacob Zuma was heckled yesterday by angry residents of Siyathemba Township in Balfour.
Mon, May 24, 2010
Picture: The secret military agreement signed by Shimon Peres, now president of Israel, and P W Botha of South Africa. Photograph: Guardian
Sun, May 23, 2010
South African deputy ambassador to Zimbabwe Mlulami Singapi, who allegedly assaulted a senior diplomat at the Harare mission recently, has been suspended pending an investigation into the incident.
Sun, May 23, 2010
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema remixed his controversial "shoot the boer" song at a league conference in KwaZulu-Natal.
Wed, May 26, 2010
A Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Senator has landed himself in trouble with the police for allegedly insulting President Robert Mugabe.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Former St Mary’s legislator Job Sikhala who was arrested on Friday for launching his MDC99 party without informing the police is now facing additional charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe.
Mon, Jul 26, 2010
Below is the full audio recording of the Deputy Prime minister's speech and question and answer in London to Zimbabweans in Diaspora on 24/08/2010
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
So how did Mugabe make all this money?
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Taking you back in time with all the buses that transported millions of Britons across the island
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A YOUNG South African singer serenaded billionaire Sir Richard Branson's daughter when she exchanged wedding vows at a Caribbean island on Tuesday.
Sat, Jun 11, 2011
In general, supposedly hilarious videos that "take the internet by storm" make us cringe a bit, but this one's a goodie. Apparently this is a real human lady's dating profile video. But it might just be someone having a larf. Or it might be a bit of cunning viral marketing on eHarmony's part (although suggesting that their site is full of crazy cat ladies is a bit of a risky strategy). Either way, it did tickle us so. Have a watch and see what you think.
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A YOUNG South African singer serenaded billionaire Sir Richard Branson's daughter when she exchanged wedding vows at a Caribbean island on Tuesday.
Thu, May 27, 2010
Zimbabwean Nonhlanhla Togwe was crowned Miss African Spirit 2010 at the pageant’s inaugural held at Jurys Inn Hotel in Milton Keynes on Saturday 22nd May 2010.
Wed, May 26, 2010
Tenor Siphiwo Ntshebe, who was to sing "Hope" at the World Cup opening ceremony next month, died in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, his record label said on Wednesday.
Wed, May 26, 2010
GENEROUS CHERYL COLE is not asking for one penny from cheating husband ASHLEY in the divorce action she launched yesterday.
Sun, May 23, 2010
Cheryl Cole has proved she’s fallen hook, line and sinker for rapper Will.i.am... by performing a mushy love duet with him during a £3million yacht party.
Sun, May 23, 2010
The title of Nora Chipaumire’s new dance is a mouthful and, fittingly, loaded with meaning: “lions will roar, swans will fly, angels will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi.”