Home Office to lift ban on deporting failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
The four-year-old ban on sending more than 10,000 failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe is to be lifted, the immigration minister, Damian Green, has announced.
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Thu, Oct 14, 2010
The four-year-old ban on sending more than 10,000 failed asylum seekers back to Zimbabwe is to be lifted, the immigration minister, Damian Green, has announced.
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe -- South African President Jacob Zuma has sent a delegation to neighboring Zimbabwe to rescue what appears to be a cracking power-sharing government formed last year by President Robert Mugabe and his former political foe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday expressed "great concern" over President Robert Mugabe's unilateral appointment of new Zimbabwe ambassadors to the bloc as well as to other institutions and capitals.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's top mining official said Sunday there were reports of new diamond discoveries in several parts of the country. Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said there were reports of new diamond discoveries in three other provinces in the country, but did not give details, merely saying government was moving on the sites to secure them and prospect.
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, Oct 11, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — After months of putting an optimistic face on his power-sharing deal with Zimbabwe’s autocratic president, Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai erupted last week with frustration at Mr. Mugabe and the country’s troubled progress toward democracy writes Celia Dugger in the New York Times
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
Many Zimbabweans have been driven by hunger and starvation from their beloved homeland, courtesy of a political pervert who has been in office since 1980. They have watched hopelessly and helplessly as their beloved country was ruined to an unbearable state, both economically and politically.
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
A fearful stalemate looks unbreakable for the moment. But a sensible solution may yet be found
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
The havoc surrounding the constitution-making process has now influenced some of us to think that perhaps the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) and its lifetime chairman, Lovemore Madhuku,were right to oppose the role played by politicians in that process. The violence that we witnessed in Harare a few weeks ago was, by any standards, diabolical.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
The Scramble for Africa, also known as the Race for Africa, was a process of invasion, attack, occupation and annexation of sovereign African territory by European powers during the New Imperialism period, between the 1880s and World War I in 1914. (Source Wikipedia).
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Aim-listed Niger Uranium has committed to investing $3,6-billion in a nickel exploration joint venture (JV) with Southern African Nickel (SAN) over the next 20 months.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
One of the horrible consequences of Botswana’s public outbursts against Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe is that as a member of SADC Botswana has since become isolated, somewhat irrelevant and by and large unable to influence events in the region.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
BULAWAYO - The fight for a Gwanda council house has taken a turn for the worst with Town Clerk George Mlilo now being the victim of death threats allegedly at the instigation of former foreign affairs deputy minister Abednico Ncube.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
Local old school jams are playing in the club — Murambinda Growth Point’s prime nightspot — and a handful of young women, some of them still in their teens, are dancing along.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
After the Zimbabwe government paid North Korean sculptors $600,000 for two monuments honoring a Zimbabwe freedom fighter, fierce criticism led to their dismantlement.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
We once became hopeful when Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade fired salvos at Robert Mugabe. It still remains rare for an African president to criticise another.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
X Factor reject Gamu Nhengu found hordes of fans on her doorstep today as anger grew over her elimination from the show and her upcoming deportation from the UK.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
GOVERNMENT is set to dole out new top-of-the-range vehicles and increase allowances for chiefs, in a move that critics claim is in preparation for elections slated for next year.
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
Zimbabwe could hold a referendum on a new constitution as soon as next June, Copac, the body in charge of the process, said yesterday.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
WHILE the case of the diesel mystic, Rotina Mavhunga was closed with her conviction last week, new details have emerged on how she managed to trick the Zanu PF politburo and top security chiefs into believing that she could draw fuel from rocks
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
The Attorney-General’s office has been working on a draft of the Electoral Amendment Bill agreed to by the coalition partners in 2009 for tabling before parliament.
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.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President Lovemore Matombo has called for the setting up of an Accountability Commission to look into the causes of the US$7.5 billion debt that Zimbabwe is currently groaning under.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
Niloticus, the world’s biggest Nile crocodile skins producer, will be spun out of Innscor Africa Ltd. and its shares traded on Zimbabwe’s stock exchange before the end of the year.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
DEPUTY Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has said Zimbabweans are more interested in jobs rather than ownership of companies and inisted the government’s indeginisation programme was a death knell for the country’s largely comatose productive sectors.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
Harare — THE Sadc region has made significant progress towards macro-economic convergence and the creation of an enabling legal environment as it prepares for the launch of the monetary union and the adoption of a single currency.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
The boardroom fight between Zimbabwe's Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono and his deputy, Charles Kuwaza, has intensified, amid revelations that the central bank chief has uncovered a plot by his bitter rival to oust him from his position.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
MORE than US$35 million owed to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) in taxes has “disappeared” from the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) under unclear circumstances.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
The eccentric DEPUTY Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has backed calls to include the Chinese Renminbi among the country’s basket of currencies.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's president on Thursday told foreign investors that they must accept black Zimbabweans as the major shareholders in their projects — or stay away from the southern African nation.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
LUSAKA - Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Namibia plan to import maize from Zambia, which has recorded a bumper harvest from the 2009/10 season, the head of Zambia's state-run Food Reserve Agency (FRA) said.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
The sources said ArcelorMittal Private Limited of South Africa is on the short list of bidders, though its previous offer was rejected by the Zimbabwean government which said the firm was too big to be a suitable partner.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
As November's Kimberley Process (KP) plenary session approaches, members of a KP review mission assigned to assess the situation in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields are reportedly divided over what and how to report on the human rights situation that has brought Zimbabwe and its diamonds under international scrutiny.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
HARARE, - In a collective move to avert the recurrence of waterborne diseases and rehabilitate the country’s water, sanitation and hygiene sector, the Inclusive Government of Zimbabwe today announced the rejuvenation of the National Action Committee (NAC), an inter-ministerial committee charged with overall coordination of the sector.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
Harare,- The United Nations says 50 percent of the Zimbabwe’s rural population have no toilets and use the bush.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
HARARE, -- Zimbabwe has imposed high lease renewal fees on residents of a makeshift settlement, threatening them with eviction, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
HARARE -- The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on Wednesday warned against rising human and union rights violations in Zimbabwe that it said could peak in the run-up to general elections expected next year.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
JOHANNESBURG – Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is for the second year running tipped to win the Nobel Peace Prize after bookmakers listed him among hopefuls to land the 2010 award.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's newly appointed soccer coach is being deported four days ahead of a home match against Cape Verde in African Cup of Nations qualifying.
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
Mon, Oct 18, 2010
SOUTH AFRICA's International Relations and Co-operation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane last week criticised Zimbabweans and the leadership of the country for continuing to blame SA for their problems
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
DARLINGTON, UK - A married Zimbabwean father who repeatedly hit his lover with a wire flex when he hypocritically accused her of having an affair has been jailed for 15 months.
Thu, Oct 14, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Lawmakers in charge of a troubled constitutional reform program in Zimbabwe say they have run out of money for final public meetings.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
HARARE - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) senators have vowed to bar Zimbabwe’s controversially appointed provincial governors from taking part in the business of the Upper House, describing them as “bogus governors” and “intruders”.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
Harare — Police have arrested six foreigners and two Zimbabweans who allegedly gunned down and dehorned three rhinos worth US$45 000 in Masvingo and Guruve.
Wed, Oct 13, 2010
The Zimbabwe government has revealed the Zimbabwe Health Sector Investment Case (2010 - 2012): Accelerating progress towards the Millennium Development Goals which outlines plans designed to: provide access to health services to the poorest citizens; ensure safe motherhood and save lives.
Tue, Oct 12, 2010
Harare — ZIMBABWE is experiencing extremely high temperatures, with some places recording up to 44 degrees Celsius, breaking the October record that has stood since 1995.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Mr. Tsvangirai set the tone last week when he announced at a news conference that his party will not recognize the governors or the ambassadors and judges named by Mr. Mugabe without consultation with his unity government partners
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Zanu PF’s politburo says it blundered when it declared the late Pamela Tungamirai a liberation war heroine and will soon revise its earlier position amid reports of mounting pressure from a known faction to pronounce her a national heroine.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
HARARE - As Zimbabweans brace themselves for a possible general election next year, the major political parties have turned to music for their campaigns.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
MUTARE - Zanu PF politburo member, Stanley Sakupwanya and former Manicaland governor, Tineyi Chigudu have crossed the floor to join the revived Zapu political party amid reports that former Mdilands Governor Cephas Msipa has also joined the Matebeleland based political party .
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
Harare, – Zimbabwe will hold a referendum on the new constitution next year on June 30, the Constitution Select Committee (Copac) has announced.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
HARARE - Residents in Harare have demanded that the controversial Minister of Local Government, Ignatius Chombo, declare the vast properties he has acquired since he became a minister and prove that he did not corruptly acquire his vast wealth.
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
Johannesburg — THE imposition of political and economic sanctions as a means of influencing the behaviour of errant regimes is never without controversy, as South Africans well know.
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
The lawyer for the family of X Factor entrant Gamu Nhengu has confirmed she will appeal against a Home Office decision to send them back to Zimbabwe.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Mystery Zimbabwean buys tobacco at liquidation auction. Tobacco believed to belong to controversial business tycoon John Bredenkamp, fetched R1.3-million at auction yesterday.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
The top MDC leadership has, over the past three months, been meeting the party’s provincial councils countrywide as part of the on-going consultations with the people on Zimbabwe’s future.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
Harare, - Zimbabwe’s troubled civil servants can brace for worse times after Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Monday that treasury was not yet ready to use the windfall accrued from the country’s recent diamond sale to meet their salary demands.
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
South Africa has been accused of "acquiescing" whilst people in Zimbabwe starved, during a hearing with the country's president, Jacob Zuma.
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
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
ZIMBABWE should hold at least 1,100 public debates on a new constitution again after security forces attacked or threatened participants, said a leader of the discussions in the Movement for Democratic Change.
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".
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
THE government is set to come up with a raft of regulations that will see supermarkets, shops and bottle stores only being allowed to sell alcoholic drinks between 6am and 7pm, while the selling of beer will be banned after midday on Sundays.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s foreign affairs officials have been ordered to disregard protocol officers from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, in yet another attempt by Zanu (PF) hardliners to undermine the Premier’s authority.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
THE family of the late Welshman Mabhena told his burial gathering in Bulawayo on Saturday that the veteran freedom fighter of Zimbabwe’s independence died bitter and frustrated, hence he insisted that he did not want to be buried at Harare national heroes shrine.
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
Harare - The family of the late former Matabeleland North Governor Welshman Mabhena has snubbed Zanu (PF) offer to bury the veteran nationalist at the controversial Heroes Acre.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
HARARE, -One of the few men who dared cross the path of President Robert Mugabe in Zanu pf, Welshman Mabhena has died.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change says it will not attend any burial of heroes at the national shrine after President Robert Mugabe said it was exclusively for people who fought in the liberation struggle which brought about Zimbabwe's independence in 1980.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
HARARE - Police have said they will not release the MDC vehicles they impounded in the run up to the 2008 Presidential run off until “outstanding” cases against the party officials have been finalised.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
She was booted off the X Factor at the weekend - now Zimbabwe-born Gamu Nhengu has an anxious wait to discover whether she's about to be booted out of the UK too.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
A carer who defrauded an elderly man of about £300,000 has been jailed.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
A MAN who went on a rampage with a gun targeting motorists and a shopkeeper has been handed an indeterminate sentence after being branded ‘very dangerous’.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
AN INNOCENT mum and her three-year-old daughter perished in a house fire in Milton Keynes, England, after being caught up in a love squabble between a Zimbabwean couple, a court heard.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Harare — Some Malawian police officers and Immigration Department officials are being investigated over their alleged involvement in the murder of a Zimbabwean woman whose body was found buried in a bathroom.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
Harare — A 26-year-old Bulawayo man, believed to be a policeman, last Friday became the latest victim in a string of sexual assaults by gangs of women on men.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
A Zimbabwean diplomat is suing the government for more than $400000 in a case which exposes the wide discrepancies between the salaries of diplomats and hard-pressed civil servants.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Harare — A Harare man, who for three months paid for the upkeep of a baby who was not his, was this week reprieved from paying further maintenance after DNA tests proved he was not the child's father.
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
HARARE - Controversial Zanu PF businessman Temba Mliswa was convicted on seven counts of assault.
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
Harare - A Zimbabwean spirit medium has been jailed for more than three years for bamboozling President Robert Mugabe's powerful politburo into believing she could conjure diesel fuel from a rock, reports said Thursday.
Mon, Oct 11, 2010
There would be no punitive measures if they assisted their employees in obtaining work permits.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
PRETORIA — Botswana President Ian Khama on Tuesday urged Western nations to lift their sanctions on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, saying they should recognise progress made by the unity government in Harare.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
A 13-year-old Boksburg boy beat 1, 185 contestants at the weekend to be crowned as the boerewors
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Cape Town - There were mixed reactions to the "Zimbabwean Dispensation Project" from Zimbabweans queuing up to renew or apply for documentation at the Wynburg home affairs office in Cape Town on Friday.
Tue, Oct 05, 2010
HARARE, - Rampant corruption in the provision of life-prolonging antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and other HIV services is threatening Zimbabwe's national AIDS response according to a recently released report by a local human rights group.
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.
Sun, Oct 10, 2010
Simon Cowell has drafted in his own lawyers to help Gamu Nhengu, controversially rejected by X Factor, from being sent from the UK back to Zimbabwe.
Thu, Oct 07, 2010
SHAKEN Cheryl Cole yesterday drafted in security experts after The Sun revealed she had become the target of X Factor DEATH threats.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
X Factor reject has been thrown a celebrity lifeline. Organisers of the African Music Awards want her to perform with The Jacksons at their event next week
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
It seems Gamu Nhengu may have some heavyweight political support.
Wed, Oct 06, 2010
October 2003, Cheryl Tweedy has been found guilty of assault after she drunkenly punched a female nightclub attendant (Sophie Amogbokpa) . She was cleared of racially aggravated assault, however, and escaped a custodial prison sentence.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
Shameless: Cheryl Tweed muttered incoherently why she was dropping out Gamu who is by far more talented than anyone in Cheryl's camp, that includes her as well.
Mon, Oct 04, 2010
They both thought their X Factor dreams were over after messing up their songs at Cheryl Cole’s ‘house’.
Sun, Oct 03, 2010
Zambia just saw history being made by staging the inaugural successful Miss Southern Africa Zambia in Lusaka on the 25th of september 2010 at The Banc ABC -African Banking Cooperation premises called The Pyramid Plaza at The Southern Sun Hotel.