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SA wants EU to lift Zimbabwe sanctions
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Johannesburg - South Africa will press again this week for the European Union to lift targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe, the country's foreign affairs spokesperson Saul Kgomotso Molobi said.
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Juliet Mashoko, "I was beaten on the head and all over the body"
Sat, Sep 25, 2010
Juliet Mashoko, a 61 year old grand mother, and victim of political violence during the 2008 Zimbabwe elections
Featured Stories
CAUGHT CHEATING? HOW TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER BEING UNFAITHFUL
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.
Sure signs she's cheating on you
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
MARRIAGES often break down on account of husbands not being loyal to their wives.
Who wants to be a monkey?
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.
Zimbabwe struggling to create a new constitution
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Harare, - Violence has marred the series of outreach meetings being held across Zimbabwe, where members of the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) come to hear what ordinary Zimbabweans want to be included in their new constitution.
International Medical Corps Awarded USAID Grant to Implement Critical Water/Sanitation/Hygiene Programs
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Los Angeles, CA - Through a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) grant, made possible with the generous support of the American people, International Medical Corps will increase water/sanitation/hygiene (WASH) programs in communities and schools in Zimbabwe.
Ian Khama’s earlier stand on Zimbabwe was not a waste
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
Only two days after Ian Khama became president of Botswana, he grabbed the Zimbabwean issue without flinching and with utter determination.
Instead of saving Zimbabwe, blood diamonds only enriched its ruling class
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
By Sam Gregory, Freepressers.com MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — Grace Mugabe, wife of President Robert Mugabe, is one of the major beneficiaries of Zimbabwe’s controversial Marange diamonds. Reports have confirmed that she holds a major stake in Mbada Diamonds — one of the companies mining in Manicaland province. Before the ensuing violence and corruption many dared to believe these diamonds would be a source of recovery for this downtrodden nation but, as this reporter found in Zimbabwe’s eastern borderlands, the diamonds many hoped would save their country are destroying it.
Graham Boynton: Zimbabwe tourism: should we go back?
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
Graham Boynton asks whether new tours help ordinary people or legitimise Mugabe's corrupt regime.
Seven years after diagnosis, 'I'm strong, I'm pursuing life'
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
In Baltimore visit, young Zimbabwean extols life-saving HIV treatment
X Factor 2010: Gamu Nhengu makes Louis walsh cry! (VIDEO)
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
Gamu Nhengu was featured on tonight’s X Factor bootcmap show, trying her hardest to win a spot in the judges houses round.
David Smith:Tsvangirai seems to find coalition easier than Nick Clegg does
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
Zimbabwe's prime minister has been beaten and had an election stolen, but he speaks warmly of Mugabe and power sharing
Edward Jones:ANALYSIS: Weekend clashes signal blood polls
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
HARARE – Political violence that rocked outreach meetings for a new constitution in the capital has heightened fears that this could serve as a forerunner of what to expect in general elections that the country’s main political parties want to be held next year, but which analysts warn could end in another stalemate.
Basioldon Peta:Exiled journalist's return to Zimbabwe
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
The crew were told to prepare for landing. My heart was pounding. How would I be received in the country I fled in a blaze of death threats nine years ago?
Massive solar flare 'could paralyse Earth in 2013'
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
A massive solar flare could cause global chaos in 2013, causing blackouts and wrecking satellite communications, a conference heard yesterday.
Faith Zaba:Is Botswana following in the footsteps of Zimbabwe?
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Zimbabweans watched helplessly for years as President Robert Mugabe consolidated his power in government and personalized his Zanu PF party. They watched the once estimable liberation movement, Zanu PF, become a cult that came to be referred to as “Zanuism”.
Daily Telegraph:Diamonds sharpen Zimbabwe power struggle
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Zimbabwe’s generals are accumulating a secret slush fund from diamond sales, a campaign group claims.
Zimbabwean man rides high in US banking
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
ZIMBABWEAN Martin Ganda is now a derivatives analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York, but joining the global investment and securities bank would have been a dream too far as he struggled to get schools fees in Mutare’s impoverished Sakubva township not so long ago.
Peter Godwin:Robert Mugabe's 2008 crackdown: torture, death and a stolen election
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
Rhodesian-born journalist Peter Godwin returned to Zimbabwe in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 presidential election. In this extract from his new book, The Fear, he describes meeting victims of Mugabe's terror
WVU and Zimbabwe: A bond set in stone
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The link between West Virginia University and Zimbabwe is a winding tale that involves the Shona culture of southern Africa, old friendships, a diamond magnate, and Charleston residents John and Ruth McGee.
Pilot could be fired over racist remark
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
A senior SAA captain is facing dismissal after using a racist remark while dealing with a ground technician.
Mugabe's darkest secret: An £800bn blood diamond mine he's running with China's Red Army
Sat, Sep 18, 2010
Across a remote tract of southern Africa, naturally fortified by mountains and patrolled by hundreds of soldiers with dogs trained to tear intruders apart, teams of mining experts are hard at work.
Leonard Makombe:Ageing Politicians Manifest Leadership Renewal Failure
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
Picture this: Zimbabwe's top three politicians, President Robert Mugabe and his two deputies Joice Mujuru and John Nkomo, have been in senior government posts for a combined total of 80 years.
London killer earthquake warning issued
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
A killer earthquake could hit London at any time, claiming untold numbers of lives and causing billions of pounds worth of damage, an expert has warned.
Columns : Guest Writer
Vusimuzi Bhebhe: Tsvangirai skating on thin ice: analsysts
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is skating on thin ice after he apparently accepted assurances from President Robert Mugabe that he will handover power should he lose elections – as is widely expected - next year, analysts have said.
News : National News : Parliament and Politics
Mugabe demands UN seats for Africa
Sat, Sep 25, 2010
Zimbabwe's president calls for reform of Security Council to give the continent permanent representation.
Mugabe 'too old' to contest elections - Dr Madhuku
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
HARARE - National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chairperson, Lovemore Madhuku says Zimbabweans must reject President Robert Mugabe’s candidature in any future elections as he is too old to rule
No To A War Election: Tsvangirai
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Harare, – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said he will not participate in any election if it is a ‘declaration of war’, a day following violent disruptions of constitution meetings in by Zanu (PF) supporters in Harare over the weekend.
Zimbabwe back to the polls next year
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
Zimbabwe's cabinet this week unanimously agreed that fresh elections would be held next year amid opposition from a wide cross-section of Zimbabweans. (Pic: Mugabe Over confident ruthless dictactor)
ZEC warns against rushed election
Sat, Sep 18, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwe should first clean up the voters roll and implement proposed electoral reforms and ensure they have taken root before calling a new vote, the country’s elections body has said, appearing to rebuke political leaders who are calling for polls next year.
SK Moyo Adverts Raise Furore in Zanu PF
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
A political row has erupted in Zanu PF over controversial newspaper adverts placed in the local and South African press by party chairman Simon Khaya Moyo reports the Zimbabwe Independent.
Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?
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.
Columns : Business , Financial and Property Indaba
Robert Mugabe destroyed the economy, not sanctions - as Tsvangirai changes course again
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown was caused by economic mismanagement under President Robert Mugabe’s leadership and not sanctions as propagated by Zanu PF, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.
Meikles Chairman says 'No Deal'
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
MEIKLES chairman, Mr Farai Rwodzi has said there is no deal yet with Kingdom Financial Holdings founder Mr Nigel Chanakira.
"Investors Should Help Democratise Zimbabwe"
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
JOHANNESBURG,- While investors need assurances about property rights and the protection of investments before they will invest in Zimbabwe’s precarious economy, the state of democracy in the Southern African country should also be a consideration writes Stanley Kwenda for IPS.
Biti revises economic growth forecast
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Thursday said the country’s economy will grow by 8.1 percent, nearly double the 4.5 percent he had said gross domestic product (GDP) would increase by this year.
Gono goes to Biti for cover
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Zimbabwean Finance Minister Tendai Biti was expected to intervene this week in a boardroom fight between Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Gideon Gono and Central Bank Deputy Chairman Charles Kuwaza.
Innscor sees revenue jump
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwean food retailer Innscor Africa expects revenue to surge by a quarter to $500 million in the current financial year, buoyed by a normalising economy, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.
Econet slashes international tariffs 50 percent
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
ZIMBABWE’S largest cellular mobile network, Econet Wireless, has slashed by 50% the cost of outgoing international calls, an official said on Monday.
Govt to Stick to Cash Budget
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Harare — Government has reiterated it will not introduce any supplementary budget but will stick to a cash budget where it will expend money that it will have earned, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said.
Billionaire Branson urges investment in Zimbabwe
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
NEW YORK - Billionaire Richard Branson urged people on Monday to invest in Zimbabwe, saying the world was wrong to wait instead of helping the politically volatile, impoverished southern African nation revive itself.
Chinese firms to build new Zambia, Zimbabwe rail line
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
Zimbabwe has signed an agreement with a consortium of investors to build a new US$2 billion railway line linking it with northern neighbour Zambia, officials said Monday.
Zimbabwe reserve bank row heats up
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
The fight for control of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), between the governor Gideon Gono and deputy board chairman Charles Kuwaza has escalated, threatening the operations of the institution. President Robert Mugabe may be forced to intervene.
Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba
UAE a safe haven for smuggled Marange gems
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
HARARE – The United Arab Emirates is emerging as one of the main conduits for illicit diamonds smuggled from Zimbabwe amid reports that more gems from the controversial Marange fields have been confiscated by Belgian authorities while being exported from Dubai.
Zimbabwe Plans to Force Miners to Sell 10% of Diamonds to Local Processors
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Zimbabwe’s government has proposed a regulation requiring the three diamond miners operating in the country to sell 10 percent of their gems to local processors and polishers.
'Robbing Manicaland to feed Zvimba'
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
THE decision by companies mining diamonds in Marange district to build a processing technology centre in President Robert Mugabe’s home province, over 400 kms from where most of the country’s gems are being extracted, has caused dismay in social and political circles.
Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba
Strike is over:Air Zimbabwe
Thu, Sep 23, 2010
AIR Zimbabwe says it is resuming domestic and international flights on Friday after resolving a pay dispute with pilots and cabin crew on Wednesday evening.
Airline makes special arrangement for Mugabe
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
HARARE -- Air Zimbabwe had to make “special arrangements” to get pilots to fly President Robert Mugabe to the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York because the airline’s own pilots are on strike.
Air Zimbabwe wants 2 new airbus planes
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
Air Zimbabwe, whose pilots have been on strike for 12 days, wants to buy two Airbus A340 planes for about 400 million dollars, state media said Sunday.
Columns : Health Indaba
Nurses steal ARVs for backyard pharmacies
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
Nurses are stealing anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) from government hospitals to supply backyard pharmacies, a new report by the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) shows.
70 Zimbabwean kids die of measles
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Harare, At least 70 children in Zimbabwe died of measles in a two-week period recently after communities of religious sects drove away government health teams trying to immunise their children, the health ministry said Thursday.
News : Human rights and abuse
I'd definitely defend Mugabe at the Hague - Charles Taylor's lawyer
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
Courtenay Griffiths, the flamboyant defence lawyer for Charles Taylor, talks to Jane Flanagan about Naomi Campbell, diamonds and defending the 'indefensible'.
Zimbabwe student leader arrested for Graffiti
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) President Tafadzwa Tuboy Mugwadi has been arrested and detained at the Harare Central Police Station in the hands of the notorious Law and Order department.
Victims of violence arrested: MDC
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
HARARE -- Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T party on Tuesday said four of its activists who were assaulted by members of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF were arrested by the police after attempting to report the assault.
Zimbabwe Students killed at the Bindura University of Science and Education.
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
At least two Bindura University of Science and Education (BUSE) students have been confirmed dead with sixteen more seriously injured after being assaulted by a group of the university security guards.
Columns : Nature and Environment
Illegal occupiers kill hundreds of animals in nature reserve - conservationists
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Illegal occupiers on an animal reserve in southern Zimbabwe have killed hundreds of animals and torn down several miles (kilometers) of protective fencing, a conservation group said Friday.
Columns : Science and Technology Indaba
Villagers duped by Mugabe with computers but no electricity
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
Bikita, - Hundreds of villagers here have condemned President Robert Mugabe saying he duped them by giving schools in their area ‘fake computer donations’ about three years ago.
Columns : Religion/Spiritual
Mother, 27, dies in freak accident after candle sets fire to robes during church procession
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
A young mother died when her robes caught fire as she brushed over a candle laid on the floor during a church procession.
News : Weird world
Gukurahundi noose tightens on Mugabe
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and his top military commanders are likely to end up at The Hague to answer charges of genocide after an influential group that campaigns against mass murder last week listed the 1980s massacre of over 20 000 civilians in Matabeleland as genocide.
Did an Egyptian newspaper doctor peace talk photos?
Thu, Sep 16, 2010
'Al-Ahram' apparently changes picture of Mubarak, Netanyahu, Obama, Abbas and Abdullah from launch of direct talks in Washington.
News : Sports
Boxing: Chisora adds another crown
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
Zimbabwe-born,Derek Chisora added the Commonwealth heavyweight title to his British crown by stopping Sam Sexton.
Dynamos In Bribery Scandal
Sat, Sep 18, 2010
HARARE – Harare giants Dynamos have been sucked in a major bribery scandal involving Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) side TP Mazembe and the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) is set to institute investigations.
Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex
Good bye to the search for the G-Sport?.. It doesnt exist
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.
Lead Stories
First ever Zimbabwean Diaspora Constitutional Consultation
Sat, Oct 02, 2010
Today, the 1st of October 2010 saw the first ever Zimbabwean Diaspora Constitutional Consultation with the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee (COPAC) in a meeting organised by the Council of Zimbabwe Christian Leaders UK and the South Africa based Zimbabwe Exiles Forum.
Farmers Sue Zimbabwe Government for Racism
Fri, Oct 01, 2010
A group of farmers are in Zimbabwe's highest court for the first case in which the 19-month-old unity government is accused of violating the constitution for racism against white farmers. Finance Minister Tendai Biti is among the seven charged.
Muponda warns MoneyGram
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
HARARE - Businessman Gilbert Muponda has demanded that money transfer agency, MoneyGram International, stop using Century/CFX/Interfin Banking Corporation as its agent in Zimbabwe, because the corporation is engaged in business conspiracy, fraud and deception.
Zimbabwe Re-Engaging South Africa's Norange Capital on US$50 Billion Credit
Thu, Sep 30, 2010
The sources said officials of the ruling African National Congress of South Africa have vouched for Norange, which encouraged the Zimbabwean government to take a second look at the possible financing source
Tekere seriously ill
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
MUTARE -Edgar Tekere, one of the luminaries of Zimbabwe’s war of liberation, has been rushed to a private hospital in Harare after falling ill on Monday.
Tongogara's widow claims poverty and neglect to PM
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
Harare, -The neglected widow of national hero Josiah Tongogara has approached Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for assistance.
| Top Harare banker arrested for fraud
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
RENAISSANCE Financial Holdings’ chief executive officer Patterson Timba yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court facing allegations of fraudulently attempting to take over a mining company.
SA farmer locked out in Zimbabwe
Wed, Sep 29, 2010
A South African commercial flower grower has been locked out of his Chegutu farm in Zimbabwe by a group of youths who have barricaded his gate.
EU 'ready' to review Zimbabwe sanctions
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
BRUSSELS — European Union supremo Herman Van Rompuy on Tuesday said the bloc was ready to take a fresh look at sanctions against Zimbabwe, pending political developments.
EU resist Zuma's pressure on Mugabe sanctions
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
BRUSSELS - European Union supremo Herman Van Rompuy on Tuesday said the bloc was ready to take a fresh look at sanctions against Zimbabwe, pending political developments.
Chihuri defends his position
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Harare — Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has lashed out at critics who continue to distort facts about his term of office.
News : National News : Constitutional Indaba
Cost Concerns With New Delays in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process
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
Zimbabwe Constitution May Be Negotiated
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
Harare, - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday said he hoped the constitution making process would not be abandoned, hinting that the final outcome may be a negotiated settlement between political parties in parliament.
More constitution making meetings cancelled
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
Makoni, - Up to 16 constitution-making outreach meetings have been canceled in most parts of Makoni Distrct in Manicaland Province because of violence being perpetrated by Zanu (PF) supporters and war veterans.
Pressure Group Campaigns For No Vote
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Harare, - Constitutional pressure group, the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) said it will soon start campaigning for a No Vote for the constitutional process in Zimbabwe that has been marred by violence.
Statement by President, Tsvangirai, on the status of the constitution making process
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
The MDC leadership met today to review the latest developments on the work of the Parliament-led Constitutional Outreach Programme which was scheduled to end in Bulawayo, Chitungwiza and Harare last weekend.
ZANU PF buses supporters to COPAC meetings in Harare Chitungwiza
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
The Centre for Community Development In Zimbabwe (C.C.D.Z) dispatched a team of monitors to observe the COPAC outreach meetings in Harare and Chitungwiza on the 18th and 19th September, 2010 writes Mike Makomo.
Zimbabwe constitution reform process postponed indefinitely
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwean lawmakers in charge of a constitutional reform program say their public canvassing was halted after weekend violence disrupted several gatherings reports the Daily News
Violence mars Mbare Copac hearings
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
HARARE - FIVE officials from the main faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) were seriously injured and scores arrested when marauding Zanu PF supporters swamped Mai Musodzi Hall in Mbare, Sunday, and unleashed an orgy violence during a constitutional outreach meeting.
News : National News
Zimbabwe militants call for chicken restaurant ban
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".
Ailing Mugabe skips Ecuador trip
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe state radio says President Robert Mugabe arrived home Sunday from the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Chinese assault municipal cop
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
A group of Chinese nationals whose vehicle had been clamped for illegal parking along a street in uptown Harare threw a tantrum and broke a clamp padlock, before assaulting a municipal police officer who was part of a team that wanted to tow their car away.
Sick Mind-set: ZANU PF attacks Branson's initiative on Zimbabwe
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
A VERY very interesting article on the Reuters website in which Virgin boss and billionaire Richard Branson urged 'people' to invest in Zimbabwe, saying the world was wrong to wait instead of helping the country to develop writes so called Tendai Midzi - Son of Zanu PF Chairman for Harare Province.
Khuphe 'choked' roadblock cop
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
DEPUTY Prime Minister Thokozani Khuphe threatened to CHOKE a police officer while holding him by the collar, according to a report in the Chronicle.
Zimbabwe civil servants march against low salaries
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
HARARE — About 300 civil servants marched through Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Friday demanding higher pay and benefits from money the state earned through recent diamond auctions.
News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa
News : World news : UK and Europe
Warring MDC UK factions re-group into a formidable force
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
MDC UK and Ireland branches have united in calling for the party leadership to prioritise resolution of the provincial leadership's suspension which is having a corrosive effect on the party in the UK writes Makusha Mugabe for Change Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe man jailed for 15 years and ordered to pay half a million
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
DALLAS, US - Zimbabwean man, a US based tax consultant Herbert Jena got 15 years in prison and ordered to pay $485,100 in restitution for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service and obstructing justice, the U.S. attorney's office in Dallas said Friday.
UK:Vince Cable threatens to quit Government over immigration cap as he claims it does 'great damage' to the economy
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
Business Secretary Vince Cable issued an extraordinary hint tonight that he could quit over the government’s cap on immigrants, claiming it was ‘doing great damage’ to the economy.
News : World news : USA and Canada
Video: UN speeches via UNTV
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
United Nations, New York – Last Thursday, the second day of statements at the high level plenary meeting of the 65th United Nations (UN) General Assembly the speakers included: Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos Calderon, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, Haiti’s President René Préval, and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame.
Mugabe rails against 'debilitating' sanctions
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe railed against “illegal and debilitating sanctions” imposed on Zimbabwe on Tuesday, saying they prevented the unity government from “making a positive difference in the lives of the poor, the hungry, the sick and the destitute.”
News : Crime and Courts
I Didn't Evade Cops, Says Diesel N'anga
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Harare — Diesel n'anga Rotina Mavhunga who has been on the run for one and half years told a Chinhoyi magistrate, during a default inquiry last week, that she was unaware that police were looking for her.
Zimbabwe judge sues Bennett for $1 million
Tue, Sep 28, 2010
Harare - A Harare High Court judge is suing Roy Bennett, one of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's closest aides, for 1 million dollars for remarks the dispossessed white farmer made about the judge during his terrorism trial this year, according to official papers.
Judge demands $1m from Bennett
Mon, Sep 27, 2010
High Court judge Justice Chinembiri Energy Bhunu has filed a $1 million defamation lawsuit against Roy Bennett over “distasteful” remarks the MDC-T treasurer general reportedly made in the media against the judge reports the Newsday.
Zimbabwe drops charges against U.S health workers
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
HARARE- Zimbabwean prosecutors on Wednesday withdrew charges against six health workers, four of them from the United States, accused of dispensing AIDS drugs without a licence, their lawyer said.
Court throws out virginity lawsuit
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed a US$2,000 lawsuit against a man who allegedly took her 16-year-old daughter’s virginity and made her pregnant.
Senior cop killed, five shot in pub bloodbath
Sun, Sep 19, 2010
BULAWAYO — A senior police officer was killed while a junior officer and four civilians were critically injured after they were shot by armed robbers during a raid at a pub in the city centre shortly before midnight on Friday reports the Standard.
Artist asks for ruling after Mugabe 'insult' arrest
Sat, Sep 18, 2010
A BANNED Zimbabwean artist who dared depict President Robert Mugabe flushing ballot papers down a toilet has asked the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the charges against him.
News : Africa : Southern Africa
South Africa Starts Issuing Work & Residency Documents to Zimbabweans
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
An official at the Zimbabwean Consulate in Johannesburg said Harare has not yet started issuing new passports to expatriate nationals who lack them and cannot file for South African work, study or residency papers until they get them
Murdered Zimbabwe student was poisoned
Tue, Sep 21, 2010
Blantyre, Malawi - An autopsy carried out on the body of the murdered 25-year-old Zimbabwean accountancy student has revealed that she was poisoned, police have confirmed.
Zimbabwe nationals squat in Cape Town Consulate office
Mon, Sep 20, 2010
While AfriForum is waiting for the courts to decide if it can go ahead with auctioning an abandoned building belonging to the Zimbabwe government, homeless people, predominantly Zimbabwean refugees, have occupied it.
News : NEWS IN BRIEF
Mugabe expected to sit with Obama at UN dinner?
Fri, Sep 24, 2010
UNITED NATIONS - U.S. President Barack Obama, mixing with other world leaders at the the United Nations on Thursday over lunch, toasted the organization and urged his dining companions to work harder for peace.
Columns : Health Indaba : HIV and Aids
Columns : Indaba Podcast
Audio tapes:Deputy PM Mutamabara London address to Zim Diaspora
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
Columns : Indaba Galleries
Gallery: Mugabe:30 years From a pauper to a Billionaire - Zimbabwe from billions to poverty,disease,fear and hunger
Tue, Aug 17, 2010
So how did Mugabe make all this money?
UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
Taking you back in time with all the buses that transported millions of Britons across the island
Deputy Prime minister Mutambara address to Zimbabweans in London
Tue, Jul 27, 2010
24 th August Address by Deputy Prime minister Mutambara. London UK
Columns : Indaba video files
Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality
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.
Sexy girl looking for a man
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.
Columns : Entertainment Movies & Music
Virgin boss makes girl's dream reality
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.
Visa row of X Factor Scot Gamu Nhengu sparks racist taunts online
Sun, Sep 26, 2010
X FACTOR star Gamu Nhengu suffered racist bullying over an immigration row which almost ended her showbiz dream.