Skip Navigation

 

Weekend IndabaWeekend IndabaView the Weekend Indaba Here

   
will.i.am - One More Chance on MUZU.TV.

Breaking News: Study and Work in New Zealand: Read more   or view     SBG_Colleges Presentation 2012.pdf                                                                                                

Columns : Guest Writer

Zimbabwe dangerously unstable

Mon, Sep 21, 2009

The United States isn’t the only country suffering through a financial crisis. Zimbabwe has longed toiled with skyscraping inflation, high unemployment rates and rampant corruption in the government writes Jessica Harris.

Does Mugabe really want a solution in Zimbabwe?

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

The past four weeks saw a lot of activity as the international community tried to push Zimbabwe’s lethargic and cantankerous government of national unity to move forward and implement the full Global Political Agreement signed a year ago writes Tanonoka Whande

News : National News : Parliament and Politics

Gallery: Talking Point: Is Mugabe still in good shape to be president?

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

Tsvangirai calls for SA-style Mining Charter for Zimbabwe

Fri, Sep 25, 2009

Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said last week that a Mining Charter for his country – similar to South Africa’s – should be seriously con-
sidered.

Zimbabwe gold, coal mines ready for quick comeback – Zimvest

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Zimbabwe mining's compelling comparative advantage was that it had under-utilised mines that investment could very rapidly optimise, Zimvest MD Shaun Lightfoot said on Wednesday.

‘No blanket takeover of foreign-owned mines’

Mon, Sep 21, 2009

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Youth and Indigenisation Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has ruled out any blanket take over of foreign owned mines in the country, saying the state was open to discussions on the controversial empowerment Bill.

Zimbabwe fails to pay the IMF

Zimbabwe fails to pay the IMF

Mon, Sep 21, 2009

Zimbabwe has failed to meet its quarterly loan payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), a move likely to scare away international money lenders from borrowing the country money due to its poor debt payment record.

Israeli firm eyes Zimbabwe's power stations

by XINUA

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

HARARE, - A power company of Israel was courting Zimbabwe's power giant Zesa Holdings for a possible takeover of operations of its small power stations, local newspaper The Sunday Mail reported.

Damco extends operations to Zimbabwe

by Staff reporter and agencies

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Freight forwarder Damco has announced that it will open a new office in Harare, Zimbabwe in October 2009.

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

Drug bust points to top SA officials

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

Batteries filled with hashish and heroin allegedly raked in billions for the international drug syndicate that has been operating between Durban and Britain for over a year.

Columns : Health Indaba

Zimbabwe hails success of HIV campaign

Fri, Sep 25, 2009

Harare - Zimbabwe on Thursday reported new progress in its fight against Aids, saying its HIV infection rate has declined to 13.7 percent of youths and adults, from an estimated 14.1 percent last year.

Columns : Science and Technology Indaba

Zimbabwe bans ISP licencing

by ZIMEYE

Mon, Sep 21, 2009

The Zimbabwean government has banned licensing of more internet service providers (ISPs) after officials in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party complained that cyberspace could be used to trigger regime change.

Prison guards demand right to complain online

by SAPA

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

Canberra - A group of prison guards dubbed the Facebook Five has gone to an Australian court to fight for the right to complain about their boss on the Internet.

Columns : Motoring

Next BMW M5 shows its face

Next BMW M5 shows its face

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

The next-generation BMW M5 has been spied testing at the Nürburgring.

Columns : Religion/Spiritual

Letter from Zimbabwe

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

"Who is my neighbour?" For us in St George’s there are 1,200 of them, just across Borrowdale Road behind bars in Harare Central Prison.

News : Sports

Former Bafana star stands to lose his posh R12m UK mansion

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

While soccer star Quinton Fortune's divorce battle goes into overtime, an English bank is applying to have his luxury mock-Tudor mansion repossessed.

Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex

Good bye to the search for the G-Sport?.. It doesnt exist

by The Sun

Fri, Jan 20, 2012

THE SEARCH is off, lads – the G-spot DOESN'T exist.

Gay, bi teens risk eating disorder

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

Gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers may be at higher risk of binge-eating and purging than their heterosexual peers, starting as early as age 12, a new study finds.

Columns : Lifestyle Love & Sex : Wellness

The ideal body. Does it exist?

The ideal body. Does it exist?

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

The overwhelming response to pictures of a plus-size model has triggered a weighty debate.

No thanks, sugar!

by Oliver Farirayi

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

Many of us are not even aware of the copious amounts of sugar we’re consuming because manufactures are just sooo cunning.

Lead Stories

Mugabe Adopts Conciliatory Tone With US Ahead of UN Speech

by VOA

Fri, Sep 25, 2009

In an interview ahead of his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Friday, President Robert Mugabe told Reuters that he is not expecting the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to immediately lift travel and financial sanctions on him and more than 200 other members of his ZANU-PF inner circle.

Woza Protestors Beaten by Police in Bulawayo

by SW radio

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Scores of activists from the pressure group Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA/MOZA) were brutally assaulted by riot police, during demonstrations to commemorate the United Nations International Day of Peace in Bulawayo on Tuesday.

UK Attorney general is fined £5,000 for employing an 'illegal' worker

by BBC

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Attorney General Baroness Scotland is to be fined £5,000 after being found to have employed a housekeeper who was not legally allowed to work in the UK.

Zimbabwe HIV vaccine trials begin

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

Zimbabwe has began clinical trials to establish if anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) used in the treatment of HIV can also protect women from the virus.

Mahlangu trial - Kasukuwere testifies

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

HARARE - The trial on theft of cell phone charges of deputy Youth Minister, Thamsanqa Mahlangu resumed Monday with Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere taking to the witness's stand. Mahlangu, MDC MP for Nkulumane constituency, is being accused of stealing a cell phone from self-styled war veterans leader, Joseph Chinotimba.

Zuma urges Zim to implement unity govt pact

by Zimonline

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

JOHANNESBURG – South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday said Zimbabwe's inclusive government should fully implement last year’s Global Political Agreement (GPA) to end squabbles threatening viability of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) brokered political settlement.

BOCISCOZ Concerned About Developments In Zim

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

The Botswana Civil Society Solidarity Coalition on Zimbabwe (BOCISCOZ) is concerned that the recently concluded 29th Summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Heads of States and Government in its communique dated September 8, 2009 "noted that the region remains peaceful and stable.

Mugabe Expected to Demand Lifting of Sanctions in UN Address

by VOA

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

President Robert Mugabe was in New York on Monday to attend the United Nations General Assembly where he was scheduled to speak on Friday in an address analysts said is very likely to reiterate his demand that Western targeted sanctions or restrictions be lifted reports VOA.

Econet Zimbabwe Surprised by Demand for 3G Services

Econet Zimbabwe Surprised by Demand for 3G Services

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

­Econet Wireless Zimbabwe reports that it has been overwhelmed by demand for its new data services, and has virtually exhausted all its initial capacity. This has prompted its parent company to authorise a US$30 million roll-out to speed up the expansion of the 3G service countrywide.

Mugabe's new land grab

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

Barely a year into Zimbabwe's government of national unity, Zanu-PF is paying lip service to agreements to end the violent land redistribution programme, reports The Times

Mutsekwa says plans underway to reverse seizure of Meikles group

Mutsekwa says plans underway to reverse seizure of Meikles group

by SW radio

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

Using a controversial anti-corruption law, a recently published government gazette effectively seized the assets of one of the country's largest companies, Kingdom Meikles, which is listed on stock exchanges in both Harare and London reports SW Radio Africa.

Freak snake stories on the rise in Zimbabwe

Fri, Sep 18, 2009

If you want to make quick money but at considerable risk just grab a snake and fly over to Zimbabwe. In the last three weeks a strange phenomenon has been occurring where people claiming to be prophets have been swindling unsuspecting and suffering Zimbabweans of their hard earned cash.

News : National News : Constitutional Indaba

Cost Concerns With New Delays in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process

by VOA

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

News : National News

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".

PM dispatches delegation to London

by Zimonline

Fri, Sep 25, 2009

HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has sent a special delegation to London to appeal to Zimbabweans domiciled in the United Kingdom to invest back home.The delegation, led by Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Gorden Moyo, left Harare on Wednesday night and is expected to address Zimbabweans and other prospective investors on Saturday.

Elderly woman killed during Mbare market demonstration

by SW radio

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

A seventy-year old Harare woman was killed on Monday when informal traders demonstrating against the closure of market stalls in Mbare were stoned by a group of rowdy youths.

Activists want Zimbabwe minister probed for inciting violence

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

Harare (Zimbabwe) A Zimbabwean pressure group on Wednesday said that it wanted a deputy minister probed for allegedly inciting public violence following utterances in which he urged market vendors to revolt against a local council.

Zimbabwe lawyer to stand trial again

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

Zimbabwean state prosecutors have once again summoned prominent human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama to stand trial for contempt of court as the government deepens its assault on the rule of law.

China pledges to further ties with Zimbabwe

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

HARARE, -- China will further boost its bilateral relations with Zimbabwe, new Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Xin Shunkang said on Tuesday.

Confusion grips Zim constitutional reforms

by Zimonline

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s constitutional reforms were on Monday plunged deeper into confusion with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party rejecting reports that the governing coalition had finally agreed not to base the new supreme law on the controversial Kariba draft constitution.

World Bank clarifies US$7000 Zimbabwe salary issue

Tue, Sep 22, 2009

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – The World Bank has said staff in the Prime Minister’s office earning more than civil servants were actually consultants meant to benefit the entire inclusive government.

Zim teachers call off strike

by SAPA

Mon, Sep 21, 2009

Harare - Zimbabwe teachers, who went on strike over salaries at the start of the new school term three weeks ago, returned to work on Monday after their union called off the boycott.

World Bank sets the record straight

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

HARARE - The World Bank has clarified Zanu (PF) propaganda that ‘civil servants’ hired to assist the government were actually consultants meant to benefit the entire inclusive government.

News : Africa

Billy Rautenbach Positive About Involvement in SA Business

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

JOHANNESBURG, -- Commenting on the successful conclusion to the plea bargain agreement between the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), S.A. Botswana Hauliers (Pty) Limited and its company representative and director, Billy Rautenbach, who said that he is overjoyed to be able to enter South Africa once again.

NIGERIA: Slow progress on prison reform say lawyers

by IRIN

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

ABUJA, - In June 150 prisoners escaped from Enugu state prison in southeastern Nigeria, beating wardens and raping female prisoners before they fled.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

Gallery Pictures:Ageing president takes a tumble (Will you catch me if I fall?)

News : Crime and Courts

Pictures:South African woman (23) caught trying to smuggle 1.5kg of cocaine in her dreadlocks

Columns : Indaba Podcast

Audio tapes:Deputy PM Mutamabara London address to Zim Diaspora

by Oliver Farirayi

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
UK Buses and coaches: Golden Oldies

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

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

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

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.

Zambezi Express at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, review

Zambezi Express at the Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, review

Wed, Sep 23, 2009

At the height of the anti-Apartheid struggles, any show featuring oppressed black South Africans that came to London could be assured of widespread sympathy and support.

Nigerian officials: "District 9" not welcome here

Nigerian officials: "District 9" not welcome here

by SAPA

Sun, Sep 20, 2009

One of the summer's biggest blockbusters - a sci-fi morality tale about aliens and apartheid - is not welcome in Nigeria because of its portrayal of Nigerians as gangsters and cannibals, Nigeria's information minister said.