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Mugabe's thugs: Woman who took part in violent attacks on white farmers in Zimbabwe denied UK asylum

Mugabe's thugs: Woman who took part in violent attacks on white farmers in Zimbabwe denied UK asylum

by Daily Mail

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

A woman who admitted taking part in savage evictions of white farmers from their homes in Zimbabwe lost her bid for asylum after a High Court judge accused her of ‘crimes against humanity.’

'Progress and madness' in Zimbabwe:PM

'Progress and madness' in Zimbabwe:PM

by Staff reporter and agencies

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

While Zimbabwe is making "tangible" progress, the "madness" still persists, its prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday.

Zimbabwe to become world largest diamond-producing country by 2013

Zimbabwe to become world largest diamond-producing country by 2013

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

Brussels, Belgium - Zimbabwe will become the largest producer of diamond in the world by 2013, with an expected volume of 40 million carats per year, to be produced from the rich deposits in Marange, the former director of the Diamond High Council (HRD), Filip Van Laere, revealed on his return from a visit to Zimbabwe.

Tsvangirai tipped to win next poll by a landslide : NewsDay

Tsvangirai tipped to win next poll by a landslide : NewsDay

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

HARARE - A survey commissioned by NewsDay on the voting intentions of Zimbabweans has revealed MDC-T will win the next general election while Zanu PF will come second and the revived Zapu a distant third, but 40% of the electorate might not vote.

Columns : Guest Writer

Edward Jones: Analysts see Mugabe life presidency

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

HARARE – Zimbabweans need to get used to the reality of President Robert Mugabe remaining in office as life president, analysts have said following comments by the veteran leader that he still has the stomach for more political fight.

News : National News : Parliament and Politics

 "Robert Mugabe’s health failing" - Senior Diplomat warns

"Robert Mugabe’s health failing" - Senior Diplomat warns

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

Robert Mugabe's health is on a downward trajectory and the battle to succeed him is intensifying, a senior Western diplomat said this morning according to a report in the Zimbabwe Mail.

Ailing Mugabe Orders Biti to Budget for Polls

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

President Robert Mugabe has unexpectedly ordered Finance minister Tendai Biti to set aside a staggering $200 million in his forthcoming national budget to be delivered in November for fresh elections next year reports the Independent.

A 'fit' Mugabe says wants closer ties with West

A 'fit' Mugabe says wants closer ties with West

by Reuters

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

HARARE - Zimbabwe wants normal ties with Western powers critical of its policies but will press ahead with a plan to hand control of foreign companies to local blacks, President Robert Mugabe said.

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

China makes inroads into Zim bank sector

by Staff reporter and agencies

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

HARARE – A Chinese bank has snapped up a major stake in the Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) in the latest sign of the booming Asian nation’s growing stranglehold on the resource-rich but cash-strapped southern African country.

The hand of ZANU PF as  Chanakira regain Kingdom

The hand of ZANU PF as Chanakira regain Kingdom

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

KINGDOM Financial Holdings Limited founder and ZANU (PF) businessman Nigel Chanakira has reportedly regained control of the financial services firm after acquiring Mr John Moxon and Loackape Investments’ shareholding.

Zimbabwe slips down economic ladder

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

Berlin, Germany — ZIMBABWE has fallen six places down the global economic competitiveness ratings to beat only three other economies out of 139 ranked economies, a reports sources qouted by the Independent.

Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba

Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba

Kudzai Chimhangwa:'Airzim Strike Signals Wider Labour Unrest'

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

The five-day strike by Air Zimbabwe pilots that has crippled the struggling national carrier's operations could mark the beginning of work stoppages across the wider economy as wage negotiations have collapsed, analysts have warned.

Air Zim suspends international flights

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

HARARE -- Air Zimbabwe has suspended all international flights because of a strike by pilots that has crippled operations at the troubled airline.

Air Zimbabwe dismisses striking pilots

Sat, Sep 11, 2010

Air Zimbabwe says striking pilots who defied a 24-hour deadline to return to work should consider themselves fired reports BBC.

Columns : Health Indaba

Influx of foreign herbs worries Zinatha

by The Standard

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

TRADITIONAL healers are up in arms over an influx of South African herbs and drugs stocked in most local pharmacies and have called on the government to intervene to regulate the trade.

Five US health workers arrested in Zimbabwe

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

Police in Zimbabwe have arrested five US health workers and a Zimbabwean doctor for allegedly operating a clinic without a licence in the capital Harare, their lawyer said Saturday.

News : Human rights and abuse

Zimbabwe to probe rights abuses

by Zimonline

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s unity government has agreed to probe human rights abuses committed after December 2008, Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Monday, effectively ruling out investigating gross abuses committed since independence or before.

Columns : Science and Technology Indaba

'Here you have' virus that promises free sex films causes havoc as it spreads across the world

'Here you have' virus that promises free sex films causes havoc as it spreads across the world

by Daily Mail

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

A new email virus that promises a link to free sex films is wreaking havoc at some of the biggest businesses across the world today.

Columns : Religion/Spiritual

Johanne Masowe Bishop assassinated?

by The Zimbabwean

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

CHITUNGWIZA - Zebia Chitanda (61) a Bishop with the Johanne Masowe Church, Chitungwiza, was crushed by a truck and later died at Parirenyatwa Hospital last week, in an accident suspected to be politically motivated.

News : Sports

ZC sets sights on Lara

ZC sets sights on Lara

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

Legendary West Indian batsman Brian Lara could be Zimbabwe Cricket's next high-profile signing, according to reports in local newspaper the Zimbabwe Independent.

New Zealand closer to resuming ties with Zimbabwe

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

New Zealand Cricket (NZC) has moved closer to resuming bilateral ties with Zimbabwe after a break of five years by naming an A team to tour the country in October.

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.

Lead Stories

Tsvangirayi will never rule Zimbabwe: Cde' Diesel' Mutasa

Tsvangirayi will never rule Zimbabwe: Cde' Diesel' Mutasa

by Staff reporter and agencies

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

ZANU PF will never handover power to MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, even if he wins next year’s elections, Presidential Affairs Minister Didymus Mutasa said on Wednesday.

Notorious war vets leader attacks Mugabe

by Daily News

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

BULAWAYO - Notorious Midlands war veterans’ leader Biggie Kufakunesu Chitoro, who was behind the brutal political violence in the province during the 2000 general elections campaigns, says a coalition government with President Robert Mugabe will not work.

PM says indigenisation not expropriation

by Reuters

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Thursday a law to increase local black ownership of foreign firms would be implemented gradually and without forced sales.

Kaseke seriously injured  in horror crash

Kaseke seriously injured in horror crash

by Radio VOP

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Harare, - Zimbabwe Tourism Authority boss Karikoga Kaseke, is battling for life at West End Clinic in Harare after his BMW was involved in an accident near Banket.

Striking Air Zimbabwe Pilots Refuse to Attend Disciplinary Hearing

by VOA

Thu, Sep 16, 2010

Sources said the pilots who were ordered to surrender their uniforms and other Air Zimbabwe property were facing charges of disobeying a lawful order to return to work and failing to fulfill their employment contracts

Pope aide pulls out of trip after UK 'Third World' jibe

Pope aide pulls out of trip after UK 'Third World' jibe

by BBC

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

One of the Pope's senior advisers has pulled out of the papal visit to Britain, after saying the UK is a "Third World country" marked by "a new and aggressive atheism".

No temporary teachers, less schooling

by IRIN

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

HARARE, (IRIN) - A recent government directive forbidding unqualified teachers - estimated to comprise as much as 60 percent of the staff complement at rural schools - is causing severe disruptions to education.

Zimbabwe says mining law not 'xenophobic'

Zimbabwe says mining law not 'xenophobic'

by AFP

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

HARARE — A Zimbabwe government minister on Wednesday sought to assure foreign firms, saying a new equity law requiring them to sell 51 percent stakes to locals did not entail "xenophobic dispossession".

Zimbabwe sells more diamonds in secrecy

Zimbabwe sells more diamonds in secrecy

by Staff reporter and agencies

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

Zimbabwe’s Secretary for Mines Thankful Musukutwa has confirmed to news outlets that the country auctioned off diamonds from the controversial Marange diamond fields this past weekend, but did not provide any information on the number of stones sold or their worth.

Deadline, what deadline?

Wed, Sep 15, 2010

Tuesday was the end of the 30 day deadline imposed by regional leaders on Zimbabwe’s unity government, to finally implement the Global Political Agreement (GPA), but still nothing has changed.

Econet announces number change

by Staff reporter and agencies

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

ECONET Wireless is changing the first three digits of its network starting October 2 in a forced move, a spokesman said.

Air Zim Folking Out US$2 300 Per Hour

by Radio VOP

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

Harare, - Zimbabwe’s national airline, Air Zimbabwe, is paying USD$ 2 300 per hour to fly a leased aircraft from a South African company Air Quarius, following a strike by pilots which grounded all its planes, a company official confirmed. ( Pictured: Peter Chikumba- a pompous Mr Nobody)

 Married nurse admits sex with mentally-ill rapist patient  spared jail

Married nurse admits sex with mentally-ill rapist patient spared jail

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

BERKSHIRE UK - A Zimbabwean nurse Rhoda Elizabeth Makambaire populary known as maSibanda working at high-security Broadmoor hospital was spared a jail term today after she admitted engaging in sexual activity with a mentally-ill patient. (Pictured: Husband Felux Left and Rhoda are aerious church-goers)

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

Wife To President Mugabe's Nephew Risks Expulsion From COPAC

by Radio VOP

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

HARARE, - A Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) rapporteur, who assaulted a team leader last week, faces expulsion from participating in the process meant to solicit people’s views to draft a new constitution for the country.

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".

Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp ordered to reinstate journalists

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

The state-run Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has been ordered by an arbitration tribunal to re-instate several journalists it fired two years ago, reports jocoza correspondent.

Tsvangirai convoy crash kills 3

by NewsDay

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

Three MDC-T officials died on Saturday afternoon while 12 others were injured after two vehicles travelling on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s convoy were involved in an accident on their way from the party’s 11th anniversary celebration in Gokwe.

Tsvangirai, Mugabe strike deal on polls

by The Standard

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

GOKWE — Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai Saturday said he and President Robert Mugabe had agreed to hold elections next year and whoever lost should not challenge the outcome of the polls according to a report in the Standard

'Hard working' President gets a pay rise

'Hard working' President gets a pay rise

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

PRESIDENT MUGABE can now be a happy shopper following the increase of his monthly salary from US$400 to US$1 750 which is still quite a small amount compared to the hefty US$20 000 average monthly salaries raked in by some parastatal executives.

Dabengwa In Door to Door Campaign: Radio VOP

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

Gutu, -Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) president Dumiso Dabengwa is in Gutu rural district where he is making door- to –door campaigns for the party in early preparation for possible elections next year according to a Radio VOP report.

Zimbabwe  bans Freshlyground music group over 'chicken' song

Zimbabwe bans Freshlyground music group over 'chicken' song

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

The government of Zimbabwe has banned South African band Freshlyground over a Spitting Image-style music video which portrays its ageing president Robert Mugabe as a chicken afraid to relinguish power.

Luke becomes new PM Spokesman, Maridadi promoted to new powerfull position

by The Zimbabwean

Fri, Sep 10, 2010

HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has officially hired Luke Tamborinyoka as his new head of public relations.

News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa

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

News : World news : UK and Europe

Mayor Boris Johnson concerned over immigration cap

by BBC

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

Boris Johnson has said he is concerned about how a cap on non-EU immigration will affect London's economy reports the BBC.

UK Mid-year fee increases for immigration and nationality

UK Mid-year fee increases for immigration and nationality

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

The UK Border Agency announced proposals to increase immigration and nationality application fees for all those applying to visit, study, work or stay in the UK from autumn 2010.

Mandela 'felt betrayed' by Blair

Mandela 'felt betrayed' by Blair

by Press Association

Mon, Sep 13, 2010

Nelson Mandela felt so betrayed by Tony Blair's decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq that he launched a fiery tirade against him in a phone call to a Cabinet minister, it has emerged.

Car crash tragedy of gay couple in kiss photo that rocked South Africa

Car crash tragedy of gay couple in kiss photo that rocked South Africa

by The Guardian UK

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

One dead, the other seriously injured in crash one month after moment of passion was controversially published in newspaper (57)Tweet this (39)

News : World news : USA and Canada

Zimbabwean Drake graduate dies from fall, second death of the week

Zimbabwean Drake graduate dies from fall, second death of the week

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

Cliffton Murove died after falling from a balcony early Saturday morning.

News : Crime and Courts

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

News : Africa : Southern Africa

David Carte: South Africa: The New Zimbabwe?

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

JOHANNESBURG – What are the recovery prospects of Zimbabwe? Is SA on its way to becoming another Zimbabwe?

Malawi: Mystery still surrounds missing Zimbabwean pregnant student

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

Blantyre, Malawi - While the Malawi Police Service believes that a pregnant Zimbabwean student, who has been missing for over a month and feared dead, might have crossed the borders by road, family members in Zimbabwe say she is yet to show up.

Columns : Health Indaba : HIV and Aids

JLS condom range has sex factor

JLS condom range has sex factor

by Press Association

Thu, Sep 09, 2010

From X Factor to extra safe - the lads from JLS are urging Everybody in Love to keep it covered.

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.

Sizzla leaves 'noble' Zimbabwe

Sizzla leaves 'noble' Zimbabwe

by Staff reporter and agencies

Tue, Sep 14, 2010

Pictured:Sizzla, Mugabe's 'noble' friend

Talent show sensation in desperate battle to remain in Britain and on X Factor

Talent show sensation in desperate battle to remain in Britain and on X Factor

Sun, Sep 12, 2010

X FACTOR sensation Gamu Nhengu's TV dreams are hanging by a thread - after her passport was seized by immigration officials reports the Daily Record.