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Mon, Feb 08, 2010
London - Britain is tightening its rules on student visas to prevent people from flouting the rules and working illegally
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Zimbabwean President Mugabe pays 5,000 dollars a day to his guards
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
A recent report has revealed that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is so paranoid about his security during his foreign visits that he pays a special allowance of 5,000 dollars a day to his guards.
Columns : Money Finance & Property
UK backs Zim on IMF voting rights
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
BRITAIN on Friday said it supported the restoration of Zimbabwe’s voting rights at the International Monetary Fund while noting the “recent improvement in the macroeconomic management” of Zimbabwe’s economy under Finance Minister Tendai Biti.
Terreskane Set for Reopening As Top-Class Upper City Hotel
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
Harare — A CONSORTIUM of local businesspeople has secured a three-year lease of the former Terreskane or Bira at the corner of Sam Nujoma Street and Fife Avenue in a move that is set to breathe new lease of life as an upmarket hotel.
Columns : Mining and Agriculture
Zimbabwe in bid to woo investors
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
Zimbabwe's minister of mines Obert Mpofu kept a straight face at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town this week when he said foreign investors in his country's mining industry are "guaranteed security of tenure". It was not clear who was providing the guarantees.
Millions being smuggled in Zimbabwe's diamond fields
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
PLANELOADS of diamonds mined in Zimbabwe's violence-riddled eastern Chiadzwa diamond fields are being secretly airlifted to Harare.
News : Sports
John Terry dropped as England captain
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy.
Columns : Sci-Tech/Nature
CITES boss’ planned conservancy visit angers Harare
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
HARARE – Zimbabwean officials are unhappy that CITES chief Willem Wijnstekers will tour a top private game conservancy during his visit to Zimbabwe next week, apparently fearful he will end up learning too much about wanton poaching decimating the country’s wildlife, sources told ZimOnline.
Columns : Entertainment Movies & Music
Samantha Tshuma Crowned Miss Tourism
Mon, Feb 08, 2010
If it had been up to the crowd, Bulawayo beauty Samantha Tshuma, would have been crowned the winner during the very first round of the Miss Tourism Zimbabwe pageant last night (6 Feb 2010).
Columns : Aviation and Travel
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Zuma team due in Harare today
Mon, Feb 08, 2010
BULAWAYO -- South African mediators are expected to meet negotiators from Zimbabwe’s squabbling coalition partners on Monday ahead of resumption of talks to resolve a raft of differences and outstanding issues threatening the stability of the Harare unity government.
Zuma's Zimbabwean 'son' surfaces
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
A 30-year-old Zimbabwean man claims to be the love child of President Jacob Zuma.
GNU reports Major Breakthrough
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
THE principals in the inclusive government, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara met on Friday for nearly seven hours and agreed on Commissions, whose members will be sworn in this week,reports The Standard.
Zimbabwe and Botswana to meet on ranger dispute
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
HARARE — Zimbabwe and Botswana officials are to meet this week to resolve a diplomatic stand-off over the detention of three Botswanan game rangers who strayed across the border, state media reported on Sunday.
Botswana releases two Zimbabwean police officers suspected of poaching
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
Two Zimbabwean police officers who were last year arrested after being found in possession of ivory in Botswana have been released to the Zimbabwean government.
HIV-positive people want constitutional rights
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
HARARE, - AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have launched a major drive to ensure that the rights of people living with HIV are enshrined in the new constitution.
News : National News
Election whistleblower threatened with death
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
Shepherd Yuda, the 38 year-old former prison officer, famed for exposing how President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) party rigged the 2008 Presidential run-off, revealed last week that he still receives threatening letters and phone calls from suspected Zimbabwe government agents.
Zim cops grab diamonds from bank
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
Harare - A 29kg consignment of diamonds from Zimbabwe's controversial Chiadzwa diamond field has disappeared after being removed on Thursday night by police from the central bank, in violation of orders by the country's supreme court, lawyers said at the weekend.
Private schools spring up in Zimbabwe
Sun, Feb 07, 2010
"No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and plots across Harare
Zimbabwe civil servants declare open-ended strike over pay
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Harare - Civil servants in Zimbabwe on Friday announced an open-ended strike after turning down what they called the government's "pathetic offer" of a fractional wage increase. "There has hasn't been a positive development to improve the offer the government gave us (in January), which has been rejected," said Tendai Chikowore, the president of Zimbabwe Public Service Association (ZPSA), after a meeting of about 5,000 unionized workers in the capital Harare, where they decided on immediate strike action.
No outreach without police backing: Reforms body
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Zimbabwe's constitutional committee says a key exercise to consult citizens on the proposed new governance charter cannot go ahead without police backing, in the latest obstruction to the crucial reforms that are already behind schedule.
Botswana recalls Zimbabwe envoys
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Botswana says it is recalling two senior diplomats based in Harare in protest against the detention of three wildlife officers in Zimbabwe.
Police Arrest 10 Students for Holding Meeting at the University of Zimbabwe
Fri, Feb 05, 2010
Plainclothes police and university security guards detained Zinasu President Joshua Chinyere, Secretary General Grant Tabvurei, Treasurer Zivanai Muzorodzi and Education Secretary Artwell Chidy reports VOA
Children of top Zanu PF officials gobbles US$11 million in fees
Thu, Feb 04, 2010
HARARE - The bankrupt Zimbabwe government has somehow blown nearly ZAR86 million (US$11,6million) in one year in school fees for children and relatives of mostly top Zanu PF officials who are studying in South African Universities at a time when local universities are struggling to function due to serious financial constraints. This is despite claims that the students are on presidential scholarships which should come from President Mugabe's personal resouces.
News : Crime and Courts
Strike Forces Postponement Of Bennett Trial
Mon, Feb 08, 2010
The treason trial of MDC Treasurer General and Deputy Agriculture Minister-Designate Roy Bennett failed to take off Monday due to the on-going strike by civil servants.