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Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - Key evidence relating to the death of retired army General Solomon Mujuru is missing with an arson attack remaining a possibility, a fire expert told a Harare magistrate yesterday.
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DAY 6 : Sickening evidence of the General's death - He was engulfed in BLUE flames
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Day six of the official inquest into the death of retired army general Solomon Mujuru produced stunning evidence, as it was revealed that his remains were discovered in a blue flame allegedly that 'took time' to extinguish.
Kenyatta to face ICC trial
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
UHURU Kenyatta, Kenya’s finance minister and son of the country’s founding president, must stand trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for directing a militia to murder and rape after the country’s disputed 2007 election, judges have ruled.
Mugabe to torpedo Dlamini-Zuma's AU bid
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
AFTER years fronting former South African President Thabo Mbeki’s skewed quite diplomacy protecting Robert Mugabe as Foreign Minister, South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma now has to put up with the reality of Zimbabwean strongman’s ruthless streak in her bid for AU Chairmanship.
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Isaac Esipisu: Will 2012 see more strong men of Africa leave office?
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
There are many reasons for being angry with Africa ’s strong men, whose autocratic ways have thrust some African countries back into the eye of the storm and threatened to undo the democratic gains in other parts of the continent of the past decades.
Inquest Into the 'Kingmaker' General's Death - a Test for Zanu-PF?
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
On Monday, 16 January 2012, the much-anticipated inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of General Solomon Mujuru, in an inferno at his Beatrice farm, 60 km south of Harare, in August last year opened at the Harare Magistrates Courts writes Gwinyayi A Dzinesa
Vusi Mavimbela :Why Zimbabwe's Herald is wrong about Mandela
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
I am always astounded by the persistent references in the Zimbabwe's The Herald newspaper together with its sister publications to former president Nelson Mandela as simply nothing more than what the African Americans call Uncle Tom or house nigger.
Does private media really hate Robert Mugabe?
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
I found the indignation of the Information minister, Webster Shamu, over reports that President Robert Mugabe had flown to the Far East for medical treatment rather puzzling. (Pictured: Ailing Dictator, Mugabe)
Trademark Dindingwe:Constitution: Zanu PF running scared
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
WRITING on New Zimbabwe.com last week, Zanu PF’s Godwills Masimirembwa and Jacob Mudenda launched a withering attack on the two men and a woman tasked with drafting the new constitution from the mountains of data gathered during an extensive outreach programme last year.
Zanu PF sends in the clowns
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
There is a song entitled Send in the Clowns, in a musical called A Little Night Music, written by Stephen Sondheim writes Brian Mangwende.
Zimbabwe gold deposits 'claimed' by Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Gold rush by illegal panners leads to report that Zanu-PF has seized control of wealth
I MARRIED MY TWIN SISTER’S HUSBAND
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Mention polygamy and people assume it’s all about sex, designed to suit men more than women. I’m aware that my life, and my religion, can sound bizarre to outsiders.
Kenya: Helping women to end sex-for-fish culture
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
KISUMU (Kenya) - For the past five years, Achieng*, a 35-year-old widow and mother of six, has sold fish on the Kenyan shores of Lake Victoria; like many women in the fish trade, Achieng often has to have sex with fishermen in order to get the best catch of the day, a system known in the local Luo language as jaboya.
Men part of solution in reducing HIV infections
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
In terms of the spread of HIV, men should not be viewed only as part of the problem but part of the solution.
ANGOLAN PRESIDENT KEEPS HIS COUNTRY, WORLD GUESSING
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
LISBON (Reuters) – Long-serving Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos is keeping his country and the world guessing about whether he will bid for re-election in 2012 in Africa’s No. 2 oil producer.
Mugabe’s hollow election bark
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
HARARE - 2011 has become another year of unfilled resolutions for President Robert Mugabe, with his failure to force elections as resolved by his Zanu PF party at its December 2010 conference highlighting how the coalition government has diluted the 87-year-old’s power writes Wonai Masvingise and Tendai Kamhungira .
Alexander Rusero : Tsvangirai’s ascendancy to the throne irrefutable
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
HARARE - I am not a fanatic of the MDC neither am I an enemy of the state or even of Zanu PF.
Racist Chinese bosses abuse African workers
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
HARARE - In the evening gloom the vast complex emerges into view. Beyond a high security wall, insects dance in the beam of a giant floodlight. Men are still hard at work in the skeletons of concrete tower blocks, and standing at the centre of it all is the arch of a Chinese pagoda.
Zimbabwe: Two scenarios for 2012
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Eddie Cross says SADC must stick to its guns if violent chaos is to be avoided
Mugabe's close apologist admits to a GAY encounter
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa - Peter Roebuck's "sons" were grateful for his generosity but have emerged to make allegations of sexual oppression and cruel beatings. Some friends of the cricket writer are sceptical about the claims – and the air of blackmail hangs over the saga – but even they admit they did not really know Roebuck.( Pictured: Admiring Psychology Maziwisa and Kasukuwere with an excited President Mugabe....so GAY. Guess what the President's left hand is touching?)
PRESS RELEASE:Welshman Ncube Group Engages in Fictional Politics
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
During the past two weeks, there has been a plethora of articles, comments and statements which appeared in the national newspapers, emanating from the Welshman Ncube led MDC group.
Zimbabwean Olympic Hopeful Ngoni Makusha
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Zimbabwe won four medals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where star swimmer Kirsty Coventry splashed her way to a gold and three silver.
Mad Mugabe EXPOSED: Nkomo's letter to Mugabe reveals a dangerous megalomaniac
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
INFORMATIVE LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER MUGABE Dear Robert,
Where pensions can mean poverty
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
After working for 42 years at a private company as an office messenger, Kamunjoma Dikani, 73, retired in 2000, just as Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation began to take root.
Malawi under Mutharika duplicate Zimbabwe crisis
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
Long winding queues snake around every service station in Malawi as motorists hunt for the scarce commodity. The scenes are reminiscent of Zimbabwe before the formation of the coalition government in 2009 with motorists queuing for what seems like an eternity.
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.
Columns : Guest Writer
Zimbabwe& Botswana: A New Love Affair
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Being opponents doesn’t mean the truth has to suffer in the name of winning. A lot of people suffocate the truth for the sake of being loved or adored. Well, this is wrong, depending of course on who you are and what you value the most. Some political fanatics may term this hypocrisy; I term it; “reconsidering and adjusting to the real changes.”
Program fights against stigma for Zimbabwe rape victims
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
HARARE – Rutendo Tapiwa Chigudu, 28, says that her 16-year-old neighbor came to her one day in September and told her she had been raped by the caretaker of their block of flats in Harare, the capital writes Geri-Leigh Diana .
Hospital lures rural doctors with unusual offer
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
ASHLAND, Kan. (AP) — The hospital had lost the last doctor in a succession of those who came to the remote Kansas town and left again. A sole physician assistant kept watch over the 24-bed facility and its adjacent nursing home. It was on the verge of closing.
Reform efforts in Zimbabwe move slowly
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
ZIMBABWE appears set to start 2012 with a standoff, as President Robert Mugabe insists elections be held during the next year, while the party of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai continues to demand a new, more democratic constitution be drawn up first writes Colombus Mavhunga.
Mugabe’s election 2013 Waterloo
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
The magnitude and extent of self-immolating buffoonery at Zanu PF is award-winning writes REJOICE NGWENYA in Newsday.
News : National News : Parliament and Politics
MDC-T youth march in Masvingo for activists’ release
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
Hundreds of members of the MDC-T Youth Assembly on Friday held a peaceful march in central Masvingo Town demanding the “immediate and unconditional” release of party activists still being held behind bars.
MDC99 to go ahead with Egyptian-style protests
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
MDC99 leader Job Sikhala says his party will go ahead with Egyptian-style protests aimed at forcing President Robert Mugabe to step down before the next elections are held.
Zimbabwean academic to contest presidential elections as independent
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
A UNITED-STATES educated Zimbabwean academic Dr Raymond Chamba has announced that he will contest the forthcoming presidential elections as an independent candidate.
Zimbabwe Elections Chief Urges Subordinate Role for Registrar General
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Opposition parties, civil groups and ordinary Zimbabweans have long been critical of Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede’s handling of electoral matters which has often worked to the advantage of ZANU-PF
Zimbabwe Ministry Submits Report on Alleged Misuse of Constituency Funds
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Matinenga said the 18 legislators named in the report to the president and prime minister failed to submit returns for the US$50,000 allocated to each of them for projects that would benefit their constituencies
Zanu-PF Succession Battle Spills To SADC
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
THE acrimonious succession battle within Zanu PF seems to has spilled into SADC, threatening to derail the power sharing negotiations and the proposed election roadmap.
Ezra Sibanda labeled a spy by State media
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
A GOVERNMENT-OWNED Zimbabwean weekly newspaper has accused popular radio legend Ezra "Tshisa" Sibanda for spying on behalf of the British intelligence service, MI6.
"Chiwenga ordered Mujuru assassination" - Report
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
HARARE- An investigation into the mysterious death of army General Solomon Mujuru has not only concluded that he was murdered but Nehanda Radio.com can exclusively reveal that fingers are being pointed at Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander, General Constantine Chiwenga.
MDCs unite against terror chiefs Chihuri and Chiwenga
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
HARARE - The two MDC formations, though generally estranged, are ganging up to try and stop President Robert Mugabe from re-appointing Police Commissioner General Augustine Chihuri and Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Chiwenga, whose terms of office expire soon.
Zanu in panic over elections
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu-PF loyalists are now desperately pushing for elections to be held this year at all costs. But it is becoming increasingly clear that this is unlikely to happen as the constitution-making process and other reforms drag on.
Zanu-PF Running Parallel Government
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Several events in the last two months have shown that Zimbabwe's coalition government exists in name only and that Mugabe and his ZANU PF party are now blatantly running a parallel government.
MDC-T stalwarts jostle for seats as party is rocked by fresh infighting - Media
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
THE MDC-T has been rocked by fresh infighting with some big wigs in the party already jostling for parliamentary seats considered safe ahead of possible elections to be held either later this year or in 2013 according to latest media reports.
Zanu-PF, MDCs to lock horns as Chihuri, Chiwenga contracts expire
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
THE tripartite partners in the shaky Zimbabwe inclusive government are set to cross swords once again when terms of office of the country's service chiefs expire at the end of this month and February.
Zimbabwe Negotiators, Facilitators Hand Election Road Map to Principals
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
South African and Zimbabwean sources said Mr. Zuma is setting up a meeting with President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry Minister Welshman Ncube to complete the road map
Mugabe’s secret deals
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
The suprise State visit by Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema on Monday appears to have been a private Zanu PF affair writes Newsday. (Pictured: Young Teodoro -Left and Right: The uncle he toppled and killed.)
Zhanda wants Gono’s head
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
HARARE - The war between Zanu PF MP for Goromonzi North Paddy Zhanda and Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono has escalated with the legislator insisting that the parliamentary probe of the central bank is not yet over.
Moyo masterminding the death of the GNU
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
ROBERT Mugabe of Zimbabwe will lobby his fellow Southern African leaders on the sidelines of an African Union summit in Addis Ababa later this month to acquiesce in an election in Zimbabwe this year without reforms many say are indispensable.
Mugabe left the house burning - Teachers
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
Masvingo,- Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) is demanding that President Robert Mugabe cut short his annual leave in order to address teachers’ grievances.
Chimani constituency office closed due to ZANU PF infighting
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
A power struggle between three ZANU PF officials in Chimanimani has caused the local parliamentary constituency office to be shut down by the sitting MP Samuel Undenge, even though it is does not belong to ZANU PF.
Mugabe and his 'wives' go awol paralysing government business
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
GOVERNMENT business is virtually grounded amid revelations that most cabinet ministers and senior civil servants have joined President Robert Mugabe on leave.
Workers at Zimbabwe's Shabanie Mine Paid for First Time in Three Years
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, which has joint ventures with South African and Chinese mining firms in the Marange diamond field, last week paid Shabanie workers amounts from $160 to $3,000
Zimbabwe's Ruling Partners Moot Joint Peace Rallies Amid Skepticism
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
Skeptics say top level declarations will not mean much if the Zimbabwe Republic Police does not arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of political violence, especially those from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF
Deluded War Veterans Demand Dissolution of Parliament, Elections
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association Chairman Jabulani Sibanda said Monday that the select parliamentary committee in charge of revising the constitution had “betrayed” popular opinion
Mujuru Faction Opens Parallel Party Offices In Bikita
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Bikita – Serious in-house fighting within Zanu-PF in Bikita District Coordinating Committee (DCC) has resulted in the warring factions opening two parallel party offices at Nyika Growth Point.
Zimbabwe Electronic Media Reform Battle Headed For Courts, Says MDC
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
In a two-pronged approach, the MDC has also taken the matter up with Parliament seeking to nullify authority board appointments by Information Minister Webster Shamu of President Mugabe's ZANU-PF party
MDC 'Fat Cats' oppose corruption probe
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
The MDC committee, expected to begin work in early 2012, is to probe councilors accused of abusing their positions to acquire residential plots, business premises and vehicles
Zanu PF resists CIO reforms
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
AN Executive Commission to run the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) is on the cards as part of efforts by the coalition government to make the dreaded and secretive body accountable for its actions.
Mugabe to seek medical treatment while on leave
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe has used his annual leave to skip out of the country for another extensive medical treatment in Asia, amid reports that his condition did not respond well after a busy schedule at the Zanu PF Congress in Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe's Parliament Told It Has No Mandate to Discuss Controversial Broadcasting Body
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
George Charamba told parliament it has no mandate to discuss or question the work of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe
Unity Day useless — MPs
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
MPs from the two MDC parties have described Unity Day as irrelevant to the present Zimbabwean situation. However, Zanu PF MPs believe it is an important day and Zimbabweans need to ensure unity fostered by President Robert Mugabe and the late Vice-President Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was kept alive.
Uncertainty Blights Zimbabwean Political Scene In 2011
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
The year 2011 is most likely going to end in much the same way it started with political uncertainty over fresh elections lingering in many people’s minds.
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
Return of Zimbabwe Dollar Condemned
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
PEOPLE last week roundly condemned proposals by the central bank governor, Gideon Gono, for the re-introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar saying such a suggestion evokes painful memories of struggles they went through at the height of the economic crisis a few years back.
Zimbabwe surpasses 2011 revenue targets
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
Zimbabwe collected US$2.8 billion in tax revenue last year surpassing the target by 11 percent as the southern African country slowly emerges out of a decade of economic collapse.
Food, cars duty shocker , Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Food prices and other basic commodities are set to increase following an announcement by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that a 25 percent surtax would be charged on the commodities starting January 1.
Food, cars duty shocker , Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Food prices and other basic commodities are set to increase following an announcement by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that a 25 percent surtax would be charged on the commodities starting January 1.
Local Sought for Telecel Top Job
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
TELECEL Zimbabwe's new managing director Mr John Swaim says he will lead the mobile phone operator on an interim basis while the shareholders seek a Zimbabwean to take over.
Zimbabwe's Richest Man Joins Hilton Foundation Jury
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
Zimbabwe’s richest man and telecom tycoon Strive Masiyiwa has joined the jury of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
India planning $100 mn credit to Zimbabwe
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: India is planning to provide a soft credit of USD 100 million (around Rs 520 crore) to Zimbabwe for development of its health sector and to help the country in skill development.
Clowning Zimbabwean police mount bid to nail Biti
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
POLICE are probing Finance Minister Tendai Biti over the controversial $500-million windfall Zimbabwe got from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 2009. They aim to arrest him if they detect any trace of fraud.
Zimbabwe Power Demand to Rise 29% in 2012, Supply Authority Says
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Zimbabwe’s electricity demand is projected to increase 29 percent this year, boosted by the mining industry, the state power utility said.
Country Suffers From Decimated Middle Income
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
ONE of the most understated, but significant, consequences of the decade of economic debility that Zimbabwe underwent was the decimation of its middle class.
Zimbabwe Hotel Group Unloading Assets to Pay Heavy Credit Line
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
Insiders said Rainbow's board and shareholders agreed to raise US$15 million through a US$10 million sale and leaseback of Bulawayo Rainbow Hotel to NSSA and a US$5 million rights issue
Brazil economy overtakes UK, says CEBR
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
Brazil will remain one of the fastest-growing nations in the coming years after overtaking the U.K. this year to become the world’s sixth-largest economy, the country’s Finance Minister Guido Mantega said.
Brazil economy overtakes UK, says CEBR
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
Brazil has overtaken the UK as the world's sixth largest economy, an economic research group has said.
Columns : Agriculture Indaba
US$30 million worth of "Presidential Input Scheme" looted
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
HARARE - Robert Mugabe's controversial "Presidential Well Wishers Special Input Scheme" meant to benefit party loyalists masquerading as farmers has been looted; US$30 million worth of inputs have disappeared and members of the Central Intelligence have been called-in to investigate the scandal.
Anthrax outbreak claims lives of more than 165 wild animals in Zimbabwe
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
More than 165 wild animals including 88 hippopotamuses have died amid an outbreak of anthrax in Zimbabwe. The hippos were found dead alongside 45 buffaloes, 30 elephants and two kudos in the country's northern Mana Pools national park. Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo told the state-owned Herald newspaper that tests had proved the hippos were killed by anthrax.
Border Timbers Face Closure
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Mutare-One of Zimbabwe’s leading timber producing companies, Border Timbers is facing closure after scores of villagers settled themselves in the company’s timber plantations.
Columns : Mining and Industry Indaba
ZIMBABWE: Diamond sales to fund student grants
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
The Zimbabwean government has relaunched student grants, to be financed from diamond sales, in an effort to resuscitate the tertiary sector. Companies have also pulled resources together to come up with student loans. The country's 2012 national budget has been lauded by lawmakers for prioritising higher education.
Gold rush linked to prophecy
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
KWEKWE As tales surrounding the discovery of alluvial gold in Kwekwe continue to unfold, reports have emerged the deposits were discovered by a leader of an apostolic sect through a vision.
Lowveld farm seizure cases go to court Monday
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A group of commercial farmers whose properties in Zimbabwe were confiscated are due to appear in Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on Monday, facing the criminal charge of "illegally occupying State Land without a permit”.
Alexander Rusero :Chiadzwa diamonds: So near yet so far
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
HARARE - Paragons of corruption and merchants of doom have nothing left to be ashamed of for they are now definitely convinced that time for their ill-gotten riches is nearing its end and for that reason are now determined to mercilessly exhaust remnants of Zimbabwe’s wealth leaving little amounts of wealth for future generations. A lot of political oratory has been uttered concerning
Zimbabwe’s diamonds are very welcome in India
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Last fortnight, many supporters of the Oppenheimers’ diamond empire were in a flap. The Indian government had finally decided to clear trade in diamonds with Zimbabwe.
Beitbridge diamonds not real
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Tests have shown that stones which sparked a rush in Beitbridge recently were not diamonds but aquamarine stones, a Government minister has said.
New year new beginnings, Zesa comes up with an 'accurate' billing system
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Zesa Holdings has completed upgrading its billing system under an initiative aimed at ensuring electricity customers receive accurate bills.
Zimbabwe says no immediate raw platinum export ban
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Zimbabwe is considering a ban on raw platinum exports in a bid to force miners to set up refineries in the country, but this move will not take place "overnight", a government official said on Wednesday.
Zimbabwe diamond miners short changed
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Arda Transau - They used to live on one of the world's richest diamond fields, but now thousands of Zimbabweans await compensation after they had to make way for state-linked mining companies this year.
US trade group bans Zimbabwe's Marange diamonds
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
The Rapaport Group of diamond traders on Thursday said it would boycott diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange field, which has been widely associated with human rights abuses.
Columns : Takeoff Africa: Aviation and Travel Indaba
Air Zimbabwe threatened with liquidation
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
AIR Zimbabwe has been placed under judicial management and may face liquidation after the airline’s debt rose to $140 million.
Air Zimbabwe Takes Delivery of First Airbus in dodgy deal
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Zimbabwe’s ailing national airline, Air Zimbabwe on Tuesday took delivery of an Airbus A320 aircraft in a desperate bid to revive its waning fortunes.
Now Emirates flies into Harare
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
The entry into Zimbabwe by international carrier Emirates and the increased number of flights to Zimbabwean destinations by South African Airways will avert a near-collapse of the local aviation sector, economists and analysts say, as the beleaguered Air Zimbabwe has failed to return to full operation.
Cruise Ship sinks off the Italian Coast
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
THREE people have been confirmed dead and at least 70 are missing after a packed cruise ship began sinking off the Italian coast last night — with 24 British holidaymakers on board reports the Sun.
Zimbabwe suspends Victoria Falls bungee jumps
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
ZIMBABWE’S parks and wildlife authority on Wednesday ordered a cessation of all bungee jumping on the Victoria Falls Bridge, days after a cord snapped and a tourist was plunged into the Zambezi, according to the New Zimbabwe publication.
Bunjee-Jumping Firm in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Awaits Cord Test Results
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Video of the incident has gone viral on the Internet showing Australian tourist Erin Langworthy falling into the river, her feet still tied together
Top govt officials abandon Air Zim
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
HARARE - After grounding national carrier, Air Zimbabwe, top government officials are now taking up seats on foreign airlines for their sojourns to South Africa, as abandoned workers claim some of their peers are dying or staying as squatters due to neglect.
Zimbabwe Government breaking its labour laws
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
Failure to provide employment to nurses by the Zimbabwe Government has been described by labour experts as illegal.
‘Air Zimbabwe disregarded recommendations’
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
HARARE — Troubled Air Zimbabwe disregarded recommendations that would have resulted in the airline having a lean staff compliment after shedding 1 000 jobs in a restructuring exercise.
Pilot crash lands in Headlands, sustained minor injuries
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
HEADLANDS- A pilot sustained minor injuries when an aircraft he was using to spray crops at a farm in Headlands crash-landed on Wednesday morning. The pilot, who was alone, sustained bruises on his right hand while the plane was extensively damaged.
National Airline Workers Want Management Out
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
HE Air Zimbabwe saga took a new twist yesterday with workers demanding the immediate resignation of the management and board for failing to pay them outstanding salaries and retrenchment packages reports the Herald.
Troubled Air Zimbabwe Grounds Domestic Flights, Job Action Continues
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Airline management grounded the Boeing 737-200 servicing the Harare-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls route after it developed an engine problem. The airline’s engineers are not reporting for duty in protest of non-payment of salaries.
Goche Halts Flights to London and Johannesburg
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
The Minister of Transport and Communications, Nicholas Goche, has issued a circular to stop Air Zimbabwe management from flying its aircraft to South Africa and the United Kingdom where one of its long haul Boeing 767 aircraft was recently impounded over an outstanding debt reports VOP
Taxi airline fails to take off
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
THE first taxi industry-controlled airline which was supposed to have reached for the skies last month - after a maiden flight - has failed to take off.
Introduce Dual Pricing System, Mzembi Tells Tour Operators
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
Eng Mzembi said dual pricing should be introduced so that there were two rates - one catering for locals by making the destination cheaper and the other for international tourists reports the Herald.
Air Zimbabwe Flights to South Africa Still Grounded Over Debt Crisis
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
Innocent Mavhunga, the airline’s general manager told Studio 7 Monday that Air Zimbabwe will resume flights anytime soon though indications are that it has failed to reach a debt payment agreement with its creditor, Bid Air Services
Pay -as-you-go: Air Zimbabwe plane flies back home
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
HARARE, – An Air Zimbabwe plane impounded in London for more than two weeks over a debt dispute flew home on Sunday after the national carrier settled $1.2 million owed to a US spares company, the airline’s acting chief executive said.
Air Zimbabwe Failing to Raise Cash to Buy Spares for Impounded Aircraft
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Sources said the aircraft is still stuck at Gatwick International Airport as the airline management is scrambling to raise cash to pay for spares
Columns : Health Indaba
Cases of Multi-Drug Resistant TB On Rise
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
CASES of multi-drug resistant TB continue to increase with 76 cases recorded so far, a senior health official has said.
Processed meat 'linked to pancreatic cancer'
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A link between eating processed meat, such as bacon or sausages, and pancreatic cancer has been suggested by researchers in Sweden.
Anthrax outbreak claims lives of more than 165 wild animals in Zimbabwe
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
More than 165 wild animals including 88 hippopotamuses have died amid an outbreak of anthrax in Zimbabwe. The hippos were found dead alongside 45 buffaloes, 30 elephants and two kudos in the country's northern Mana Pools national park. Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Management Authority spokeswoman Caroline Washaya-Moyo told the state-owned Herald newspaper that tests had proved the hippos were killed by anthrax.
Govt suspends bonding of nurses with immediate effect
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
GOVERNMENT has, with immediate effect, suspended the bonding of nurses until it has the capacity to employ them, the state controlled Chronicle reported.
Sperm grown in a petri-dish give infertile men hope
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Scientists created lab-grown sperm by successfully simulating the environment found in testicles with the jelly in a Petri dish — a “breakthrough in male fertility,” they say.
Zimbabwe - born nurse sacked from UK hospital
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
A Zimbabwean midwife has been sacked after making sarcastic comments to a mother over her stillborn baby.
Zimbabwe's Health Ministry Targets Diarrheal Diseases in New Year
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Though the health care system has recovered to some extent and sanitary conditions are better in some locations, Harare says it now lacks funds to address the factors that caused the 2008-2009 cholera epidemic
Cervical cancer vaccine to be introduced in Zimbabwe
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
The proposed introduction of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in Zimbabwe will result in a marked reduction of women who develop cervical cancer, medical experts have said.
News : Human rights and abuse
Tsvangirai, Biti face arrest
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
HARARE - Police and Zanu PF have launched a fresh campaign to crush the MDC in a plan which involves arresting Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, Finance minister Tendai Biti and other top officials.
Mugabe ties 'strictly social, not political' - Nalinee refuses to quit
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Newly appointed cabinet member Thailand Nalinee Taveesin yesterday rejected calls for her to step down following alleged business connections with the Zimbabwe regime and subsequent financial sanctions by the US.
MDC-T Appeals to Jomic Over Arrests
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has launched a complaint with the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (Jomic) against police brutality and unlawful interference in its political activities.
GIRL MARRIED OFF AT 14: Her father was paid $70 as lobola
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A 15-YEAR-OLD girl from Marange who was married off to a geriatric member of the largest polygamist Johanne Marange Apostolic Sect — but was lucky to escape, this week bared her soul and exposed the torturous abuse she encountered at the hands of the churchman and her own father according to a Manica Post report.
Police Detain and Torture WOZA Activists in Bulawayo
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
At least 17 members of the Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) pressure group were briefly detained, assaulted and tortured by police in Bulawayo Thursday morning, for reasons that were not explained.
Zimbabwe bookseller arrested over PM's biography
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A bookshop owner in the resort town of Victoria Falls has been arrested for selling Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's new autobiography, the Premier's party said on Saturday.
MDC activist located, hospitalised
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
Barnabas Mwanaka, the MDC Youth Assembly secretary for Mbare district has been located at a Harare hospital where he is recovering after he was severely beaten by police, breaking his right leg yesterday outside Harvest House.
Tsvangirai hunts 2008 murderers - Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC are pushing for the murderers of the 2008 political violence to be brought to justice without any further delays.
MDC Seeks SADC Support On Police Crackdown
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party has accused President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu (PF) party of waging a war against its members by instructing the police to randomly arrest them in recent clashes between the police and vendors in central Harare.
MDC youths arrested in police crackdown
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
POLICE yesterday arrested about 30 MDC-T youths in Bulawayo before ransacking the party’s office, taking away several campaign materials including fliers, t-shirts and minutes of previous meetings reports the Standard.
Glady's lawyers block deportation again
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A very last minute injunction has saved a Zimbabwean activist who had been all set to be put on a plane bound for Zimbabwe from the UK Thursday evening.
The Face of a terrorist exposed - SW Radio Africa
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
SW Radio Africa’sexposést the ZANU PF MP for Mudzi West, Aquilinah Katsande as a killer. Between April and June 2008 she orchestrated a reign of terror that left many people with terrible stories to tell about her brutality.
Zimbabwe Police Raid MDC Headquarters, Say Seeking Street Vendors
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
MDC officials accused President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF of using the police in a bid to destabilize the MDC ahead of the next elections, which President Mugabe has declared must be held by March of this year
Zimbabwe's Unity Gov't Moves to Address Food Problems in Prisons
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Human rights groups have condemned Zimbabwe's prisons as hell-holes that subject prisoners to slow starvation and possible death due to poor conditions.
Zimbabwe diamond miners short changed
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Arda Transau - They used to live on one of the world's richest diamond fields, but now thousands of Zimbabweans await compensation after they had to make way for state-linked mining companies this year.
Columns : Nature and Environment
Columns : Science and Technology Indaba
Zimbabwe’s Swav making African strides in mobile market
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
NAIROBI: Only months ago, the only mobile phone devices found in Kenya were Chinese made products. Now, the introduction of cheap and easy-to-use handsets into the country by Zimbabwe’s Swav, Kenyans are able to enjoy more diversity in choice of the mobile phone they choose.
Columns : Motoring
Food, cars duty shocker , Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Food prices and other basic commodities are set to increase following an announcement by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that a 25 percent surtax would be charged on the commodities starting January 1.
Food, cars duty shocker , Daily News
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
HARARE - Food prices and other basic commodities are set to increase following an announcement by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority that a 25 percent surtax would be charged on the commodities starting January 1.
Columns : Religion/Spiritual
Sexual healing and thieving lands false 'prophet' into trouble.
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A self-styled Nigerian prophet, Efe Ese, who claims he specialises in exorcising evil spirits with his penis, has found himself in the grips of the police after stealing from one of his victims.Efe, by his trade, hypnotised women he prophesied to and lured them into believing that they were tormented by evil spirits.
Bishop declares support for Mugabe
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
ZIMBABWEAN ex-communicated Anglican Archbishop Nobert Kunonga has openly declared his support for the ageing tyrant Robert Mugabe and his party Zanu-PF in the next elections.
Zimbabwe's Deputy Chief Justice opens legal year
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
Zimbabwe's Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba will on Monday deliver a keynote address to mark the start of the Zimbabwe 2012 legal year at the High Court in Harare.
Anglican Primate Calls on Zimbabwe's Mugabe to Stop Worshipers' Persecution
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
Armed police stopped a meeting by clerics Tuesday saying it contravened a ruling by Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku saying excommunicated Bishop Nolbert Kunonga was the true Bishop of Harare, not Bishop Chad Gandiya, recognized internationally
Zimbabwe police stop Anglican prayer retreat under security laws
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean police stopped a retreat of 80 clergy over claims that their prayer gathering was not given police clearance under sweeping security laws, the country’s mainstream Anglican church said Tuesday.
Malawi's Joyce Banda Defends Visits to TB Joshua
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
Malawi Vice President Joyce Banda says she would not stop visiting Nigeria to worship at Prophet TB Joshua's temple.
Christmas blast kills 19 at Nigeria church: resident
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
A powerful blast hit a Catholic church on the outskirts of the Nigerian capital Abuja during a Christmas service on Sunday killing many people, residents said, and one counted 19 bodies from the explosion.
News : Weird world
Granny found naked in a private home
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
THERE was pandemonium in Chitungwiza on Saturday when a 77-year-old woman was found naked in a stranger’s bathroom.
A TRADITIONAL HEALER DID THIS TO ME
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
A MAN from Thokwana in Plumtree is ruing the day he followed the instructions of a traditional healer. He ended up with two vehicle wheel bearings stuck on both his arms.
Mad 'Chief' after Tsvangirai’s property
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s supposed marriage to Locadia Karimatsenga, has taken a new twist after a chief issued a warning to attach his residential property in Harare.
Man kills male prostitute
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
A MAN has confessed to killing a prostitute on Christmas Eve after finding out that he was really a man.
Man loses part of manhood to prostitute
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
A Harare man is battling for his life in the intensive care unit at Parirenyatwa Hospital after a prostitute tore off one of his testicles in unclear circumstances two days before Christmas.
Kim Jong-il death: 'Nature mourns' N Korea leader
Thu, Dec 22, 2011
Strange natural phenomena have been witnessed in North Korea since the death of the country's leader Kim Jong-il, the state news agency KCNA reports.
'Mbuya Nehanda tree' at Heroes Acre
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
What next to the 'Heroes Acre' - Mugabe's toilet?
News : Sports
Zimbabwe National team now ranked 102nd in the world
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Perennial underachievers, Zimbabwe, are continuing their freefall in the world rankings.
Liverpool fans racially abuse black player
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
LIVERPOOL plunged headlong into another race storm last night when Oldham kid Tom Adeyemi was left in tears after allegations of vile abuse.
'KING HENRY' is back
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
THIERRY HENRY has completed his short-term loan return to Arsenal.
Zimbabwe cricketeers commence training camp
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
The Zimbabwe cricket team converged in Harare on Monday the 2nd of January for a two week training camp in preparation for a month long tour of New Zealand.
Liverpool's reputation harmed Suarez, claims anti-racism group
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Liverpool's global reputation is being harmed as the club backs Luis Suarez despite his suspension for racially abusing an opponent, a group campaigning against racism in soccer said on Sunday.( Pictured: Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro,Negro - Suare claims he was only being friendly the Uruguay way... ouch surely not a place you want to visit if you are a Negro!)
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.
Girl, 19, disguises herself as a boy on Facebook to trick two girls into sex
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
It was the twisted disguise that had everyone fooled, even those who knew her.
Woman with two vaginas who had to lose virginity twice
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
A 27-year-old woman revealed all today about a rare medical condition which means she has TWO vaginas side by side.
Madhuku scores own goal after impregnating sister-in-law
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
National Constitutional Assembly chairman, Professor Lovemore Madhuku is facing possible ex-communication from the United Church of Christ in Zimbabwe (UCCZ) after he allegedly impregnated his wife's young sister in a case that has left his marriage on the rocks, the Sunday Mail reported.
SA's first all-black safe-sex blue movie
Thu, Dec 29, 2011
A young dancer from the Gauteng township of Sebokeng dreamed of becoming an actress - in X-rated movies.
Makandiwa splashes on luxury wedding present
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
CONTROVERSIAL evangelist Prophet Emmanuel Makandiwa sprang a surprise when he splashed newly-weds Michael Mahendere and Vimbai Nyatsambo with a Mercedes-Benz E320 during the couple's wedding at Paradise Gardens at the weekend.
Lead Stories
Porn star mum is £16k benefit cheat
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
A MUM-OF-TWO today admitted fleecing more than £16,000 in benefits — while working as a porn star.
CHEATING MARRIED WOMAN GIVES BIRTH TO CHINESE BABY IN RUWA
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
A married woman has given birth to a Chinese baby in Ruwa, sparking frenzied rumours in this community.
Oral sex linked to throat cancer
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
A virus contracted through oral sex is the cause of some throat cancers, say US scientists reports BBC
Simon Mann appeals against Zimbabwe gun conviction over Equatorial Guinea plot
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Simon Mann, the Old Etonian mercenary behind a failed coup d'état in Equatorial Guinea, is appealing against his conviction for buying weapons for the plot in Zimbabwe.
China’s finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
BULAWAYO, (IPS) – From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds – the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie. From city sidewalks to low-income suburbs, the Chinese have become part of the local population, and if some senior government bureaucrats have their way, the country could soon find itself adopting the Chinese Yuan as its official currency.
Mujuru fire mystery deepens
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
HARARE - An electrician ruled out the possibility that an electrical fault caused the fire that gutted the late Solomon Mujuru’s farm house in Beatrice last August.
I've slept with 1,000 men so far - I don't care if people judge me!
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
After spotting a gorgeous young man on her way to the shops, Crystal Warren couldn’t wait to speak to him on her way home. She’d spent her whole grocery trip daydreaming about where they could sneak off for some illicit sex.
Zanu PF, Police Worst Torturers: ZimRights
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Victoria Falls, –Zimbabwe Human Rights (ZimRights) NGO Forum director, Abel Chikomo said Zanu-PF activists, police and army are the worst torturers in Zimbabwe.
Air Zimbabwe Summon Engineers to Fix Mugabe's Plane
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Harare,-Zimbabwe’s ailing state-run airline, Air Zimbabwe last Tuesday summoned some engineers, who have been on a work boycott to fix a long-haul aircraft to ferry President Robert Mugabe to Ethiopia.
Members of Parliament Refuse to Repay Car Loans Despite Windfall
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Legislators insist they will not use the US$15 000 windfall they recently received from Treasury to offset their car loans.
Elections Will Be Held This Year, Says Moyo
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
Zimbabwe will hold elections this year as the only condition to guarantee tangible reforms in the country, Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo has said. Prof Moyo was delivering a lecture on the Political Situation in Zimbabwe to officers attending the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 25 at the Zimbabwe Staff College.
Two guns found next to Mujuru’s body
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
HARARE - The inquest into the death of retired General Solomon Mujuru took a dramatic turn on Thursday when it was revealed that two firearms and a magazine of bullets were found next to his charred remains.
Family doubts remains belonged to Gen Mujuru
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
THE family of the late retired army commander, General Solomon Mujuru, is not convinced that the charred remains found at his gutted Beatrice farmhouse were those of the decorated liberation war hero since the police had not positively identified the remains at the time a public announcement was made.
Tsvangirai gives up on GPA
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has all but given up on the implementation of the Global Political Agreement amid indications that some of the pact negotiators have grown weary after haggling over virtually the same issues since the coalition government was formed in 2009.
COPAC update: 18 chapters ready
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - The Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) says 18 of the 19 chapters of the proposed constitutional draft are now complete and ready for analysis by the different stakeholders, paving way for the writing of the draft constitution if all parties append their signatures to the document.
Arson cause of Mujuru blaze: Fire Expert
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
HARARE - A detailed investigation into the farm fire which killed the late army chief General Solomon Mujuru may have started at two locations: the lounge or the bedroom, the Fire Brigade told an inquest into his death on Wednesday.
Sata loses SADC impartiality on Zimbabwean affairs
Thu, Jan 26, 2012
The branding of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai ‘as a Western stooge’ by the new Zambian President Michael Sata has raised diplomatic eyebrows between the two countries.
Emirates SkyCargo Expands Dubai-Africa Service
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Carrier will add five weekly flights to Zambia, Zimbabwe, starting Feb. 1
When a Sctos leader is compared to BOB the 'dictator': What happened next?
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
THE BBC received 152 complaints after Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman compared Alex Salmond to the Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe during an interview.
Talks fail to end Zimbabwe strike
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
HARARE — Talks with Zimbabwe's government Wednesday failed to end a strike by civil servants that has shut down many of the nation's schools as workers seek a doubling of basic salaries.
Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) Gets Local Bandwidth From the European Cloud
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
LONDON, ZOL, the leading ISP in Zimbabwe, is experiencing steep growth in demand for bandwidth, driving ZOL to seek affordable uplink providers. DiViCloud is the perfect service, providing capacity from the cloud simply by placing a server in ZOL's premises, on top of ZOL's existing physical connectivity, and within 24 hours.
DRC poll results postponed
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
The Democratic Republic of Congo's beleaguered electoral panel announced Tuesday that it was postponing “until further notice” the announcement of results of November parliamentary polls.
Dollar crunch forces Zimbabwe to draw down IMF cash
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
HARARE - Zimbabwe is having to bolster its $4 billion 2012 budget with $110 million from an 2009 emergency IMF fund, a measure of the extent of an acute foreign exchange shortage in the southern African nation.
Zimbabwe mine licence fees set to soar - state media
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Zimbabwe is set to raise registration fees for platinum mines to $2.5 million from the $300 it currently costs to discourage the holding of claims for speculative purposes, state media reported on Wednesday.
Mujuru’s blue-flames prove chemical meddling- Experts
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
As the Inquest into the death of the retired army general Solomon Mujuru continued, it emerged Tuesday that the flames that engulfed his body may have been well between 1700°C to 3000°Celcius, and the burning was caused by chemical meddling, according to experts writes ZimEye.
Biti makes a surplus budget announcement to counter spread of typhoid
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
(Harare)Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Tendai Biti has made an emergency move to address the problem of the Typhoid disease outbreak which has seen hundreds being infected across the country.
Delta loses over US$48 000 to clerk
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
DELTA Beverages lost more than US$48 000 to its former clerk after she allegedly pocketed money paid by a client for the purchase of drinks.
Madzore Incarceration Now a SADC issue
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
MASVINGO - The MDC is set to ratchet pressure on the State to release its youth wing president, Solomon Madzore from incarceration following revelations the matter is now set to be tabled with the regional grouping, Sadc.
Malawi man wanted for murdering Zimbabwean student nabbed in SA
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
BLANTYRE-- Misozi Charles Chanthunya, a Malawian wanted for the 2010 murder of his girlfriend, Linda Gassa, a Zimbabwean, has been captured in South Africa, according to Daily Times, a Malawian newspaper.
Zimbabwe Rolling Out US$45 Million Social Fund For Poor Households
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Relief worker Faith Ncube said the program is well-intended but it does not meet basic needs of the poor in a country where the official estimate of what it takes to meet the basic needs of a family of six is US$538
Zimbawe Police Release Booksellers Arrested for Selling PM's Autobiography
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Making an about-face, the state said Sinikiwe Mutore and Mlamuli Mabhena were supposed to have been charged in the name of their company for allegedly distributing material denigrating President Mugabe
ZANU-PF Reversal on Death Penalty Holds Up Zimbabwe Constitution Draft
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Select committee sources said parties had agreed on dual citizenship, the devolution of power from the central government and the abolition of capital punishment, but ZANU-PF now wants to reopen those points
Court Yet to Rule On National Airline Case
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
THE High Court is yet to make a determination on an application by some Air Zimbabwe workers to have the national airline placed under judicial management.
Zimbabwe’s 2012 economic outlook bright
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
The Zimbabwe economy grew an average 9.3 last year as it continued to bounce back after a decade of economic decline, and will expand further in 2012 on the back of increased output in mines and farms if the political climate remains stable, treasury estimates predict.
Zimbabwe schools deserted as state workers strike
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
HARARE — Public schools in Zimbabwe's capital were deserted Tuesday, the second day of a strike by civil servants demanding a doubling of basic wages and better work conditions.
Typhoid outbreak hits Zimbabwe
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
At least 90 people were admitted to hospital and over 600 affected in a typhoid outbreak in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a health official said on Tuesday.
State Ordered to Investigate MDC-T 'Torture'
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
The State has been ordered to urgently investigate the ‘inhumane and degrading’ conditions that eight MDC-T activists are facing in prison, where they have been held since last year in connection with the death of a policeman in Glen View.
Listen up Mbeki! SA has lost 4.4m people to Aids - survey
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Johannesburg - There would be more than 4.4 million more people in South Africa if it were not for the Aids pandemic, according to a survey released on Monday.
LOVE BITE JIBE LANDS ZIM NURSE IN TROUBLE IN UK
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
A Zimbabwean nurse who called a colleague a slag after he saw what appeared to be love bite has lost his job and has been struck off the medical register. Rodney Gwamba was also found guilty by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of concealing a drug caution and of not attending mandatory training and a string of medication failures.
WE WILL NEVER BE FORCED OUT OF POWER, SAYS MNANGAGWA
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Defence Minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa says regime change sponsored by the West will never happen in Zimbabwe.He said the country’s defence forces stood ready to counter western influences.
Wenger's time is surely up
Tue, Jan 24, 2012
Arsene Wenger's gigantic jacket-cum-sleeping bag is becoming a neat visual metaphor for his predicament writes Carlos Amato.
Woman with two vaginas offered $1m to make porn movie
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A ONE-IN-A-MILLION British woman with two vaginas has been offered $1MILLION to appear in a porn film.
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
Harare bans second-hand undies
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
ZIMBABWE has banned the importation of second-hand underwear.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THE DRUNK ZIM MAN WHO KILLED OUR SON – UK FAMILY
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
The family of a young man killed by a drunk Zimbabwean driver say while the killer is now out of jail their pain will never go away.
News : National News : Constitutional Indaba
Cost Concerns With New Delays in Zimbabwe Constitutional Revision Process
Mon, Jan 23, 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
COPAC challenges the elderly
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
COPAC spokesperson Jessie Majome has challenged HelpAge for saying that the elderly have been left out in the new constitution.
Mugabe too old to rule - Zimbabweans
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Most people in Zimbabwe want the maximum age for a presidential candidate to be 70 years at the time of polling.
COPAC tighten security amid threats from the 'War Thugs'
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
The Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) will tighten security at its offices in Harare and bar anyone who is not a journalist from its future briefings, following disruptions by war vets.
Idiotic ZANU PF sympathisers bark during Copac Press Conference
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
Over a dozen vocal war veterans on Friday took over a Zimbabwe Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) press conference and hurled insults at Copac co-chairpersons, accusing them of trying to smuggle gay rights into the new national charter and ignoring the views of the majority. (Picture: Animals on the loose.. so called 'war veterans, some as young as 16 years old)
Zimbabwe war veterans threaten to sue Constitution body
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Collaborators Association has threatened Copac (Zimbabwe's Constitutional making body) with a lawsuit for failure to use people's views in drafting the new constitution.
Constitution drafting members moved to secret location
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
DRAFTERS of the country’s troubled new supreme law of the land have been relocated to a secret location in the Eastern Highlands as the troubled Parliamentary Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) moves to shield them from the preying media and plug leakages of crucial data.
Constitution - Drafters Back At Work
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
CONSTITUTION-making is back on track after the Copac Select Committee yesterday agreed that the drafters resume their work next week.
Zimabwe police ready for elections
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
ZRP Senior Assistant Commissioner Silence Pondo said "as the country braces for the constitutional referendum and general elections, the force [police] is fully geared to perform its constitutional mandate of ensuring peaceful polls."
Zimbabwe Prime Minister's MDC Mourns Lawmaker's Sudden Death
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
Senator Gombami-Dube died on Monday after complaining of disorientation and dizziness when she was on her way home to Bulawayo from a funeral in Gokwe reports VOA
Zimbabwe Electoral Chief Plays Down Call For 2011 Elections
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
The ZEC says as part of the preparations, it recently launched a program to train its employees and acquired vehicles, computers, laptops, photocopiers, training equipment and relevant software packages
New Zimbabwe Constitution problems mount
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
The publication of the COPAC national report has caused an uproar, with Zanu PF and MDC-T prontagonists throwing counter accusations at each other as the more problems mount in the constitutional reform process.
News : National News
Four Zim - SA deportees injured in crash
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
Four Zimbabwean deportees and a South African policeman were seriously injured when a police truck transporting them back to Zimbabwe was involved in an accident along the N1 highway last Thursday.
One-Week Strike by Zimbabwe Civil Servants Gets Off to a Slow Start
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
APEX Council Chairwoman Tendai Chikowore said the union was pleased with the response on Monday, alleging intimidation tactics by government departmental heads to discourage employees from joining the strike
Government sets record straight on salaries
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
HARARE - The government says it now has a position paper on salaries and conditions of service for civil servants which will be presented to the National Joint Negotiating Council on Wednesday this week.
12 Security details perish in road accident
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
A TOTAL of 12 members of the Zimbabwe's security service have died in a horrific along the Harare-Chirundu road, it has been reported.
Zimbabwe Civil Servants Down Tools, But Many Ignore Work Action
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Thousands of Zimbabwean civil servants conducted a one-day strike Thursday though the industrial action was ignored by many public employees in most government departments in major cities, towns and rural areas.
Zimbabwe unions call for five-day strike
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
HARARE — Zimbabwean unions Friday called on civil servants to stage a five-day strike next week to demand a doubling of basic wages, one day after a stayaway was largely ignored.
Zimbabwe government workers plan one-day strike
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
HARARE — Government workers in Zimbabwe will stage a one-day strike on Thursday to demand a salary increase and improved work conditions, union officials said.
ZBC Current Affairs Manager dies at 37
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) Current Affairs and Research Manager, Freedom Moyo, has died at 37, the ZBC News reported.
DA Turns Classrooms into Cattle Pens: Radio VOP
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
In a shocking act of children rights abuse, Masvingo Acting District Administrator (DA) James Murapa who doubles as staunch Zanu-PF supporter has turned Beza Primary School classrooms into pens for his cattle.
Prominent Zanu-PF broadcaster dies
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
HARARE - Prominent Zanu-PF loyalist veteran broadcaster and ZBC Voice of Zimbabwe Manager, Paul Mutangadura, has died.
Police, vendors clash: Harare CBD resembled a war zone
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
HARARE -Business momentarily came to a halt in the city centre as police fought running battles with fed-up vendors who are being raided daily by the city authorities and the police in an operation meant to decongest the city.
My enemy's enemy is my friend: Mbeki now ANCYL darling
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
The ANC Youth League is pushing for former president Thabo Mbeki to be more vocal on the economy and politics.
China to donate $14m worth of food aid
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
China is set to donate $14 million worth of food aid to Zimbabwe revealed the Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Xin Shunkang.
Zanu PF not ready for primary elections
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
HARARE - Zanu PF is reportedly unsure of the outcome of the constitutional outreach programme undertaken by Copac to a point that it is mulling postponing its primary elections to post-constitutional referendum period.
Zimbabwe off AU agenda after Mugabe lobbies chairman
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
HARARE — Zimbabwe will not be on the agenda at the next African Union summit, it has emerged, after President Robert Mugabe held talks with AU chairman and Equatorial Guinea President T eodoro Obiang Nguema in Harare this week.
Moyo behind Tsvangirai ‘bribes’ story
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
Former Information Minister and Zanu PF ‘strategist’ Jonathan Moyo has been accused of planting a false story in the state owned media that claimed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had bribed editors from three independent newspapers not to write stories about his supposed marriage to Locadia Karimatsenga Tembo.
TWO dictators meet in Harare
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Harare - Africa's longest-ruling leader, Equatorial Guinea's Teodoro Obiang Nguema, arrived in Harare on Monday for a previously unannounced state visit, state media said.
Zimbabwe Teachers' Association urges members to return to work
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
The Zimbabwe Teachers' Association (Zimta) has urged its members to report for duty when schools open this Tuesday as the teacher representative body continues to engage the Government over a salary increment.
Herald story on PM bribes just hot air - Daily News
Sat, Jan 07, 2012
HARARE - On Thursday afternoon, I received a strange call from Tendai Mugabe, a reporter at The Herald writes Daily News editor - Stanley Gama.
Huge Influx of DRC Refugees in Bulawayo
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
A huge influx of refugees, fleeing instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has arrived in Bulawayo this week in transit to their final destination, South Africa.
ZBC television Monopoly Stays For Dear Leader
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Harare, - THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) will not be issuing out private television licenses any time soon.
Zimbabwe Teachers Threaten Strike Action Ahead of Schools Opening
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Union leaders say the government, which has been pleading bankruptcy to avoid giving civil servants a salary hike, is being insincere, especially after agreeing to pay lawmakers $15,000 dollars each in backdated allowances.
Female rapists resurface
Wed, Jan 04, 2012
Two suspected female rapists have resurfaced in Chiredzi where they reportedly pounced on a stranded commuter and raped him at knifepoint.
Zimbabwe Police Launch Election Preparations; Many Voice Misgivings
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Election Resource Center Director Tawanda Chimhini said that while he supported training for officers ahead of the national vote, he was doubtful they would follow through on their nonpartisan pledge
Kenya recalls one million HIV testing kits
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Kenya has recalled one million HIV testing kits because of fears about their accuracy, a health official has said.
Forgiveness paramount -PM
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
Bulawayo ---Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai told more than 1000 mourners at MDC-T Senator for Mabutweni, Gladys Gombami- Dube's funeral at Mpopoma Methodist Church Thursday that Zimbabwe politics needs a very soft heart and a spirit of forgiveness, otherwise he would have killed many people in revenge.
Charamba in unholy alliance with Chiwenga
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman George Charamba may land in hot soup following revelations that he was working closely with hardliners, who include army generals, to manage President Robert Mugabe ahead of elections envisaged for 2012.
Mugabe's party office bombed
Thu, Dec 29, 2011
An explosion hit the provincial office of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF in the central city of Gweru, causing only material damage, state media reported Thursday.
Zimbabwe police 'arrest owner of boat that capsized'
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
HARARE — Zimbabwean police have arrested the owner of boat which capsized on Christmas Day, killing 11 children, state media reported Wednesday.
Zimra blamed for border congestion
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
CLEARING agents countrywide have accused the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority for causing delays and congestion at most ports of entry.
Zimbabwean Lawmaker Uses Sports to Promote Peace
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Taking a campaign to target political and other forms of violence in her constituency, Kadoma Central lawmaker Editor Matamisa has started a program to promote peace in her constituency through sports.
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".
News : Africa : Eastern and Central Africa
Kabila rival takes presidential oath
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo opposition leader, Etienne Tshisekedi -- besieged in his Kinshasa home by heavily armed security forces -- swore a makeshift presidential oath on Friday as police battled in the streets outside with his rock-throwing supporters.
News : Africa : North Africa
Zimbabwean appointed to UN top position
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Raisedon Zenenga of Zimbabwe as Deputy Special Representative (Political) in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan.
Egypt's 'nude blogger' asks women to publish photos without veils
Mon, Dec 26, 2011
An Egyptian blogger, who sparked controversy when she posted a nude self-portrait online, on Monday asked women who want to remove their veils to send her photographs to publish them online.
News : World news : Australia, NZ and Asia
Thailand rocked by new Minister on US-Zimbabwe sanctions
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
The new government of Thailand has been rocked by revelations that business woman Nalinee Joy Taveesin, who was appointed Minister in the Office of the country’s Prime Minister is on US targeted sanctions over her links to the Zimbabwean First Family underworld.
News : World news : Middle East and Latin America
News : World news : UK and Europe
Free Zimbabwe Global Protest: Worth all the sweat
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Last Saturday, hundreds of brave Zimbabweans brought The Strand to a standstill as they marched from Zimbabwe House in London to the South African embassy. They presented a petition to the President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma.
Zimbabwe teen a top Bunbury student
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
NEWTON Moore Senior High School student Stanley Garande has overcome the challenges of moving to a new country and now looks forward to a career in metalogy.
Zimbabwean school to teach Shona, Ndebele in England
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
THE first ever Zimbabwean-run supplementary school has been launched in Britain.
MDC-T plans protests at all South African embassies
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
MDC-T activists in the Diaspora are planning protests at all South African embassies worldwide to put pressure on President Jacob Zuma to "straighten up" issues in Zimbabwe's unity government ahead of impending elections.
TEN ZIMBABWEANS DEPORTED FROM UK
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
At least 10 Zimbabweans have been deported from the UK since the resumption of deportations in April last year, according to the Zimbabwe Association.
Liverpool's Suarez could face court charge
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
LUIS SUAREZ could follow John Terry into the courts to face a racism charge. (Pictured: Dirty to the core - Suarez)
Russian anti-Putin protests draw thousands to Moscow again
Sat, Dec 24, 2011
Second demonstration over vote-rigging claims in a month could see more than 40,000 rally in centre of capital (Picture: Demonstrators in Moscow held a poster of Vladimir Putin draped in a condom after he compared the protest symbol of a white ribbon to a sheath)
ZIMBABWEAN DRUG DEALER WINS STAY IN UK
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
A convicted Zimbabwean drug dealer, Obriel Mugwagwa, has fought off attempts by the Home Office to deport him to Harare.
UK Home Office loses legal battle over asylum seekers
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
European court rules that asylum seekers cannot be removed to other EU countries if they risk being treated 'inhumanely'
John Terry to face criminal charges over alleged racist abuse
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
John Terry will fight "tooth and nail" to clear his name after the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed its intention to prosecute the England captain over an alleged racist slur made towards the Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand.
Luis Suarez racism row: Liverpool attack Patrice Evra and FA over ban
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
Liverpool have launched a vigorous defence of Luis Suarez, while attacking Patrice Evra and the Football Association after the striker was handed an eight-man ban for racial abuse.
News : World news : USA and Canada
'Inspiring' Zimbabwe woman to speak at MLK Day event in Springfield
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
Tererai Trent, proclaimed by Oprah as her all-time favorite guest, will be the keynote speaker at the Springfield NAACP's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March and Celebration.
News : Crime and Courts
Man uses manhood to 'heal women' arrested
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
A Bulawayo's Nkulumane suburb prophet claims that he gets healing powers from his penis. The Prophet, Blessed Mvura's magic stick healing prowess has been going for the past few years and claims to have healed hundreds of desperate women of different illnesses.
Messenger of court to attach Tsvangirai's property
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
A ZIMBABWE court has approved legal confiscation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s property for failing to pay a fine imposed on him by a chief for allegedly marrying Ms Locadia Karimatsenga Tembo during a sacred month.
Husband ‘drove car into his wife’
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
SOUTH African police believe a 24-year-old woman, killed when she was hit by a car allegedly driven by her estranged husband, was murdered.
Mujuru Inquest Raises More Questions
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
THE inquest into the mysterious death of retired General Solomon Mujuru opened last week with much anticipation from family members and the public that finally there could be answers to what happened to the country's most decorated soldier writes Patrice Makova.
Genera Mujuru wanted Police out
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
GENERAL Solomon Mujuru wanted the cops guarding him to be removed, his maid, Ms Rosemary Short said yesterday. He died three days before their scheduled departure from the farm. She said relations between her boss and the policemen had deteriorated to an extent that he stopped her from giving them food.
Conflicting Testimonies Emerge At Mujuru Inquest
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
The ongoing inquest into the suspicious death of General Solomon Mujuru has this week revealed several inconsistencies in the testimony from witnesses.
DAY 3: More witnesses testify
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
The inquest set to establish the circumstances surrounding the horrific death of the late Retired General Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujuru at his Beatrice farm house is yet to bring out conclusive evidence pertaining to the cause of the fire.
Mujuru death inquest temporarily halted
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
An inquest into the death of General Solomon Mujuru was temporarily halted on Tuesday after his widow, Vice President Joice Mujuru, complained that she had not been given access to a police report into his death prior to the court hearing.
Mujuru Inquest: Vice-President accused of conspiracy to rig inquest
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
HARARE – Vice-President Joice Mujuru, the wife of the late General Solomon Mujuru is accused by relatives of the late General of trying to divert the focus of the inquest into blaming police officers for slow reaction; instead of the cause of the mysterious fire and ignoring the account of gun-fire sound by key witness reports The Zimbabwe Mail.
Day 2 : Police slept when General died in the fire inferno
Wed, Jan 18, 2012
Harare,- The lawyer representing the Mujuru family in the inquest of the late army General Solomon Mujuru on Tuesday accused police officers guarding the farmhouse where the first Zimbabwean army commander at independence died in a mysterious fire of "negligence."
Cartoonists freed
Tue, Jan 17, 2012
Bulawayo -Zimbabwe State prosecutors were left ashamed on Friday after three Bulawayo youths were acquitted on charges of possessing and authoring cartoons deemed contemptuous of President Robert Mugabe,his wife Grace together with central bank chief Gideon Gono.
DAY 1 : Mujuru Inquest opens
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
THE inquest into the death of General Solomon Mujuru opened at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday with six witnesses testifying and the State presenting forensic evidence that no trace of explosives or inflammable liquids had been found.
Dreadlocked child wins case
Mon, Jan 16, 2012
The newly appointed Bulawayo high court judge, Justice Martin Makonese has ordered the headmaster of Masiyephambili junior school in Bulawayo and the Minister of Education , Sports and Culture to enrol for lessons a four-year-old child who had been barred from attending lessons at the school because he wears dreadlocks.
Wife, son’s heads for Merc
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
A MUREHWA man allegedly sought a buyer for the heads of his wife and son in exchange for a Mercedes Benz.
Man jailed for sex with mentally ill woman
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
A BUBI man will spend at least four years in jail for having sex with his mentally ill lover after a Bulawayo magistrate ruled that he had taken advantage of her condition.
Lowveld farm seizure cases go to court Monday
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A group of commercial farmers whose properties in Zimbabwe were confiscated are due to appear in Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on Monday, facing the criminal charge of "illegally occupying State Land without a permit”.
Zimbabwean minister fingered in Rhino horn trade
Wed, Jan 11, 2012
LOCAL Government, Rural and Urban Development Deputy Minister Cecil Zvidzai has been named in a case in which three men were arrested in possession of two rhino horns worth US$120 000 last week, state media reported.
NHS senior manager has the last laugh in a racial discrimination case
Tue, Jan 10, 2012
A senior NHS manger has received almost £1 million in compensation for racial discrimination and unfair dismissal after he was subjected to a ‘breathtaking and callous’ campaign of bullying and harassment from colleagues.
Residents of Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Demand Police Probe Missing Children
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
Gordon Chavhunduka, president of the Zimbabwe Traditional Healers Association, commented that the erosion of the rule of law in the country has brought a rise in such cases
Zimbabwe Chief Justice Warns Judges Against Corruption
Mon, Jan 09, 2012
In Harare, Deputy Chief Justice Luke Malaba said a rise in cases in Harare High Court was straining judicial capacity with dockets increasing by a third over the past year, saying judges are not working hard enough
UNISA Professor arrested for raping homeless men
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
Pretoria - A psychology professor at the University of SA (Unisa) has been arrested and appeared in court for the rape of two homeless men in Pretoria, police said on Friday.
Zimbabwe's Radio VOP Sues Broadcasting Authority Over License Denial
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
VOP attorneys argue the broadcasting board committed a gross irregularity by failing to give substantive reasons for its refusal to grant the it a free to air national commercial radio license.
Traditional healer rapes 15-year-old "patient"
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
A well-known Masvingo traditional healer, Manicom Masaiti (42) was last week arraigned before a magistrate for allegedly raping his 15-year-old "patient" who had been having nightmares and wanted his assistance.
'Mugabe is gay' MP released on bail
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
A legislator from Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change was released from jail Wednesday after being charged with accusing President Robert Mugabe of being gay. She had to spend Christmas in a police cell even though she had been granted bail last week. (Pictured: Jonathan Moyo - So GAY!)
Cigarette smugglers arrested
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
FOUR Zimbabweans were on Wednesday evening arrested in Thohoyandou in Limpopo province, South Africa following the interception of their car, which was loaded with several boxes of smuggled cigarettes worth R100 000.
News : Africa : Southern Africa
Malema appeal kicks off today
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
JOHANNESBURG - The appeal by ANC Youth League President Julius Malema against his five-year suspension from the party starts today.
Zulu King says gays are rotten
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
Johannesburg - Zulu monarch King Goodwill Zwelithini has criticised people who engage in same sex relationships, labelling them as "rotten", according to a newspaper report on Monday.
Former president's family flee 'persecution' in Zambia
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Some family members of former president Rupiah Banda are reportedly seeking asylum in South Africa due to persecution by the PF government. And South African president Jacob Zuma has asked President Michael Sata to respect his predecessor and stop harassing him or his family.
Black workers' faces turned baboons by racist boss
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
IT all started as a group photo, but it turned very ugly.
Zambia white VP in constitutional controversy
Thu, Jan 12, 2012
Zambia’s new vice president, Guy Scott, has walked into a legal brick wall as he cannot act as President in the absence of President Michael Sata.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Skips ANC Fete Sparking Fresh Health Speculation
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
President Mugabe will be represented by Vice President Joice Mujuru who left Harare late Friday with a high-powered ZANU-PF delegation.
ANC marks 100 years with R100m party
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
The ANC, Africa's oldest liberation movement, is to mark its centenary with an elaborate and expensive celebration in Bloemfontein, the city where it was founded.
Zimbabwean Star student beats the odds in South Africa
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Over the past two years Venacio Chiriseri has had to settle in a new country, deal with xenophobia and adjust to a school where she couldn’t understand her classmates’ home language.
Haulage truck carrying 58 undocumented 'refugees' intercepted
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
POLICE have intercepted a haulage truck which was carrying 58 undocumented "refugees" from East and Central Africa who intended to illegally cross into South Africa through undesignated entry points along the Limpopo River. The illegal immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi, were intercepted at a roadblock along the Beitbridge-Masvingo road on Christmas Day.
Tender boss paid Malema
Sun, Dec 25, 2011
Bank records show businessman's R1.2m payments to youth league leader.
Mystery space ball crashes in Namibia
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
It is a mysterious ball that looks like a prop from a science fiction film and nobody can explain where it came from.
$32bn missing in Angola
Wed, Dec 21, 2011
Human Rights Watch says Angola's government must account for $32 billion missing from State coffers.
Columns : Health Indaba : HIV and Aids
Rape by Juveniles a Growing Concern in Zimbabwe, Experts Say
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
The Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council said female condom use remains low compared with that of male condoms despite active promotion by public health authorities, but competitive on African terms
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
Ambassador Ray on U.S.- Zimbabwe Relations
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
U.S. Ambassador Charles Ray held a roundtable meeting with Zimbabwean journalists to discuss U.S.- Zimbabwe relations. Some of the key highlights of his remarks include the United States assuming chairpersonship of the Kimberly Process, attempts by the U.S. Embassy to shift emphasis from "issues that divide us" to highlight issues of common interest.
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.
News : Africa : West Africa
Nigeria president declares emergency
Sat, Dec 31, 2011
Abuja - President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency on Saturday in parts of northern Nigeria plagued by a violent Islamist insurgency, and said he would shut any borders with other nations in those areas covered by the decree.
Columns : Entertainment Movies & Music
Pole dancing hit Harare social clubs
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
Pole dancing has come to many of Harare's hangouts and clubs where patrons turn up in large numbers to watch young women wearing very skimpy and revealing clothing dance on poles.
Lady Gaga allegedly left "large amounts of blood" in a hotel bath
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
The eccentric singer reportedly shocked staff when she checked out of London's lavish Intercontinental Hotel last summer and they discovered a pool of red liquid in the tub of her suite.
Prince Tendai Mupfurutsa dies
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
HARARE - Popular musician and "Character" hit-maker, Tendai Mupfurutsa, also known as Prince Tendai, has died.
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.
