RSS 2.0 FeedZimbabwe Government Slashes Passport Charges
Thu, Sep 09, 2010
Harare, - Zimbabwe has reduced the charges to obtain a passport to US$50 from about US$140 following a cabinet directive issued on Tuesday.
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World literacy - Canada leads the world, Zimbabwe leads in Africa, US ranked twelve
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
September 8 is World Literacy Day. Literacy is an critical factor in the development of a nation.
Hiring instruction throws schools into chaos
Wed, Sep 08, 2010
HARARE - Zimbabwe's rural schools face uncertainty as an estimated 25 000 temporary teachers have not resumed work following a directive from Treasury for line ministries to cease all new recruitment into the civil service.
Gay couple’s picnic ends in tragedy
Mon, Sep 06, 2010
A picnic by a gay couple on the shores of the Zambezi River above the Victoria Falls turned tragic after the “husband” dived into the crocodile-infested river and hit against a rock on Saturday, allegedly to celebrate their relationship.
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".
Zimbabwe minister threatens to ban “interfering” NGOs
Wed, Sep 01, 2010
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A Zimbabwean cabinet minister has threatened to ban aid agencies that get involved in the country’s politics by openly taking sides in the long-running power struggles among the main parties, state television reports here Wednesday.
Tsvangirai reshuffles
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has ringed changes in his information department – both at his Munhumutapa Building government offices and at Harvest House, his political party’s headquarters in Harare.
Mugabe's bodyguard in sudden death
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
HARARE - One of Robert Mugabe's decorated bodyguards has died suddenly. Cain Chademana, a Senior Police Assistant Commissioner and one of Mugabe's most trusted guards died last Thursday after a shot illness.
Mutambara attacks Nkomo and Tsvangirai at Sibanda's burial
Tue, Aug 31, 2010
FILABUSI - There was drama at the burial of the late MDC deputy president Gibson Sibanda in Filabusi Sunday, when Deputy Prime minister Arthur Mutambara publicly challenged Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy President John Nkomo to explain why the government they lead was burying an exemplary hero of Sibanda’s stature at his rural home and not at the national heroes acre.
Zimbabwe Government Bans 'Offensive' Paintings
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
In a rare act of censorship, Zimbabwe's inclusive government has banned artwork by Bulawayo-based artist Owen Maseko that depicts violent political upheavals more than 25 years ago.
Emotional Tsvangirai apologises at Sibanda burial speech
Mon, Aug 30, 2010
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has described the acrimonious split of the MDC in 2005 as the “saddest part of his political life” and offered apologies for badmouthing the late Gibson Sibanda, his former trade union colleague of 25 years.
