tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103612382011-12-13T19:52:59.296-08:00Catch the latest Zimbabwe News, get access to Zimbabwe Newspapers plus other Zimbabwe stuff...This Zimbabwe News Update is brought to you by Zimlounge.com. Zimbabweans #1 entertainement website. Keeping you updated!!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10361238.post-29378506087758012862008-09-26T14:26:00.000-07:002008-09-26T14:28:26.301-07:00

author/source:Times (UK) published:Fri 12-Sep-2008 Jan Raath, Martin Fletcher and Jonathan Clayton“We’ve got a deal,” Morgan Tsvangirai told journalists waiting in the lobby of the Rainbow Towers hotel in Harare. It was the first news the world had that he and President Mugabe had at long last thrashed out a power-sharing agreement. If they really have, and if it sticks, it will mean an

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author/source:Daily Telegraph (UK) published:Thu 11-Sep-2008 By Sebastien Berger, Southern Africa CorrespondentRobert Mugabe's government has bowed to financial reality and legalised the use of foreign currency in Zimbabwe's shattered economy. It is the final humiliation for Zimbabwe's battered currency, which was worth more than the US greenback at independence in 1980. Even after two

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author/source:Star (SA) published:Fri 12-Sep-2008 Master stroke clinches power-sharing agreementBasildon PetaZimbabwe's political leaders have finally reached a power-sharing settlement to end the long-running crisis in the embattled country. Although President Thabo Mbeki declined to disclose details of the power-sharing arrangement, saying that would be done on Monday, The Star established some

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author/source:Sunday Mail (Zimb) published:Sun 7-Sep-2008 While the world media focuses - and rightly so - on the poverty and political strife in Zimbabwe, there are those who are raking in the big dollars and remain seemingly unaffected by the politics of the state. The streets of Harare show off new cars every day - Hummers, Prados, BMWs and, oh yes, the ever-popular Mercs. It is said that

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author/source:News24 (SA) published:Thu 4-Sep-2008 Harare - Two people have died and 23 are in hospital following an outbreak of cholera, the highly contagious diarrhoeal disease, in one of Harare's crowded townships, health officials said on Thursday. The outbreak occurred on Monday in Chitungwiza, a dormitory township of about a million people on Harare's southern outskirts where sewerage

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author/source:Associated Press published:Mon 1-Sep-2008 By Angus ShawHarare - The advice of doctors to Zimbabweans is, don't get sick. If you do, don't count on hospitals - they're short of drugs and functioning equipment. As the economy collapses, the laboratory at a main 1,000-bed hospital has virtually shut down. X-ray materials, injectable antibiotics and anticonvulsants have run out.

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author/source:Associated Presspublished:Mon 25-Aug-2008Harare - Zimbabwe's opposition party wins the vote for speaker of the first parliament since disputed elections in March. Lovemore Moyo won the key position by 110 votes to 98 votes. It's a big victory for the opposition and an indication of divisions in both the parties of veteran ruler Robert Mugabe and a splinter opposition faction as all

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author/source:Business Day (SA) published:Fri 22-Aug-2008 Harare CorrespondentJohannesburg – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in a tight spot on how to form a functioning new government after a smaller faction of the opposition he banked on for a coalition said it would not work with him. Mugabe now faces the prospect of going it alone, something that would compound his legitimacy crisis and

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author/source:Daily Telegraph (UK) published:Sun 17-Aug-2008 By Sebastien Berger in JohannesburgZimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai came under increasing pressure on Sunday night to sign up to the deal on the table in negotiations with Robert Mugabe. The talks are being mediated by the South African president Thabo Mbeki on behalf of the regional Southern African Development Community,

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author/source:Independent (UK) published:Fri 15-Aug-2008 By Fiona Forde in JohannesburgMorgan Tsvangirai briefly became a prisoner in his own country when his travel documents were confiscated at Harare airport. They were returned a few hours later, but only after South Africa intervened. Mr Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, and the party's secretary general, Tendai Biti,

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author/source:Star (SA)published:Fri 8-Aug-2008Human rights expert worried over short-term solutionHans PienaarHuman rights experts and activists have joined Justice Richard Goldstone in expressing their alarm over a proposal for blanket amnesty to perpetrators of human rights abuses to resolve the Zimbabwe impasse. Christof Heyns, University of Pretoria faculty of law dean, said the mooted

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author/source:Star (SA) published:Mon 4-Aug-2008 Special CorrespondentHarare - President Thabo Mbeki is to travel to Harare this week to meet with Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, in accordance with a restructuring of Zimbabwean power-sharing talks which have resumed outside Pretoria. According to a Zanu PF official close to the talks, an agreement - mediated by Mbeki - was reached late last

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author/source:Times (UK) published:Fri 25-Jul-2008 Here's a brilliant money-making plan for ZimbabweHugo RifkindI have a plan. I think I can save Zimbabwe. I'm not saying I can do it single-handedly. Certainly, the groundwork has been done by Thabo Mbeki, inserting himself into the middle of that slightly gruesome hypocrisy sandwich on Monday, as Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai shook hands,

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author/source:Times (UK) published:Tue 22-Jul-2008 Jan Raath in HararePresident Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his bitter foe, the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday signed a deal outlining a framework for talks on the country’s political crisis. The two men shook hands for the first time in a decade at a brief, stiff ceremony in the capital, Harare. They put their signatures to the agreement

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author/source:Financial Gazette (Zimb) published:Thu 17-Jul-2008 Clemence Manyukwe, Senior Political ReporterA United Nations sanctions list forming part of a draft resolution on Zimbabwe, which was vetoed during the world body’s Security Council meeting in Japan last week, has sparked conflict within Zanu PF because of the omission of key members of one of the party’s factions, The Financial

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author/source:Los Angeles Times published:Mon 14-Jul-2008 From a Times Staff WriterHarare - It has come to this: Zimbabwe is about to run out of the paper to print money on. Fidelity Printers & Refiners, the state-owned company that tirelessly churns out bank notes for the Robert Mugabe regime, was thrown into a crisis early this month after a German company stopped supplying bank note paper

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author/source:Guardian (UK)published:Mon 7-Jul-2008Chris McGreal in HarareSouth Africa's president, Thabo Mbeki, has presented a plan to Zimbabwe's political leaders that would allow Robert Mugabe to remain as a titular head of state but surrender real power to the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who would serve as prime minister until a new constitution was negotiated and fresh elections

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author/source:Afrik.com (France) published:Fri 4-Jul-2008 By Bruce SibandaMalawi Information and Civic Education Minister, Patricia Kaliati has ordered the state broadcasters, Television Malawi (TVM) and Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), "to soften up" on all news broadcast about Zimbabwe. According to reports from Malawi quoting informed sources at both institutions, the move was taken on

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author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Fri 27-Jun-2008 Johannesburg - South Africa has been supplying Zimbabwe with weapons of war, including helicopters, revolvers and cartridges - despite the mounting human rights atrocities in that country. The sales, some involving state arms company Armscor, have been quietly taking place for some years. When a Chinese freighter recently carried

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author/source:New York Times published:Sun 22-Jun-2008 By Barry Bearak and Delia W. DuggerJohannesburg - Tonderai Ndira was a shrewd choice for assassination: young, courageous and admired. Kill him and fear would pulse through a thousand spines. He was an up-and-comer in Zimbabwe’s opposition party, a charismatic figure with a strong following in the Harare slums where he lived. There were

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author/source:Times (UK) published:Fri 20-Jun-2008 Jan Raath in ChitungwizaThe mutilated bodies of four young men bore witness yesterday to the latest atrocities of the Mugabe regime in the run-up to next week’s elections. The victims were murdered while defending the home of a local leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), as the campaign of terror against the opposition

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author/source:Independent (UK) published:Mon 16-Jun-2008 By Basildon Peta in JohannesburgPresident Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has secured a comfortable head start of at least 130,000 votes through rigged voting by members of the security forces in this month's run-off election against the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, according to information obtained by The Independent. Members of the army

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author/source:Reuters published:Fri 13-Jun-2008 Harare - Zimbabwe police impounded two buses used by opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on his campaign ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off election, the Movement for Democratic Change said on Friday. Tsvangirai, who has been detained four times in the past week, is continuing his campaign, MDC spokesman George Sibotshiwe said. "The police

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By Alex Duval Smith in Cape TownZimbabwe's ruling party has been accused of car theft after an armoured BMW, confiscated by police last week from the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, was spotted being driven by its officials. A spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change, Nqobizitha Mlilo, said the BMW X5 was impounded by police on 6 June when Mr Tsvangirai was detained for several hours

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author/source:Guardian (UK) published:Thu 5-Jun-2008 Manicaland, in eastern Zimbabwe, was one of the provinces where Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party was shocked by the strength of support for the opposition MDC in March. The party lost a string of parliamentary seats and Morgan Tsvangirai outpolled Mugabe in the presidential race. But it is hard to believe the province is ready to repeat this

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author/source:BBC News published:Mon 2-Jun-2008 Christian FraserRome - While Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has tried to keep a low profile thus far, he and his entourage have finally emerged into the spotlight from the five-star Ambasciatore, one of Rome's finest hotels. The restaurant reputedly serves up the very best of Italian cuisine and the wine-cellar is stocked to meet the requirements of the

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author/source:ZimbabweJournalists (UK) published:Mon 26-May-2008 By a CorrespondentPretoria - Hundreds of activists took to the streets in Pretoria Sunday in a show of human solidarity with victims of political violence and human rights abuses in neighbouring Zimbabwe. Up to 500 demonstrators took part in the protest on the streets of Pretoria. Activists, mainly from the Treatment Action Campaign

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author/source:Financial Gazette (Zimb) published:Thu 22-May-2008 Clemence Manyukwe, Staff ReporterZanu PF bigwig Emmerson Mnangagwa has revived his political fortunes that many thought were floundering three years ago, in a formidable comeback that may see him landing the party leadership at next year’s Zanu PF congress. Zanu PF insiders yesterday said the party’s secretary for legal affairs, who

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author/source:Independent (UK) published:Mon 19-May-2008 By Celean JacobsonEmmerson Ziso fled hunger and repression in neighboring Zimbabwe, but now he wants to go back. Even his violent, chaotic homeland seems a haven compared with Johannesburg, where weekend attacks on foreigners left at least 12 dead. "Most of the Zimbabweans want to leave. It is better at home than here," said the former

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author/source:New York Times published:Fri 16-May-2008 By Celia W. Dugger. A journalist in Harare, Zimbabwe, contributed reportingJohannesburg - The parishioners were lined up for Holy Communion on Sunday when the riot police stormed the stately St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital. Helmeted, black-booted officers banged on the pews with their batons as terrified members of

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author/source:Business Day (SA) published:Mon 12-May-2008 Michael Bleby And Karima BrownJohannesburg – President Thabo Mbeki's role as a mediator in the Zimbabwean crisis took another knock yesterday after disclosures that he ignored the advice of two judges he commissioned to observe that country's 2002 general elections. Mbeki commissioned judges Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke to observe

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author/source:AFP published:Thu 8-May-2008 Some 40 000 farm workers and their families have been displaced as a result of violence and intimidation by pro-government militias since Zimbabwe's elections, a union leader said on Thursday. "Since the elections we have recorded a total of 40 000 people who have been displaced," Gertrude Hambira, general secretary of the General Agriculture and

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author/source:Citizen (SA) published:Mon 5-May-2008 Harare - Cash shortages in Zimbabwe worsened Monday on the first day of free trading of the Zimbabwe dollar as people queued for hours in banks to buy up local currency. The Zimbabwe dollar closed the day in some banks at close to 200 million against the US dollar, down from a starting rate of 160 million set by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.

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author/source:AFP published:Thu 1-May-2008 Harare - Two schoolteachers have been beaten to death in the latest wave of violence after Zimbabwe's general elections, the head of the country's main trade union federation said on Thursday. "We have received bad news. As we speak two teachers have been killed, beaten to death," Wellington Chibebe, secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade

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author/source:AFP published:Mon 28-Apr-2008 A disputed recount in Zimbabwe's elections that was widely expected to overturn an opposition victory in parliament was in fact aimed at securing the presidency through violence, political analysts say. Many observers were surprised when officials on Saturday conceded that President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party had lost control of parliament for the

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author/source:Independent (UK) published:Mon 21-Apr-2008 posted on this site:Mon 21-Apr-2008 By Angus Shaw in JohannesburgZimbabwe resembles a war zone, with thousands of people displaced, hundreds injured, and 10 killed in postelection violence, an opposition leader said yesterday. Tendai Biti, secretary general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said violence since the 29 March

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author/source:Cape Times (SA) published:Fri 18-Apr-2008 Sibusiso Ngalwa and Giordano StolleyPretoria - While the South African government says it can't do anything to block a shipment of arms meant for the Zimbabwean military, union members at the Durban harbour where the ship hopes to offload say they will not unload the ship nor will any members in the truck-driving sector move this cargo by

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author/source:Sowetan (SA) published:Mon 14-Apr-2008 Judge finds process not only illegal but grossly unreasonableHarare – Zimbabwe’s high court on Sunday ordered the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to refrain from recounting the results of March 29 elections because the presidential results have not yet been announced. The court was approached on Sunday by the opposition Movement for

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author/source:Independent (UK) published:Sat 12-Apr-2008 By A Special Correspondent in BulawayoRobert Mugabe's government banned all political rallies in Zimbabwe yesterday as tension and intimidation mounted over the still-unannounced results of the presidential election held two weeks ago today. Police claimed they did not have the manpower to deal with political gatherings when many of their

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author/source:Independent (UK) published:Mon 31-Mar-2008 By Daniel Howden in BulawayoThe writing was on the wall for Robert Mugabe last night. It was pinned to the side of polling tents, posted on school fences and written on the walls of community halls. The election results that Zimbabwe's president had made every effort to rig were coming in against him. First to go were his chief lieutenants

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author/source:Zimbabwe Independent published:Fri 28-Mar-2008 A secret taskforce of security and electoral personnel has been put in place to ensure embattled President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF win an absolute majority in tomorrow’s high-stakes elections. The team, headed by Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operatives tasked to ensure Mugabe "wins power, stays in power, and

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author/source:Standard (Zimb) published:Sun 23-Mar-2008 Bulawayo - President Robert Mugabe was forced last week to cancel five rallies scheduled for Matabeleland after being advised they would be boycotted by supporters switching to one of his main challengers, Simba Makoni. Observers say Makoni staged a major coup against Mugabe when he convinced Zanu PF politburo member Dumiso Dabengwa to back

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author/source:Times (UK) published:Fri 21-Mar-2008 Jan Raath in KaroiWith elections only eight days away, President Mugabe looks like being overwhelmed by a wave of support for the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai as the 84-year-old leader's grip on power falters. Mr Tsvangirai's formidable backing in Zimbabwe's urban areas has been consolidated since the election campaign began five weeks ago

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author/source:Independent on Sunday (UK) published:Sun 16-Mar-2008 Gordon Brown has strongly criticised Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe, but now ministers are seeking to expel 1,000 desperate people back to Harare on the grounds that there is 'no general risk' to them. Emily Dugan and Robert Verkaik investigate.Ministers are preparing to expel hundreds of failed asylum-seekers back to the

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author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Fri 14-Mar-2008 Harare - Zimbabwe's police chief says his force will not allow British and American "puppets" to take power in Zimbabwe, sending an ominous signal to opposition leaders ahead of March 29 polls, reports said on Friday. Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri told officers at Police General Headquarters in Harare he was sending "a warning"

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author/source:Sowetan (SA) published:Fri 7-Mar-2008 Bill SaidiIn the midst of the 2000 parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe, the optimists – perennial and occasional – huddled in corners, contemplating a victory for the opposition party. The voters’ turnout had been spectacular. All indications were that this was irrefutable evidence of the then fledgling Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)

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author/source:Daily Telegraph (UK) published:Mon 3-Mar-2008 Harare - Senior members of Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party have publicly backed Simba Makoni, Robert Mugabe's presidential challenger. Mr Makoni's hopes of securing the presidency in elections later this month depend on him splitting Zanu PF and gaining the support of figures who control sections of the state and party machinery. The

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author/source:Nation (Kenya) published:Thu 28-Feb-2008 Kitsepile NyathiHarare - Cash strapped Zimbabwe will use cardboard ballot boxes in next month's General Election because the country's electoral commission can not afford to buy translucent boxes, heightening fears of vote rigging. This comes amid warnings by the head of the police force that his officers will be prepared to shoot elections

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author/source:VOA News published:Mon 25-Feb-2008 By Fazila MohamedHarare - In Zimbabwe, plastic containers, commonly known as "chigubus" now rank among the most desired items in the country. Demand has soared, partly as result of irregular fuel supplies. Consumers facing water shortages also fill the containers when the liquid is available, ensuring they have some stored for later use. Voice of

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author/source:Zim Online (SA)published:Sat 16-Feb-2008By Simplicious ChirindaHarare - A splinter group of Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party on Friday announced it was backing former finance minister Simba Makoni because he had the capacity to split the military, the bedrock of President Robert Mugabe’s power. Makoni, a member of the ruling Zanu PF party’s politburo

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author/source:SW Radio Africa published:Wed 30-Jan-2008 By Tererai KarimakwendaIn a move described by students as a sign of increased paranoia, the government has ordered all state run universities and colleges to stay closed until after elections on March 29th. Our Harare correspondent Simon Muchemwa spoke to several lecturers and student leaders in Harare and Bulawayo who confirmed that the

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author/source:Associated Press published:Sun 27-Jan-2008 Harare - Fires caused by candles during Zimbabwe's frequent power outages have destroyed homes because firefighters have also been unable to find water, the state Sunday Mail reported. In one incident, in suburban northern Harare, a candle set curtains alight and an occupant tore down them down and threw them outside, onto drums being used

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author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Fri 25-Jan-2008 By Stella MapenzauswaBulawayo - As I drove from the border with South Africa to my home town I recalled the refrain Zimbabweans use when pondering the economic meltdown in their country: "surely things cannot get any worse than they are". That mantra has helped them soldier on during the last eight years as they grappled with an

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author/source:Daily Telegraph (UK) published:Sat 19-Jan-2008 By Stephen Bevan in PretoriaThe first serious challenger to Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe from within his own party this week resigned his membership in what is seen as a precursor to the formation of a breakaway party. Former finance minister and member of the Zanu PF politburo, Simba Makoni, is being backed by a powerful

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10361238.post-38612426765786733052008-01-18T21:56:00.000-08:002008-01-18T21:59:31.164-08:00

author/source:Zim Online (SA) published:Fri 18-Jan-2008 By Sebastian NyamhangambiriHarare - Zimbabwe’s Media and Information Commission (MIC) has asked the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), publishers of the banned Daily News newspaper, to reapply for an operating licence. In an interview with Zim Online yesterday, ANZ lawyer, Mordecai Mahlangu, confirmed that the MIC had met earlier this

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author/source:Boston Globe published:Sun 13-Jan-2008 By Robyn DixonBulawayo - There are long lines in Zimbabwe for everything from food to money, but the queue that defeated Alexander Mudewe and his wife, Perpetual, could end up killing them: the one for HIV drugs at the government hospital in Bulawayo. more stories like thisWhen Alexander became ill three months ago, the couple decided to get

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author/source:ZimbabweJournalists (UK) published:Thu 10-Jan-2008 By David BaxterHarare - Diamonds being illegally extracted and smuggled from Chiadzwa, Marange could be financing activities of international groups regarded as terrorists by the United States Administration and European Union member States, intelligence sources said this week. The sources said suspicion that the gems’ final

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author/source:Nelson Daily News (Canada) published:Fri 2-Nov-2007 André CarrelThe good Lord gave me my money - John D. RockefellerWhen CBC Radio reported that Canada’s annual rate of inflation had climbed from 1.7 percent to 2.5 per-cent in September, the increase was described as a leap. Zimbabwe experiences such leaps on an hourly basis! Inflation is not talked about much anymore in Zimbabwe:

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author/source:Sapapublished:Fri 4-Jan-2008Johannesburg - The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe plans to produce biltong from elephant meat to sell in retail outlets throughout the country "as part of sustainable utilisation of the animals", the Herald online said on Friday. Parks director-general Dr Morris Mtsambiwa said the project began last year after the Ministry of

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The Zimbabwe Gazette Daily News Online - Player exodus looms at Mwana Africa: "Mwana Africa Football Club is faced with massive exodus of senior players following the side’s relegation from the Zimbabwe Premier soccer League at the end of the 2007 season."

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author/source:Herald (Zimb)published:Fri 28-Dec-2007Court ReporterBusinessman Mr Jonathan Kadzura gave Dorothy Primrose Mutekede - originally arrested as a "cash baroness" - $10 billion in brand-new $500 000 bearer cheques in exchange for US$4 900, Mutekede said after being convicted of illegally dealing in foreign currency. Mutekede appeared before a Harare magistrate on Monday night and pleaded

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author/source:Business Day (SA) published:Mon 24-Dec-2007 Karima BrownIn an unusual move, banks in Zimbabwe will be open tomorrow, Christmas Day, to deal with the country’s crippling cash-flow problems. Zimbabweans endured long queues yesterday as banks worked overtime to replace temporary currency before it becomes worthless when the year ends on Tuesday next week. Bearer cheques, essentially

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author/source:Zimbabwe Independent published:Fri 21-Dec-2007 Jesilyn Dendere/ Bernard MpofuThe Reserve Bank’s project to introduce higher denominated bearer cheques yesterday got off to a disastrous start after the bank failed to deliver cash to financial institutions. Thousands of people were unable to get cash amid revelations that the central bank only started distributing the new bearer

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author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Mon 17-Dec-2007 Harare - Zimbabwe has struck a deal to import crude oil from Equatorial Guinea and is planning to reopen a refinery to process fuel and ease acute shortages, state media reported on Monday. Crunch shortages of fuel, foreign currency and food are a sign of the Southern African nation's deep economic crisis, blamed on President Robert

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author/source:West Australian published:Thu 13-Dec-2007 A former member of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s notorious police force who admits he beat the African dictator’s political opponents has thwarted an Immigration Department bid to throw him out of the country for committing crimes against humanity. The 27-year-old man, who also admits involvement in bulldozing the homes of Mr Mugabe’s

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author/source:Daily Telegraph (UK) published:Mon 10-Dec-2007 By David Blair in LisbonShunned and denounced by European leaders, President Robert Mugabe cut an isolated figure in Lisbon. Yet at home in Zimbabwe, his prospects look increasingly bright. In the next three months, Mr Mugabe must win two crucial elections and be able to handpick his successor whenever he chooses to retire. There is

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10361238.post-84795710107948963132007-12-07T23:14:00.000-08:002007-12-07T23:16:32.274-08:00

author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Fri 7-Dec-2007 Lisbon - Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu urged European Union (EU) leaders on Friday to confront Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on his human rights record, saying their silence would be interpreted as condoning violations. Tutu told a Portuguese radio station that this weekend's EU-Afica summit in Lisbon should be used as an opportunity

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author/source:Associated Press published:Mon 3-Dec-2007 Harare - The state airline doubled its fares Monday and the cost of a new Zimbabwe passport went up thirty fold. Spiraling prices also saw restaurant and bar prices double over the weekend, and prices were sometimes raised during a restaurant meal. Waitresses in a sports club advised patrons to place their orders before a price hike came

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author/source:VOA News published:Thu 29-Nov-2007 By Peter Clottey and Chris GandeWashington - Close on the heels of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's rejection of a bid by Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade to mend the diplomatic rift between Harare and London, the British government announced Thursday that a former development secretary will represent it at the European-African summit

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author/source:VOA News published:Mon 26-Nov-2007 In Zimbabwe, new electoral laws have been published that are to be used in national polls due early next year. Political analysts in Zimbabwe say the proposed election laws are a "significant" improvement over the old legislation. The proposed new laws were produced after more than 40 meetings since April between Zanu PF and both factions of

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author/source:VOA News published:Thu 22-Nov-2007 The political future of Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe's divided opposition Movement for Democratic Change, is facing challenges. Many of his closest associates are openly expressing dismay with his leadership. Recent attacks on two journalists and two women, allegedly by young members of Morgan Tsvangirai's faction of the opposition

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author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Mon 19-Nov-2007 Harare - President Robert Mugabe's government published a draft Bill on Monday forcing mining firms to transfer majority shareholdings to local owners, including giving the Zimbabwe government a free 25% stake. The Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill is expected to be presented to Parliament and to be approved before the end of the year,

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author/source:Zimbabwe Independent published:Fri 16-Nov-2007 Paul NyakazeyaZimbabwe’s year-on-year inflation rate for October surged to 14 840, 6% as the economic crisis continues to worsen despite efforts to control prices of basic goods. This represents a 6 848,5% increase from September’s 7 982,1%. The inflation rate was 1 070% in October last year. According to Central Statistical Office

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author/source:Nation (Kenya) published:Sun 11-Nov-2007 Arno Kopecky Nairobi - On August 3, 1983, President Robert Mugabe created Zimbabwe's Fifth Brigade from soldiers drawn from the military wing of his ruling Zanu PF. The brigade was known as gukurahundi, (rain that washes away chaff), a name that was soon given to the government operation they undertook. Over the next four years, Operation

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author/source:Zimbabwe Independent published:Fri 9-Nov-2007 Constantine ChimakureThe arrest of Attorney-General Sobusa Gula-Ndebele this week is part of President Robert Mugabe’s succession battle and signals the beginning of an onslaught on the faction that was backing Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s presidential aspirations. Impeccable sources said the crackdown on the camp led by retired army

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10361238.post-33734409901324980532007-11-05T19:21:00.000-08:002007-11-05T19:24:08.267-08:00

author/source:Standard (Zimb) published:Sun 4-Nov-2007 By Walter MarwiziGrade III school dropout was just what was needed to expose the gullibility of both the cabinet and the Zanu PF politburo. Information gathered by The Standard shows in graphic detail, how a cabinet of people with many academic degrees swallowed hook, line and sinker ludicrous claims by a 35-year-old alleged Guruve spirit

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author/source:Zimbabwe Independent published:Fri 2-Nov-2007Dumisani MuleyaPresident Robert Mugabe has rejected overtures by former South African president Nelson Mandela and other international statesmen for him to retire ahead of next year’s elections to avoid further deterioration of the economy. Mugabe’s resistance to renewed domestic and international pressure for him to quit before the

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author/source:Guardian (UK) published:Mon 29-Oct-2007Chris McGreal on BA152, Harare-LondonThe last flight out taxied from the sparkling new Harare airport, built to handle the non-existent tourists, lifted over the city and dipped its wings in farewell. With that, at 9am yesterday, British Airways said goodbye to Zimbabwe, amid mutterings from supporters of Robert Mugabe that the pull-out

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author/source:Financial Gazette (Zimb) published:Thu 25-Oct-2007On a Saturday afternoon, late last month, dozens of well-known business figures gathered at Ruwa Country Club for the inaugural Solomon Mujuru Golf Tournament. More than just an ordinary golf invitational, the gathering served up a handy look into part of Vice President Joice Mujuru’s reportedly vast network of business allies.

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author/source:Herald (Zimb) published:Mon 22-Oct-2007 Fidelis MunyoroHarare – Bishop Nolbert Kunonga of the Harare Diocese has won the first round in the High Court case brought against him by the Anglican Province of Central Africa following the judge's ruling yesterday that there was no urgency in the matter. The province wants the bishop barred from using church property or operating church

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author/source:VOA News published:Thu 18-Oct-2007 By Blessing ZuluWashington - Negotiators for Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change locked in crisis resolution talks in Pretoria have agreed in principle on several major items on their agenda, sources close to the talks say. But the sources cautioned that it remains to be seen if President Robert Mugabe

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author/source:Standard (Zimb) published:Sun 14-Oct-2007 By Jennifer DubeStung by criticism of its work, the Central Statistical Office has said it would assess the robustness of its inflation data to determine whether or not it is compromised, its acting director has said. In an interview with Standardbusiness recently, Moffat Nyoni said his organisation was aware that the robustness of data

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author/source:SW Radio Africa published:Thu 11-Oct-2007 Lance GumaAn attempt by South Africa's Musina City Council to pull down a Zimbabwean billboard urging people to go back in March and vote has now backfired. The outrage around the story of armed police and soldiers swooping on 'poster boys armed with glue' has created massive media hype, resulting in millions of people around the world

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author/source:Zim Online (SA) published:Mon 8-Oct-2007 Harare - Hardline supporters of President Robert Mugabe say they are planning a “million men” march in Harare in support of the veteran Zimbabwean leader, who is battling for his political life as pressure mounts at home and abroad for him to step down. The militant Zimbabwe National War Veterans Association (ZNWVA), which described the

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author/source:ZimbabweJournalists (UK) published:Thu 4-Oct-2007 By David BaxterMutare - State security agents on Friday disrupted a public meeting organised by a civic society group to discuss the 2008 harmonised elections after Edgar Tekere, a former Zanu PF stalwart, had launched a blistering attack on President Robert Mugabe's human rights record. Police officers and details from the Central

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author/source:Associated Press published:Sun 30-Sep-2007 Angus ShawHarare - A government report blamed constant power failures for a drastic drop in wheat production, the official media reported Sunday. A two thirds shortfall in wheat harvests was expected to worsen chronic bread shortages. Most bakeries were closed during the past week as flour deliveries dried up. Stores displayed signs that

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author/source:BBC News published:Fri 28-Sep-2007 A Zimbabwean CEO for a foreign-owned company in Harare tells the BBC News website what he thinks about the new law that parliament passed on Wednesday, giving the state controlling stakes in foreign-owned businesses, including banks and mines. He did not want his name published. This morning when I got into the office, we - mostly middle management

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author/source:IRIN (UN) published:Mon 24-Sep-2007 Johannesburg - It is early morning and groups of Zimbabwean women and men wrapped in blankets to ward off the chill are slowly waking from a night spent sleeping on the tarmac at a bus depot in Johannesburg, South Africa, waiting for the city's shops to open. They arrived in two buses carrying long-distance shoppers from Zimbabwe, brought south by

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author/source:VOA News published:Fri 21-Sep-2007 By Sandra Nyaira and Carole GombakombaWashington - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he will take up the crisis in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe next week at the UN General Assembly and seek support to dispatch a UN special envoy to the troubled country. Ban said in an interview with Britain’s ITV News that next week’s

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author/source:Guardian (UK) published:Mon 17-Sep-2007 Gordon Brown has raised hopes of a response to the crisis in Zimbabwe within days after the Archbishop of York urged him to take action against President Robert Mugabe. The Prime Minister spoke to John Sentamu as the Archbishop publicly called on him to lead an international campaign against the Harare regime. Dr Sentamu appeared encouraged by

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author/source:Times (UK) published:Sat 15-Sep-2007 Jan Raath in BulawayoIt did not smell too bad and her family had not become sick, even after drinking it for the past two months. “Some people say it is sewage, but they may be making it up,” she said as she heaved a 25 litre drum up the slope and into a wheelbarrow. In any case she, like many of the poorest people in Zimbabwe’s second city of

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By Farisai GonyeMutare - Senior ruling Zanu PF party officials in the eastern city of Mutare are diverting thousands of litres of fuel allocated for the party’s activities to the lucrative parallel market, Zim Online heard at the weekend. A Zanu PF provincial meeting held in Mutare last week heard that war veterans had alleged that senior party officials and Cabinet ministers were diverting fuel

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author/source:Zimbabwe Independentpublished:Fri 7-Sep-2007Dumisani MuleyaPresident Robert Mugabe stormed out of the recent Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit after an explosive clash with Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa during a closed session, it has emerged. Mugabe’s confrontation with Mwanawasa and his subsequent walk-out raised fears that the already divided regional bloc

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author/source:Los Angeles Times published:Mon 3-Sep-2007 By Robyn Dixon, Los Angeles Times Staff WriterInflation and price controls have made everything scarce, but 'cowboys' like Kuda Shumba are at your service, if you can pay a 500% markup.Harare - Kuda Shumba goes at one speed: fast. He prides himself on being able to get hold of almost anything, and he's open for business day or night. That's

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author/source:Daily Telegraph (UK) published:Fri 31-Aug-2007 By Richard Spencer in BeijingRobert Mugabe is to lose vital support from one of his few remaining allies on the world stage, China. One of the Zimbabwe president's oldest diplomatic friends, China yesterday told Lord Malloch Brown, the Foreign Office minister, that it was dropping all assistance except humanitarian aid. The move follows

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author/source:Cape Argus (SA) published:Tue 28-Aug-2007 Peter FabriciusPresident Thabo Mbeki's political mediation in Zimbabwe is bogged down over the opposition's demand for a proportional representation voting system in next year's parliamentary elections. The Morgan Tsvangirai faction of the split Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) wants proportional representation voting in which a party

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author/source:Mail & Guardian (SA) published:Thu 23-Aug-2007 Drew ForrestThe economic rescue package for Zimbabwe, touted at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Lusaka last week, is a non-starter, economists and political commentators argued this week. They said that at least $15-billion would be needed to restore Zimbabwe’s collapsing infrastructure and revive commercial

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author/source:Cape Argus (SA) published:Sun 19-Aug-2007 Hans PienaarSo you think Zimbabwe can't get much worse? Well, think again because there might be some surprises in store for the imploding country next year. There was something deeply alarming about a little vignette after the launch of the Southern African Development Community's Peace Brigade outside Lusaka on Friday. As the presidents'

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author/source:Age (Australia) published:Fri 17-Aug-2007 Federal Government will seek to revoke student visas held by eight children of senior members of Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwean regime. Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer today announced the measure as part of a strengthening of Australia's sanctions against the African nation. Mr Downer said he had taken the decision because Mugabe

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author/source:Associated Press published:Mon 13-Aug-2007 By Angus ShawHarare - Acute gasoline shortages crippled transportation services in Zimbabwe on Sunday, stranding thousands of weary travellers at bus stops before a two-day holiday honoring guerrillas who fought against colonial-era white rule. Zimbabwe is facing its worst gasoline shortages since the seizures of thousands of white-owned

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