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Zimbabwe: Mugabe rejects western assistance
President Robert Mugabe on Thursday shocked his inner circle when he boldly declared that the southern African country does not need Western aid to...
South Africa: Black foreign nationals flee over xenophobic attack fears
Scores of Zimbabwean and other African immigrants in South Africa, according to reports are making frantic efforts to leave the country at the very...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s Zanu-PF splitting from within
One of President Mugabe’s trusted vanguards, the militant liberation war heroes are turning against him following a scathing media attack.
A splinter group say their...
Zimbabwe bank robbers with South African connections?
Zimbabwe Central Bank has issued a warning to all banks to tighten security surrounding cash after a series of high profile robberies. They have...
Zimbabwe: Rwandans refuse repatriation over extermination fears
Rwanda refugees resident in Zimbabwe are resisting moves to be repatriated to their homeland claiming that they would be killed once they set foot...
Zimbabwe: Fear grips village over army drills
Zimbabwe National Army on Friday conducted rare military drills in public in which commanders said it was a “show of power and to test...
The Folly of African Entrepreneurship
Zimbabwe, like most developing African countries burdened with the yoke of authoritarian oppression, force-feeds citizens with policy prescriptions only meant to satisfy political egos...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe to refuse new Tsvangirai ministers?
Zimbabwe's Prime Minsiter Morgan Tsvangirai is on Wednesday expected to pull a shocker by firing "incompetent ministers" from his MDC...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai-Mugabe agree on constitution process and election date
Zimbabweans from Monday face a grueling 65 day task in which they will be asked to make contributions towards a home grown constitution.
President Robert...
Statement of the IMF Mission to Zimbabwe
An IMF mission visited Harare during June 2-10, 2010 to review recent economic developments and assist the government in the preparation of the mid-year...
Zimbabwean asylum seekers top UN chart ahead of Somalia, Afghanistan
A report released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Tuesday reveal that Zimbabwe topped the charts by having more of its people...
Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) condemns violence in Zimbabwe’s diamond fields
A new PAC report about Zimbabwe's contested diamond fields is about many things: smuggling and frontier hucksterism; a scramble fuelled by raw economic desperation...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe to denounce corrupt Central Bank officials?
The ongoing looting of Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) assets by an elite clique of senior government officials has forced President Mugabe to act.
RBZ,...
Brazil punish Zimbabwe in football friendly in front of Mugabe and Tsvangirai
Five time world soccer kings, Brazil cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory over lowly ranked Zimbabwe on Wednesday during a rare international friendly that...
Zimbabwe and Brazilian national football teams in international friendly
Brazilian national soccer team jetted in Harare Tuesday night for a rare one off international friendly with Warriors of Zimbabwe.
Local soccer fans including cabinet...
Return of xenophobic attacks imminent in South Africa
Another more violent wave of xenophobic attacks is more likely to erupt in South Africa after the world cup, a group of 10 prominent...
Brazil world cup team in Zimbabwe
The mighty Samba Boys of Brazil head to Zimbabwe on Wednesday for a warm up game with the lowly placed Warriors of Zimbabwe. The...
Zimbabwe: Election fever grips politicians
Zanu-PF’s high decision body, the politburo has told its dwindling support base to get ready for national elections anytime next year, possibly May. This...
Zimbabwe: MDC and ZANU-PF to answer for unconstitutional acts in court
A political pressure group in Zimbabwe, The Voice for Democracy Trust has dragged President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to court for...
Zimbabwe: Simba Makoni calls for Thailand-like Red Shirt protest
A losing presidential candidate in Zimbabwe 2008 bloody elections Simba Makoni, has urged Zimbabweans to take a leaf from Thailand’s Reds Shirts to effect...
Zimbabwe: Minister files criminal defamation charges against journalist
Golden Maunganidze the editor of The Masvingo Mirror was on 10 May 2010 summoned to Harare Central Police Station where he was interrogated for...
Zimbabwe: IOM Provides Permanent Housing for Flood Victims
IOM dedicated 693 permanent housing units on May 13, built in partnership with the Civil Protection Unit of the Government of Zimbabwe, for victims...
South Africa – Zimbabwe: Twin Case of Treachery in Southern Africa
South Africa and Zimbabwe have a strong tradition of sharing not only borders, business, culture and tradition but also weather patterns. The month of...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe orders extensive export of wildlife to North Korea
A group of conservationists in Zimbabwe has claimed that animals are being captured in the country’s biggest game park under a presidential decree for...
South Africa copies Zimbabwe’s brutal youth national service programme
South Africa has resolved to carbon copy Zimbabwe's condemned national service for all youths.
Zimbabwe introduced national service for youths that quickly turned into...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s men to take Roy Bennett case further
The recently acquitted Roy Bennett of the Movement for Democratic Change run inns with the courts is far from being over. The state has...
Zimbabwe: Roy Bennett treason charge dismissed by court
A Zimbabwe judge on Monday morning threw out a treason charge against Robert Mugabe’s longstanding enemy Roy Bennett as the court failed...
Zimbabwe’s sex-afflicted Catholic church scolds “sinful” journalists
A Roman Catholic Priest in Zimbabwe has angered the media by boldly declaring that journalists who expose sex scandals do so “as if they...
Zimbabwe: War veterans warn finance Minister
Militant veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation have laid sedge on Finance minister Tendai Biti demanding more money from a bankrupt government.
The veterans, who are in...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Jr. saves national basketball team from financial woes
Zimbabwe is not a known in basketball circles as a power house but interest is being generated in the Southern African country since President...