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Botswana-Zimbabwe diplomatic relations take a damaging turn
Diplomatic relations between Botswana and Zimbabwe have taken a damaging twist with the former recalling its defence and intelligence attaches from Zimbabwe. Botswana says...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai under pressure for Miliband statement
Zimbabwe’s former ruler, Britain has vowed not to buckle to pressure
from President Mugabe’s Zanu-PF to lift what is termed illegal sanctions.
It says Zimbabwe should...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s son inherits mother’s IQ?
President Robert Mugabe’s last born son, Chatunga Bellarmine Mugabe flunked his 2009 Grade 7 examinations, it has emerged. Meanwhile, some observers have likened his...
Zimbabwe: Violent diamond rush in Chipinge
Another wave of diamond rush has hit Zimbabwe sparking a fierce battle to control the field site. This time diamonds said to be of...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF confidential document leak scorns unity government
A newly crafted ZANU PF strategic document has disclosed the party's distaste for the country's power sharing arrangement and insists that any new constitution...
Botswana-Zimbabwe diplomatic row over armed scouts imminent
A diplomatic row could erupt between Zimbabwe and neighboring Botswana after three armed officers from the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP)...
Zimbabwe: International organisation attacks Morgan Tsvangirai
Zimbabwean Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has come under rare attack from an international human rights group accusing his party of shielding
abuses by ZANU PF...
Open letter to Mr. Robert Mugabe
An open letter which calls for one of the strongest men in African Politics to retire is usually written with extreme caution. But...
Zimbabwe crisis: Constitutional reform and elections delayed as women protest
Zimbabwe has suspended indefinitely the drafting of a constitution due
to disagreements on the composition of outreach teams further deepening the country's political crisis.
It was...
Journalist flees Zimbabwe after death threat
Freelance journalist Stanley Kwenda, a contributor to the private weekly The Zimbabwean, fled the country on Friday after he said he received a telephone...
Zimbabwe: Prisoners move around naked in squalid conditions
A recent report has revealed the growing state of hopelessness in Zimbabwean prisons as a large number of prisoners languish without clothes. The impoverished...
Zimbabwe: Cabinet ministers under corruption charges
Four cabinet ministers in Zimbabwe's inclusive government are under
probe from their respective parties, MDC and Zanu Pf, on corruption allegations.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC...
Zimbabwe-Madagascar: Mugabe pushing proposal to overthrow Andry Rajoelina militarily?
Zimbabwe leader, President Mugabe, is reportedly pushing for his military intervention in Madagascar to topple its president - Andry Rajoelina.
He is expected to further...
Zimbabwe: Veterans demand 20% of lands and mines amid threats
Zimbabwe’s liberation fighters have declared that they are entitled to
a 20 per cent share of any resource in the country saying they are the
poorest...
Zimbabwe lauded for halting diamond auction by Mugabe crony
Human Rights activists have for once applauded the Zimbabwe government for blocking the auctioning of more than 300 000 carats of what is termed...
Zimbabwe auctions 300 000 diamond carats from controversial fields
Security has been heightened today at Harare International Airport with the security operatives out numbering passengers and airport staff. Since Sunday, the road leading...
Zimbabwean Diaspora to participate in crafting new Constitution
In a landmark development, Zimbabweans in the Diaspora will be afforded
a rare platform to contribute in the crafting of a home grown constitution which...
Zimbabwe: Chinese company to develop satellite towns after prison complex deal
China Sonangol, a Chinese company, has been handed land in excess of 1 000 hectares in Zimbabwe to develop satellite towns around Harare at...
Zimbabweans relive harsh memories of last Christmas
Its only a few days before Christmas but its not a festive season for
many Zimbabweans.
Long queues for cash have resurfaced countrywide as most financial
institutions...
Why Mugabe should not have been at Copenhagen
Mugabe’s land ‘reform’ set off a chain of disasters. Apart from the possibility of soil erosion, desertification and siltation, loss of trees reduces...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF seeks to replace Mugabe and scuttle GPA
Zimbabwean leader President Mugabe has said fresh elections are imminent raising fears of a new campaign of terror and violence. The 85 year...
Zimbabwe: ZANU-PH holds first party congress
According to Al Jazeera, Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF party has met for its first party congress since the formation of a unity government with its rival,...
South Africa orders Zimbabwe to “clean up” ahead of 2010 World Cup
South Africa has told its neighbor, Zimbabwe, to speedily resolve its political crisis saying it would not allow the country to disturb the 2010...
Zimbabwe: Looming split after bomb scare at Zanu-PF congress
Security was heightened last night at Zanu PF congress with the army and Central Intelligence Organisation operatives pitching up a temporal base as...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF to hail Mugabe as supreme leader at congress
Zimbabwe’s unending negotiations have been stopped to pave way for President Mugabe’s party to hold its lavish congress which starts in Harare today.
The two...
Zimbabwe air-space a danger to Europe-Southern Africa flights
The safety of Zimbabwe’s airspace is in doubt as the southern African country’s meteorological service is incapable of supplying weather information they need. This...
Zimbabwe: Citizens are the Real Heroes
I am not a street activist, but more from the irritable pool of intellectual key-punchers who hope that Robert Mugabe and his cronies are...
Zimbabwe: Biti’s budget sees change for beer drinkers but not currency
Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Wednesday ruled out the re-introduction of the Zimbabwe dollar saying the multiple use of currencies would continue but had...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-pf defy Commonwealth, scorn Jacob Zuma
Zimbabwe has vowed to reject any proposals for it to return to the
Commonwealth of nations, which the 85 year old President Mugabe once described...
CECAFA 2009: Zambia breaks Kenya’s heart in opening football match
Hosts 'Harambe Stars' of Kenya started on a horrendous note loosing 2-0 to the clinical 'Chipolopolo boys' of Zambia, in the first match of...