Southern African leaders have urged Zimbabwean political rivals to set specific deadlines for the completion of political reforms paving the way for elections. In a statement after an extraordinary summit late Friday, SADC heads of state urged the ...
A Harare woman, Mrs Nettia Chinhondo, on Saturday won a brand new Mercedes Benz after scoring the highest marks for distributing Sunony Chinese ... on the use of herbal products from China. The herbal products are registered with the Medicines Control ...
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SADC leaders meeting in Luanda, Angola, on Friday to discuss trade issues, as well as the political and security situation in Zimbabwe, are expected to reject President Robert Mugabe's demands for early elections without full implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and polls roadmap.
His deputy, Emmanuel, Chiroto said Masunda should source for funding from his many business associates ... Zivanai "Zifa" Chiyangwa, Alois Masepe, Gwindi and Masunda. Gwindi is quoted in the minutes arguing that the public relations department was the ...
[Zimbabwe Independent]
AS the power struggles triggered by President Robert Mugabe's succession dramatically intensify ahead of the next elections, and anticipation of his departure by retirement or natural causes -- the ongoing district Coordinating Committee (DCC) polls have become the battleground for Zanu PF factions tussling to wrestle control of strategic party structures.
Hong Kong-based Global Alliance Partners (GAP) concluded a two-day conference, from May 21-22, in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.The meeting was hosted by GAP member Imara Holdings, a pan-African investment banking and asset management firm. Zimbabwe’s Economic Planning minister, Tapiwa Mashakada, delivered the keynote speech.Imara Holdings Group CEO Mark Tunmer said: “Hosting the 8th semi-annual GAP Conference in Zimbabwe came at an opportune...
Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi has dismissed as a non-event reports that Canada wants to withdraw from the United Nations World Tourism Association (UNWTO) after President Robert Mugabe recently signed a golden book on tourism recognizing his efforts in ...
"It would be a great act of irresponsibility not to respect shareholders' money." The indigenisation programme is at the centre of a dispute between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who formed a coalition government three years ...
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Super Falcons head coach, Kadiri Ikhana has expressed readiness of his team ahead of the 2012 African Women Championship qualifying first leg fixture against Zimbabwe in Harare on May 27.
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said the President's appointment as an international tourism ambassador symbolised "what is wrong with the UN". President Mugabe and his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata were appointed tourism ambassadors by the UNWTO ...
It is time to get tough with Robert Mugabe; it is time to get control of the situation and, as a regional block, make it clear to Mugabe to stop the nonsense and tow the line as prescribed by its neighbours. For a long time now the world and SADC have been ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — State radio says 13 people died and six were seriously injured in Zimbabwe when a crowded minibus burst a tire and slammed into a tree.
State radio reported Saturday that the passengers were worshippers headed to a church service in northeastern Zimbabwe.
Harare — The Angolan minister of Family and Women Promotion, Genoveva Lino, is chairing in Harare, Zimbabwe, a panel on political leadership and its implication in the equality of children's rights and between men and women. The panel will be attended by ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe and it violates women's rights by denying the union of men and women needed to bear children. Robert Mugabe, 88, speaking at a women's HIV/Aids ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Tyrant Robert Mugabe revealed himself to be a Chelsea fan. The Zimbabwean president apparently spoke of his love for the new European champion in a chat with African players. Mugabe, 88, told former Zimbabwe captain Benjani Mwaruwari ...
Petroc Trelawny, a classical music presenter from BBC Radio 3, was arrested in Zimbabwe. Mr. Trelawny was detained by Zimbabwe officials at a music festival. The Music Matter presenter is currentlly in legal custody in the Zimbabwean capital Harare. Mr. [...]
The United States has temporarily lifted travel bans against Zimbabwean Mines Minister, Obert Mpofu and officials from the state-run Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, allowing them to travel to Washington for a crucial Kimberley Process intersessional meeting.
BY GILLIAN GOTORA, ASSOCIATED PRESS HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe and it violates women's rights by denying the union of men and women needed to bear children. Robert Mugabe, 88, speaking at...
HARARE, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's athlete Takudzwa Muchichwa, who has won a gold medal in the high jump competition at the National Sports Stadium on Sunday, has finished as the country's best athlete at the Confederation of African Athletics Southern ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe's president said Thursday that homosexuality doesn't belong in Zimbabwe and it violates women's rights by denying the union of men and women needed to bear children.
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The United Nations (UN) tourism body has insisted that Robert Mugabe has not been an awarded an official title, after he and his Zambian counterpart were asked to be tourism ambassadors.
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Organizers of a classical music festival in Zimbabwe say authorities arrested a prominent British music personality at a concert in the second city of Bulawayo.
The European Commission in conjunction with the African Union are set to present the Harare edition of the travelling exhibition titled "Visionary Africa: Art at Work". The exhibition will run until July 2 at National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe. The main ...
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwes president said Thursday that homosexuality doesnt belong in Zimbabwe and it violates womens rights by denying the union of men and women needed to bear children.
Robert Mugabe, 88, speaking at a womens HIV/Aids and gender rights conference in Harare, said the "gay world" goes against nature.
After earlier remarks by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay referring to the criminalization of...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Wildlife authorities say rangers shot dead a poacher in northwestern Zimbabwe and seized 28 elephant tusks from a bush hideout. The National Parks and Wildlife Authority said in a statement Tuesday the poacher, aged about 50 ...
Now that the United Nations has asked Robert Mugabe to be a global leader for tourism, I’m trying to come up with a good ad campaign for Zimbabwe to help it attract more international visitors. How about: “Zimbabwe: Come for the fixed elections ...
Tsvangirai’s current tour of China seems to have unsettled Zanu-PF officials, who attacked the Zimbabwean prime minister over the size of his delegation and derided the trip as a “sightseeing” mission. Zimbabwe’s Herald newspaper, controlled by ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — State radio says 13 people died and six were seriously injured in Zimbabwe when a crowded minibus burst a tire and slammed into a tree. State radio reported Saturday that the passengers were worshippers headed to a church service in ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - State radio says all 178 miners affected by an underground fire in southwestern Zimbabwe are safe and have returned home to their families. The radio said Wednesday the last 65 miners trapped at the Mimosa platinum mine about 400 kilometres (248 miles) southwest of Harare were bro
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A London based music presenter with the UK's BBC broadcaster, who was arrested in Zimbabwe last week, has been slapped with fresh charges by Zimbabwean authorities.
Now that the United Nations has asked Robert Mugabe to be a global leader for tourism, I’m trying to come up with a good ad campaign for Zimbabwe to help it attract more international visitors.
He’s been named one of the world’s “worst dictators” for having a questionable human rights record, but that’s not keeping the United Nations from endorsing Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his regime as a “leader for tourism ...
DJ Cleo, who is currently riding on a wave of success with his latest offering "Sizohlangana KuFcebook", will have in tow a number of Harare DJs who are expected to add local flavour to the gig. Some of the local DJs are Devante, Khaos, Smallz and Fitzroy ...
Harare, May 25: On her first-ever visit to Zimbabwe, the top United Nations human rights official has urged President Robert Mugabe to ensure that the country’s next elections will be free and fair and held in a peaceful atmosphere. “It was a very ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Wildlife authorities say rangers shot dead a poacher in northwestern Zimbabwe and seized 28 elephant tusks from a bush hideout. The National Parks and Wildlife Authority said in a statement Tuesday the poacher, aged about 50 ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations human rights chief said Friday that Western sanctions against Zimbabwe’s president and his loyalists should be suspended, at least until elections, saying the measures have hurt the country’s poorest ...
HARARE -- "We have the power." That was the war cry of about 300 women meeting in the Zimbabwean capital after President Robert Mugabe officially opened the GlobalPower Women Network Africa conference. Composed of African women who aim to stop HIV ...
Green Fuel (Pvt) Ltd., a closely held Zimbabwean ethanol producer, has been ordered to restrict pollutants released into the local water supply from a $600 million plant built without the consent of the Environmental Management Agency, the ...
Stuff reports: Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe is the latest international envoy to represent the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. Mugabe gained the recognition despite a poor international reputation in which he is accused of ethnic cleansing, rigging elections and leading Zimbabwe’s ruined economy. University of Zimbabwe politics professor John Makumbe was surprised by the accolade. [...]
The United States Embassy in Harare on Thursday condemned Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party over the death of an activist this week. Cephas Magura, 67, was allegedly killed by Zanu-PF supporters during a May 26 rally organized by the ...
[The Herald]
THIRTEEN members of an apostolic sect died on the spot yesterday, while eight others were seriously injured when their kombi smashed onto a tree 50km from Harare on the Bindura Road.
The Zimbabwe president, accused of ethnic cleansing and bankrupting his country, asked to champion tourism Share Email David Smith in Johannesburg guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 29 May 2012 16.59 BST Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe at National Heroes Acre in Harare Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has been asked by the UN to champion tourism. Photograph: Aaron Ufumeli/EPA/Corbis With a line-up that includes Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando...
Cricket365.comAshraful back for BangladeshCricket365.comMushfiqur Rahim will lead the side, with Mohammad Mahmudullah named as vice-captain. Bangladesh arrive in Harare on 13 June and will play Zimbabwe in the first game of the tournament four days later. Squad: Mushfiqur Rahim (captain), ...Ashraful makes Bangladesh returnECB.co.ukBangladesh name squad for SA, ZimbabweThe News InternationalAshraful recalled for Zimbabwe T20sESPNcricinfo.com...
Mugabe has been accused of ethnic cleansing, strictly controlling elections and the press, and ruining Zimbabwe’s economy. The Zimbabwe president is an unlikely choice for the post of UN ambassador, which normally is reserved for high-profile ...
Often it is assumed that dictatorships are completely, absolutely bad. Rotten to the core. The businessmen of that nation are corrupt. The students who are lucky enough to be in school are children of officials. The successful artists are apolitical.
“Zimbabwe has just celebrated its 32 years of self-rule, all dominated by one political party and the same ‘big man’. It is a country at a crossroad… in dire need of renewal, and that renewal can no longer come from the old-guard nor the party of independence,” writes Tapera Kapuya, a Zimbabwean analyst with the [...]
"Zimbabwe has just celebrated its 32 years of self-rule, all dominated by one political party and the same 'big man'. It is a country at a crossroad... in dire need of renewal, and that renewal can no longer come from the old-guard nor the party of independence," writes Tapera Kapuya, a Zimbabwean analyst with the National Endowment for Democracy in Australia.
"... The current situation suggests considerable cause for concern for anyone...
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe attends the 16th African Union summit in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa Jan. 30.Reuters Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe who is accused of ethnic cleansing, has reportedly been asked by the United ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Sixty-five miners are awaiting rescue underground at a platinum mine on Tuesday after conveyor equipment collapsed in southern Zimbabwe. National Mine Workers Union head Shadreck Pelewelo said that 20 miners were rescued ...
Zimbabwe Vigil said Mr Trelawny - who presents classical magazine programme Music Matters, Radio 3's evening topical drive-time show In Tune and Radio 3 Live in Concert - was being held in the capital Harare. He was taken into custody on Thursday evening ...
Most operators import their own fuel and prices set separately. Most service stations, at about the afternoon close, although there are a number, and provide 24-hour service. PRLog (Press Release) - May 30, 2012 - Harare is a beautiful country and very ...
Robert Mugabe may be under a European travel ban for human rights abuses but that hasn’t stopped him becoming a champion of tourism for Zimbabwe. The president has received the unlikely honour from the United Nations, which is keen for him to show his ...
This week’s SADC summit, which begins on Thursday in Luanda, Angola, will focus particularly on the next steps Zimbabwe will take before ... with JOMIC and their insistence for Mugabe to make democratic reforms ahead of new elections ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe – A mineworkers union says 65 miners are trapped underground at a platinum mine in southern Zimbabwe. National Mine Workers Union head Shadreck Pelewelo said Tuesday that 20 miners were rescued after conveyor equipment ...
The Zimbabwean president apparently spoke of his love for the new European champion in a chat with African players. Mugabe, 88, told former Zimbabwe captain Benjani Mwaruwari, "I am a Chelsea and Barcelona supporter, and I always want them to score.
"The flights are timed to ensure easy connections from various ... Royal Swazi Airlines and Air Seychelles, Air Tanzania, Ghana Airways, Air Uganda and Air Cameroon. However, the increase in airlines flying into the country in recent months is a major ...
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (AP) - Organizers of a classical music festival in Zimbabwe say authorities arrested a prominent British music personality at a concert in the second city of Bulawayo.The city's Academy of Music said Saturday that Petroc Trelawny, the presenter of top classical music programs for the British Broadcasting Corp., ...
HARARE - Zimbabwe's finance minister has ruled out holding elections this year, saying the troubled nation does not have enough money to fund the polls. He blamed the problem on diamond mining firms failing to pay the government its share of revenue.
Addressing journalists in Harare, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said it was essential that the country’s precious stones help turn around the nation’s fortunes. As a result of diamond...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - A mineworkers union says 65 miners are trapped underground at a platinum mine in southern Zimbabwe. National Mine Workers Union head Shadreck Pelewelo said Tuesday that 20 miners were rescued after conveyor equipment collapsed at the ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Sixty-five miners are awaiting rescue underground at a platinum mine on Tuesday after conveyor equipment collapsed in southern Zimbabwe. National Mine Workers Union head Shadreck Pelewelo said that 20 miners were rescued after the ...
[JURIST] The top UN human rights official urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday to ensure that Zimbabwe's next elections are legitimate and free from violence [press release]. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile; JURIST news archive], visiting Zimbabwe for the first time, stated in the press release that her meeting with Mugabe was productive:It was a very...
The Senior Women National Team, Super Falcons, will on Thursday travel out of Nigeria through South Africa, ahead of this weekend's 2012 African Women Championship qualifying match against their Zimbabwean counterparts in Harare. The delegation will fly ...
(AP) HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe’s justice minister says there is no state sponsored violence in his nation and after meeting with the U.N. human rights chief, he vows not to recognize gay rights. Patrick Chinamasa said Monday he told U.N ...
Now celebrating his 88th birthday and his 32nd year in power, the documentary 'Robert Mugabe...What Happened?' unravels this hapless story from the beginning through interviews and both professional and amateur film footage. Mugabe came from a very poor ...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who is slated to face opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in a run-off election on June 27, said today that the opposition would never govern Zimbabwe as long as he is alive, vowing to "go to war" if the Movement for ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's justice minister says there is no state sponsored violence in his nation and after meeting with the U.N. human rights chief, he vows not to recognize gay rights. Patrick Chinamasa said Monday he told U.N ...
WHILE Harare was awash with high-profile events, among them,the Benjani Mwaruwari Testimonial Match as well as a gig featuring Nigerian musician Flavour who shared the stage with local superstar Oliver Mtukudzi, those who couldn't grace these occasions ...
Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development Minister Olivia Muchena was yesterday among the outstanding women honoured at the inaugural Professional Women Executives and Business Women's Forum in Harare. She received the Gender and Equality Award in ...
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The drafting of a new constitution was said to be 'back on track' after COPAC reached 'common ground' on contentious issues during a meeting in Harare on Wednesday.
US won't lift Zimbabwe sanctions Zim politician goes AWOL with show car Zimbabwe clears way for new charter Zim faces 9 hour power cuts daily Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly told a former minister in his government that he wants to ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world human rights chief. Officials said Sunday that Navi ...
Zimbabwe's Richest Man Honored By Morehouse College - Forbes: Morehouse College, an all-male institution and one of America’s oldest historically black colleges, awarded Zimbabwean telecom tycoon Strive Masiyiwa an honorary doctorate in recognition for his philanthropic and humanitarian work across the African continent.
A total of 31 students graduated from the Robert Gabriel Mugabe School of Intelligence in Harare on Friday. The college, launched by Mugabe in October 2007, is primarily meant to churn out graduates who will work for the notorious Central ...
FC PLATINUM coach Rahman Gumbo has noted the jibe from his CAPS United counterpart Sean Connor and has warned the Harare side that he could have the last laugh at the end of their Premiership clash at the National Sports Stadium today. Connor stoked the ...
HARARE, May 23, 2012 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) -- Platinum miner Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP.LN) said Wednesday work at its Zimbabwe Mimosa mine will resume Monday May 28 less than a week after a fire there trapped workers underground for some hours.
HARARE – Platinum miner Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (AQP.LN) said Wednesday work at its Zimbabwe Mimosa mine will resume Monday May 28 less than a week after a fire there trapped workers underground for some hours. Work stopped at Mimosa mine, a 50 ...
[The Herald]
POLICE will today deploy enough human resources to ensure the safety of the people and visitors during the Benjani Mwaruwari testimonial match at the National Sports Stadium Harare provincial police spokesperson, James Sabau, yesterday said they were expecting a huge crowd at the stadium and they were going to deploy both uniformed and plain-clothed details.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe wildlife authorities say rangers shot and killed two marauding elephants after a man was trampled and gored to death in the country's northeast.
State radio reported Saturday the man died late Friday when a herd of about 19 elephants roamed into a village farming district near the Mozambique border. It said rangers were trying to drive the herd back into unpopulated areas spanning the frontier...
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- An animal welfare group in Zimbabwe says poachers are now targeting rare anteaters because of a growing demand for exotic animal parts for Asian traditional medicine. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Zimbabwe's prime minister said Tuesday that political violence is continuing despite denials by perpetrators who have targeted his supporters. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, a day after
HARARE, Zimbabwe -- United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay held an hour-long meeting Wednesday with Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, as part of a week-long trip to the country. "I commended the president's calls that ...
The house building boom across Harare, Zimbabwe has caused land degradation as the scramble for building sand has fuelled rampant sand poaching. Truck loads of sand are transported daily from illegal extraction locations dotted across the city to construction sites; but as the sand poachers smile all the way to the bank they leave behind yawning craters on the earth's surface. Harare Residents Trust Director Precious Shumba blamed the absence...
HARARE (Reuters) - A BBC radio presenter has been arrested in Zimbabwe and charged with working without a permit, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. Petroc Trelawny was detained in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, on Thursday while attending an arts ...
HARARE, May 27 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - A BBC radio presenter has been arrested in Zimbabwe and charged with working without a permit, his lawyer told Reuters on Sunday. Petroc Trelawny was detained in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city, on Thursday while ...
The former Nigerian manager admitted that the game against Zimbabwe will be tough but said they will face the opponents with confidence. "The women (Falcons) are very fit and mobile and we are ready for Zimbabwe. "The game will not be an easy one but we ...
Harare - On Sunday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived in Zimbabwe where she is assessing the various allegations that the state is sponsoring violence. Various independent groups have compiled reports that ...
HARARE May 22 (Reuters) - United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday called on Zimbabwe to take steps to prevent a repeat of 2008 political violence in elections that are due next ...
No reason was given for dropping the charges, he said. BBC reporters were banned from Zimbabwe in 2001, when President Robert Mugabe's government accused the broadcaster of reporting lies. But the ban was lifted in 2009 after Mugabe's ZANU-PF ...
Rose Benton, co-ordinator of London-based campaign group Zimbabwe ... Zimbabwean jails are notorious for poor conditions and President Robert Mugabe, 88, who has ruled the country for 30 years, is decried by activists as one of the worst ...
HARARE (Reuters) - About sixty miners were trapped at Zimbabwe's Mimosa mine following an accident on Monday evening, the president of the local miner workers union said. "There are 85 people who were trapped at 5:30 pm yesterday but more than ...
Harare — UNITED Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms Navanethem Pillay arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday for a five-day visit to assess the human rights situation in the country. Ms Pillay, a former South African High Court judge, is in Zimbabwe at ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- State prosecutors in Zimbabwe say an opposition politician at a Ford Motor Co. car show got into the latest model on display and drove it away. He faces car theft charges in court next month. Court papers made available ...
The main talking point was said to be Webster Shamu, the ZANU-PF national political ... being flying between ZANU-PF's Constitution Parlia-mentary Select Committee point-man, Paul Mangwana and Jonathan Moyo, the sharp-tongued politburo member who shadows ...
President Robert Mugabe inspects the guard of honour during the opening ceremony of the Parliament in Harare, Tuesday, July, 13, 2010. The Southern African state has established a coalition government and is drafting a new constitution., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Security services ready to defend Zimbabwe: Minister Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:00 Herald ReporterThe country’s security and intelligence services are...
National Mine Workers Union head Shadreck Pelewelo said that 20 miners were rescued after the incident which caused a fire at the Mimosa platinum mine about 400 kilometers (248 miles) southwest of the capital, Harare. Mining company Implats said ...
HARARE, — U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay arrived Sunday in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world rights chief. Officials said Pillay's weeklong trip is at the ...
President Mugabe of Zimbabwe with Queen of Buganda Slyvia Magginda Nnangareka (second from right) and Nigerian Finance Minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-lweala (right) while Victor Carvalho of the Angolan Embassy looks on at the Harare Center on May 24, 2012., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.President in SA for Diaspora summit Friday, 25 May 2012 00:00 Takunda Maodza in Pretoria, South AfricaZimbabwe HeraldPRESIDENT Mugabe...
United States gospel artiste Michael W. Smith will headline the Crossline Music Worship Festival slated for Harare in August. The Grammy Award-winning musician is billed to share the stage with another top US gospel artiste, Nicole C. Mullen, who has ...
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe greeting ZANU-PF officials at a Politburo meeting of the ruling party of this Southern African nation. Zimbabwe has set a standard for dealing with imperialism and neo-colonialism on the continent., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Champion women’s rights, Africa urged Friday, 25 May 2012 00:00 Obert Chifamba Senior ReporterZimbabwe HeraldPRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday challenged...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — State prosecutors in Zimbabwe say an opposition politician at a Ford Motor Company car show got into the latest model on display and drove it away. He faces car theft charges in court next month. Court papers made available ...
Pascal Chimbonda of France, Ghana's John Pantsil, former Zimbabwe captain Peter Ndlovu and South Africans Lucas Radebe and Aaron Mokoena also played. The Zimbabwe national side beat the All-Stars 7-4 with Benjani playing on both teams and ...
Deputy Minister Gift Chimanikire was quoted by The Herald newspaper as saying that Harare was not benefiting much from the diamonds due to the nature of the agreements. Companies mining diamonds in Marange had entered into 50-50 joint ventures with the ...
The Malawi government, which sent a high-powered delegation to Zimbabwe last week to demand payment of a $23 million debt for maize supplied four years ago, has managed to force Harare to part with at least $10 million and settle the rest in installments.
HARARE, 21 May 2012 (IRIN) - Bright Makakai, 41, is constantly advised by a farming programme he listens to on his solar-powered radio to “plant small grains” in the ... UN agencies, including the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture ...
[UN News]
On her first-ever visit to Zimbabwe, the top United Nations human rights official has urged President Robert Mugabe to ensure that the country's next elections will be free and fair and held in a peaceful atmosphere.
However, it was their win over the Warriors -- who are coached by Sables mentor Brandon Dawson -- that showed that new Sportivo coach Blessing "Bhuru" Chiutare's men mean business. After the weekend games, the Lions still managed to retain their number one ...
[The Herald]
THE African Union should appoint Zimbabwe to mediate in the dispute between the Republic of Sudan and South Sudan since Harare does not have an interest in the matter, an official said yesterday. In a wide ranging interview, Sudanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Elsidieg Abdalla, said his government preferred the African Union to resolve its dispute with Juba and not the United Nations.
HARARE, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government has received 293 million U.S. dollars from the sale of 11.9 million carats of diamonds by local miner Mbada Diamonds since August 2010. Mbada Diamonds in which government has a 50 percent stake through ...
A shortage of beds at Harare Central Hospitals has forced authorities to discharge mothers who would have delivered babies on the same day instead of the recommended three days. An average of 50 babies are born daily at the hospital. The new mothers are ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's prime minister said Tuesday that political violence is continuing despite denials by perpetrators who have targeted his supporters.Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay, a day after President Robert Mugabe's party, in a fragile three-year coalition government, insisted to the envoy there was no state-sponsored violence in the country...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) Zimbabwe's president said Wednesday that political violence must be "buried in the past" to move the nation toward free and unhindered elections. In a rare departure from his usual finger-pointing at opponents and critics, President Robert Mugabe,
Some underprivileged Zimbabwean students, recently granted scholarships by the United States Embassy in Harare to study in various U.S. universities, are investing in local communities ahead of their departure some time later in the year. The students told ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s state power company says it is implementing power cuts of at least nine hours a day as the winter season begins in the southern African nation. The Zimbabwe Electricity Company says the outages, known as load shedding ...
Africa is the second largest continent in world.It is well known due to its amazing forests and beauty of Nature.Harare is the most beautiful city of Zimbabwe.it is the center of attention for people of all over the world.So,for the ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — In a May 10 story about a Zimbabwe home for the elderly visited by Britain's Princess Diana, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Princess Diana opened the home in 1993. Princess Diana opened a new wing at the home ...
HARARE - United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has begun a five-day visit to Zimbabwe at the invitation of President Robert Mugabe. The president invited the U.N. human rights chief in hopes of clearing his government, which for years has been accused of being a gross violator of human rights. Civil society groups say Pillay will not see Zimbabwe's actual human rights situation during her visit.
Pillay, a former...
A BBC classical music presenter arrested by the Zimbabwean authorities for allegedly "working without a permit" was in the country doing charity work raising funds for under- privileged children, friends said.
HARARE, Zimbabwe—Zimbabwe's state power company says it is implementing power cuts of at least nine hours a day as the winter season begins in the southern African nation. The Zimbabwe Electricity Company says the outages, known as load ...
Several innocent passersby and minibus passengers were reportedly injured this week in accidents caused by overzealous police in Harare, as the war between the minibus crews and police re-surfaced. One unconfirmed report said a taxi driver accused of ...
[Zimbabwe Standard]
Bulawayo -
President Robert Mugabe wants to retire but he fears that if he leaves now, Zanu-PF will disintegrate and the country degenerate into a possible civil war, former confidant and comrade-in-arms, Enos Nkala yesterday said.
Anjin is heavily involved in the extraction of diamonds in Chiadzwa in a controversial joint venture with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Presenting his state of the economy report for March 2012 in Harare yesterday, Biti charged that government had not ...
Robert Mugabe, 88, speaking at a women's HIV/Aids and gender rights conference in Harare, said the "gay world" goes against nature. After earlier remarks by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay referring to the criminalization of homosexuality in ...
The N.Y. Times documents Mugabe's attempt to put more of Zimbabwe's mineral wealth in the hands of the indigenous black population. Fascinating stuff: According to Zimbabwe’s indigenization law, black Zimbabweans must own 51 percent of shares of foreign companies operating...
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (BNO NEWS) -- At least 21 people were killed on Monday when a passenger bus overturned in southeastern Zimbabwe, local media reported. Dozens more were injured.
The accident occurred near the village of Ngundu in Zimbabwe's Masvingo P...
AFRICAN music has stolen the heart of renowned Canadian pianist Robert Chambers. Chambers who was in the country for the Harare International Festival of the Arts (Hifa) held a show with Prudence Katomeni-Mbofana after the festival. The duo performed at a ...
A NEW feature film entitled "Harare" by film producer Lloyd Chikwama will premiere on the streets of Harare in a two weeks' time. The movie seeks to instill hope in people by telling them that no matter what situation they might go through, they can still ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe _ Three sex workers accused of raping 17 men in Zimbabwe were freed on Thursday after a magistrate found no evidence against them.
The women, all in their 20s, were arrested last year after being stopped at a police roadblock. A...
She spoke after meeting Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who joined veteran leader President Robert Mugabe in a unity government after the violent presidential run-off in which 200 of Tsvangirai's supporters were killed. Pillay told reporters ...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ramped up his anti-gay rhetoric Thursday, saying same-sex relationships violate the rights of women by making impossible the union of men and women needed to bear children. “When a man says he wants to get married to a ...
In what ended up being a tale of two halves, Harare Sports Club dominated the first half with three converted tries by Danny Hondo, Tongai Nyamuramba and Gerald Sibanda. Flyhalf Ranga Zimbowa, who slotted home all the conversions, also chipped in with a penalty.
Zambian President Michael Sata is in Zimbabwe on a three day official visit. Sata was greeted at the Harare International Airport by President Robert Mugabe and other government officials., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Sata arrives on 3-day State visit Thursday, 26 April 2012 00:00 .Sydney Kawadza and Takunda Maodza Zimbabwe HeraldZAMBIAN President Michael Sata arrived in Harare yesterday for a three-day State...
[Financial Gazette]
PLANS to mobilise a coalition against President Robert Mugabe in the forthcoming polls appear dead in the water due to divisions among the country's political parties opposed to ZANU-PF's continued rule, The Financial Gazette can reveal.
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s prime minister says political violence is continuing despite denials by perpetrators who have targeted his supporters. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met with U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Commissioner Navi ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - An elderly home opened by Britain's Princess Diana in a Zimbabwe township during her African charity crusades has run out of money nearly two decades after its opening, workers at the home said Thursday. The Society for the Aged ...
It was the striker's second brace of the season which took his tally to five goals ... the 14th minute to rifle home a stinger which hit the woodwork first enroute the back of the net past a hapless Shabanie goalie Victor Twaliki. Three minutes later ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's longtime president says splits and greed are threatening his party ahead of elections he is pushing for this year. President Robert Mugabe told mourners Friday at a state funeral for a longtime party stalwart that ...
The U.N. human rights chief says Zimbabwe's longtime President Robert Mugabe blamed the country's current problems on its past during talks in Harare. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay met with Mr. Mugabe on Wednesday.
Harare Water director Engineer Christopher Zvobgo said the Morton Jaffray Plant will ... The leak is on the 1300mm pipeline that feeds water from the treatment plant to Warren Control pumping mains in Warren Park. "To repair the mains, there is need ...
[Zimbabwe Independent]
THE military and police chiefs have launched a spirited campaign on behalf of President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF ahead of the next do-or-die elections to regain ground lost to the MDC parties in the last polls.
HARARE, 11 April 2012 (IRIN) - Simon Dube*, 15, has just been released from a Zimbabwean jail after serving a three-month sentence for theft. After his arrest he was detained for two days in a holding cell in Harare, where he alleged police assaulted him to extract a confession that he stole goods from his neighbour's home.
HARARE, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government is drafting a new mining development policy to facilitate the recovery of the mining industry through the mobilization of more than 5 billion U.S. dollars. According to reports by ZBC News on Saturday ...
THE Harare Basketball Association league will stage their outstanding matches at Richwood tomorrow, as the curtain comes down on the season. The matches were postponed last week. The 2011-2012 league officially ended last week with Mbare Heat being crowned ...
Debutants Harare City had their first taste of a premiership victory when they dismissed Gunners 2-1 at Gwanzura on Saturday. Quinton Masika and Willard Kalongonda scored for City on seven and 89th minutes respectively while Gunners got their consolation ...
Heritage NewspapersMANCHESTER: Pastor from Zimbabwe visiting United MethodistHeritage NewspapersSifiso Mpofu from Harare, Zimbabwe at 7 pm Sunday. The Rev. Mpofu is principal of the United Theological College in Harare. As the largest Protestant ecumenical seminary in sub-Saharan Africa, UTC has trained the vast majority of pastors indigenous to ...and more »
President Robert Mugabe regularly tells Zimbabweans that British spies are operating in the country to effect what he calls "regime change." Mr Trelawny was appearing at a festival run by the Bulawayo Music Academy, a music school which struggles to survive.
Navanethem Pillay praised Mugabe’s strong message against political violence and urged him to work harder to ensure future elections were free of intimidation and coercion. Pillay told reporters part of their talks, lasting two hours, had involved a ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s longtime president said splits and greed are threatening his party ahead of elections he is pushing for this year during a spirited speech at the funeral of a party stalwart Friday. President Robert Mugabe told ...
DYNAMOS coach Callisto Pasuwa has urged his players to develop a strong mental attitude as they face a rejuvenated Shabanie Mine in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match at Maglas this afternoon. The match kicks-off at 3pm. The Harare giants ...
HARARE, 16 April 2012 (IRIN) - Maria Saungweme, 42, an informal trader and single mother from the low-income suburb of Glen Norah in the Zimbabwean capital Harare, uses sewage-infested river water to irrigate her two-acre vegetable plot.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 12 (UPI) -- Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's 88-year-old president, dispelled rumors he was near death as he returned home from a visit to Singapore. Mugabe and his wife, Grace, arrived in Harare Thursday morning. They were met ...
HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly told a former minister in his government that he wants to retire but fears his party would disintegrate, an independent weekly said on Sunday. 'From what we discussed, Mugabe said he ...
THE Harare Basketball Association league will stage their outstanding matches at Richwood tomorrow, as the curtain comes down on the season. The matches were postponed last week.The 2011-2012 league officially ended last week with Mbare Heat being crowned champions in the men's category while Varsity Leopards defended their title in the women's section.The four outstanding games will see City Hornets taking on Hustlaz while JBC have a date...
24 de mayo de 2012, 11:28Harare, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told the UN High Commissioner Navi Pillay, this country will hold elections in 2012, although no exact date has been set for this process. According to the daily The ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe - An elderly home opened by Britain's Princess Diana in a Zimbabwe township during her African charity crusades has run out of money nearly two decades after its opening, workers at the home said. The Society for the Aged ...
Using U.S. Dollars, Zimbabwe Finds a Problem: No Change HARARE, Zimbabwe — When Zimbabweans say they are waiting for change, they are usually talking about politics. After all, the country has had the same leader since 1980. But these days,...
[The Herald]
PRESIDENT Mugabe and his Zambian counterpart Michael Sata have been appointed United Nations international tourism ambassadors in recognition of the promotion and development of tourism. In an interview yesterday on the sidelines of the
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe wildlife authorities say rangers shot and killed two marauding elephants after a man was trampled and gored to death in the country's northeast. State radio reported Saturday the man died late Friday when a herd of about ...
THOSE who have never been to the spectacular Chinhoyi Caves will find solace in a novel entertainment concept that has been introduced in Harare. All the trappings that evoke the tourist attraction have been captured in the form of Mubako Bar or simply The ...
Iran distributing hardline Islamic material in Zimbabwe By Staff Reporter 03/04/2012 12:09:00 (President Robert Mugabe and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) HARARE In a move likely to cause panic in the region and ratchet up tensions between President Robert Mugabe and Western governments, Iran has started distributing hard-line Islamic materials in Zimbabwe with the blessing of Zanu-PF criminal cabal, an Iranian news agency said...
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's RioZim Limited has opened talks with Rio Tinto in a bid to take full control of the Murowa diamond mine as the global mining major seeks to leave the gem business, a key shareholder said on Thursday. Rio Tinto has a ...
[Zimbabwe Standard]
Harare -
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will only anoint a successor in his Zanu PF party after elections, which the 88-year-old leader wants held this year hoping to win against all odds. Mugabe insisted last week he would not quit power until after all foreign-owned businesses have ceded majority ownership to blacks.
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights has arrived in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world human rights chief. Officials said Sunday that Navi Pillay’s week-long trip is at the ...
[SW Radio]
A Zimbabwean human rights group has threatened South Africa's chief crime fighting unit with international legal action, over on ongoing probe into the illegal renditions of Zimbabwean citizens from South Africa.
[Financial Gazette]
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has all but admitted ZANU-PF is riddled with factionalism from the grassroots to the top echelons of the party, seriously threatening his re-election bid in polls he wants held this year without fail.
Robert Mugabe has reportedly blamed Zimbabwe's current problems on historical influences, in a meeting Wednesday with the visiting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay. The UN Human Rights chief met with Mugabe at his state house ...
A South African judge on Tuesday ordered prosecutors to investigate whether Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government committed human rights abuses, saying it would benefit Zimbabweans tortured in their homeland and South Africans determined to see their own government live up to its international responsibilities.
HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 26 (UPI) -- Officials say a vicious cycle of poverty ... especially gold," the authority said in a November 2011 statement. "Rivers have been reduced to rivulets." John Robertson, an economic consultant based in Harare ...
Harare - China continues to make its presence known in parts of Africa, including Zimbabwe. Many Chinese companies and public officials are working closely with their Zimbabwean counterparts as the Asian economic powerhouse persists in its ...
Zimbabwe probes worker abuse by Chinese firmsSeattle Post IntelligencerGILLIAN GOTORA, AP HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's government is investigating persistent reports of rampant abuse of workers by Chinese employers, the labor minister said Tuesday. A team of investigators has already started visiting Chinese ...
[The Herald]
With Big Brother StarGame now rolling Zimbabweans are busy voting to keep our fellow countrymen in the running for the big prize but there is another young Zimbabwean hoping that you will cast your vote for him.
After suspending operations early this year due to viability problems, Air Zimbabwe resumed domestic flights on Wednesday with one of its planes flying from Bulawayo to the capital, Harare, with only three passengers. State Enterprises Minister Gorden Moyo ...
HARARE City council will soon demolish all illegal structures mushrooming in some suburbs and the city centre. The city's public relations manager Mr Leslie Gwindi said they were going to pull down all illegal structures. "It is our mandate as council to ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe – Prosecutors in Zimbabwe said Thursday they have dropped charges against three women accused of raping men to collect their semen for tribal rituals after DNA tests failed to link them to 17 men who claimed they were victims.
[Financial Gazette]
SAVIOUR Kasukuwere, the firebrand Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister, whose political star is on a meteoric rise, has spoken for the first time on speculation linking him to the covert race to succeed President Robert Mugabe, which race has caused serious divisions in ZANU-PF.
[Zimbabwe Independent]
FACTIONALISM and infighting within Zanu PF, which has ruled Zimbabwe for over three decades, is now reaching boiling point as President Robert Mugabe battles to keep the centre holding ahead of the next crucial elections.
[Sokwanele]
Johannesburg -
In a landmark decision for local and international justice, the North Gauteng High Court ruled this morning that the South African authorities must investigate Zimbabwean officials, who are accused of involvement in torture and crimes against humanity in Zimbabwe.
David Moyo is a young Zimbabwean refugee, and an activist against the Mugabe regime. The British Home Office is trying to forcibly remove him to Zimbabwe tonight, from Heathrow via Nairobi on Virgin Airways flight VS671 at 9pm. If he is taken to Zimbabwe he will face imprisonment, torture or even death.
[Financial Gazette]
ZIMBABWEAN bred rust-resistant soya bean varieties have attracted significant interest in the world's greatest farming regions, with government revealing last week that Harare-produced soya bean seeds had landed in the United States (US) and Brazil.
HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe arrived home from Asia on Thursday morning as his party denied reports he had suffered a health emergency. Mugabe, 88, was met at the main Harare airport by party leaders and military chiefs under normal protocol.
Republic of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe lights the torch commemorating the 32nd anniversary of national independence of this Southern African nation. Zimbabwe won its freedom from British imperiaism in 1980., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Address by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Comrade R G Mugabe, on the occasion of Zimbabwe’s 32nd...
HARARE, May 25 (Bernama) - The Zimbabwe government has launched a manual to guide the commercialisation, privatisation and restructuring strategies of state enterprises and parastatals (SEPs), New Ziana reported.
HARARE — An elderly home opened by Britain's Princess Diana in a Zimbabwe township during her ... elderly given shelter with only a few months of funding left, administrator Louise Allaart said. She said the home has space for 50 people but can only ...
Zarah Finnigan beat Botswana based Tinaye Muzenyi 6-0, 6-1 before she lost to Rumbidzai Ugaro 6-3, 3-6, 5-7. Harare tennis board member for development, Nesbert Chirewa said the tournament started on a high note with the players displaying a higher level ...
[SW Radio]
Dozens of journalists camped at the Harare International Airport on Wednesday waiting for the expected arrival of Robert Mugabe. The 88 year snuck out of the country for Singapore eleven days ago, sparking days of frenetic speculation about his health and reports that he was on his 'deathbed'.
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's president has arrived home from Asia under intense speculation about his health.Robert Mugabe's party dismissed reports he had been gravely ill as "a lot of hogwash" by hostile Western media organizations. He was met at the airport by party leaders and military chief under normal protocol and did not speak to waiting reporters.The 88-year-old has made ten trips to Singapore in the past 16 months, reportedly...
There will only be one representative of the Nigeria Professional Golfers Association at this weekend’s Zimbabwe Open in Harare. Oche Odoh,ranked fourth on the latest PGA Order of Merit list, will be flying Nigeria’s flag at the tourney as he departed on Sunday with the optimism of winning a medal. The Zimbabwe Open is a [...]
[Financial Gazette]
SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma has for several months been rumoured to be planning to travel to Harare to engage the protagonists in the Zimbabwe crisis over progress made in implementing the Global Political Agreement (GPA) - the document that binds the three parties in the government of national unity (GNU).
HARARE (AFP) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday lashed out at the “selfish” West for denying Nigerian finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala the opportunity to head the World Bank. Okonjo-Iweala, a respected economist, last month lost the ...
Workers in Zimbabwe are beginning to benefit from Employee Share Ownership Schemes being set up under the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment drive. Above, President Mugabe launches the Schweppes Employee Share Ownership Scheme in December 2011., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.Indigenisation boon for workers Tuesday, 01 May 2012 00:00 Tawanda Musarurwa Business ReporterZimbabwe HeraldTHE Government has approved...
So far a lot has been said about Zimbabwean housemate Roki whether good or bad it seems the bloke's strategy of less is more is keeping everyone in suspense. More often than not, viewers think Roki was the right person to represent Zimbabwe with all his ...
Prosecutors have dropped charges against three Zimbabwean women accused of raping male hitch-hikers to collect semen for rituals, after DNA evidence exonerated them, their lawyer said Thursday."The state has withdrawn the charges," Dumisani Mthombeni told AFP."The police arrested the wrong people. We have always been saying that and the prosecution was buying time to delay the trial because they knew they lacked any evidence."
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly told a former minister in his government that he wants to retire but fears his party would disintegrate, an independent weekly said on Sunday. "From what we discussed, Mugabe said he is tired and wants to ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe's labor minister says the government is investigating persistent reports of rampant abuse of workers by Chinese employers. Labor Minister Paurina Mupariwa said at Workers' Day celebrations Tuesday a team of ...
The U.N. human rights chief says Zimbabwe must work to prevent a replay of the violence that undermined the country's 2008 elections. Navi Pillay met with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai in Harare Tuesday, as she continued a five-day visit to ...
HARARE, Zimbabwe, April 10 (UPI) -- Zimbabwe's 88-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, will end a private visit to Singapore Wednesday and return to his African nation, aides said. The officials told The Africa Report there was no truth to rumors ...
On her first-ever visit to Zimbabwe, the top United Nations human rights official has urged President Robert Mugabe to ensure that the country’s next elections will be free and fair and held in a peaceful atmosphere. “It was a very important meeting ...
Foreign firms have come under pressure from President Robert Mugabe's government, which is championing an empowerment drive to transfer majority stakes to locals. In March, Impala Platinum, the world's second largest platinum miner, bowed to ...
Zimbabwe Vice President Joice Mujuru expressing condolences at the Malawi embassy in Harare. The Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika passed in early April 2012., a photo by Pan-African News Wire File Photos on Flickr.VP Mujuru mourns Malawi president Saturday, 14 April 2012 00:00Zimbabwe Herald Vice President Joice Mujuru signed a book of condolences for the late President Bingu wa Mutharika at the Malawi Embassy in Harare yesterday...
HARARE, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and the First Lady, Amai Grace Mugabe, on Thursday morning returned home back from Singapore where they had gone for the Easter holidays, state radio reported. They were met at the Harare ...
UN human rights chief Navi Pillay has begun a five-day visit to Zimbabwe, the first such trip since President Robert Mugabe seized power in a violent and disputed election in 2008. Mugabe was accused of deploying the Zimbabwean military to attack ...