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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Zimbabwe Star.com http://www.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/ en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0400 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:44:34 -0400 30 India's Leander Paes and Cara Black of Zimbabwe defeated Brazil's Andre Sa and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-3 to storm into the semi-finals of Wimbledon mixed doubles here Thursday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/514499/cs/1/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:50:05 -0400 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/514499/cs/1/ Beitbridge BureauSixteen bodies, the majority of them believed to be of Zimbabweans, were last week given paupers’ burials at Musina Cemetery in South Africa’s Limpopo Province.The bodies had been... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831791/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:45 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831791/ Court ReporterThe trial of Richfield Dingani Zinyemba on allegations of swindling a city businessman of R633 749,5 has been set for July 8.Dingani allegedly tricked Mr James Hunter into transferring t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831792/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:42 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831792/ Herald ReporterChitungwiza Town Council, which is battling to raise funds to pay its workers, has set Tuesday next week as the deadline for all ratepayers to pay their outstanding bills.The municipali... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831801/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:08 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831801/ (RTTNews) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced Thursday that it would not provide further financial assistance to Zimbabwe until the impoverished African country settles its existing deb... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25830378/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:43:54 -0400 Quote.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25830378/ Herald ReporterA National Library and Documentation Service Council has been appointed with an audit on the current state of the country’s libraries its first task.Harare lawyer Ms Nokuthula Moyo wi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831805/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:05 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831805/ Xinhua-Herald Reporter.CHINA has pledged to continue supporting Zimbabwe while vowing to boost ties with the country in the fields of mining, agriculture and construction. According to media reports ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831795/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:33 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831795/ Faced with mounting dissatisfaction within his formation of the Movement for Democratic Change, Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called for an urgent meeting with his partners in the co... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25826768/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:34:03 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25826768/ Herald ReporterZIMBABWE Newspapers has re-assigned most of the company’s editors to head the different newspaper and magazine titles with William Chikoto, current editor of the weekly Sunday Mail, t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831794/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:30 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831794/ Masvingo BureauA Masvingo man who stole 21 cattle has been jailed for an effective 37 years.Zakaria Chigome (46) of Sisk suburb in the city was convicted of stealing 21 cattle from a farmer, which he ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831803/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:00 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831803/ Though Zimbabwe has barely embarked on making a new constitution as a key step toward holding another round of elections after the disastrous ballots of 2008, debate has sprung up as to whether the cu... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827721/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:34:00 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827721/ Many HIV/AIDS activists in Zimbabwe have responded positively to news that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has shifted disbursing power to the United Nations Development Progra... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25825805/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:33:59 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25825805/ Herald ReporterTHE 2008 Grade Seven results are finally out, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council has announced.Zimsec director Mr Happy Ndanga yesterday said the results were being sent to all re... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831804/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:03 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831804/ By Innocent RuwendeTEACHERS threatening to strike over unfulfilled pay promises have been told that civil servants are likely to get proper salaries when Finance Minister Tendai Biti presents the mid-... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831799/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:18 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831799/ From Caesar Zvayi in SIRTE, LibyaPRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday met United States Under-Secretary of State for African Affairs Mr Johnnie Carson and Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbaso... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831800/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:14 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831800/ By Freeman RazembaSIX armed robbers yesterday raided Barclays Bank in Bulawayo and got away with US$50 000, R126 000 and 500 pound as robberies increase countrywide.Chief police spokesperson Senior As... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831797/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:27 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831797/ From Takunda Maodza in MUTARETHE head of the visiting Kimberley Process Certification Scheme team yesterday acknowledged efforts by the Government to rid the Chiadzwa diamond fields of illegal miners ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831798/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:21 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831798/ Municipal ReporterHarare City councillors have re-engaged town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi on the issue of former director of works Engineer Christopher Zvobgo after initially excluding him from a committ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831802/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:11 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831802/ Court ReportersA greedy extortionist ran out of luck when he upped his demands, seeking to wring another US$25 000 from a Harare businessman after he had already extorted US$11 000. The businessman, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831793/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:39 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831793/ Herald ReporterGOVERNMENT has started consultations on the Information Communication and Technology Bill which will repeal the Broadcasting Services Act, Postal and Telecomunications Act and amend som... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831796/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:02:36 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25831796/ Nicholas van Hoogstraten, the British property tycoon who became a friend of President Mugabe, has had charges of illegal currency dealing and possession of pornography dismissed by a Zimbabwe court... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25826738/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:31:43 -0400 Times Online http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25826738/ State Security Minister Sydney Sekeramayi on Wednesday stunned a Harare Court by denying that the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) was involved in the abduction of opposition and human rights a... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827718/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:49 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827718/ Michael Peter Hitschmann, who was initially arrested for allegedly plotting to assassinate Robert Mugabe at his birthday bash in Manicaland in 2006, was released on Thursday. Although the assassinati... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827720/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827720/ The top hierachy of the MDC will hold a two day strategic planning meeting beginning Friday, amid reports of lingering disagreements between party members over participation in the government. The si... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827719/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:59:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25827719/ Harare — Retired army officer Colonel Taurai Katuka, who died last Thursday, has been declared a provincial hero and will be buried at the Bindura Provincial Heroes Acre today. Col Katuka, who ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25822842/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:00:26 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25822842/ Zimbabwe's Vice President Joice Mujuru has said the last two and a half years have been seen an increase in economic cooperation between Zimbabwe and the People's Republic of China. Speaking at a meet... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817122/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:34 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817122/ The Zimbabwean government has secured a 60-million-U.S. dollar loan from a Tunisia-based African Export-Import Bank to boost tobacco production, local media said on Thursday. Finance Minister Tendai B... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817145/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:26 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817145/ Mutare — The illicit trade in diamonds has surged dramatically in this eastern border city amid reports senior police officers and soldiers have formed syndicates with wealthy foreign buyers and... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817971/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817971/ Harare — AFRICA First ReNaissance Corporation (Afre)'s property arm, Pearl Properties Ltd, plans to invest in new retail properties, particularly shopping malls and industrial parks, in the coun... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817970/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817970/ opinion Harare — THE Honourable Prime Minister of the Republic of Zimbabwe -- Morgan Tsvangirai and the party that he leads -- the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), should watch out. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817975/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:10 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817975/ Harare — INSURGENT LonZim Plc shareholders have escalated their battle against four of the group's directors, issuing an announcement that is likely to dismantle any defence that has so far prov... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817969/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817969/ Harare — IF only he had taken time to appreciate there are two sides to any coin and gauge the political mood before making what Zimbabweans abroad say was an offending statement, Prime Minister... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817976/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817976/ Harare — A CONSORTIUM of deep-pocketed investors led by astute banker Patterson Timba signalled its intention to control hospitality business, Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG), after increasing its s... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817977/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817977/ The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) has set up a taskforce chaired by its Trade and Investment Sub-committee to engage the government over the issue of tariff protection and accompanying me... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817974/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817974/ Harare — NIGEL Chanakira is wasting no time in finding potential suitors to recapitalise Kingdom Financial Holdings Limited (KFHL) and buy-out shareholders who may want to dispose of their stock... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817972/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:13 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817972/ analysis Harare — IT must have been a rude awakening for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his entourage when they were reportedly booed and heckled by disgruntled Zimbab-weans in the United... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817978/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817978/ Harare — MINING corporations operating in Zimbabwe on Tuesday defied an order by Mines and Mining Development Minister, Obert Mpofu, to boycott an international mining conference organised in Lo... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817968/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817968/ Greece has donated 650,000 U.S. dollars to Zimbabwe to help fight cholera and assist in food relief projects, The Herald said on Thursday. Speaking recently on the occasion of Greece's National Day, t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25816353/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:24 -0400 People's Daily http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25816353/ Harare — ZIMBABWE'S leading building societies have resumed short-term lending for property rehabilitation and may expand the portfolios to medium-term credit for new property development by the... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817973/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817973/ Harare — WOMEN have become the face of Aids in Africa. This is the chilling conclusion by the Southern Africa HIV and Aids Information Dissemination Services (SAFAIDS) in its latest report publ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817980/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817980/ Harare — SOUTH Africa's agri-processing group Tongaat Hulett has announced plans to consolidate its Zimbabwe sugar operations in its financial statements for the first half of this year, advisin... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817979/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:07 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817979/ Harare — The Kimberly Process, an international diamond certification body set up to curb trade in conflict diamonds has launched an investigation into reports that President Robert Mugabe's pre... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817981/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:06 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817981/ Harare — THE Movement for Democ-ratic Change (MDC) formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai risks losing its parliamentary majority following the conviction of three of its legislators ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817983/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:06 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817983/ The contentious document was crafted in September 2007 by representatives of the three main political parties in Kariba at the height of the negotiations among the protagonists to the Zimbabwe crisis.... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817982/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:05 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817982/ editorial Harare — WALTER Mzembi, then deputy water resources minister, told the nation last year that the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) was to sink boreholes at the University of Z... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817984/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:04 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817984/ Harare — NATIONAL power utility, ZESA Holdings this week said defaulting customers now owe the parastatal more than US$185 million in unsettled bills, some dating back to February this year. ZE... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817985/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:49:03 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25817985/ Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has begun deploying mobile network equipment worth USD200 million through contracts with Ericsson of Sweden and China’s ZTE, reports The Zimbabwe Guardian. Base station ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811108/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:09:11 -0400 TeleGeography http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811108/ Harare — Government has reviewed upwards monthly allowances for councillors and has left room for further adjustments depending on the performance of the councils. Urban councils such as Harare... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811097/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811097/ Harare — MUREHWA Constituency Senator Tendai Makunde, who is also a businessman and farmer, was yesterday taken to the Harare Civil Courts by a 20-year-old woman who is claiming maintenance for ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811094/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811094/ Harare — STUNG by the decision by his long-time lover to elope with another man, a Zvimba man hanged himself with barbed wire from a tree on Monday morning. Innocent Kaguda (28) of Chinyemba vi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811090/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811090/ Harare — ZIMBABWEANS should take precautions against the effects of ground frost as the cold spell that the country has been experiencing since Monday is expected to persist until early Septembe... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811099/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:14 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811099/ Harare — GOVERNMENT has secured a US$60 million loan from a Tunisia-based African Export-Import Bank to boost tobacco production, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. Tobacco is emerging as o... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811091/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811091/ Harare — The Zimbabwe Open University has signed agreements with a Botswana college and four local institutions that will see the colleges offering ZOU-accredited degrees and diplomas. In an in... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811095/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811095/ Harare — ZIMBABWE'S Warriors have plummeted to their worst ranking on the Fifa Coca-Cola monthly world table tumbling 15 places down the log and shedding a massive 54 points in just one month to... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811100/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:13 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811100/ Harare — Zimbabwe has joined one of the world's largest dancing platforms, Battle of the Year (BOTY), with Jibilika Entertainment set to host the first ever BOTY event on August 1. BOTY is a po... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811101/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:12 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811101/ Harare — POLICE yesterday released the names of 47 more suspected armed robbers, bringing to 87 the number of criminals on Zimbabwe's most wanted lists. Most of the suspects were released from ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811093/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811093/ Harare — GOVERNMENT has extended a US$10 million support facility to Harare City Council to upgrade water and sewerage services with town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi promising an ambitious 90-day pl... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811096/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:15 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811096/ Harare — One of the men suspected to have been terrorising Glen Norah residents has appeared before the Harare magistrates' courts facing two counts of murder and one of armed robbery. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811092/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811092/ Harare — Photographers who are participating in this year's Gwanza exhibition will have an opportunity of winning prize money worth US$1 000. Running under the theme Hope, the exhibition that o... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811103/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:11 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811103/ Harare — MUTARE West Member of the House of Assembly Shuah Mudiwa (MDC-T), his brother and a woman have been jailed for an effective four-and-a-half years each for kidnapping a 12-year-old girl ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811104/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:10 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811104/ Harare — The country's prisons are not overcrowded as there are about 14 000 inmates against a capacity of 18 000 following measures by Government to decongest the correctional facilities, a Cab... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811106/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:09 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811106/ Harare — COUNCILLORS and municipal officials should exhibit a spirit of inclusiveness-oriented development, avoid mudslinging, backbiting, harassing each other, and unnecessary suspensions, a Ca... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811107/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:51:08 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25811107/ Harare — Zimbabwean artists will join a host of others from the continent at the second Pan-African Festival of Algiers from July 5 to 20. A 60-member delegation from Zimbabwe - comprising musi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808106/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808106/ Harare — A SOUTH African company, Gyproc, has invested US$1,5 million in plant value for the manufacture of wall finishing plasters and ceiling boards in Zimbabwe. The company produces Rhinoset... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808107/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:19 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808107/ Harare — CARA Black and Liezel Huber closed in on their third Wimbledon women's doubles title when they stormed into the semi-finals of the third Grand Slam of the year in London yesterday. The... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808108/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:20 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808108/ opinion Harare — President Mugabe's pronouncement recently that Zanu-PF needs to "add a new sense of purpose and a dynamism that gives it versatility and adaptation to evoking politics of the t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808110/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:21 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808110/ Harare — Co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi has urged police officers and other officials manning the country's exit and entry points to be honest, transparent and professional when executing... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808113/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808113/ The formation of the inclusive Government in February under which all the political parties agreed to give priority to the restoration of economic stability and growth in Zimbabwe completely transform... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808115/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808115/ Harare — THE Church has a role to play in national healing and can bring people together. This was illustrated in song and dance at an event dubbed "Celebrating 30 Years of Methodism in Zimbabw... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808112/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:18 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808112/ Harare — Some Masvingo teachers are allegedly demanding buckets of maize and sweet potatoes from students who fail to raise school fees, a practice condemned by parents as a "raw deal" for them.... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808116/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808116/ editorial Harare — THE warning this week by the Government on the increase in illegally-imported baby formulas into the country must be taken seriously. This is a problem where fingers point d... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808114/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:17 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808114/ Harare — FINANCE Minister Tendai Biti will present his mid-term policy statement on July 16. Speaking on the sidelines of a function to receive 4 000 tonnes of soya beans from the Chinese gover... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808117/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:29:16 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25808117/ Harare - Zimbabwe's former finance minister, Simba Makoni, on Wednesday launched a new opposition party that promises to clean up the country's political landscape. Mavambo Kusile Dawn (MKD), meani... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25804674/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:54:40 -0400 IOL http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25804674/ Zimbabwe's high court Wednesday handed down a crushing blow to the government's case against a group of Movement for Democratic Change supporters and officials.Seven people who were accused of terrori... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794223/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:19 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794223/ A Kimberley Process review team in Zimbabwe to probe alleged mass killings by the military in an eastern diamond field was in the zone Wednesday seeking testimony from local residents who might have w... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794850/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:11 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794850/ Herald ReporterZIMBABWEANS should take precautions against the effects of ground frost as the cold spell that the country has been experiencing since Monday is expected to persist until early Septembe... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25799549/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:27:59 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25799549/ Herald ReporterTHE Greek Embassy in Harare has donated US$650 000 to Zimbabwe to help fight cholera and assist in food relief projects.Speaking recently on the occasion of Greece’s National Day, the... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25799538/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:41 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25799538/ Former Zimbabwean presidential candidate Simba Makoni announced on Wednesday that he was transforming the Mavambo Kusile Dawn campaign organization under which he ran for the country's highest office ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794851/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:10 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794851/ From Walter Nyamukondiwa in ChinhoyiThe country’s prisons are not overcrowded as there are about 14 000 inmates against a capacity of 18 000 following measures by Government to decongest the correct... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25799544/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:28:18 -0400 The Herald http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25799544/ President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, which has become a major recipient of food aid over the past decade, was to deliver remarks on agriculture to his fellow heads of state at the African Union summit... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25793973/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:49:08 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25793973/ Zimbabwe turns to China for $950m credit line By Tony Hawkins in Harare and Richard Lapper in Johannesburg Published: July 1 2009 03:43 | Last updated: July 1 2009 03:43 http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25798846/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:06:00 -0400 Financial Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25798846/ Zimbabwe's Highlanders Football Club has embarked on an aggressive marketing and fund-raising campaign to pay off its debts, especially US$23,000 owed to a private creditor who threatened to seize the... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794843/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:48:54 -0400 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25794843/ A Mutare magistrate remanded Roy Bennett, the MDC Deputy Agriculture Minister nominee to 13 October, for the commencement of his trial. Bennett, who is also the MDC Treasurer General, was arrested in ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795663/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795663/ Former Finance Minister Dr Simba Makoni on Wednesday slammed political corruption and greed during the official transformation of his Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) movement into a political party. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795665/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795665/ Harare — The Zimbabwean government has announced new measures to boost local cereal purchases through its crisis-ridden Grain Marketing Board (GMB), but farmers are not convinced the plan will w... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795664/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:55 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795664/ There are reports suggesting ZANU PF backed militias have been reactivated to play a pivotal role in mobilising people in rural areas to actively participate in the constitution making process. While... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795667/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:53 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795667/ analysis Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is facing criticism from his own party MP's who accuse him of playing down simmering tensions and cracks within the 4 month coalition government. Harrison M... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795666/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795666/ Last week Murisi Zwizwai, the MDC Deputy Minister of Mines and Mining Development, told a meeting of the Kimberley Process in Namibia there were no killings in the Chiadzwa diamond mining area. In spi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795668/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795668/ Human rights group, the Solidarity Peace Trust on Tuesday called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union to ensure that the power sharing agreement in Zimbabwe is fu... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795669/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25795669/ Harare — Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says he is convinced that his wife was not assassinated, putting to rest speculation about the fatal road accident that became the unity govern... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25785902/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:02:38 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25785902/ Sandton — ZIMBABWE must completely overhaul its pricing regime that has seen its services, tariffs and goods stand about four times more expensive than regional countries, a senior Government of... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779227/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:54 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779227/ Harare — KARATEKA Samson Muripo carved his name into the small elite club of the greatest athletes in the history of Zimbabwean sport, when he became the nation's first black world champion, fol... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779223/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779223/ Harare — DURBAN-born South African songbird PJ Powers is set to renew her romance with locals when she holds a string of shows in the capital this week. All the five shows will be staged at Bel... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779228/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:50 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779228/ Harare — Zimbabwean farmers did well in the last season, more than doubling the maize harvest to at least 1,14 million tonnes, Interestingly, the United Nations bodies most concerned with food ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779230/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:52 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779230/ Harare — THE Weatherman, that most unfortunate of the world's professionals, all too often comes under fire for sometimes less than accurate predictions of or "total misses" on climatic events. ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779233/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:47 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779233/ Harare — ONE of the country's top cyclists Conway Moham-med kept a cool head to win the Road Cycling National Championships ahead of Dave Martin in Harare on Sunda, reports Collin Matiza. Moham... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779225/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:56 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779225/ Harare — FARMERS have called on the Government to intervene and deal with prohibitive fertilizer prices and enable them to farm this season. This comes after a number of farmers failed to procu... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779237/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:46 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779237/ Harare — WILLDALE Bricks, one of the country's biggest brick manufacturers recorded a decline in sales volumes of 73 percent for the half year ending March 31,2009. The decline was due to lower... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779232/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:48 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779232/ Harare — SEASONED Zimbabwean book publisher Irene Staunton of Weaver Press was recently shortlisted for the 2009 PEN/Studzinski Literary Award for her short story Pauline's Ghost. Staunton -- w... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779229/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:51 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779229/ Harare — A GALLANT fighter of the Second Chimurenga, Cde Shamu died in Harare on June 2, 1996 of injuries sustained during the war. He was the 33rd hero to be buried at the National Shrine. Th... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779238/ Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:14:44 -0400 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/25779238/