Provides the latest RSS feeds for Zimbabwe News. 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 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:12:18 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:12:18 -0500 30 Zimbabwe's Unity Government has suffered what might be a fatal blow at the hands of President Robert Mugabe. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/610174/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:53:25 -0500 Zimbabwe Star.com http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/610174/cs/1/ Thulasizwe Simelane, Zimbabwe Zimbabwean prosecutors will this morning respond to Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer Roy Bennett's application for a dismissal of the case against him. Be... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32975606/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:33:48 -0500 SABC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32975606/ BBC News, Harare The Lemba people of Zimbabwe and South Africa may look like their compatriots, but they follow a very different set of customs and traditions.They do not eat pork, they practi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32975975/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:06:46 -0500 BBC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32975975/ editorial Harare — THERE are many well-educated Zimbabweans who, over the decades, were privileged to attend some first class schools, or at least schools that were adequate and gave them the o... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974169/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:36 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974169/ Harare — THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board yesterday increased the number of selling days for tobacco by another day as a result of an improvement in deliveries to the two floors. Tobacc... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974170/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:34 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974170/ Despite these medical warnings and social and cultural red tapes, an Indian woman, at the age of 70, became the oldest mother when she gave birth to twins on July 5, 2008. On December 26 2006, a 66-y... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974171/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:34 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974171/ Harare — SENATE yesterday passed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill after it had been on the House Order Paper for close to three months. The Bill was passed as amended by the House of... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974172/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:33 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974172/ Harare — ONE case of deadly multi-drug resistant tuberculosis has been confirmed in Epworth and two more people in the same area are suspected to be infected. Health experts say the disease has... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974176/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:32 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974176/ HUNDREDS of people thronged the Kariba Dam wall yesterday to witness the opening of the floodgates a spectacle that was last seen in February 2008. Increasing water volumes in Kariba Dam that led to ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974177/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:32 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974177/ Harare — Government is set to build three more State universities in the next five years in Matabeleland South, Mashonaland East and Manicaland. These provinces are the only ones without State ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974174/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:31 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974174/ Harare — FIVE people, who died from what was initially believed to be malaria in Mabvuku, actually succumbed to typhoid fever, Harare City Council's health department has said. City health serv... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974175/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:31 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974175/ Harare — HIV AND Aids funding from the donor community has decreased by more than 50 percent since 2006, the National Aids Council has said. Though the council refused to give possible reasons ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974173/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:30 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974173/ Harare — ZIMBABWE could be bracing for another year of food insecurity, amid bleak expectations for both the maize harvest next month and the forthcoming winter wheat production. A recent maize... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974178/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:28 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974178/ opinion Harare — It is a war. Last week United States president Barack Obama announced he was extending US sanctions on Zimbabwe for another year as his country continued with the "national eme... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974179/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:27 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974179/ Harare — THE National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe in collaboration with the embassies of Canada and Spain, recently held a series of arts events as part of commemorations to mark International Women... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974181/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:25 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974181/ Harare — HARARE Schools Softball League got off to a slow start last week with Tafara High 1 dominating the proceedings as they won their opening two matches in the Under-18 category. Tafara Hi... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974180/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:24 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974180/ Harare — THE Government has pledged full support to Small and Medium Enterprises to ensure their successful participation at the Shanghai World Exposition 2010 scheduled to run between May and O... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974182/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:24 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974182/ Harare — RESIDENTS of Highfield, Harare, yesterday woke up to find an unusual visitor in the suburb. People rushed from all over the suburb to catch a glimpse of a baboon that had strayed into ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974183/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:23 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974183/ Harare — YOUTH Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has castigated some foreign financial institutions for failing to financially support local busine... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974184/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:22 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974184/ Harare — SOME Harare City workers yesterday besieged Town House demanding the immediate reinstatement of fired unionist Mr Cosmos Bungu. Mr Bungu was fired on allegations of absconding from wor... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974185/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:22 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974185/ Harare — FORMER general manager of EFE Securities (Private) Limited Nesbert Taurai Tsimba has appeared in court facing theft charges involving more than US$370 000 meant for buying stocks for th... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974186/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:21 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32974186/ Harare — Leaders of unions representing civil servants have called off their strike, ostensibly to give dialogue a chance. Yesterday, the Civil Service Apex Council said the strike -- which rec... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32973616/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:15 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32973616/ Harare — Tsholotsho legislator Professor Jonathan Moyo's bid to nullify Mr Lovemore Moyo's election as Speaker of the House of Assembly failed after the High Court yesterday threw out the challe... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32971021/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:56:39 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32971021/ StumbleUpon Both formations of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change will ask South African President Jacob Zuma to intervene in the latest dispute troubling the Harare unity government – th... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960900/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:08 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960900/ StumbleUpon Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will support Zimbabwe in the face of Western sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and hundreds of senior ZANU-PF officials and suppor... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960901/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:05 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960901/ Co-Chairman Douglas Mwondzora of the Parliamentary Select Committee for Constitutional Revision said a contract with the United National Development Program has been signed and a referendum is possibl... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960902/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:05 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960902/ Chief Senate Whip Obert Gutu of the MDC formation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the Reserve Bank bill passed without any amendments, sending the legislation to President Robert Mugabe for h... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960904/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:03 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960904/ Sources in the authorized branch of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa said that the police on Sunday refused to enforce a High Court ruling which rejected a Kunonga appeal of an ea... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960903/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:02 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960903/ The National Constitutional Assembly, aligned with the ZINASU faction alleging the attacks, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning such violence and pinning blame for the clash on the MDC formation ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960905/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:00 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960905/ StumbleUpon Zimbabwe Cricket fast bowler Kyle Jarvis has been sidelined in the squad’s West Indies tour due to a lower back injury with Zimbabwe and West Indies tied 1-1 in their ongoing series ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960906/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:11:48 -0500 VOA http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960906/ The battle between two factions of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) turned nasty over the weekend with accusations that MDC youths allegedly assaulted leaders from one faction opposed to ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960897/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:12 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960897/ High Court Judge Bharat Patel has dismissed with costs an application by Tsholotsho North MP Jonathan Moyo and three other legislators, who were seeking to nullify the August 2008 election of Lovemore... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960898/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:07 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960898/ At least 1,500 Zimbabweans who fled their homes in the De Doorns farming area in the Western Cape, after they were attacked by South African mobs, believe they have been overlooked by authorities and ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960275/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:05 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32960275/ Two state authorised diamond mining firms, who have been mining the controversial Chiadzwa alluvial fields, could face a stern parliamentary rebuke for avoiding two consecutive parliamentary hearings ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32959682/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:00 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32959682/ John Nyashanu: SABC Zimbabwe A fresh row has erupted in Zimbabwe's unity government after president Robert Mugabe reassigned functions of ministers, in a move that the Movement for Democratic Change ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32946876/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:51:53 -0500 SABC http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32946876/ HARARE, Zimbabwe — A Zimbabwean court has rejected an attempt to oust the Parliament speaker, who is a top aide to the prime minister. A supporter of longtime President Robert Mugabe had gone t... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32946852/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:29:58 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32946852/ A $25,000 contribution from Canadians could help plant seeds of stability in Zimbabwe.Don Kossick of Saskatoon is working with the Saskatchewan Zimbabwe Committee and Canadian Food for the Hungry (CFH... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32944636/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:24:04 -0500 The StarPhoenix http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32944636/ A $25,000 contribution from Canadians could help plant seeds of stability in Zimbabwe.Don Kossick of Saskatoon is working with the Saskatchewan Zimbabwe Committee and Canadian Food for the Hungry (CFH... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32944635/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:23:14 -0500 The StarPhoenix http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32944635/ Lawyers for Zimbabwean opposition politician Roy Bennett asked the High Court on Monday to drop terrorism charges against him in a trial which has raised tensions in Harare's fragile unity government. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32940410/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:17:39 -0500 Mail & Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32940410/ LUSAKA, Mar 9 (Reuters) - Zambia is lobbying for support to sell its ivory stockpile to Japan and China and use the funds towards conservation, an industry official said on Tuesday. http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32941035/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:50:39 -0500 Reuters http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32941035/ "There must be a national programme to nurture such talent as Isa Sadiki because since the demise of Harare United there hasn't been a serious academy to handle such talent as Ali and his young brothe... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32941033/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:39:51 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32941033/ Harare — CAPS UNITED president Twine Phiri was narrowly elected the first chairman of the Premier Soccer League's newly instituted board of governors, shrugging off a stiff challenge from Motor ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32941034/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:39:50 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32941034/ wrote to the Guardian last week to claim that "Blessing-Miles Tendi blames EU targeted sanctions against Mugabe and his cronies for the failure of last year's power-sharing deal to bring about the hop... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32937763/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:09:05 -0500 The Guardian http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32937763/ Johannesburg — SA-BASED miners Anglo Platinum, African Rainbow Minerals and Impala Platinum could face a reprieve from tough empowerment laws proposed by the Zimbabwean government following yest... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32937800/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:01:37 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32937800/ opinion Harare — CDE Robert Mugabe's moderate speech after his party's resounding victory reminds me of the tough days with him in restriction between 1965 and 1966. The speech reflects Cde Mu... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32936135/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:32:36 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32936135/ Harare — TOBACCO auction floors opened last month and proved beyond any shadow of doubt why this crop deserves to be termed the golden leaf! Many farmers who thronged the tobacco sales floors, ... http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32936136/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:32:34 -0500 All Africa http://story.zimbabwestar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/id/32936136/