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  • Zimbabwe Poll Date in Flux After Regional Body Calls for Delay

    JOHANNESBURG Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair. President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime ...

  • Mbizo Lawmaker ZEC Should Extend Voter Registration

    WASHINGTON DC -- Mbizo lawmaker Settlement Chikwinya of the Movement for Democratic Change formation of Prime Minister Tsvangirai Tuesday has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking an extension of the on-going mobile voter registration exercise by two days so officers can mop up hundreds of people who have failed to register. Chikwinya told VOA Studio 7 he was forced to ...

  • Chikwanha Time is running out for reforms in Zimbabwe.

    Zimbabwe's constitutional court had ruled the polls must take place by 31 July 2013, but the regional block SADC said at the weekend Zimbabwe should ask for the deadline to be postponed. DW spoke to Anne Chikwanha, a senior researcher at the South African Institute for International ...

  • Senator Chris Coons on U.S. Involvement in Zimbabwe

    Washington, DC - Good morning. Today, the African Affairs Subcommittee will focus its attention on Zimbabwe, a country with abundant natural resources, fertile land, and a capable, enterprising population. Zimbabwe should be driving growth and prosperity in southern Africa.Instead, in the 33 years since its independence, Zimbabweans' prospects have become increasing bleak, reaching a low ...

  • Is Nelson Mandela too soft on white South Africans Robert Mugabe says so.

    In a new documentary, the Zimbabwean president says that Mandela 'was too much of a saint' and takes the famous South African to task for not doing enough for the black ...


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  • Harare Secures $144 Million to Tackle Water Woes

    HARARE -- Water woes in Harare may soon be a thing of the past as the former sunshine city expects to receive within the next two weeks a $144 million loan from China to rehabilitate its ageing water treatment and distribution network. Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi told parliament’s Local Government Committee Tuesday that the city secured the funds from Chinese Export and Import Bank. ...

  • Courage of Zimbabwe human rights lawyer captured in film | Rebecca Lowe

    Zimbabwe human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, as a young girl with her brother in Swaziland where she was born and raised Photograph: ...

  • Zimbabwe election date tussle gets serious

    Opposition politicians say President Robert Mugabe is using a constitutional court's call for an early date to achieve an unconstitutional ...

  • Water Crisis Hits Gweru as Gwenoro Dam Runs Dry

    GWERU -- The City of Gweru in Zimbabwe's Midlands province faces a critical water shortage as the city’s main water source, Gwenoro Dam, is running dry. Gweru’s Deputy Mayor Taurai Demo told Studio 7 the city’s main supply of raw water, is now just seven per cent full. Mr. Demo said as a result of the critically low water levels, council will have to decommission the ...

  • A closer look at how Zimbabwes cattle bank works

    MARONDERA, Zimbabwe -- HOW A CATTLE BANK WORKS:- The bank sends a veterinary official to inspect a farmer's cattle and assesses their monetary worth.- Based on that, owners can get loans up to the value of the cattle they are banking as collateral. -The bank pays 10 percent interest a year on the value of the cattle deposited, which can be paid out in cash or additional cows.- Owners ...

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