| Lobels to Temporarily Resume Operations | |
LOBELS Holdings will temporarily resume operations for a day this weekend to raise funds for salaries, an official said on Tuesday. Operations director Cydwell Chitewe told said that the company,...
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| Fearsome Zimbabwe militias are afraid |
HARARE, ZIMBABWE -- When Robert Mugabe's "green bombers" walk the streets, they know that everyone else is afraid of them. But what everyone else doesn't realize is that the green bombers are...
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| Talks Pave Way for Economic Growth [editorial] |
The milestone reached this week by Zimbabwe's main political parties in signing the talks agreement should pave the way for the country's return to the path of economic growth and...
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| Landmark SAfrica-EU summit overshadowed by Zimbabwe crisis |
(JOHANNESBURG) - South Africa and the European Union hold their first ever summit in the French city of Bordeaux Friday but divergent positions on ways of tackling the political crisis in Zimbabwe...
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| Taxes Probe - Zimplats Speaks Out |
Zimplats said it will continue operating within the laws of Zimbabwe and "specifically in terms of the long standing agreement with the Government and remains confident that this matter will be...
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| Europe, US Media Reports on Zim Discredited |
A visiting United Nations official yesterday said most negative media reports about Zimbabwe are discredited in the United States and Europe as nationals of those countries continue visiting the...
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| Cancellation of Book Fair Met With Mixed Feelings |
THE cancellation of this year's edition of the Zimbabwe International Book Fair owing to the withdrawal of funding by the fair's traditional sponsors, has been greeted with mixed feelings by authors,...
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| Banks Tighten Account-Opening Requirements |
Customer service officials at the bank said the account requirements were not stopping at anything, and "would be adjusted in line with changing economic...
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| PG Boss Elected ICAZ President |
PG Industries chief executive Mr Nyasha Zhou was elected the new president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe for a one-year term of office at the annual general meeting last...
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| MoU - Country Must Shape Own Destiny [opinion] |
The MoU comes at a time when many of our people are beset by intolerance and the polarity that has become synonymous with the political landscape of Zimbabwe in the last nine years. It is an MoU...
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| Zanu PF, MDC negotiators begin talks |
But as representatives of the ruling Zanu PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) prepared to sit down at talks in Pretoria, the European Union sought to tighten the screw on...
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| Zimbabwe is the star in scenario by Sunter |
July 24, 2008 By Ethel Hazelhurst Johannesburg - A breakthrough in Zimbabwe's political stalemate could transform South Africa's economic fortunes, according to Clem Sunter, who chairs Anglo...
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| Chitungwiza Mayor Arrested on Corruption Charges |
Newly installed Chitungwiza mayor Israel Marange of the MDC-T has been arrested for allegedly demanding 25 000 rand from his former bodyguard whom he assisted to acquire a residential stand in the...
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| Traders, Landlords Demand Payment in Forex |
AS the foreign currency frenzy continues to spread across the country, residents of Beitbridge town seem to have taken it too far as they are even demanding forex for commodities such as...
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| Malawi consortium wins cell phone licence |
+ ] LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi has awarded a mobile phone service licence to Global Advanced Integrated Networks Ltd, making the local consortium the third operator to enter the southern African...
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| Farmers Urged to Ignore |
MIDLANDS Governor Cde Cephas Msipa yesterday urged farmers to ignore "urban sharks" going around promising to buy their produce in foreign...
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| Govt Keeps Up Pressure on Fertilizer Companies |
Zimphos yesterday said it has produced 1 000 tonnes of super phosphate - an essential ingredient in making Compound D fertilizer - which will be ready for dispatch to fertilizer-manufacturing...
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| Another Substation Goes Up in Smoke |
BARELY a week after a major substation at Stampford between Dzivarasekwa Extension and Tynwald North was gutted by fire another substation went up in flames on Tuesday evening in Warren Park D,...
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| Zimbabwe rivals to start talks today |
gotiations on a power-sharing deal in earnest on Thursday, officials said on Wednesday. The rivals opened preliminary talks on Tuesday, South African President Thabo Mbeki's spokesman said, but he...
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| Gono, journos and military officers on EU sanctions |
Gono, journalists and military officers added to EU sanctions By Staff Reporter The new sanctions, announced moments after the historic signing of a memorandum of understanding between Zimbabwes...
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| End of printing-software deal can sink Harare |
Officials at the company on Wednesday confirmed that they have supplied the licences and software used to design and print the Zimbabwe dollar, but would review this position if required to do so by...
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| More Bacossi Goods to Be Imported |
"The hampers that are currently being imported are only a temporary measure to ensure that Zimbabweans are fed, we are looking at a long term scenario where goods will be produced locally not...
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| Beer Prices Shoot Up |
IMBIBERS got a sobering mid-week shock yesterday when Delta Corporation increased the prices of its drinks to unprecedented levels, just a week after the last round of...
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| Zimbabwean in Idols final |
By Isaac Nyambiya A ZIMBABWEAN singing prodigy is on the verge of winning a US$80 000 cash prize and a recording contract with Sony BMG after making it into the final two of the Mnet Idols music...
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| Top Runners to Converge for Olympic Day Run |
HUNDREDS of local top road runners and members of the general public are expected to converge at High Glen Shopping Centre at Budiriro in Harare on Sunday for the 21st edition of the annual Olympic...
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| Puff adder causes chaos at accident scene |
Snake causes panic at accident scene OUT OF THE BAG: An African puff adder like this caused panic By Lindie Whiz This is what survivors of a bus crash near the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Airport in...
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| Woman Faces Infanticide Charge |
IN a bizarre incident that left the community of Chief Mazvihwa in Zvishavane shell-shocked, a young woman butchered her two-month-old baby and almost stewed it after she had been asked by her...
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| Give Peace a Chance At Dembare [interview] |
As questions are being asked on the resurgence of boardroom squabbles at Dynamos, the Harare giants' former goalkeeper and captain Gift Muzadzi this week passionately pleaded with DeMbare's founding...
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| Shock and suspicion greet talks breakthrough |
On the streets of Harare, there was deep unease about Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to enter power-sharing talks with Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu PF party. A photograph taking up half the front...
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| NCA to tour Zimbabwe, Kenya |
LAHORE: The National Cricket Academy team will tour Zimbabwe and Kenya from August 20.Spokesman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the NCA team in the first stage would arrive in Zimbabwe...
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| Zimbabwe sanctions resolution fails |
UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - A draft resolution calling for sanctions on Zimbabwe, including a travel ban and freezing the assets of President Robert Mugabe and 12 other individuals, was not...
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| US hints at sanctions amid stalled Zimbabwe talks |
July 24, 2008, 05:45 Manelisi Dubase As the Zimbabwean talks stalled for the second time yesterday, the US hinted that it will impose more sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle....
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| Sudan president tours Darfur |
KHARTOUM, Wednesday Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, in a show of defiance, made his first visit to Darfur on Wednesday since the International Criminal Court prosecutor accused him of...
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| Three Eggs Cost $100 Bil. in Zimbabwe |
A merchant places three eggs on a 100 billion Zimbabwean dollar note. In a desperate measure to stabilize the economy, the Zimbabwean government, which has suffered from raging inflation due to...
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| Zimbabwe talks set to begin in SA |
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG, July 23: New EU sanctions against Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe increased Western pressure as his party was to begin talks with the Opposition aimed at ending the...
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| China refutes Australian media report of Air Zimbabwe booty flights |
China on Wednesday refuted an Australian media report that Air Zimbabwe Corporation's scheduled civilian flights to China engaged in illegal dealings. "The report proved to be malicious...
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| Firm with licence to print Mugabe |
The Mugabe regime's final lifeline is a small Vienna-based software company that helps it to keep printing the money it relies on for its survival, The Independent can reveal. Jura JSP, an...
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| Makoni Expresses Disappointment At Exclusion From Talks |
Independent presidential candidate Simba Makoni who came third in the March 29 election has expressed disappointment at being left out from Monday's signing ceremony between ZANU-PF and the...
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| Business urged to remain optimistic |
Business Reporter BUSINESS people should remain confident and look to the future with optimism, motivational speaker Milton Kamwendo has said. Speaking at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of...
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| Zimbabwe Municipal Authorities Struggle To Deliver Key Services |
The quality of life for urban dwellers in Zimbabwe is rapidly deteriorating as newly appointed urban authorities battle to provide essential services, officials and civic activists say.The central...
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| SADC Tribunal Says Government Violated Interim Order |
A regional court in Namibia has ruled that the Zimbabwean government violated an interim order issued last December, which stipulated that they would not evict any commercial farmers involved in the...
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| One dog found dead, another ill, in eastern Ont. |
BAYSIDE, Ont. - One dog is dead and another is being treated for suspected abuse after the animals were found near Bayside, Ont., east of Trenton. Provincial police were called to a residence by...
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| Woza Criticises Talks Without Consultation |
The MOU defined a two-week period during which the talks are to be concluded. Experts believe two weeks is not enough time to tackle the range of critical issues that need to be addressed. Meanwhile...
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| SA Hopeful of Crisis Resolution But Still Wary of Mbeki |
As negotiations aimed at resolving Zimbabwe's political crisis are set to get underway in South Africa on Thursday, South Africans remain hopeful that the crisis in their neighbouring country will...
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| Makoni, UPP Bemoan Exclusion |
While the entire nation was yesterday saluting Zanu-PF and the two MDC factions for setting the agenda of the talks, two minority parties were instead bemoaning their exclusion from the...
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| Tide of Violence Subsides in Rural Areas |
Two days after the warring parties in the country signed the ground breaking Memorandum of Understanding agreement, the deal has at least temporarily staunched the tide of violence loosed on the...
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| Zimbabwe talks are starting at secret location |
South Africa's presidential spokesman said Wednesday that power-sharing talks between Zimbabwe's ruling and opposition forces were under way at a secret location. But Zimbabwe's justice minister, the...
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| Article in Syrian Government Daily Praises Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe |
No. 1998 Following Robert Mugabe's triumph in Zimbabwe's June 27, 2008 presidential election, the Syrian government daily Al-Thawra published an article by columnist Dr. Ibrahim Za'ir expressing...
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| Harare runs out of paper to print money |
Zimbabwe's $100bn note, recently printed by the central bank in Harare. Photograph: Desmond Kwande/AFP/ The Zimbabwean government was today struggling to find enough cash to pay its workers, and more...
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| Opposition reprisals in Zimbabwe |
It is thought opposition activists are taking revenge for earlier beatings Zimbabwean opposition activists returning from South Africa have driven supporters of President Robert Mugabe from their...
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