India's Leander Paes and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black won the mixed double title at US Open beating Scotland's Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 here at Flushing Meadows...

India's Leander Paes won his second US Open and fourth Grand Slam mixed doubles title here at the Flushing Meadows Thursday when he and his Zimbabwean partner Cara Black beat Scotland's Jamie Murray and American Liezel Huber in the final 7-6 (8-6) and...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has put opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai under pressure, threatening to set up a government on his own if the latter doesn't agree to a powersharing...

AM Canada has imposed targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe to protest against 'intimidation and state-sponsored violence' against opposition supporters, Foreign Minister David Emerson said. The...

HARARE: President Robert Mugabe will name his own Cabinet if his opposition does not sign on to a power-sharing deal, a newspaper reported. The opposition expressed concern Mugabe was turning his...

South African President Thabo Mbeki will travel to Harare next week on Monday to try and salvage the stalled power sharing talks between ZANU PF and the MDC. According to Deputy Information Minister...

Soaring food prices and increased dollarization of the Zimbabwean economy even on in local markets are locking many Zimbabweans out of markets in essential goods. Retailers, vendors and landlords now...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's threat to unilaterally form a government if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai continued to refuse to sign a power-sharing agreement was on hold Friday pending...

0 posts An HIV/AIDS and human rights charter that aims to protect and promote the rights of people living with the disease was proposed recently by...

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe says the Movement for Democratic Change must join the proposed unity government or be left out completely. The head of the Zimbabwe African National Union --...

+ ] (Adds details, quotes, byline) By Pritha Sarkar NEW YORK, Sept 5 (Reuters) - American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won the U.S. Open men's doubles crown for the second time when they squeezed...

MBABANE, Swaziland – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should focus on power-sharing talks, not appointing a Cabinet unilaterally, the top U.S. envoy to Africa said Friday. Jendayi Frazer,...

Zimbabwean non-governmental organizations attempting to provide HIV/AIDS-related aid to people living with the disease say many of their would-be clients continue to suffer though the government...

An outbreak of cholera has claimed at least nine lives in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe, and another 30 people have been admitted to the central hospital in the Harare satellite town. Unconfirmed reports...

HARARE, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- South African President Thabo Mbeki will visit Zimbabwe next week to get the signature of the opposition on a long awaited power-sharing deal, which is aimed at solving...

Herald ReporterSOUTH AFRICAN President Thabo Mbeki is now scheduled to visit Zimbabwe next week as he tries to make MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai sign a power-sharing deal agreed to by the other...

By: Dumisani Ndlela Zimbabwe's retail outlets are facing a fresh crisis as manufacturers and other product providers demand cash for supplies. The situation has further crippled retail operations...

MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai has been nominated to win the European Union Parliament’s 2008 Sakharov prize for his courage to stand up for democracy, the rule of law and freedom of speech in...

Zimbabwe Independent (Harare) ZIMBABWES two main political parites Zanu PF and the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC have chosen positions they will pursue in the event that the inter-party talks collapse....

BBC.WASHINGTON. The US economy is facing slow growth and higher prices, according to the most recent survey by the US central bank, the Federal Reserve. Economic activity was 'weak, soft or subdued'...

There are 210 members of the House of Assembly and 93 senators. This excludes the speaker of the House of Assembly and the president of Senate, who would also be entitled to vehicles and other...

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Maduekwe stated this in Abuja earlier before he jetted out to Zambia to represent President Umaru Yar'Adua at the burial of late President Levi Nwanawasa, who...

Zimbabwe's main opposition party appealed on Friday for help from regional bloc Southern African Development Community (SADC) to unlock stalled power-sharing talks as President Robert Mugabe...

The case against MDC MP for Epworth, Eliah Jembere has been postponed to October after the state’s prosecutor and witnesses failed to show at the Harare Regional Court on Thursday.Jembere was one...

The Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) Vice Chancellor has suspended Lothando Makhubalo, a clothing and fashion design student. Lothando appeared before the University disciplinary committee...

JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe's main opposition party appealed today for help from regional bloc the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to unlock stalled power-sharing talks, as Zanu-PF leader...

In Zimbabwe, residents of Chihota - about 50 kilometers southeast of Harare - have expressed concern about authorities' seeming lack of interest in establishing solar energy projects in their area....

Business Day (Johannesburg) PRESIDENT Thabo Mbeki was forced to cancel his trip to Zimbabwe to try to break the power-sharing talks deadlock after opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)...

Harare Bureau A SUSPECTED Harare foreign currency dealer is in hiding after he allegedly fled from two detectives with US$19 000 trap money last week. Police spokesperson Superintendent Andrew Phiri...

Zimbabwe’s power sharing talks looked set to completely collapse on Thursday after Mugabe issued an ultimatum to the MDC to join a proposed unity government or be left out. The ZANU PF leader...

HARARE, September 4 2008 - The number of food aid organisations that might resume operations could fall amid revelations that chiefs will further screen the organisations before they can distribute...

The two parks are no longer thriving as reading places; they are not any more places for small group meetings and community activities; and sites for gardening club...

There is an estimated $12bn to $15bn "available, waiting in the sidelines" to be invested in Zimbabwe, mostly from potential investors in the US and the UK - enough to put Zimbabwe back on track...

BOTSWANA'S unelected president, Seretse Khama Ian Khama, caught those who know him by surprise at the burial of the late Zambian leader, Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, on...

Residents hold Government accountable for Cholera related deaths and illnesses  05 September 2008 The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) holds the “Government” responsible for the...

Zimbabwe The independent voice of Zimbabwe           The independent voice of Zimbabwe Friday 5 September, 2008 HEADLINES author/source:ZimbabweJournalists (UK) published:Tue...

In separate interviews the farmers said the supply of fertilizer should be speeded up ahead of the forthcoming season as current stocks were still a far cry from the farmers'...

SA to deport illegal immigrants end of SeptemberJOHANNESBURG - South Africa said it will start deporting illegal immigrants at the end of this month, the deadline for closure of temporary shelters...

The Combined Harare Residents Association has called for the Zimbabwe National Water Authority to hand over control of water supply and sewer reticulation management to the Harare city council.It...

My good friend Howard died in Mutimurefu Prison, in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, last week. The victim of abuse, starvation and infection. Many more are suffering similar fates within our places of detention,...

, 2 September 2008 (IRIN) - Strict operating procedures for nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) working in Zimbabwe have been introduced since a ban on their operations was lifted, but pro-democracy...

THE Hwange Colliery Company Limited will early next year commission a coke oven plant being constructed in a joint venture with a Chinese firm,...

CURRENT financial results show that some commercial banks are sitting on piles of cash, which they could actively sweat by investing in the financial markets, or lend out to...

I did not understand every word of what they said but the talk was to the effect that Zimbabwe was a country going through serious challenges as reflected by the amount of groceries that travellers...

ONE of Zimbabwe's most celebrated actresses, Danai Gurira, is in the country for the local premiere of The Visitor at the Zimbabwe Film Festival's opening night set for tonight at 7 Arts...

MOSCOW. Russia's foreign ministry yesterday welcomed the launch of direct talks between Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders, expressing hope that they would lead to a breakthrough on the...

Politics and prejudice: plight of Zimbabwean women THE so near, yet so far character of the talks to deal with the crisis in Zimbabwe remind me of that scene when you visit folks in the countryside...

Some Zimbabweans, even in what used to be considered the middle class, are finding themselves priced out of local markets for food as stores and vendors demand payment in hard currencies like the...

The overcrowded open asylum centres in Belgium have to turn away an average of 50 asylum seekers on a daily basis. 4 September 2008BELGIUM -- The open refugee centres in Belgium are overcrowded and...

NAIROBI, 2 September 2008 (PlusNews) - Africans comprise up to 70 percent of all new heterosexual HIV cases in the United Kingdom each year, but they struggle to access prevention information and...