Sunday 1st August, 2010
Get Zim army back to barracks
The South African-based Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) said Pretoria’s mediation role in the long-running Harare political crisisshould move a step forward by ensuring that democratic instituti...
ZBC won’t air constitution jingles
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) has refused to air jingles and other information advertising the ongoing outreach exercise, leaders of the Constitutional Parliamentary Commi...
Sabina was a champion says MDC-T
Friday, 30 July 2010 19:37 HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has described the late Sabina Mugabe, sister to President Robert Mugabe, as a champion of female empowerment and ru...
ZESA is dangerous: Ncube
The ZimbabweanHARARE –Industry Minister Welshman Ncube has branded the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) a “dangerous” entity stifling the country’s ability to inject life into its comatose produ...
Man jailed for trying to sell The Ritz
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 15:01 An out-of-work truck driver has been jailed for five years for trying to sell London's exclusive Ritz Hotel for £250 million. Anthony Lee had persuaded a financier and a p...
Man hopes to be crowned 'World's smallest'
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 14:59 A 40-year-old from a village in south west China is hoping to claim the title of world's shortest man. At just 76cm (just under two foot, six inches) Huang Kaiquan is only ...
Koertzen to umpire Zim, SA
The ZimbabweanJOHANNESBURG -- The International Cricket Council (ICC) last Thursday announced the appointment of recently retired Emirates Elite Panel umpire Rudi Koertzen as regional umpire performance manager (RU...
MidWest Rhinos hail Gillespie
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 19:04 KWEKWE---MidWest Rhinos believe former Australian strike bowler, Jason Gillespie, will help the club win silverware next season.
Award-winning musona hails coach, team
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 19:01 Johannesburg---Warriors striker, Knowledge Musona, hailed coach Vladimir Vermezovic’s faith in him after he was announced the Jet Club Rookie of the Year last Thursday.
No EU farm aid ... until land audit
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 19:41 HARARE – The European Union has ruled out supporting newly resettled farmers until the Zimbabwe government carries out a long-delayed audit to eliminate multiple farm owne...
Bench remains beholden to Mugabe: Report
The ZimbabweanHARARE – Economic inducements and threats of physical harm have kept Zimbabwe’s judiciary beholden to President Robert Mugabe with the new coalition government doing nothing to re-establish the in...
Mashakada orders foreign firms to register
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 15:06 HARARE- The government has directed all foreign investors operating in the country to be register their businesses by the end of October, saying scores of the firms were ope...
Football fans bugged by bright new kit
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 14:56 Supporters wearing Norwich City's new bright yellow shirts are being plagued by insects. The Canaries have traditionally sported yellow, but this season has seen the introd...
Old hen may set world record
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 14:52 A Chinese man is set to apply for a new Guinness world record for his 22-year-old hen - the equivalent of 400 years in human age.Yang Shaofu, 77, of Sidazhuang village, Baos...
Players dropped over match fixing
The ZimbabweanHARARE -- The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has moved a step further in its match fixing investigations by instructing national team coach Norman Mapeza to drop players who have failed to app...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Condemns Churches That Allow Gay Marriages
All AfricaHarare — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has lashed out at churches that allow same-sex marriages, and said gay rights would not be included in a new constitution being written for the southe...
Nkomo statue -- ZAPU party joins the fray
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 19:33 JOHANNESBURG – The European branch of Zimbabwe’s opposition Zapu party this week castigated the government over its plan to erect a statue of the country’s late Vice P...
Snake curled up in washing machine
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 14:41 A woman unloading her laundry from the washing machine was given a huge scare after finding a five-foot snake curled up in her clothes. Wendy Foley, 51, spotted the huge co...
Granny falls down manhole
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 14:39 An 87-year-old woman has fallen down a manhole after stepping through a loose cover while enjoying a post-breakfast walk with her husband. Wang Jungcheng watched in horror ...
Woman breaks record for slowest Channel swim
The ZimbabweanFriday, 30 July 2010 14:30 A 56-year-old woman who used to weigh 20 stone before she had a gastric bypass in November has become the slowest person ever to swim the Channel. Jackie Cobell from Tonbri...
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