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 News.net http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/cat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2/ en-us Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:36 -0400 Fri, 24 May 2013 19:54:36 -0400 30 MUTARE -- Fists were nearly exchanged at the offices of the Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday during the verification process for the party’s primary elections to choose parliamentary and council candidates for this year’s polls. Aspiring candidates and their supporters almost exchanged blows as the situation deteriorated. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214748074/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:41 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214748074/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court documents Friday he was denied anti-retroviral drugs when detained for a month in 2011 on treason charges. He was acquitted of involvement in an ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214747860/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 17:57:12 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214747860/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON -- Zimbabwean Energy Minister and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma was Friday acquitted on charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe. Mangoma was arrested in October last year and charged with contravening Section 33 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. His purported crime? On May 18 ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214746951/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 16:48:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214746951/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON, DC -- There is a saying: "with age comes wisdom." As the African Union (AU) celebrates turning 50 years old on Saturday at its headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, many are asking whether the institution is any smarter and more effective as it faces mounting security and developmental challenges across the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214744391/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:45 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214744391/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Baba Jukwa on Facebook for a few months now, on the advice of a businessman and friend in Harare who was convinced that this was something special, something important - a genuine insider's account of the factional battles and corruption with President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF. It is certainly been an interesting read at an important time in Zimbabwe, with elections likely within the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214744392/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214744392/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Chelsea's Ashley Cole (top) challenges Benfica's Eduardo Salvio during their Europa League final soccer match at the Amsterdam Arena May 15, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (NETHERLANDS - Tags: SPORT SOCCER) - ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214742938/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:13:27 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214742938/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 ZIMBABWE has enough frequencies to licence more radio and television stations despite assertions by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) and Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) that the frequency spectrum is fully utilised. The Media and Technology Trust (MTT), a local advocacy group for media freedom and access to information, says since the analogue ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214740981/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214740981/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The MDC-T's long-awaited primary elections commence this weekend amid accusations that behind the scenes some aspiring candidates are cutting deals while others have subtly been blocked from contesting against party heavyweights through the controversial confirmation process. The divisive process reignites deep-seated factionalism within the party, particularly in volatile Manicaland, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214740980/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:20:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214740980/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru has virtually secured a copper-bottomed guarantee to take over as the next president of Zimbabwe in the event that President Robert Mugabe resigns, is incapacitated or dies in office, provided he wins the next elections, it has emerged. Senior Zanu PF politburo members said this week, barring unforeseen events and circumstances, Mujuru was almost assured of taking ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739554/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:31 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739554/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WHENEVER its democratic and human rights record has been criticised, President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF often retorts; it cannot be condemned for its abuses because it actually brought respect of human rights and democracy in the first place at Independence in 1980. Zanu PF officials say Mugabe's regime has done well in other areas, including education, health and land redistribution, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739556/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739556/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 JUDGE President George Chiweshe and Justice Antoinette Guvava are now acting judges of the newly established nine-member Constitutional Court that started work yesterday when it heard a Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) application challenging the ill-treatment of people living with HIV in detention by police and prison officers. Chiweshe and Guvava joined Chief Justice Godfrey ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739555/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:30 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739555/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 THIRTEEN years after its fast track land reform programme, Zimbabwe is still importing most of its food and is far from regaining its breadbasket status. Analysts have said the discordant land tenure system ushered in after the reforms remains an albatross around the economy's neck. However, President Robert Mugabe appears to ignore that the country needs a deep relook at land resettlement ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739179/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:26 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739179/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Delta Corporation Limited, the biggest counter on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) by capitalisation, recently published results for the 12 months ended March 31 2013. Results from the brewer are always much anticipated by the investment community and as such the results presentation is always well-attended. This is because Delta accounts for 30% of the total market capitalisation on the ZSE ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739345/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:26:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214739345/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 One of the most important characteristics of any group that is developing towards dominance is its struggle to assimilate and conquer ideologically the traditional intellectuals, but as this assimilation and conquest is made quicker and effectively, the more the group succeeds in simultaneously elaborating its own organic intellectuals and solid policy position. In The Ruling Class and the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738676/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:07 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738676/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WHENEVER President Robert Mugabe speaks in public these days, if he is not involved in political polemics and campaigning, there is always a hint of atonement -- clues that he wants to make amends for his mistakes on the cusp of the sunset of his controversial political career. On Wednesday, in an off-the-cuff speech at the signing ceremony of the new constitution at State House in Harare, he ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738675/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:07 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738675/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 AS the mother continent marks the golden anniversary of Africa Day tomorrow, it would be amiss not to delve into the significance of the founding of the African Union (AU), formerly the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which in essence is the cause for reflection on May 25. Like any human being at the age of 50, independent Africa has surely come of age. Whether the coming of age coincides ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738674/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:07 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738674/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WITH the clock fast-ticking towards make-or-break elections expected later this year, the main political parties in Zimbabwe are now finalising their manifestos set to be launched ahead of polls. In many Western countries like the United States and Britain, well-articulated economic, foreign and social policies often win elections, but in Zimbabwe, this does not appear to be the case. There is ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738673/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:07 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738673/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The wrangling among Zimbabwe's diverse political parties, numerous political action groups, the president, prime minister and many others in the political hierarchy as well as the media as to when the presidential and parliamentary elections will be (or should be) held is having a grievously negative impact on the country's economy, severely worsening its already very fragile state. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738679/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:06 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738679/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 IT has been argued that in today's world where countries are increasingly racially and culturally diverse, progressive nations are, among other key indicators, judged by their treatment of minorities. It is thus baffling Zimbabwe is systematically disenfranchising a substantial minority, effectively rendering them second-class citizens. The prolonged battle by the country's so-called ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738677/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:06 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738677/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 THE Zanu PF faction led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru whose current ascendancy is riding on the party's restructuring exercise was last week thwarted in Masvingo where it failed to remove the executive aligned to Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa. However, the Mujuru faction sought to establish a firm grip on structures in the province by declaring its regional stalwart, Dzikamai ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738678/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:06 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738678/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 IN the last instalment TechnoMag had an opportunity to talk to executives behind the wheels of Zimbabwe's technology growth at a broadband forum sponsored by Telecel Zimbabwe and organised by TechZim. Among the notable directors were Zol CEO and Liquid Telecomms director David Behr, chief commercial officer of Africa's largest undersea fibre laying consortium WIOCC, James Wekesa and ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738477/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:31:01 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214738477/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe will next week gobble millions of dollars when he takes a huge entourage of more than 50 government officials to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (Ticad) from June 1 to 3, the Zimbabwe Independent can reveal. Top government sources said Mugabe is expected to take a high-powered delegation of cabinet ministers, directors of ministries, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214737679/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 08:37:22 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214737679/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Chinese Vice Premier Mr Wang Yang yesterday said his three-day visit to Zimbabwe was meant to consolidate the traditional friendship between the two countries for future co-operation. Speaking through an interpreter before his departure at Harare International Airport, Mr Wang said without friendship between the two countries there would not be any co-operation. Mr Wang arrived in Zimbabwe on ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214737017/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:41:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214737017/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 THERE has been a low uptake of the Youth Fund launched two years ago by Old Mutual as only US$2,7 million has been disbursed out of the US$10 million set aside to help young people in various empowerment projects. Lack of requisite skills have been cited as it emerged that out of more than US$4 million worth of projects approved, only US$2,7 million has been disbursed from the fund being ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214737018/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:41:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214737018/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with first lady Grace Mugabe at his 89th birthday celebration in February. Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736360/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:14:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736360/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed seed producer Seed Co's after-tax profits plunged 34 percent to US$12,6 million in the year to March 31, 2013, weighed down by a decline in sales. Revenue for the 12 months also took a knock at US$111 million, representing a 6 percent retreat on the previous year. In a statement, group secretary Mr John Matorofa said the intake rate of the Government's ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736364/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736364/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The regularising of imports and removal of import duty on soya meal has resulted in the local poultry producers competing with the South Africa, Zimbabwe Poultry Association chairman, Mr Solomon Zawe, has said. Speaking at the ZPA annual general meeting in Harare on Wednesday, Mr Zawe said there has been a remarkable decline of imported poultry products on the market. He said Brazilian chickens ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736365/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736365/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Royal PHILIPS, the leading global healthcare and lighting company, has expressed its commitment to help improve health care infrastructure in the country. Debriefing journalists in Harare yesterday about their annual roadshow, the company's general manager in Africa, Mr Peter van de Ven, said technology enhanced lives as it enabled early detection of complications. This year's ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736362/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736362/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Beitbridge Bureau - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has engaged their internet service provider to attend to the technical fault at Manica Transit Shed in Beitbridge where the processing of vehicle imports has been seriously affected by connectivity problems. The development follows an outcry by car importers forcing the parastatal to revert to calculating duty for vehicle imports at Beitbridge ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736363/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736363/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 AS we edge towards the Buy Zimbabwe Procurement Conference scheduled for Monday May 27, at the Meikles Hotel, the demand for decisiveness in taking practical steps to reduce the current unsustainable import deficit by, among other things, definitive local procurement quotas, has gained momentum On Wednesday, the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development held the last of its public consultation ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736361/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 06:49:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214736361/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 POTABLE water supply to all parts of Harare is likely to stabilise in another 10 months once work on the first phase of the African Development Bank funded Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project (UWSSRP) is complete, a senior council official has said. Town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi gave the assurance after he confirmed that work had begun at Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant and at ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735648/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735648/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has signed into law the country's new constitution which aims to bolster human rights and curb presidential powers. As a next step, lawmakers must set a date for general elections. "This is a happening of joy, great joy indeed," Mugabe said at the signing ceremony on Wednesday to loud applause from lawmakers. "We want now to build the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735644/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735644/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 THE body of national hero and former Matabeleland North Governor Retired Major-General Jevan Maseko will be taken to his farm in Nyamandlovu today after a morning service at the Selborne Park Seventh-Day Adventist Church here. Rtd Maj-Gen Maseko, who succumbed to renal failure, amyloidosis cancer and diabetes on Monday, will be buried at the National Heroes Acre on Sunday. The body is expected ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735643/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735643/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the United States ambassador to Zimbabwe have congratulated President Mugabe and the generality of Zimbabweans following the coming into law of a new Constitution for the country on Wednesday. Zimbabweans from across the political divide also saluted the inclusive Government for successfully sealing the constitution deal without ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735642/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735642/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 President Mugabe left for Ethiopia today to attend the African Union's golden jubillee celebrations that will take place in that country's capital Addis Ababa on Saturday. He was accompanied by his daughter Bona, Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara and several Government officials. President Mugabe was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Joice Mujuru, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735646/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735646/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The tobacco grower base continues to grow with 90 638 farmers having registered for the 2013 marketing season. This is an improvement on the 68 604 growers that had registered during the same period last year. Of the total registered farmers for this year 27 799 are new growers. According to the Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board, 74 083 of the 90 638 registered farmers have delivered their ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735645/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735645/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 MORE than 90 percent of the country's poor people are living in rural areas, a survey by the University of Zimbabwe's Institute of Environmental Studies has revealed. The survey that was conducted in 16 districts of the country show the continued deepening of rural poverty and further increase in the rural-urban divide. The survey was carried out in Hwange, Hurungwe, Mbire, Mazowe, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735647/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735647/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 FIERY rhythm guitarist Innocent Mijintu returns to perform on a one-off show at Gute Executive Nightclub in Chitungwiza's Ziko Complex tomorrow. The former Barura Express and Orchestra Mberikwazvo member considered as one of Zimbabwe's most gifted composers and instrumentalists is expected to serenade music lovers with a long playlist from his five albums. The gig, which kicks off at ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735649/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735649/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Mutare - THE State will call its last witness next Wednesday to testify in the stock theft case involving suspended Zanu-PF Manicaland chairman, Mike Madiro and his deputy Dorothy Mabika. The two allegedly stole 10 beasts meant for the 21st February Movement celebrations held in Mutare last year. Provincial magistrate, Mrs Lucie-Anne Mungwari, deferred the case to May 29 after area public ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735650/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:56:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214735650/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The three-day meeting of the Sadc Inter-State Defence and Security Committee Human Resources Working Group ended in Harare yesterday with delegates resolving to strengthen the security of the region. Addressing delegates at the closing ceremony, Zimbabwe Defence Forces Chief of Staff Service Personnel and Logistics, Air Vice Marshal Titus Abu-Basutu, commended the ISDSC for calling for increased ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734064/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734064/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Government hospitals are facing a serious shortage of blood following the National Blood Services Zimbabwe's decision to demand cash upfront for blood and its products from the hospitals, it has emerged. Most of the hospitals cannot afford to buy blood on a cash basis because of shortage of finances. Masvingo provincial medical director Dr Robert Mudyirandima said on a monthly basis, the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734063/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734063/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 ZIMBABWEANS should vote resoundingly for Zanu-PF to defend the legacy of President Mugabe, the party and freedom fighters to avoid revolutionaries being yoked with reactionaries, a senior party official has said. Addressing Politburo, Central Committee and provincial executive members in Mashonaland West province national chairman Ambassador Simon Khaya Moyo said the party faced a watershed ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734062/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734062/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The Supreme Court started complying with the country's new Constitution yesterday when nine judges, instead of the previous six, sat on the bench to deal with a case brought by an HIV and Aids activist. The previous constitution provided for only six judges to sit on the bench when the Supreme Court is dealing with constitutional matters. In its first court session held in terms of the new ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734065/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734065/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 At least US$25 million is needed for the country to carry out a comprehensive mobile voter registration process, Co-Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi has said. Minister Mohadi said the normal voter registration process was going on well. "If we are to get more money we will have more teams on the ground for the mobile voter registration. "I cannot give you an exact budget but we ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734061/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214734061/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WORSHIPPERS from different churches yesterday held a peace awareness campaign in Mhondoro ahead of the country's watershed harmonised elections this year. The event, one of the biggest in a rural area, saw hundreds of worshippers marching from Watyoka Clinic to Muzavazi Primary School calling for a peaceful environment in their community. Methodist Development and Relief Agency(MeDRA) ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214733591/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:48 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214733591/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 KEY allies snubbed MDC-T's national policy conference last Friday, scuttling party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's bid to form an electoral pact with them ahead of a watershed election set for this year. The Herald is reliably informed that MDC-T sent written invitations to Professor Lovemore Madhuku's National Constitutional Assembly, Mr Munyaradzi Gwisai of the International ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214733595/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 04:42:47 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214733595/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Two more judges have been appointed to the Supreme Court bench in line with the country's new constitution which was gazetted this week. Justices Ben Hlatshwayo and Bharat Patel were sworn in by President Robert Mugabe at State House on Wednesday, bringing the total on the bench to nine. The new judges were said to be elated at their promotion from the High Court to the superior court, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732863/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:51:14 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732863/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The new Constitution that was formally gazetted by Robert Mugabe on Wednesday makes his desired June election date technically unlawful, with months worth of preparations constitutionally required. Mugabe and his ZANU PF party have been pushing for elections to be held as soon as the current Parliamentary term comes to an end on June 29th. This is the official date that marks the end of the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732706/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:51:10 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732706/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The dysfunctional Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has approached parliament in a bid to get funding for its operations, a few months before the end of its tenure. The commission was set up in 2009 under the current inclusive government, to investigate human rights abuses following the bloody 2008 elections. But four years later and a few months from the expiry of its life on June 29th, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732707/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:51:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732707/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 A rights activist, who is living with HIV, filed a test case in the newly constituted Constitutional Court on Thursday to highlight the challenges and ill treatment facing people living with the virus in the country's prisons. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights said Douglas Muzanenhamo's landmark legal application becomes the first case under the new constitutional dispensation, ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732708/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:51:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732708/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe (left) signs into law the Zimbabwe’s new constitution next to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (right) at the State House in Harare, on May 22, 2013. The 89-year-old, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, signed the document two months after it was overwhelmingly approved by Zimbabweans in a ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732215/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:12:45 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732215/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs draft constitution. Zimbabwe's president of 33 years, Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday signed a new constitution which many believe offers the southern African country its first real hope for political and economic revival. Zimbabwe’s people have suffered more than a decade of murderous repression by the regime, collapse of the country's once ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732124/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 03:12:44 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214732124/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The events of 2008 in Zimbabwe led to bloodshed and the present-day Government of National Unity. ZANU PF has exposed its cast-iron willpower to thwart the implementation of any meaningful reforms and the prognosis for the 2013 elections appears ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214730781/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:22:40 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214730781/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON -- The Deputy Director (internal) of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO), Elias Kanengoni, died Thursday. His elder brother, Alexander Kanengoni, said the spy boss was taken ill at a private clinic in Harare on Wednesday night and was pronounced dead Thursday. Kanengoni had been campaigning to represent Zanu-PF as a senatorial candidate for the Mazowe constituency in ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214723429/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:25:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214723429/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 HARARE -- The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says in a claim before the Supreme Court today Harare Central Police Station is no place for HIV positive inmates. In February 2011, social rights activist Douglas Muzanenhamo was arrested, along with 44 others, on charges that he was plotting Egyptian-style uprisings in Zimbabwe. Muzanenhamo says that during his detention at Harare ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214720267/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214720267/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON DC -- The country’s controversial indigenization program was back in the news at the weekend with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai threatening to reverse the Zanu-PF backed empowerment drive if elected president in fresh polls this year. Today parliament heard the empowerment drive is failing to attract the country’s youth with very few applying for funds under the $10 ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214720266/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:51:09 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/214720266/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2