Latest Zimbabwe News
RSS-
Water Situation in City Improves
THE water situation in some parts of Harare's western suburbs improved yesterday after council repaired one of the pumps at Morton Jaffray Water Works. Acting director for Harare Water Engineer Simon Muserere said the pump had been repaired though final touches were under way to restore supply to other areas. "We have worked hard the past week to ensure that we fixed the burst pump ...
-
Zimbabwe President Mugabe to Endorse New Constitution Today
PRESIDENT Mugabe is today expected to sign Constitutional Amendment (No. 20) Bill into law at State House at a function to be attended by Principals to the Global Political Agreement. Presidential spokesperson Mr George Charamba confirmed the development yesterday. "Once the signing is done, the document goes for gazetting and in terms of coming into force, there are two critical dates, ...
-
SA Zanu-PF Relations Strained Ahead of Poll
Relations between the South African government and Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF are said to be under severe strain, with the former ruling party in Zimbabwe intensifying its anti-SA rhetoric. This historically loyal relationship has been steadily souring in recent months, to the point that ZANU PF loyalists have been calling for the SADC bloc to revisit Zuma's facilitation role in ...
More Zimbabwe News
RSS-
Man Forced to Service Four Women
Chinhoyi Bureau - A KADOMA man endured a hellish two days at the hands of four women who reportedly kidnapped him at gunpoint and locked him up in a room where they would take turns to be intimate with him before giving him trinkets and later dumping him on the side of the road, police have said. Before going on gruelling sessions of sexually satisfying the women, they would give him a meal of ...
-
Zimbabwe Mutasa On Indiginisation
Zimbabweans living in the United States have appealed to Government to ensure they also benefit from the indigenisation programme that has seen many people venturing into areas previously dominated by foreigners. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Diaspora Engagement conference held in Washington DC on Monday, the diasporans said were eager to engage the Government on the matter. This comes at a time ...
-
Zambia Zimbabwe US envoys cycle for tourism
United States Ambassador to Zambia Mark Storella riding a bike on a20 km stretch from Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport toNsongwe in Livingstone to promote internationaltourism, economic growth, and wildlife conservation in Zambia andZimbabwe THE United States ambassadors to Zambia and Zimbabwe today began a three-day cross-border bike ride between the two countries to promote ...
-
Zimbabwe Civil Society Condemns Mobile Voter Registration
Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe - highlighting a host of serious problems and concluding that it has to be re-started since it comprehensively failed to reach all prospective registrants. In a joint statement, the civil society groups lists some key concerns about the process that ran ...
-
China vows continued support for Zimbabwe
HARARE -- China will continue supporting Zimbabwe in its quest to fend off international threats on its sovereignty and economic prosperity, visiting Chinese vice Premier Wang Yang said ...
-
Chinese vice premier starts official visit to Zimbabwe
Vice Premier Wang Yang arrived in Harare on Tuesday, starting an official visit to Zimbabwe, the first leg of his African trip from May 21 to 25 to boost China's relations with the continent.During his visit to Zimbabwe, Wang is expected to pay a courtesy call to President Robert Mugabe, hold talks with Vice President Joyce Mujuru and pay a courtesy call to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, ...
-
China Vows To Continue Support For Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 22 (Bernama) -- China will continue supporting Zimbabwe in its quest to fend off international threats on its sovereignty and economic prosperity, visiting Chinese vice Premier Wang Yang said Tuesday. Yang is in Zimbabwe, his first foreign trip as vice Premier, to seek ways of strengthening bilateral ties between the two friendly nations, Zimbabwean news agency, AIM, ...
-
Few Winter Wheat Farmers Meet Planting Deadline
Agriculture experts predict a very low wheat harvest this year due to the decline in winter wheat production as most farmers failed to meet this year’s planting deadline of May 15. The farmers could not buy inputs on time as they failed to access funds from banks and the government. Last week, the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe said banks were failing to lend the agricultural sector ...
-
Zanu-PF MDC Gear For Primary Elections
WASHINGTON -- The Zanu-PF Politiburo is meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Wednesday to try and finalize its long-awaited rules and regulations that govern the conduct of primary elections ahead of this year’s crucial polls. The delay in issuing the regulations, insiders say, is now causing serious friction within the party as aspiring candidates are said to be ...
-
Zambian Minister Urges Zimbabwe to Hold Peaceful Election
WASHINGTON DC -- Zambian Tourism Minister Sylvia Masebo has called on Zimbabwe to avoid a violent election for the sake of the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization General Assembly to be co-hosted by the two neighbors in August. Addressing a news conference in Livingstone on Tuesday after a first leg cross-border cycling tour with U.S. Ambassadors to Harare and Lusaka, Bruce ...
-
EU Avails $17 Million to Revamp Zimbabwe Education
HARARE -- The Global Partnership for Education, a multilateral partnership devoted to ensuring more children enroll in schools the world over, will Wednesday decide on Zimbabwe’s $23 million application for teacher-retraining as the country continues to revamp the education sector which suffered greatly at the height of the country’s economic and political problems. Education ...
-
China vice-premier in Zimbabwe for start of trade and development trip before Africa summit
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa. Officials at the Harare airport said Tuesday that the third ranking of China's four vice-premiers in President Xi Jinping's communist party is scheduled to meet with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on ...
-
GMO Debate Rages on in Zimbabwe
WASHINGTON DC -- Agricultural experts, economists and social scientists are this evening expected to debate the contentious issue of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Harare. The debate, organised by a non-governmental organization – Food Matters Zimbabwe – will be chaired by Professor Sam Moyo, director of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies. It will feature ...
-
China vice-premier arrives in Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe -; Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in ...
-
NGOs Urge Zimbabwe to Restart Voter Registration Exercise
HARARE -- Zimbabwe’s civil society organizations want the government to re-start the mobile voter registration exercise that ended Sunday amid concerns that the program was marred by several irregularities resulting in many eligible voters failing to register. Some civil society organizations that monitored the mobile voter registration exercise said the program failed dismally in its ...
-
Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Plans IPO as Index Rallies 38
Zimbabwe 's stock exchange, whose main industrial index has jumped 38 percent this year, plans to sell shares through an initial public offering by the end of 2013, according to the country's Securities Exchange Commission. The market value of shares listed on the bourse may nearly double to $10 billion from the current $5.4 billion over the next 12 months as it plans to start ...
-
New Constitution Binds ZEC to Another 30-Day Voter Registration Exercise
The mobile voter registration exercise ended Sunday amid an outcry from all corners of the country that the exercise was poorly conducted and dismally failed to meet demand. The just-ended 20-day programme, which was controversial from the start, ran from April 29th until May 19th with revelations that registration teams only covered a third of the country's 1,958 wards. Last week cabinet ...
-
MDC Policy Document Can Help Party Win Crucial Elections
Veteran MDC-T activist Grace Kwinjeh said on Monday that her party has produced one of the best policy documents and it will resonate well with the voters in the forthcoming elections. Speaking on SW Radio Africa's Election Watch program, the former deputy secretary for International Relations urged all party activists to use the document to convince voters to support the MDC-T. Kwinjeh ...
-
Lecturer Jailed Over Mugabe Donkey Jibe
A university lecturer in Masvingo has been sentenced to three months in jail, after allegedly calling Robert Mugabe a "rotten old donkey." Chenjerai Pamhiri, who lectures at the Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo, was convicted last Friday for insulting the President and is being held in remand prison. A bail hearing for Pamhiri is set to be heard sometime this week. His ...
-
Foreign Owned Shops Face Closure After Ultimatum
Shops and other businesses owned by non-Zimbabwean nationals across the country could soon close down, in the wake of a six month ultimatum published by the government. A Government Gazette published last week Friday has given all businesses operating in 'reserved' sectors a six month ultimatum to comply with new regulations, which require them to apply for indigenisation compliance ...
-
Thieves Leave Mupfumis House Empty
THIEVES on Sunday broke into Zanu-PF Central Committee member and businessman Mr Esau Mupfumi's house in Harare and made off with household property worth US$7 800. Mr Mupfumi, who operates Chinjekure Enterprises, was away when the incident occurred and he had to be called to find his house in The Grange literally empty. Two plasma television sets, one upright refrigerator, microwave, ...
-
Patients Paying for Blood From NBSZ
MOST patients seeking treatment from public health institutions are still paying for blood directly from the National Blood Services Zimbabwe following the freezing of the institution's credit facilities for failure to pay on time. NBSZ public affairs manager Ms Ester Massundah said her organisation was owed US$$1 031 670 by public health institutions as at April 30 and an additional US$243 ...
News from around our Network
