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MDC-T Launches Promising Transformation Plan
The MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday launched its plans for transforming Zimbabwe, plans which have been described as "promising." Tsvangirai on Friday officially opened his party's 8th policy conference in Harare, a three day event that will set the tone for his and his party's election campaign this year. The theme for the conference is: "Towards ...
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Harare City Council Needs $2.5 Billion to Address Citys Water Woes
The Harare City Council on Thursday revealed that it requires a staggering $2.5 billion to roll out a programme to address the city's water problems. Speaking to journalists, Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda said the programme would ensure that residents have uninterrupted supplies, during a week when most residents had no water. The dormitory town of Chitungwiza, which gets its water from ...
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Policy to Transform Zim Launched
The policy that will open Zimbabwe for business, usher in substantive reforms in various sectors with the sole objective of spurring economic growth, restore our collective dignity and creating jobs for the millions of unemployed Zimbabweans has been launched. The policy was launched Friday at a colorful ceremony held at the Jubilee Christian Centre in Harare. Even young people who are ...
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Zim for Inaugural Childrens World Cup
CHILDREN from local homes will have an opportunity to showcase their talent when they take part in the World Cup of Children from Care Homes "Hope for Mundial" to be held in Warsaw, Poland,next month. The event will be held on June 15 and 16 and the participating teams are expected to arrive on June 13. Zimbabwe was invited for the inaugural World Cup after Kutting Edge Sports ...
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Cowdray Park Residents Battle Ongoing Water Problems in the Dry City
Residents in the still growing Cowdray Park suburb of Bulawayo are battling with ongoing water shortages that have plagued the area for more than seven years. Thousands of people, allocated stands in the area, have been forced to add hours of queuing for water into their every day plans. They say the water problems have been caused by bad planning, with only five communal taps servicing eight ...
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Chinese vice premier to attend AU special summit in Zimbabwe
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will pay an official visit to Zimbabwe and attend a special summit of the African Union from May 21 to 25.Wang will attend a special summit of the African Union to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization for African Unity, the predecessor to the African Union. He will attend the event, to be held in the Ethiopian capital of Addis ...
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Mugabe’s party accuses Coca Cola of promoting rival party ahead of election
A man waits to obtain his national identity card during a voter registration drive in Harare ahead of the general election. Photograph: Philimon ...
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Zimbabwe Business Delegation Visits USA
WASHINGTON DC -- A high-powered delegation of business executives and top government officials has arrived in Washington DC to link Zimbabweans in the diaspora with captains of industry and commerce in an effort to revive the Zimbabwe economy. Esau Mavindidze of the Zimbabwe Business Network International, which is hosting the delegation with Zimbabwe Expo Business Consortium, said the ...
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Ncube Take Advantage of Voter Registration Exercise
WASHINGTON -- Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Welshman Ncube says Zimbabweans should take advantage of the up-coming thirty-day voter registration exercise to ensure their names are on the voters roll as the country prepares for fresh elections. The exercise will begin soon after the Zimbabwe Constitution Amendment Bill Number 20 is signed by President Robert Mugabe and gazetted ...
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Mugabes Party Dispatches Probe Team to Deal With Deepening Factionalism in Masvingo
WASHINGTON -- A Zanu-PF probe team led by chairman Simon Khaya Moyo is now in the volatile Masvingo Province to try and address factionalism that might prove costly for the party in the forthcoming election. Sources in Masvingo told VOA that some Provincial Cordinating Committee (PCC) members met last weekend and vowed to resist any attempts to dissolve the provincial leadership as has ...
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Tsvangirai Vows to Fight Graft Unemployment if Party Wins Elections
HARARE -- Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday vowed to fight corruption to high unemployment levels in the country is his party wins fresh elections expected to be called sometime this year. Mr. Tsvangirai made the commitment in an address officially opening his party’s three-day national policy conference horning out its top priority policies to champion during the ...
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Zimbabwe’s Mr. Ironman Contest Back After Two-Year Absence
HARARE -- One of Zimbabwe’s top bodybuilding competitions, Mr. Ironman, returns to the Zimbabwean sports calendar after two years of absence. The Zimbabwe Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation says Mr. and Miss Ironman competition will be held on June 1 in the Mashonaland West town of Kadoma instead of its traditional Harare venue as the federation seeks to spread the sport around the ...
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Zimbabwes Tsvangirai says Mugabes Party is Dead
Zimbabwean Prime Minister and Movement for Democractic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai, left, and his wife Elizabeth greet the audience on the first day of the party's National Policy Conference in Harare, May 17, ...
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