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 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:09 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:09 -0400 30 Zimbabwean president and his main political rivals in the coalition government have agreed to file an application at the Constitutional Court, seeking extention of the general elections' date beyond July 31, 2013. The three leaders -- President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, and Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube -- met Wednesday at the State House and gave consent ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215310211/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:40:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215310211/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and his main political rivals in the coalition government on Wednesday agreed on an application that will be filed at the Constitutional Court seeking to extend the election date beyond July 31 this year.The agreement followed a recommendation by Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) over the weekend urging the unity government to approach the court ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215310814/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:20:42 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215310814/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON DC -- Moderate Zanu-PF lawmaker for Guruve South, Edward Chindori-Chininga, has died in a car accident while driving in his constituency. The former mines minister was the chairman of the parliamentary portfolio committee on mines and energy that last week produced a damning report on missing diamond funds. He survived a fatal crash last year when his vehicle collided with a 4X4 ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215307411/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:16:53 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215307411/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON -- Highlanders failed to consolidate their lead at the top of the premier soccer league table Wednesday when they lost 1-0 to a depleted Chicken Inn in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League (PSL) match at the Barbourfields Stadium. Playing after after a two-week break due to international fixtures, Bosso was hoping to use the match against Chicken Inn to consolidate its position on ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215306129/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:07:54 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215306129/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 HARARE -- Unity government principals met at State House on Wednesday and ordered Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa to withdraw his application seeking an extension of the election date to August 14th. The meeting followed complaints by the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations in the coalition government that Mr. Chinamasa had acted outside the directive of the Southern African ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215302212/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:50 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215302212/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 HARARE -- The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) wants the government to designate special off days to allow workers time to register as voters in time for this year’s elections. The umbrella body of all labour unions in the country says the second phase of the mobile voter registration exercise is too slow with people spending up to five hours on queues before successfully ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215302211/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:49 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215302211/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 William Mukurazita’s deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe’s first ';cattle bank'; has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in the southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it’s the first bank account they’ve ever had. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215299797/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:26 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215299797/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The state media's use of politically inflammatory language ahead of the anticipated application for extension of time by Government to the Constitutional Court as recommended by SADC is a cause for concern because it undermines the judicial process by creating an impression that the matter has been pre-judged and will not be given fair consideration by the court. It is clear that the state ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215298235/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:43:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215298235/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The Robert Mugabe government on 19 February ordered the arrest of 46 activists attending a meeting organised by the International Socialist Organisation at which footage of the Egypt protests were shown and discussed. These 46 now have been charged with treason. "They were watching DVD news clips of the protests in Tunisia and Egypt," Roselyn Hanzi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215298236/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:35:47 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215298236/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Five young Zimbabweans have gone "missing" after celebrating the victory of the Egyptian revolution. The five opposition supporters are believed to be in ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215298237/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:35:45 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215298237/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Millions of dollars in royalties paid by diamond mining firms in eastern Zimbabwe have disappeared, a parliamentary committee found, amid fears they could be used to finance harassment in forthcoming ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215296688/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:06:36 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215296688/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Robert Mugabe at the SADC meeting of regional leaders, who called for the Zimbabwe election deadline to be pushed back. Photograph: Ferhat Momade/AFP/Getty ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215296211/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:39:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215296211/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Written statement by Acting Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215296689/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:33:08 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215296689/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The African Union has dispatched a nine member advance team of election observers to Zimbabwe ahead of polls President Mugabe wants held by July 31.Mugabe, through his Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa on Tuesday filed a Constitutional Court application seeking a two week extension to the poll date following advice from regional leaders at the weekend.But indications are that the veteran ruler ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294319/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:28:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294319/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's highest court said Wednesday it has received an application from longtime President Robert Mugabe's party to delay crucial elections by at least two weeks following pressure from regional leaders. Mugabe has insisted he is merely abiding by a previous court order in holding general elections on July 31. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a longtime Mugabe ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294320/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:26:59 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294320/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Equatorial Guinea has emerged as one of Zimbabwe's main creditors following massive unpaid oil deliveries since the surrender of coup plotter Simon Mann from Harare to Malabo in ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294327/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:17:05 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294327/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 In a 2007 report from the US Embassy in Harare, a possible national unity government in Zimbabwe is described as "less attractive." President Robert Mugabe is called "the devil" and Morgan Tsvangirai is described as "a flawed ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294881/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:17:00 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294881/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwean diamonds worth US$ 160 million have been exported to India following a Kimberley Process certification by a South African businessman, although Zimbabwe diamonds are barred from such ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294882/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294882/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 President Robert Mugabe is accused of a rush of illegal appointments to Zimbabwean embassies, governor posts and other prominent positions to party followers and family members. The MDC struggles to reverse the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294883/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:16:54 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215294883/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. Zimbabwe's first "Cattle Bank" has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it's the first bank account they've ever had. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293370/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:29:54 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293370/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson June 18, 2013 FACT SHEET Recognizing the 10th Anniversary of the U.S. President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Today, Secretary Kerry marked the 10th Anniversary of the creation of the historic U.S. President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) by announcing that the millionth baby will be born HIV-free this month ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293373/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293373/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Flue- Cured tobacco cumulative sales have risen to 149,4 million kilogrammes worth US$552 million after 84 selling days. This is an increase of 23 percent from last year's 121,9 million kg valued at US$452 million delivered during the corresponding period at an average price of US$3,73/kg. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board TIMB chief executive Dr Andrew Matibiri said the board will not ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293372/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293372/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Cape Town - All parties in Zimbabwe's government of national unity must respect the responsibility of journalists to document events and report the views of citizens, especially in the run-up to the country's elections in July, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. In four different cases this month, reporters have been attacked apparently in connection with their coverage of ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293374/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:43 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215293374/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Wednesday he had filed papers "yesterday [Tuesday]" that sought "a postponement of the date for the harmonised elections from July 31 2013 to August 14, 2013". Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court ordered Mugabe two weeks ago to hold the poll by the end of July, but Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected his rival's ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291836/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:39:02 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291836/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 A bank has begun accepting cattle as collateral for cash loans in Zimbabwe, the The Associated Press has reported.Depositors can get loans of an equal value of the cattle they have put in the bank."Cattle banking is the only way owners can get monetary value for their animals without having to sell them,'' TN Bank executive Charles Chakoma said on Wednesday. For many rural poor in ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291576/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:13:45 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291576/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 A 10-member African Union (AU) pre-observer team arrived in Zimbabwe yesterday to assess the political situation ahead of harmonised elections set for July 31. AU political officer Mr Idrissa Kamara is leading the team that includes Ms Joyce Pitso, Ms Chirambo Kondwani, Mr Gilbert Khadiagala, all of South Africa; Mr Job Akuni, Mr Crispy Praise Kaheru and Ms Hope-Mary Nsagi of Uganda; Mrs ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215292123/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:05 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215292123/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Greenfuel has intensified the roll-out of E-85, a blend of ethanol and unleaded fuel, by increasing the number of fuel stations selling the product and fitting centres for conversion kits that enable cars to use the fuel. According to Greenfuels E-85 kit fitting centres that also sell the fuel in Harare include Redan Ambi and Zuva service stations at Groombridge and along Chinhoyi Street. E-85 ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215292122/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215292122/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Masvingo - A newborn baby lets out a feeble cry as midwife Anna Mungara tends to a small wound on its head, at the provincial hospital in Masvingo, a town in southeast Zimbabwe. With utmost care, Mungara cleans the cut, wraps the baby in two sets of warm blankets and makes cooing sounds to soothe him. When the infant calms down, she gently places him into an incubator. Mungara, a trainee at the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291790/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:12:01 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291790/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, his justice minister said on ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291155/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:17:19 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291155/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signs into law the Zimbabwe draft constitution in Harare, on May 22 2013. Mugabe has filed an urgent application with the country's top court to push back crucial elections by two weeks, his justice minister ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290897/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:12:39 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290897/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 THE Zanu-PF National Elections Directorate yesterday scrutinised applications by aspiring candidates seeking to stand on the party's ticket in the harmonised elections and is expected to present a reporton its findings to the Politburo today. The Politburo is expected to approve the final list of candidates who will contest primary elections on Monday next week in preparation for the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291156/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:05 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291156/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 GOVERNMENT has filed an application to extend the July 31 deadline for holding harmonised elections in the wake of an appeal by the Sadc extraordinary summit in Maputo, Mozambique, last weekend. Summit urged the inclusive-Government to approach the court to ask for time beyond July 31. Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday filed the application on behalf of the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291157/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:05 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291157/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 From a sextape to a brewing love affair with Elikem, Zimbabwe’s Pokello is getting some mention. Boboye Onduku reveals the buzz around the shoe freak, who has put on her game face - at last - on The ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291158/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:05 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291158/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 SADC will respect any decision taken by the Constitutional Court regarding the possible extension of election dates as it will not create a precedent of contesting the rulings of courts of any member- state, the bloc's executive secretary, Dr Tomaz Salamao, said yesterday. At the extraordinary summit of Heads of State and government in Maputo, Mozambique, at the weekend, Sadc urged Justice ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291163/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291163/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe Congress of Students Union (Zicosu) has urged youths to vote wisely in the forthcoming harmonised elections to preserve the gains of the liberation struggle. "Let's uphold our national sovereignty and pride for our future. As we go to elections I urge students to vote for Zanu-PF so we do not disappoint those who sacrificed their lives for the country to gain ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291159/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291159/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 IT is immature and ill-informed of MDC formations to claim and celebrate victory of a recommendation by the Sadc extraordinary Summit that President Mugabe should approach the Constitutional Court seeking an extension to the July 31 poll date, political analysts have said. They said a recommendation of the Sadc Heads of State and Government who met in Mozambique on Saturday did not compel the ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291167/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291167/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Former Alick Macheso band members Jonas Kasamba, Noel Nyazanda, Obert Gomba and Franco "Slomo" Dhaka have formed their music outfit called Extra Kwazvose. Earlier media reports were saying the band is called Orchestra Ndozvese. Extra Kwazvose is led by the four and has 12 other band members. Slomo, who left Macheso to join Suluman Chimbetu in January 2012, will be the lead vocalist. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291161/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291161/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 EXCLUSIVE breastfeeding is still a challenge among Zimbabwean women resulting in a significant number of malnourished and stunted growth of children, a nutrition expert has said. According to the Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey for 2011, only 31 percent of Zimbabwean women practise exclusive breastfeeding. Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating breastfeeding week in August. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291160/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291160/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 MDC-T legislators yesterday temporarily disrupted parliamentary business in the House of Assembly, protesting against a decision by the three political parties represented in Parliament to suspend indefinitely portfolio committee business from this Friday. The Seventh Parliament's life comes to an end on Saturday next week, with officials saying more than 90 percent of the committees were ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291162/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:04 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291162/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Bikita Rural District Council has fined Nan Jiang Africa Resources diamond mining firm in Budzi communal lands US$40 000 for proceeding to build permanent structures at its site without approval from council. Nan Jiang Africa Resources has since last year been constructing permanent structures such as administration offices and a plant in the Devuli Ranch where the company discovered kimberlite. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291164/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291164/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 TWO suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang terorrising travellers along the highways were early Sunday morning shot and seriously injured by detectives at a car park in Mufakose, police said yesterday. The two were yesterday still admitted to a local hospital where they are receiving treatment under police guard. According to police sources, the two had so far cleared three armed ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291166/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291166/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 A NUMBER of local diamond cutters and polishers have closed shop because they are not getting the gems from miners, a report by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee of Mines and Energy has said. In terms of the diamond policy adopted by the Government last year, a quota of locally produced diamonds should be made available for beneficiation by local cutters and polishers. The main objective of ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291165/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:07:03 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215291165/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 ZANU PF "big guns" dramatically left en masse an hour after a Cabinet meeting, which was due to discuss the crucial election roadmap, started on Tuesday. The meeting was also supposed to discuss an agreement made by the political parties at the just ended SADC summit, to send Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa to ask the Constitutional Court for a two week delay in the election date. ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290223/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290223/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe: Examining Prospects for Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe - Testimony of Dewa Mavhinga, Senate Foreign Relations ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290221/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:57 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290221/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Nelson Chamisa, the national organizing secretary of the MDC-T, insisted on Tuesday that demands for reforms before the next general election does not mean they're afraid of defeat as insinuated by President Robert Mugabe. The ZANU PF leader accused both formations of the MDC of being afraid of defeat, after they sought to postpone elections scheduled for July during the SADC summit held in ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290222/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290222/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Officials from the MDC-T have called for fresh primary elections to take place in the Chegutu East constituency, claiming irregularities had marred the poll there. More than 30 Chegutu members of the party gathered at the MDC-T headquarters, Harvest House, in Harare on Monday, to petition organising secretary Nelson Chamisa about the problems they say happened during Saturday's primary ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290227/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290227/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Members of the Zimbabwean Diaspora will this weekend gather in London where they will protest, among other issues, the failure of the government back home to allow them to vote. The demonstration is being hosted by the Zim pressure group The Vigil, the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) and a coalition of other groups. They are calling on the Zim government and Southern African ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290226/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290226/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Following primary elections held in Bulawayo over the weekend, allegations have surfaced about a plan to prevent white MDC-T members from making it past the internal selection process. Sources close to the process reported 'serious vote rigging' in the Bulawayo Central Constituency, where party heavy weight Dorcas Sibanda, was pitted against Nicola Watson (Watson lost the primary ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290225/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290225/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 MDC-T has unleashed a wave of intra- and inter-party political violence in a bid to not only trash the political environment to abet its call for poll postponement, but to also provide fodder for its Western allies to discredit the poll. Harmonised elections are scheduled for July 31, with nomination courts for contesting candidates sitting next Friday. The terror campaign began last year, but ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290224/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215290224/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The MDC has been joined by SADC in calling for the election to be delayed slightly, but is this really a victory for the opposition? On 15 June, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe in Mozambique's capital of Maputo. The main issue discussed was the Zimbabwean elections, currently scheduled for the 31 July. The 31 July date was set by ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215289952/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:53 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215289952/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 The African Union says it is up to Zimbabweans to resolve disputes over election dates. At a press conference in Geneva on Monday, the chair of the commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said that the primary concern is for the elections to be free and fair. President Mugabe proclaimed July 31 for harmonized elections in compliance with a directive from the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe to hold ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215289953/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:53 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215289953/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 MDC-T legislators today temporarily disrupted parliamentary business in the House of Assembly protesting against a decision by the three political parties represented in parliament to indefinitely suspend portfolio committee business from this Friday. Parliament's life comes to an end on Saturday next week at a time most committees have run out of business. Chief whips from Zanu-PF (Cde ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215289776/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:52 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215289776/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON -- Zimbabwe's premier soccer league action kicks off Wednesday, nationwide after a two week break. Log leaders Highlanders, topping the premiership grouping with 29 points hope to continue their dominance when they take on Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium Wednesday. Dynamos, who trail Highlanders by four points, play Buffaloes at Sakubva Stadium hoping to get maximum ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215285008/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:09:58 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215285008/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON DC -- The United States said Tuesday it is concerned that even if Zimbabwe manages to deliver a credible election, a smooth transition to a new dispensation may not be possible. Zimbabwe is poised for general elections anytime this year, whose scheduling has become a subject of bitter contestation between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party and its Movement for Democratic ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215281630/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:53:20 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215281630/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 WASHINGTON DC -- Mbizo lawmaker Settlement Chikwinya of the Movement for Democratic Change formation of Prime Minister Tsvangirai Tuesday has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking an extension of the on-going mobile voter registration exercise by two days so officers can mop up hundreds of people who have failed to register. Chikwinya told VOA Studio 7 he was forced to ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279273/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:42:34 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279273/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Zimbabwe's constitutional court had ruled the polls must take place by 31 July 2013, but the regional block SADC said at the weekend Zimbabwe should ask for the deadline to be postponed. DW spoke to Anne Chikwanha, a senior researcher at the South African Institute for International ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279274/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:19:36 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279274/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Washington, DC - Good morning. Today, the African Affairs Subcommittee will focus its attention on Zimbabwe, a country with abundant natural resources, fertile land, and a capable, enterprising population. Zimbabwe should be driving growth and prosperity in southern Africa.Instead, in the 33 years since its independence, Zimbabweans' prospects have become increasing bleak, reaching a low ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279275/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:06:56 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279275/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 JOHANNESBURG - Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair. President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215278988/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:06:51 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215278988/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 In a new documentary, the Zimbabwean president says that Mandela 'was too much of a saint' and takes the famous South African to task for not doing enough for the black ... http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279251/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:01:13 -0400 http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/215279251/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2