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Did The UN Cover up a Cholera Outbreak for Robert Mugabe?
In the 11 months between August 2008 and July of last year, nearly 100,000 Zimbabweans came down with cholera in the first countrywide epidemic of the disease in modern history. Previous outbreaks in Zimbabwe, which have occurred annually since 2003, had affected only pockets of the country. This time, cholera was everywhere. Corpses filled... »
Cash shortage threatens constitutional reform
BULAWAYO – The government is yet to secure full funding for the constitutional reform process, casting further doubt on the exercise to write a new governance charter for Zimbabwe that is set to resume on Monday after delays this week. Sources at Parliament, which is leading constitutional reforms, said a further US$17 million needed to... »
Senate President Edna Madzongwe’s guard commits Suicide
A guard, who was being accused of killing a man at Senate President Edna Madzongwe’s newly acquired Stockdale Farm, this week shot and killed himself in a toilet at the farm. Madzongwe – a top official in President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party – has controversially acquired Stockdale Farm after muscling out its original owner... »
Supreme Court hears Mukoko’s case today
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court today begins hearing a constitutional challenge filed by prominent human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko to determine a series of violations of her constitutional rights at the hands of state security agents. Lawyers want a permanent stay of criminal proceedings against Mukoko whose trial for plotting to unseat President Robert Mugabe’s... »
Senator Patrick Kombayi Dies
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) senator Patrick Kombayi has died. He was the Senator for Gweru – Chirumanzu in the Midlands province. In a statement, the MDC said Senator Kombayi died at his home in Gweru after battling with injuries sustained when Zanu PF operatives in Gweru shot him on March 24, 1990 while he was... »
Tsvangirai to appeal to asylum seekers to return to Zimbabwe
Morgan Tsvangirai will deliver a passionate appeal this week to Zimbabwe refugees and asylum seekers living in Britain to return home to help to rebuild their shattered country. In a two-hour address at Southwark Cathedral before evensong on Saturday afternoon, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe will argue that his country has made important progress towards... »
PM Tsvangarai meets Swedish PM Reinfeldt
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met visiting Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangarai in Stockholm on Tuesday. The two leaders discussed the situation in Zimbabwe, its development and Swedish EU presidency. At a press conference after their meeting, Prime Minister Reinfeldt said that Zimbabwe had encountered great difficulty and now the most important thing is to... »
Zimbabwe could grow at 4% in 2009: Minister Biti
Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti said Friday the economy could grow by 4.0 percent this year after being battered by years of hyperinflation and economic contraction. »
Obama Gives Tsvangirai Words Of Support
United States President Barack Obama gave tentative backing to Zimbabwe's fragile national unity government on Friday, but the country's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, left a White House meeting largely empty-handed. »
Parallel market rates plunge to all-time low
EXCHANGE rates on Zimbabwe’s parallel market for foreign currency plunged to eight-month lows of $1 700 against the United States dollar because of increased demand for hard cash, according to forex dealers. The dealers said the rates had been stable at between $1 200... »