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... »

The Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) failed to open on Monday as students shunned the high fees. “We can not go back to college this semester when we are not able to pay the fees for the last semester. We could not manage to get our results because they were suppressed after we had not... »

Government revenue has gradually risen to US$70 million in June while the economy has grown by 1,1 percent between January and April as the country continues to stagger through the decade long recession. Finance minister Tendai Biti told investors at a conference in Harare yesterday that revenue collected from taxes has jumped from US$66,8 million... »

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said Monday it would boycott the next Cabinet meeting and is considering disengaging from a troubled, four-month-old unity government with President Robert Mugabe. The Movement for Democratic Change has complained about continued harassment of Mugabe’s opponents and disputes over his unilateral appointments of top officials. Mugabe and Prime Minister... »

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... »

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... »

JOHANNESBURG – Britain will lift sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and his inner circle only after Zimbabwe’s unity government has instituted enough reforms to show that the country was firmly on the road to democracy, a top British government official has said. Writing in the in the Times newspaper on Friday, British foreign minister Mark... »

HARARE – Pressure continues to pile on the inclusive government to speed up media reforms in Zimbabwe in line with the dictates of the Global Political Agreement signed last year by the three main political parties. Mbizo legislator, Settlement Chikwinya on Tuesday tabled a motion calling on the Executive to bring before Parliament, a repeal... »

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government was being pressed today to explain why bodyguards working for the daughter of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe were not prosecuted for an alleged assault on two newspaper photographers. Senior legislator and barrister Margaret Ng wrote to the city’s Secretary for Justice, calling reports of the assault “disturbing” and... »

HARARE (AFP) — The head of an International Monetary Fund team arrived in Zimbabwe on Monday to assess the coalition government’s economic policies and the country’s still enormous humantarian needs, officials said. “The IMF staff mission will look into the country’s economic performance since the setting up of the incluisve government in February,” an official... »

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... »

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... »