The ZIMBABWE Situation November 2012 ARCHIVE
Posted 30/11/12
Zuma team meets political parties over constitutional deadlock
Dead people will remain on voters' roll: ZEC
5.4 million Zimbabweans on the voters’ roll
ZEC’s Kazembe shields RG’s office
Anglican saga: Kunonga cites indigenisation
Gandiya holds mass in Cathedral for first time in 5 years
Kunonga runs amok, 5 ‘thugs’ nabbed
Zimbabwe pro-black law is investment scare: Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe’s MDC Unveils Economic Plan to Reverse Indigenization
Soldiers assault MDC members in Zhombe
Zim Villagers Warned Limbs Will Be Cut Off
WOZA launches campaign to mark violence against women
Mugabe Threatens British American Tobacco Company
Zimbabwe ownership law will be enforced: minister
Zimbabwe's Biti decries foreign banks after bill sales fail
Govt crippled companies: Robertson
MDC blasts Ncube and his loyal media for peddling lies
Partisan inputs refused
Madhuku ends MDC relationship
Playing politics with military history
Posted 29/11/12
Defiant Kunonga refuses to vacate Anglican Cathedral
Kunonga threatens to shoot snapper
Anglicans stage demo in Mutare
Zuma's Team in Zimbabwe to Break Constitution Impasse
Zimbabwe Parliament Opens Amid Street Protests
74% majority stake in Air Zimbabwe to be put up for sale
Government shields air Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Lands Top UN Job
Harare typhoid outbreak alert
Police bar theatre production
Corrupt police make driving in Zimbabwe a costly affair
26 MDC-T activists to spend 2nd Christmas in custody
Tsvangirai denies Ncube snub
MDC-T comes out in defence of Tsvangirai
MDC: Food aid manipulated
Chitungwiza Council workers go three months without wages
ZANU-PF MP, Locardia's sister attacks Mugabe
MPs slate Zimbabwe's 'supermarket' budget
British Taxpayers' Money Used To Fund Brutal Dictators
ZIFA releases final judgement on Asiagate
Zimbabwe appoint German as Warriors coach
Transcript 2: Jessie Majome on Mutambara vs Ncube
We must invest in education
Zimbabwe; the comedy continues
Gukurahundi Massacres: Dissident Numbers (Part 7)
Posted 28/11/12
Rights groups fear Zimbabwe pre-election crackdown
Rights defenders face terrorisation
Zimbabweans fear bloody elections
New committee set up to look at COPAC deadlock
Ncube excluded as leaders try to break constitution logjam
Mugabe takes over Draft Constitution
SADC Should Monitor Zim Polls/AIPPA Bad
3 months no pay as council debts outstrip revenue
ZANU PF MP furious at being snubbed by villagers in Mudzi
MDC Mash West secretary’s farm grabbed
Kunonga, get out by 4pm
ZIFA reprieve for 66 Asiagate match fixers
DRC: Failed military deal scuppers Zimbabwe intervention
In the deep end - Nigel’s long and bumpy road
Q&A: COP18, Another ‘Conference of Polluters’
Gukurahundi Massacres: Super Zapu dissidents (Part 6)
Posted 27/11/12
African Human Rights Court Asked To Rule On Legality Of Sadc Tribunal's Suspension
Report: Zimbabwe Targets Human Rights Activists
Zimbabwe set for massive power blackouts
Massive power outage hits Bulawayo
Flood warning as heavy rains pound country
Kunonga faction resists eviction in some parishes
Kunonga camp at it again
Zanu PF NGO seeks ban of Pac research team
Chief Urges Zanu (PF) Leaders To Use Indigenisation Policy To Buy Votes
South Africa and Zimbabwe hold defence and security talks
Harare City Council criticised for spending $350,000 on two vehicles
HRT fails to stop councils' budget
Global 16 Day Campaign to end violence against women begins
Anti-GBV campaign crippled by finance — Muchena
Uzumba MP blasts appalling ZBC reach
Secrecy over funding to build new Mugabe city
Enos Nkala predicts PM landslide victory
Gono ZANU-PF’s poster boy for corruption
Ben Freeth: Racial discrimination in Zim
A growing evidence base: yet more inconvenient truths
Gukurahundi: Why Zipra soldiers deserted ZNA (Part 5)
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series - 24th November 2012 [Public Accounts Committee Meeting Open to the Public: - Monday 26 November]
BILL WATCH 52/2012 of 24th November [2013 Budget Debate due 27 November]
Batch 2 Posted 26/11/12
Kunonga bishops threaten violence
Kunonga, police in unholy alliance?
New farmers swell tobacco ranks
Anger over Zanu PF ‘Nazi tactics’
Arab billionaires target Zimbabwe diamonds
‘Zimbabweans in SA living under harsh conditions’
Church invited to lead anti-corruption commomerations
A president donating to his country
Diamond corruption – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 24th November 2012
UNiTE to End Violence against Women
Zimbabwe's Natural History Lessons
Posted 26/11/12
Two more district hospitals for Harare
Harare’s underground water under threat
Outcry over MDC-T directive on primaries
Mujuru is second in command — Gumbo
Zanu PF chefs in Manicaland fight over community share trust
Welshman Ncube in political quandary
Harare City Council returns attached property
Outrage as Green Fuels auctions stray cattle
Unfreeze nurses’ posts, government urged
Senior policeman up for stock theft
Meikles ventures into mining
Banking sector frets over Biti’s reforms
Zimbabwe: A breeding ground for fraudsters
Sunday View: Child offenders evidence of societal failure
Take the initiative: Create your own future
Editor’s desk: When surrogate power vanishes: Ask Kunonga!
Comment: Harare must create a win-win scenario
Posted 25/11/12
SA deports nearly 43 000 Zimbabweans
SADC to Push For Zimbabwe Reforms Despite Regional Conflicts
Zimbabwe takes DRC backseat
Coltart slams Moyo over Selous Scouts 'slur'
Chombo, Masunda defend purchase of new cars
Chimanikire under fire for defending Chombo's vast wealth
Zanu PF hall of shame in limbo
Construction of 'Zvimba Paradise' Stokes Controversy
Zifa to pay whistleblowers
Rahman Gumbo steps down as Zimbabwe coach
ZCTF Report - Retraction & Apology
A long time coming
Kunonga
Batch 2 Posted 24/11/12
Jailing of violent ZANU PF group welcomed
Jabulani Sibanda ‘contracted’ to intimidate MDC-T supporters
War vets join the gravy train to diamond money
Zim takes diamond sanction fight to US
‘Chombo’s probe meant to punish MDC councillors’
Kunonga faction poisons food
KPMG: Zimbabwe, Nigeria, SA Top Most Corrupt African Nations
Crackdown on MDC-T youths in Harare
Let the people choose: Neuhaus
Zanu Big Wigs in Masvingo Face Arrest-Kasukuwere
SA govt facing contempt charges over refugee office closures
Stampede to represent ZANU-PF, MDCs
Book Café use the arts to protest violence against women
‘Zanu PF stole Nkomo’s ideas’
Statutory regulation of press would be 'manna from heaven' for dictators like Robert Mugabe
Chinese firms chase US$1bln Hwange upgrade deal
I can turn the economy around: Sikhala
Anglo ‘in talks’ on new Zimbabwe mine project
Zimbabwe needs own currency
End the culture of gender-based violence in Zimbabwe
I blame Mugabe
Transcript: Jessie Majome on Copac draft (Part 1)
PAC's Marange looting report 'pregnant with falsehoods'
Eddie Cross paper to Diamond Conference
Gukurahundi Massacres: The Dissident Problem (Part 4)
Posted 24/11/12
Mugabe, Kabila’s US$1bn debt spat
Govt pumps US$50m into DMC
‘ZDI in secret diamond sales’
Parties reel from primary elections
Zanu PF factionalism: Masvingo clashes reveal deepening cracks
Tsvangirai rally betrays widening affluence gap
Zanu PF bigwigs in election battles
MDC-T to move Private Members’ Bills
Confusion grows over Khupe fate
Interfin bosses face criminal charges
Tough times ahead
Agribank to disburse US$30 million from IDC
Mining growth hinges on exploration
Tongaat Hullet seeks audience with Kasukuwere
Blanket mine projects 70% increase in output
Cracks in Bitis’s financial plan
Corruption: Zimbabwe’s cancer
How to get rid of Mugabe’s choking yoke of tyranny
Budget realistic but politically poisoned
Kunonga saga: Beware of vain politicians
Low investment hampers economic recovery
New pay model overdue
Mugabe taking Zim nowhere
Biti attempts the impossible
Even Burma can teach Zanu PF to change
Posted 23/11/12
Civic groups walk out after threats by Mines Minister
Civil society angered by Mpofu diamond ‘bribe’
War vets eye diamonds money
Defence forces commander links MDC-T to Renamo
Army General Threatens Mugabe Rivals
Kunonga ran up $300k bills: Bishop Gandiya
Children raped at Kunonga churches
AG dismisses ACHPR land judgment
Zanu PF’s input distribution scam
Uproar over Mugabe stickers on maize seed
Allies Mugabe, Museveni to delopy troops in DRC
Khaya-Moyo takes vote-buying to new levels
Council probe reveals political abuse of power
MDC man backs Mpofu
RBZ looting: fresh details
Zim to set up new visa system
Zimbabwe’s Indigenous Languages Face Extinction
Sugar giant Tongaat under more pressure from ZPF
MDC – Madhuku simply confused
NCA’s response to the MDC-T
Zanu PF trio jailed over 2002 murder of MDC man
Parliament stays out of Mutambara, Ncube feud
Gukurahundi Massacres: Zanla-Zipra antagonism (Part 2)
Gukurahundi Massacres: The role of South Africa (Part 3)
Court Watch 21/2012 of 22nd November [Official Anglican Church Wins Cases: Kunonga Claims Dismissed]
Posted 22/11/12
Youth militia army recruits terrorise Hurungwe
MDC Secretary for Home Affairs attacked
ZANU PF pair arrested after threats against MDC-T
Police spokesman campaigning against Tsvangirai in Buhera
Anglicans to cleanse Cathedral and churches seized by Kunonga
Kunonga in a mess
Kunonga spurns Gandiya invite
Mnangagwa sues over succession
UZ property saved from the hammer
African Commission to tackle suspension of SADC human rights court
MDC-T primaries expected to generate stiff competition
Magistrate Arrested For Corruption
Police ban Daily News' Nkomo lecture again
Zim nears $10bn debt write-off deal
Zimbabwe increases its defence budget to $356 million
Zanu PF Hardliners Push For Elections Without New Constitution
Mugabe a dictator – Annan
National Sports Stadium closed, again under mysterious 'repairs circumstances'
Tsvangirai betrayed 2008 poll pact: Ncube
Plans for Zimbabwe Expelled Students to Study Abroad on the Cards
300 Marondera residents attend election meeting
Minister Mumbengengwi urged to act on DRC
Posted 21/11/12
HR History Made As African Commission Declares Zim Farmers' Case Admissible
Mutambara wades in over dismissal of MDC-N members
Ncube fires more MPs
Hopes rise for end to COPAC deadlock
ZANU PF threatening MDC-T in Binga with amputations
Drama As Kunonga Loses
Coltart pledges help to restore Kunonga destroyed schools
Gandiya to hold cleansing ceremonies
MDC-T 29 trial adjourned to next week
Demonstrations against President‘s Field Day, a charade
Mugabe can't be a donor in his own country - Tsvangirai
Agriculture Ministry Not Backing Mugabe Farm Input Scheme
Charamba admits Mugabe receiving foreign donor money
Farming inputs: Mugabe hits back at Tsvangirai
'Zimbabwe Leaders Not Hijacking Constitution Making Process'
ZANU PF infighting behind chaos in Masvingo
Civic Groups Seek Regional Support Ahead of Elections
War veterans groups fight over land
Mugabe survives Zanu PF plot
First time voters get training ahead of polls
PM’s office under probe over abuse of funds
Zimbabwe mining: mixed messages and wishful thinking
Unlocking the potential of Africa's youths
Notes on the Harare Groundwater Situation – October, 2012
A season of violence looms
Driving in Zimbabwe now expensive because of corrupt police cops
Class And Rural Differentiation After Land Reform In Zimbabwe And Two New Land Reform Books
Posted 20/11/12
Breakaway Anglican bishop ordered to return seized church property
Tsvangirai warns against imposition of candidates
Court decision questioned in WikiLeaks case
Mujuru leads Mugabe succession race - Analysts
SA platinum mining companies eye Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe may seize Tongaat farmland
Power cuts disrupt trial of MDC-T activists
MDC expels two lawmakers over Tsvangirai links
Chaos at Masvingo Mugabe endorsement meeting
5 die on Zimbabwe's roads daily
Kasukuwere and Biti clash, again
Delays and deadlocks denying democracy to Zimbabweans
Antwerp Offers To Trade Zimbabwe Diamonds
Robert Mugabe bid to end Marange sanctions boosted
Mozambique war fears shakes Zimbabwe politicians
Concern rises over safety of immigrant workers in SA
American’s foreign policy on Myanmar: An ideal benchmark for Zimbabwe
Through the Wire: Things to fix before election
Gukurahundi Massacres: How it all began (Part 1)
Constitution Watch of 17th November 2012 [Stakeholders Conference ]
Constitution Watch of 19th November [Deadlock Post Stakeholders Conference]
Posted 19/11/12
Zim Tourism Increase By 17 Percent
Beware of avenging spirits: Tsvangirai
Minority languages: plugging education gap
Why Zimbabwe (and Africa) is so poor
‘A Soft Genocide’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 17th November 2012
Zanu PF to mark members’ houses with stickers
Tsvangirai to co-opt Zanu PF ministers if he wins next year
March election date impossible — Research unit
Harare City Council attaches residents’ properties
BCC loses war against open-air worshippers
Kunzwana: Helping women in farming communities
Biti delivers ‘demand-driven budget’
Afreximbank to fund industrial revival
Ncube, agricultural officials to finalise setting up of Comez
‘Diamond benefits to cascade to masses’
Hwange in deal with Chinese
Oil search fuels tension over Lake Malawi
Garbage now part of Mbare landscape
Manicaland is also for devolution
Zimbabwe cannot avoid elections next year
MDC-T’s diaspora campaign ill-conceived
Residents at the mercy of council
Learn from Democrats’ approach to voting groups
Deeds, not words Mr President
Posted 18/11/12
Ailing Air Zimbabwe Slash Prices to Lure Travellers
Mining now mainstay of economy: Biti
Manicaland people says enough of diamond looting
2013 Primary Elections Scaring Zimbabwean Politicians
MDC-T calls primary elections for December
PM threatens another land revolution
Mugabe scores own goal
Civil servants demand poverty datum line-based salary review
Zimbabwe Gets $9 Million For Writing Minority Language Books
CIO boss wins US$10 million WikiLeaks case
From Rags to Riches, the Obert Mpofu Story
Diamonds or water?
Diamonds will fund a power grab by Mugabe
In Zimbabwe, too many elephants — and not enough land
Batch 2 Posted 17/11/12
The end of the GNU?
Biti budgets for watershed elections
Biti raids drinkers, smokers to fund education
Harare residents blast Mayor for purchasing expensive new vehicles
No markers for exams
2008 Election Violence Victims Stir Emotions
Supreme Court hears landmark HIV case
No to devolution:Chihuri
Hopes run high for Zimbabwe plan to transmit votes electronically
Goromonzi Lives in Fear as 2013 Elections Loom
Women say government not doing enough about political violence
Mutinhiri on collision course with MDC-T over land invasions
Officials tell lies in Mugabe’s name
Prosecutor in Glen View trial is ‘not serious’
Motorists applaud High Court ruling on left hand vehicle ban
MDC primary elections in December
Zanu PF rule change targets 'opportunists'
Zimbabwean politics enmeshed in ANC power struggles
Zimbabwe at centre of gem row
Zimbabwe: diamond fiscal black hole
The 2013 National Budget Statemement
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees Series - 16th November 2012 [Meetings to Analyse Budget: 19-22 November]
Geographies of violence
Posted 17/11/12
Biti presents paltry US$3,8bn budget
Storm over Zanu PF’s US$6,5m hall project
Violence: MDC-T drags feet on action
MDCs reject Mugabe early polls push
Mugabe, PM in cahoots –– Ncube
Govt flouting international regulations
Zim to engage in mining explorations
Blaming diamond leaks on sanctions debunked
Speaker bemoans composition of Standing Rules committee
SADC opposed Zim land grabs-Mbeki
Violent polls to hurt economy, Biti warns
Zim industrial sites now ghostly
A crisis crying out for a solution
KP to re-define conflict diamonds
‘Credit crunch, bankruptcy loom’
Local not so lekker for the Mugabes
Zanu PF must change or die
Public media regulation: Hallmark of dictatorship
Unitary state hegemonic
Govt needs to privatise parastatals without delay
Candid Comment: When will we have a real budget?
Comment: Budget: Back to deficits era
Editor’s Memo: Sustained stability key to recovery
Posted 16/11/12
Zimbabwe budget: Finance minister warns elections will slow growth to 5 percent in 2013
Biti: Zim Economic Outlook Bleak
Tough choices as Biti presents 2013 budget
New US envoy meets Mugabe, to 'listen and learn'
Education Minister says government spending priorities misplaced
Zimbabwe, Donors Meet to Revive Education Sector
Zanu PF threatens JOMIC pull-out
JOMIC Investigates Torching of Houses in Mash East
Madzore not bitter after one year of wrongful imprisonment
Presidential inputs hijacked by ZANU-PF youths
Mozambique's ageing ex-guerrillas regather arms
Zuma mediation on the back burner
ZANU PF old guard planning to block young turks
Zim Civil Society Lobbies SADC On Zimbabwe Polls
Zanu PF launches terror campaign
Moyo, Chiyangwa in-illegible [sic] to stand for Zanu PF in general elections
PM's office restructuring unsettles Zanu PF
Glenorah police detain 10 MDC activists
Zanu (PF) threatens coup, again
What happened to $50m from Mugabe?
Deep corruption in the ZRP
Taming ‘mystery’ CIO
Respect for property rights vital to prosperity
STATEMENT: U.S. Ambassador David Bruce Wharton meets President Robert Mugabe
Mana Pools: Paradise embroiled in controversy
Posted 15/11/12
Diamond conference ends with more questions than answers
American diamond official urged to resign
Heated debate over ‘sanctions’ at Diamond Conference
Diamond trade embargo to remain: US
Soldiers line up to contest polls
Mass intimidation in Murehwa West constituency
Sibanda speaks on Mash West campaign
Zanu-PF threatens to pull out of Jomic
Mozambican cops not scared of rebels
Dhlakama’s team readies for war
War in Mozambique Must Be Averted
Air Zim flies with no passengers on board
New media Bill slammed
Whitecliffe takeover illegal: Supreme Court
Arson victim told to bring ‘suspects’ to police
Mugabe's peace call on spot light as houses burnt in Mutoko
Madzore says Tsvangirai will be next president
Pair who blocked Mugabe motorcade released on bail
MDC-T official convicted for claiming Joice had hand in Mujuru’s death
ZUJ Leader Faces Indecent Assault Charges
Agribank launches US$15 maize support facility
Arsonists walk free
Alan Martin from the PAC on Behind the Headlines
Reform electronic media before elections
Zvimba City, dismiss it as ‘laughable fantasy’ at your own peril
Posted 14/11/12
Zimbabwe capital city to be built in Zvimba
Plans to move capital to Zvimba dismissed as “ridiculous”
Mbeki’s speech at diamond conference shows his support for ZANU PF
Mbeki stirs Zim gem pot
Mbeki warns Zim’s ‘predatory elite’
American Diamond Official Urged To Resign
Zim loses $30m to American 'diamond seizures'
Mugabe: West Blocking Marketing of Zimbabwe Diamonds
WOZA: Members arrested, beaten and dumped in a cemetery
200 private colleges, schools shut down
NGO crackdown threatens relations with West
Mangoma’s trial postponed as State fails to file papers
MDC Youth Chairperson Madzore granted bail
MDCs send for Zuma over new constitution impasse
MDC-T blames ZANU PF for latest COPAC deadlock
PM Calls for Policy Consistency
Magaisa shakes up PM’s office
Pair in court for blocking Mugabe motorcade
Catholic priest who exposed Gukurahundi buried in Bulawayo
ZIMBABWE: Succumbing to the debt trap
Zimbabwe political violence: an insurance deal too far?
Transcript: Thabo Mbeki speech at Zimbabwe diamond conference
Compensation for land
Myths, Reality and The Inconvenient Truth about Zimbabwe’s Land Resettlement Programme
Posted 13/11/12
Report accuses Zimbabwe of stealing diamond money
$2 billion 'theft' of Zimbabwe's diamonds
US$2bln gem plunder claim 'totally false'
Key issues ignored at Vic Falls Diamond Conference
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe selling diamonds at give-away price
Prove That Diamonds Are Funding Army - Mnangagwa
Mugabe denies diamonds election funding claims
Zimbabwe capital's residents drink own waste
WOZA activists arrested over water protest in Bulawayo
Harare Council confiscates residents’ properties
Police band refuses to play national anthem in Mugabe’s absence
Grain reserves severely depleted: GMB
Zhing Zhongs Being Smuggled Into Zim
Political violence flares up in Mutoko
Nango to engage AU over members’ arrests
‘Join forces to topple Mugabe’
Coup Comments Cause Row in Coalition Govt
COPAC divided over Mugabe's threat to seize draft charter
MDC-T Senator uses social media to lure younger voters
Catholic priest who exposed Zim massacre
Political risks to watch in Zimbabwe
The MDC Today - Issue 467
Reap what you sow: Greed & corruption in Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields
Batch 2 Posted 12/11/12
Zanu Pf in myopic blame game
Mbeki to address diamond conference
We’re not nationalising economy: Mugabe
Zanu PF's hall of shame
Rich in maize and bicycles
Ageing Zanu PF looks to ‘young turks’
Govt plans major national housing drive
Projects on power generation and water supply key
Jonathan Moyo ‘killed’ ZBC: Machakaire
Zimbabwean courts cannot preside over bans: FIFA
A Clean Break – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 10th November 2012
Posted 12/11/12
Zanu PF plans to deal with rogue members
Harare City Council attaches residents’ properties
Chaos on Harare streets
Byo council trashes MDC-T youths’ request
Zanu PF sharpens daggers against dissenting voices
Residents’ associations threaten to sue Zesa over inflated bills
Mini-hydro power station changes lives
Tower lights turned into base stations
Peace returns to Domboshava
Liquidity challenges to persist — Gono
Inaugural Diamond Conference opens
Budget expected to revive industry
Under Mugabe: Robin Hammond Records the Suffering of Zimbabwe
Posted 11/11/12
MDC-T Legislator Unveils A Bill That Seeks To Dislodge AIPPA
Canadian Group: Diamonds Worth $2 Billion Looted in Zimbabwe
Bill seeks to decriminalize Mugabe insults
Two held for blocking Mugabe motorcade
Poll dispute sucks in SA parly
2nd All-Stakeholders’ Conference facing problems
Zanu PF admits party collapse
Diamond sector looks to polish image
‘Harare bills not to be cancelled’
Harare’s billing gets $500k boost
Statement by the Embassy of Canada in Zimbabwe on the November 5 police raid on the Counselling Services Unit (CSU
Mugabe elections call a sinister ploy
Why was land ‘reform’ so devastating?
Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas
Under the spreading arms of the Musasa tree
Batch 2 Posted 10/11/12
Human rights activists released on bail
Mpopoma MDC graffiti trio claim police torture
Zim"s Civic Society To Confront Police Chief Over Harassment
Police Raid Threatens Broader Crackdown
Political Uncertainty Derails UN Tourism Conference Preparations
Activists Fear Diamonds Will Fund Mugabe Power Grab
Politburo insists on Copac amendments
Zanu PF wants imperial presidency reinstated
10 Umzingwane MDC-N councillors defect to MDC-T
Chombo fires MDC-T councillor for exposing corruption at Umguza
Chiefs grab sugarcane farms
Book piracy leaves Zimbabwe publishers in red
Ministers Abusing State, Parastatal Resources
ZESA loses out to resettled farmers
War vet in trouble over “truth”
Under pressure ZESA promises to stop disconnections
Banks being ‘coerced’ into buying Govt debt
Zim wants Brit removed from mining arbitration panel
Zimbabwean act may give clarity to diamond sector
Zim delegation briefing to SA parliament
Mnangagwa backs Look East Policy
Troubled ZIFA Says It's Broke
Holland awarded with a Sydney Peace Prize
Statement of Concern by the United States Embassy on the arrest of mental health counselors and staff of CSU
Roy Bennett's Contribution To The Mike Cambell Foundation - "Triumph Over Tyranny"
Zimbabwe must consider compensating white farmers
Morgan Tsvangirai: Is he the Pied Piper of Zimbabwe?
Posted 10/11/12
Copac draft: Politburo hands over disputes to principals
PM, Mugabe agree on Save invasions
Vote buying: Zanu-Pf’s age old survival strategy
‘Change or die’CPC tells Zanu Pf
Mugabe elections call a sinister ploy: Ncube
Heavyweights’ deaths open up political fray
Zanu PF young turks push for renewal
‘Khupe to appear before disciplinary committee’
Running-mates clause debate divides MDC-T
Liquidity crunch deepening –– Gono
Harare water woes: Case of system failure
Gono, foreign-owned banks clash
Coal industry needs US$1bn
Shareholders to be held liable for bank collapses
‘Illegal panners won’t boost gold output’
Reviving Zim industry
Pondering a post-election Zim
Zanu PF should learn from CPC congress
Mugabe gets his Damascene moment
Posted 9/11/12
CSU workers bailed after “illegal”transfer to Bulawayo
Coltart condemns police double standards
Civil Society Coalitions issue response to police crackdown
CSU statement on continued detention of staff
Court Punishes Editor For Violating Media Law
VMCZ Statement on arrest of Chinhoyi publisher
Lawyer threatened by Supreme Court
Mugabe insults flood courts
ZRP corruption reaches new high
Obert Mpofu on a Vote buying spree
Free elections possible: Australian ambassador
Chinese exploiting Zim labour: Report
Magura murder suspects intimidating witnesses
Unemployment fuelling rise in sand poaching
Zanu issues ‘illegal’ licenses: CZC
Anthrax outbreak hits Zim
COPAC hands over national report to management committee
New Constitution - Mugabe 'Will Comply'
PM’s spokesman recovering: Chamisa
Zimbabwe to Force Banks to Buy Debt After Auction Flopped
Mtshabezi pipeline complete: Nkomo
A warning
Solidarity Message with the Counselling Services Unit
Action Alert: In support of Amnesty International’s call to release illegally detained Counselling Services Unit (CSU) employees
The banana republic of Zimbabwe
Of political entrepreneurship and greediness
Sokwanele: Will new Constitution change anything for women?
Bill Watch 50/2012 of 8th November [New Parliamentary Session Opened; Adjourned to 15th November]
Posted 8/11/12
Arrested CSU workers transferred to Bulawayo
NGO Employees Spend Two Nights In Police Custody
Poor Service Delivery Irks Harare Residents
City Council of Harare Gets a Rude Awakening from Disgruntled Residents
Disgraced officer linked to torture of Glen View murder suspects
Cops speculating, say defence lawyers
Youth leaders bailed in cop murder case
Principals have no role yet - COPAC
Zimbabwe Retailers Increase Basic Commodity Prices
Chinese businessman denies bankrolling Mugabe's secret police
‘Rebel against ZANU PF’s abuse of diamond proceeds’
MDC-T old guard to face young turks in party primaries
MISA warns of increasing media intimidation
Hon Mangoma summoned on spurious charges
The MDC Today - Issue 464
War veterans warn Mugabe
Chombo suspends Masvingo MDC councillor
Zim manufacturers in ‘crisis’
Ten new power producers licensed
Diamond industry: Diamond revenue revised downwards
Makumbe leaving UZ ahead of elections
ZCTF Report - Nov 2012
Why Zimbabwe's tobacco industry is unhappy with WHO
Posted 7/11/12
Widespread anger at police raid on CSU offices
Mugabe still trying to subvert COPAC process
Glen View cop murder case: Police give conflicting statements
MDC-T 29 betrayed by colleagues
As Crackdown Continues, Zimbabwe Police Arrest Another Editor
Daily News' photographer arrested
Corrupt Zimbabwe Police Exposed
ZINASU President remanded in custody
Mugabe ‘well wishers’ helping ZANU PF cling to power
NSSA to confiscate ZBC's vehicles over $700 000 debt
Mugabe's Zanu PF builds $6,5 million election monster
Cash-strapped Zimbabwe fails to sell T-bills again
Harare residents “tired of drinking sewage water”
Tamborinyoka regains consciousness after crash
Makumbe to leave UZ
Notorious cops implicated in torture of MDC members
MDC concerned about Water Challenges
6 bribes paid at 7 roadblocks on 100km stretch: report
Zimbabwe's Civil Society Coalition To Take Part In Debate At Conference
The Zimbabwe Vigil’s 10th anniversary is no cause for celebration
Bill Watch - Parliamentary Committees - 5th - 9th November 2012 [Committees Holding Inaugural Meetings This Week]
Posted 6/11/12
Five arrested after police raid NGO
Gold rush turning Zimbabwe into wasteland: Coltart
Civic groups and MDC dismiss Mugabe call for March elections
Teachers ‘disappointed’ with salary increase promise
Biti pegs back 2012 growth forecast
Parties blasts Mugabe's savage attack on Biti
Farmer claims he’s being intimidated for being MDC
Cop murder trial resumes
Police forced accused Glen View murder suspects to wear MDC t-shirts
Banks warned over treasury bills
Mugabe Stop Dishing Our Wealth To Foreigners: Zapu VP
Tamborinyoka still sedated after crash
Police abuse traumatised villagers
Vote buying — Mugabe moves a gear up
Batch 2 Posted 5/11/12
Reveal source of US$20m, Mugabe told
Zanu PF to reveal draft verdict: Mugabe
Civil servants promised January pay hike
Mugabe blasts Biti
VP Nkomo's health sparks vicious power struggle
Biti rules out MPs exit packages
Chombo probe teams drain council
Tsvangirai's spokesman fights for life
Monitor Calls Zimbabwe Diamonds 'Model', Stirs Ire
Open prison system for women on the cards
KLM ready to co-operate with Air Zimbabwe
Harare-Dubai Emirates flight in mid-air scare
Constitution-making process: The big lie
Crumbling away – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 3rd November 2012
Posted 5/11/12
Passport office extends working days
CCZ concerned about quality of bulk water
‘Zanu PF election rant a pipedream’
Acrimony in GNU worrying: Analysts
Zaha appeals to government for more land
One million children not in school—Report
Foreign investors push the bourse to US$4bn
RBZ to auction US$30 million Treasury Bills
Local consortium to acquire stake in Unki
Majority employed in informal sector — Zimstat survey
Air Zim gets lifeline
Let’s uphold the sacredness of life in all its forms
Indigenisation: Sharing a few crumbs
Parties should rise above partisan interests
Mugabe sows discord in GNU
‘Constitution-making lacking clarity’
Posted 4/11/12
Zanu PF Denies Savage Attack on MDC White Couple
ZIMSTAT: Zimbabwe's Unemployment Rate Drops to 10.7%
24 prties for 2013 poll
Zim to establish special elections court for political violence
Zimbabwe MPs demand exit package
Ex-MP arrested in Plumtree
HIV positive Zimbabwean women sue over forced sterilisations
Zim Civil Society in Save Constitution Campaign
Defend the COPAC draft constitution gains – Mutare residents urged
Oldest U.S. Book Club Honors 11 Graduates in Zimbabwe
Sekai Holland in Sydney for Peace Prize lecture
Political violence is inevitable in Zimbabwe
For Zimbabwe, reviving agriculture is the only way out
Snake in the grass
On safari in Zimbabwe: a country in search of tourism
Batch 2 Posted 3/11/12
Coltart laments Cabinet racial slurs
Elections by June: Sadc
Tsvangirai, ex-lover’s R2m deal questioned
Probe Tsvangirai over ex-lover payoff: Dongo
MDC-T Treasurer speaks about violent Kadoma attack
Howard Hospital violence case postponed again
Millions set aside to turn ZEC digital
Diamond monitor criticised for ‘misleading’ comments on Chiadzwa
Education Minister: Allow Students to Write Exams
Harare’s 2013 budget likely to fail — Residents
Anti-graft body targets ministers, MPs
Mthwakazi treason trio seek discharge
Police frustrate torture investigation
Amplats signs Zim indigenisation deal
Zimbabwe chief disbands team
The MDC Today - Issue 461
A hectic season in rural Zimbabwe
Principals have NO final say on the constitution of Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe’s divide-and-rule script
The lie to Mugabe’s rosy picture
Posted 3/11/12
Army splashes US$45m on vehicles ahead of polls
Copac owes US$500 000
Mugabe in Singapore trip cover-up effort
‘Legislators lack basic competencies’
Crafted to manage post-Mugabe era
Parties will have to agree on election dates –– PM
‘Elections in March impossible’
Zanu PF MPs broke
Tsvangirai opens up
Zanu PF structures collapse
‘Economy to grow by 7,4%’
ZSE activity dips by 9%
Challenges and future prospects of Green Fuel
AirZim: Piecemeal solutions just won’t do
Translate peace rhetoric into action
Biti’s budget tightrope act
Mugabe poll push fuels uncertainty
Tomana girds his loins for a bit longer
Zim transition:The Role of the military
Import processes bane of economy
Gender and security sector reform
Posted 2/11/12
MDC-T Treasurer and wife severely assaulted by ZANU PF
Save Valley signs agreement with local chiefs
Wild pigs cost Air Zimbabwe US$8,5 million
Govt travel gobbles $7million in one month
Copac gives in to principals’ demands
ZEC admits ‘political interference’ in 2008 vote
Zim slammed for ‘selective’ commitment to investment protection
Mugabe overtures may have ‘influenced IMF’
Civil servants strike threat falters
Britain issues travel warning ahead of referendum
ZBC staff punished for reporting corruption
Chiredzi man in trouble for striking Mugabe portrait
Prime Minister reaches out of court settlement with Locadia
Zim new hub of human trafficking: IOM
S. Korea sees potential in Zim's power sector
Zim Media Laws A Concern: AU Rapportuer
Anglo Platinum agrees Unki ownership transfer
Abolish AIPPA, POSA, BSA: WAZ
Prophets of doom put to shame
The path to ruin: what went wrong?
Counting the cost of Zimbabwean land reform
Why Zimbabwe (and Africa) is so poor
Posted 1/11/12
Mugabe finally opens parliament
Chaos as Mugabe opens Parliament
Mugabe Urges Security Forces To Prepare For Violence Free Polls "In March"
Generals summoned
Gold panning destroying Zimbabwe environment
IMF eases restrictions on help for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe says IMF move can help it pay off huge debts
Ex-farmers target Zimbabwe’s UK assets
'My Zimbabwe farm was stolen by Mugabe's thugs now I live in tiny Harlow flat'
Soldiers terrorise Gokwe
Zimbabwe, South Africa abolish visa requirements
Justice Bhunu postpones cop murder trial again
ZPS officers eye gold mine
Chihuri named in dubious burial scheme
Chipangano’s links to the top exposed
Spy Agents threatens Speaker of Parly's workers
Ex-soldier appeals over son’s death in Chiadzwa
MDC-T say Midzi swindled Epworth residents
SA's Zimbabwe interests secured
Fears grow for frail John Nkomo
Proud Ex-Rhodesians
Zimbabwe's pricy democracy
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