The ZIMBABWE Situation October 2012 ARCHIVE
NEWS and Other Articles
Posted 31/10/12
Speed-up new constitution: Mugabe
Mugabe expects new constitution before March elections
Kadoma enters third week without water
Police arrest two MDC-T officials in Bulawayo
Zim cops detain two trying to recover drugs from corpse
SA, Zimbabwe agree to keep border control simple
Midlands student leader still locked up, a month since Gweru arrest
Epworth Residents Demand Compensation Over Demolished Houses
UN tourism meeting in doubt as venue unlikely to be ready
SA interests in Zim ‘protected’
SA likely to confirm 100m loan to Zimbabwe
Dutch farmers renew pressure on Zim
Behave, Biti tells Mugabe, Tsvangirai
Finance Minister speaks on budget
News on Revolt a damp squib!
Judge ‘feigns’ sickness to delay MDC-T 29 trial
Independent newspapers to be sued over political violence stories
MDC-T MP under probe over Mpofu links
Zimbabwe too small for devolution: Shamu
IMF eases restrictions on Zimbabwe, allows economic monitoring
Zanu PF is using gold panners to lure Midlands and Matebeleland votes
The MDC Today - Issue 458
Harare Resident Trust: water barometer
ZIBF, Theatre in the Park in Collision Course
Mike Rook – The Truth behind the forced closure of The Farmer magazine
Why Not Zimbabwe? Tourism Returns to Victoria Falls
ZCTF Report - Oct 2012
Posted 30/10/12
Police seek to arrest former MDC security adviser
Police Raids Ex-MDC Adviser's Home Over Dangerous Weapons
ZANU PF minister slams ZBC ‘defamation’
Air Zimbabwe Property Attached
KLM resumes flights to Zimbabwe after 13 years
Glen View murder trial postponed as judge cites illness
Lawyers file Supreme Court challenge after Epworth demolitions
ZANU PF electioneering behind Tongaat indigenisation order
Rogue Zim troops 'terrorise villagers'
Zim company could sue private newspapers
Bulawayo residents spend 8 years without electricity
Tsvangirai blocks Robert Mugabe
Vic Falls facilities not ready for UN tourism meet
Elections will be ‘free, fair’: Tsvangirai
ZANU PF visits China to observe elections
Robert Mugabe is cruel - minister
Traditional healers fleece villagers in Makoni
New test to improve HIV diagnosis
Zimbabwe turns to drought-resistant crops
Viewpoint: Zimbabweans lose faith in politics
Zimbabwe's Sekai Holland shares vision for peace
Posted 29/10/12
Chinamasa attacks must stop: Mutasa
Mangwana refuses drop US$1m ZBC lawsuit
Zanu-PF watches and learns
WOZA scoops Courageous Award
Caucus Race – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 27th October 2012
Govt to host educational indaba
Copac set to deliberate on proposals
Evicting residents without alternative inhumane: Chombo
Epworth demolitions expose Zanu PF
Zanu PF embarks on door-to-door campaign
Political violence victims relive ’08 horror
Masvingo Municipality in trouble over debt
BAT complies with law
ICT to bring poor villagers closer to the world
Community takes initiative to save trees
Policy to liberalise ICT sector on cards
Air Zim in the abyss, defers operations audit
Econet’s EcoCash registers growth
Government has a duty to enrich school libraries
Charter must represent the needs of the time
Marikana: African oligarch exploiting the poor
Players exposed to match-fixers
UN Habitat awards Scroll of Honour to the Mayor of Harare
Posted 28/10/12
Mangwana Says Fears For His Life
Wounded Zanu PF regroups
‘Mugabe holds key to peace’
Minister Holds Water Crisis Meeting in Bulawayo
Mugabe family to get new house
Govt to take over closed companies
Court okays 6th mobile telephone licence
Cash-strapped Zesa losing plot on free bulbs
A step in the process
Batch 2 Posted 27/10/12
Conservancy land ‘beneficiary’ in poaching claim
Zim Has No Funds For Referendum, Elections: Biti
Biti turns to donors to fund referendum and elections
Civil service bonuses guaranteed - Biti
Resumption of Air Zimbabwe Flights Shocks Ministers
Zimbabwe government land seizures continue
‘Principals draft’ must be rejected: NCA
Mugabe's Attempts to Take Over Draft Constitution Angers NGOs
COPAC sets aside $2million for publicity
Zimbabwe PM to remember Chiweshe Massacre
Lawyer blasts delays in latest Glen View murder case
Zimbabwe Urged to Craft Law For Curbing Cellphone Banking Fraud
WUA expansion dogged by funding problems
ZZZICOMP's Preliminary Observations On The Copac Second All Stakeholders Conference
The Great Betrayal
“On the upswing” or potential dynamite?
Posted 27/10/12
President makes another dash to Singapore
Zanu PF bigwigs fight over key citrus farms
Grace Mugabe embroiled in evictions row
Mugabe’s plot hits brickwall
Ministers meet on new budget
Running-mates: Chinamasa, Goche in hot soup
Zanu PF campaigns for ‘No’ vote
Minister begs for elections money
‘Impose candidates at your peril’
Constitution-making process a farce
Medical aid firms ‘straying from core business’
Parliament reduced to a rubber-stamp
Airlines scramble for Zim’s runways
Zimbabwe: A hand-to-mouth nation
Agric production to drop sharply
US$20m required for expansion: Green Fuel
‘Zim mall project lawful’
IMF report on Zimbabwe
Zanu PF revives well worn fear strategy
Draft constitution: Mugabe bidding to restore powers
Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union’s deathwish
Dysfunctional unity govt: Where does Zim go next?
Constitutional indaba: The drama continues
Stay out of politics, generals!
Constitution reduced to farce
Sadc needs to walk the talk
Posted 26/10/12
Turmoil in ZANU PF over ‘coup’ pronouncements
'Knives out for Zanu-PF's Chinamasa'
The five lies Chinamasa told the BBC
Doctors warn of ‘public health crisis’ as typhoid reported in Chegutu
Kwekwe youth leader becomes first victim of POSA
Commotion at Zanu PF offices
Bennett likely to contest in elections
Zanu PF’s Mliswa’s unbecoming behaviour at Copac deplorable
Stakeholders Conference dismissed as “pointless”
COPAC eyes January referendum
Human Rights Groups: SADC Failing to Tame Mugabe
Journalists Involved In Asiagate scandal Tainted Profession: Union
Construction of controversial Borrowdale mall expected soon
London insurer offers cover for Zimbabwean political violence
Youths turned away…
HIV stats shame soldiers
Kereke rape: Girl's lawyer arrested
Biti freezes CDF, risks MPs' ire
Food as political weapon
The COPAC circus continues
Chinamasa should resign
Fighting over a new rule book
Some things never change in Zimbabwe…
Posted 25/10/12
No major changes to constitution following conference
Referendum In January Earliest - COPAC
Mugabe faces fight over constitution takeover
UN ready to dispatch election monitors
PM Visits Botswana For First Bilateral Talks
Over 2,000 minibuses impounded in another “cleanup”
Displaced Epworth residents invited back to rebuild
Zanu PF 'youths' invade Mtanda's farm
Tobacco exports to China top US$40m
Gono faces fresh probe
Air Zim moves to avoid international ban
Lawyers ditch Rushwaya
Mai Tsvangirai donates food hampers to families of detained Glen View 31
Chombo’s teams gobble $1m
Zanu (PF) vote-buying villages sprout
Zimbabwe's Jan-Sept gold output up 22 pct
Zimbabwe to issue $30 mln bond for power utility
Zimbabwe counts cost of too many elephants
Value of wetlands undermined
Back to the future: a new Zimbabwe beckons
Bill Watch Parliamentary Committees Series - 24th October 2012 [Harare Public Hearing on 2013 Budget: 25 October]
Court Watch 20/2012 of 24th October [Anglican Church Cases - Supreme Court Reserves Judgment in Main Appeal]
Posted 24/10/12
‘Sadc fails Zimbabwe’ - International Crisis Group
Air Zim acquires airbus planes, to resume flights
Kunonga suffers major court setback
Fears rise of another flawed Zim election
Zanu PF, Military Step Up Coup Threats
Mugabe Grabs Critical Laws Ahead of Elections
New electoral law will help MDC-T
MPs slam executive for weakened parliament
Mugabe concedes PM’s power
2nd All-Stakeholders Conference passes off peacefully
HIV/AIDS activist arrested at COPAC conference
Mugabe in Dubai for Energy Forum
Chinamasa comments damaging: Mahoso
Farmer resists eviction
Zimbabwe Firm Proposes Political Violence Property Insurance
Mugabe bans milk imports?
‘Upgrade border post’
Zanu youth defy police orders
Mastodon Maelstrom
The Road to Democratic Education
Zimbabwe on the Upswing - Morgan Tsvangirai
Posted 23/10/12
Zimbabwe's Mugabe, Tsvangirai in push for new constitution
Ncube protests Mutambara presence as Conference begins
ZANU PF drops demands and backs draft constitution
Stakeholders Conference stuffed with CIO operatives
Mugabe lashes at MPs over constitution
Zimbabwe Anglicans optimistic of court victory over Kunonga
16 acquitted in ongoing trial over Howard Hospital protest
ZTA kicks out American buyer
Mugabe reiterates elections to be held March next year
MDCs slam Mugabe power grab
MDC-T leaders to face primary elections
Zanu PF have already conceded defeat: Tsvangirai
Zimbabweans stage 10th global protest
Zimbabwe’s prisons in dismal condition
‘Govt let down Epworth residents’
Local EU Statement on the Human Rights Commission Act
MISA-Zimbabwe statement on continued use of criminal defamation laws
Murowa Diamonds output up 64 percent
Minerals generate $1.36bn for Zim
The road to the new constitution
Speech by Morgan Tsvangirai at the Second All-Stakeholders Conference, Harare
Zimbabwe heading for flawed transition
Flawed elections in Zimbabwe likely to affect SA negatively, analysts warn
SPT – Zimbabwe Update No.5. October 2012: Towards another stalemate in Zimbabwe?
Bill Watch 49/2012 of 22nd October [Opening of Next Parlliament Announced & Acts Assigned to Presidents Office]
Batch 2 Posted 22/10/12
No coup: Mugabe tells Tsvangirai
Mnangagwa Sold Out: Mangwana
Chinamasa deserves prison time: MDC- T
We’ve failed to run parastatals: Mutambara
Rushwaya accepts ban, eyes parliament
MDC rally banned in Lalapansi
COPAC cedes to NGO demands
Gwanda police in reign of terror
Chiyangwa rally flops
Africa’s liberation ideals hijacked— Chamisa
Dabengwa’s crumbling world
Polokwane City Pledges to Partner Revival of Bulawayo
Zimbabwe now on the platinum stage
Pakistan delay Zimbabwe tour in anticipation of India series
'Take Back Zimbabwe' - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 20th October 2012
Posted 22/10/12
Harare city sinks into a mess
Families left in the open in Epworth
Mugabe outwits coalition partners
Minister stands up to Mugabe, PM
CSOs petition Zuma over delegates
Ncube foresees chaos at Copac conference
Zanu PF coaches delegates ahead of constitution indaba
Draft charter: Parties push partisan agendas
Zacc won’t spare ‘big fish’: Chirindo
Arrest Chinamasa, Gumbo: MDC-T
Organ on healing launches research into violence
Parirenyatwa to train eye specialists
Another food crisis likely to hit Zim
50% of rural zimbabweans use the bush system: Nkomo
Stakeholders must fight for a charter for the people
Respect people’s social rights
Council must provide reliable services to residents
People living abroad will not vote: ZEC
Chihuri should address core of political violence
Posted 21/10/12
Police Charge MDC Leader for Threatening to Commit Murder
Zimbabwe bans 15 for match-fixing
Coltart asks AG to prosecute match fixers
MDC-T fights over candidate imposition
U.S: Zimbabwe Minister Should Disclose Diamond Sales
UN: Southern Africa Food Shortages Worsen
Sekai Holland to receive Sydney Peace Prize
Tapping on the windows
An unclear future creates an atmosphere of nervousness
Constitution Watch of 20th October [Second All Stakeholders Conference Programme]
Batch 2 Posted 20/10/12
Fat cat generals fear loss of assets
Second stakeholders’ indaba potentially chaotic, explosive
Zanu PF succession plays out in Copac
Masvingo Mayor blames land reform
Collapsing industry: Mutare residents demand action
Zanu PF steps up poll campaigns
Party principals clash
Sadc fails to deal with Zimbabwe
‘Queen Elizabeth’ enters political fray
Struggle for religious vote intensifies
Bulawayo wants CDF increased
Why the ZAMPS Internet usage survey results are inadequate
Whites took their land, then the mines did the same
SA keen to invest in Zimbabwe
…as investors fret on indigenisation
Mbada Diamonds combats hunger in Marange
Political upstarts sprout as crucial elections loom
MDC-T democracy: Chip off the old block
Broadcasting licence demons refuse to die
Chaos could follow Mugabe demise
Dependency on SA bad for economy
Appeasing generals fuels impunity
Zanu PF running Zim aground more apt
Posted 20/10/12
COPAC ready for Second All-Stakeholders Conference
COPAC rejects independent journalists
Civic groups complain to Zuma over COPAC conference
Council blitz shuts down 228 businesses
ZPF leaders allegedly dishing out land for votes and profit
Zim Chiefs Entitled To Guns: Minister
Tendai Biti's budget becomes a time bomb
MDC official held in Zimbabwe
Coup threats against Tsvangirai a ZANU PF plot
Zanu PF’s bid to scuttle Constitution-making process crumbles
Accused hunter denies ‘damaging’ claims of illegal activity
Tsvangirai’s saga with Locadia continues
Morgan, ex-lover deal collapses
PTUZ officials arrested
Dual citizenship case in court
Tsvangirai rules out March election
Soccer-Zimbabwe FA bans 15 players and officials for life
Tourist arrivals up 16 percent
Mutambara threatens to revoke bank licences
Immune to prosecution: Zanu youths
Global Protests target Zim Embassies and Harare Parliament
Mugabe Launches Community Share Trusts in Matabeleland
Corrected-Police Charge MDC Leader With Threatening To Commit Murder As Magistrate Acquits 12 Beitbridge Residents
Sokwanele Constitution Survey
Posted 19/10/12
Group of white farmers who had their land seized in Zimbabwe plead with William Hague not to lift sanctions on Robert Mugabe
Zim files ‘urgent’ appeal against landmark SA farm ruling
Mugabe Has Tendered Credible Reasons To Justify Elections Dilemma-Judge
Cop murder trial postponed again
CIO operative in bid to stop 2nd All-Stakeholders Conference
‘Bloodbath if Zanu PF loses’
ZIMSEC withdraws 13 'leaked' exam papers
Prostitute costs $850 000 for Govt
Mangwana spills beans on Zanu PF sell-outs
Mudede in weak position
Not all mourn for Mudenge
Zim water problems a ‘national crisis’
Civil Society Organizations meet to discuss COPAC draft
Gvt salary bill still ravaged by ghosts
Ncube officials join Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe outrage over plan to turn Robert Mugabe's home into tourist attraction
Senior MDC official arrested in Mutare
PICTURE: The 82 year old headman killed by Zanu PF thugs
Letters of Final Demand sent from City of Harare
Tenth 21st Movement Free Zimbabwe Global Protest
Travesty of justice!
Bill Watch 48/2012 of 18th October [Budget Consultative Meetings outside Harare 19th to 26th October]
Posted 18/10/12
CIO chief among ZANU PF officials linked to illegal hunting in Zim
Zanu ministers clash over Save
Registrar General confirms Zanu PF links
Lawyers demand action on killers
Human Rights Commission Urged To Start Prosecutions
Mugabe's house set to become national monument
Activist and mother Manjoro gets bail in cop murder trial
Tsvangirai reshuffles office staff
Police assault Gwanda residents after fatal cop stabbing
Cancer patients ‘failed’ by lack of funding and planning
COPAC asks Civil Society to submit list of delegates
State agents abduct and torture 2 MDC-T officials
Strained Zim-US Relations Affecting Hunt For Rwandan Genocide Fugitive
Zimbabwe lowers diamond earnings forecast
Mutare lures Chinese investors
‘O’ Level examination papers disappear
Zanu heavies wanted bribes: Mawere
Bring in the expatriates: MP
UK donates $8million for water and sanitation
Access to water is a national crisis in Zimbabwe
Wave Of Harassment Of Independent Journalists - Reporters Without Borders
‘Zimbabwe Spending Too Much on Defence and the Military’
Chinamasa’s Statements Signal Another Electoral Charade
Harare - a tribute in hip-hop
Posted 17/10/12
200 Epworth homes bulldozed as Harare announces “a blitz”
Asiagate: 13 life bans, 80 suspended
Zimbabwe rights probe to ignore pre-2009 abuses
Malema: whites must give back land, minerals
Mugabe and Tsvangirai considering COPAC takeover
Mudede accredited as ZANU PF delegate for Stakeholders Conference
EU chief warns of relapse
Mugabe holding Zimbabwe back: Ibrahim
Iran, Zimbabwe call for expansion of ties
Farmers Not Accessing Agricultural Inputs
Zimbabwe military accused of campaigning for Mugabe
MDC Condemns Harassment of Civil Servants
Two MDC members abducted
Police Block MDC, Mavambo Rallies
Defence lawyer Mtetwa sheds tears in court
Zim journos want Malema apology
Tsvangirai Fires Right Hand Man Makone For Financing Karimatsenga in Court Battle
Zanu (PF) officials fail to pays workers
Marondera Residents Snub Budget Consultation Meeting
‘Zimbabwe Spending Too Much on Defence and Military’ - Report
Mugabe looks east at a questionable cost
Nurses step up to initiate HIV treatment
Democracy in Zimbabwe won't necessarily result in prosperity
Posted 16/10/12
Alshabab strikes again in KweKwe
MDC-T’s Mbizvo MP arrested over ‘Alshabab’ story
Gutu says rigging still possible with new Electoral Act
Tsvangirai Requests Out Of Court Settlement In Maintenance Case
Mugabe shimmies up to youth vote in advance of election
Great expectations for Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, but vigilance required
Obert Mpofu's campaign manager defects to MDC
ZUJ calls for Malema to apologize for harassing journalists
Juju’s ‘goons attacked Zim journos’
Malema to fight 'imperialist forces'
Zimbabwe under Zanu-PF an "inspiration to Africa" - Malema
SA trade mission heads for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe economy forecast to grow at 9%
Coltart blames 'politics' for Warriors failures
Media Alliance of Zimbabwe position paper on media provisions in the draft constitution
Zimbabwean 'taken to village court for failing to give husband best chicken pieces'
Court frees journalist
Platinum cheaper to mine in Zimbabwe than in SA
Wikileaks - various cables about the Save Conservancy
The Power of We: People helping people to help themselves
The Zanu PF Battle Plan
A revolution gone awry: Zanu PF’s last supper
Constitution Watch of 15th October [16th -17th October: Accreditation of Delegates to Stakeholder Conference]
Batch 2 Posted 15/10/12
Gvt sets up Human Rights Commission
Mugabe threats to rivals if they boycott elections
Rigging machine dismantled
Malema goons mug reporter
Mozambique to boost power supplies: ZESA
Judge sues Majongwe for US$500k
Welshman blast civic society and Copac Draft
SA trade mission heads for Zimbabwe
Rosneft Nears African Pipeline Deal
Vigil ‘pom pom’ – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 13th October 2012
Parliamentary Committees Series - 12th October 2012 [Public Hearings on 2013 Budget: 15-19 October]
Bill Watch 47/2012 of 14th October [Human Rights Commission Act gazetted: Parliament's One-Day Sitting]
COURT WATCH 19/2012 of 14th October [Update on By-Elections Case: Appeal to Supreme Court]
Posted 15/10/12
Problems continue to mount for ZBC
Government axes 6 000 ghost workers
Minister stands up to Mugabe, PM
MDC-T divided over draft constitution
Zapu rocked by divisions
MDCs defy Mugabe’s elections ultimatum
People living abroad will not vote: ZEC
Byo water crisis: Churches warn of violent protests
PM’s vacillations self-destructive: Analysts
War brewing in Apostolic sects
Abolish death penalty: NGOs
Harare water unsafe to drink: HRT
Indigenisation model given thumbs down
‘Trade stifled by development levels’
Africa needs new models for economic growth
PM’s private life his undoing in the coming elections
Chinamasa’s tone inflammatory
Managing change: Lessons from Senegal
Posted 14/10/12
Trust white people at your own peril: Mugabe
MDC-T exposed, in disarray: Mugabe
Mugabe predicts landslide election victory
VIP welcome in Zimbabwe for Malema
Chombo threatens Harare city council
ZEC hints at Presidential poll outcome delay
MDC-T legislator arrested
Church wants climate for fair poll
Mpofu reads riot act
Mokoomba: Keeping the Tonga language alive through music
The 'menacing cloud' hanging over Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwe’s empowerment to plunder
A particularly bad week for freedom of speech in Zimbabwe
Dogs in the manger
Batch 2 Posted 13/10/12
Zanu PF intensifies military patronage
Military escalates poll drive
Politburo rejects election ambush
Academics launch think-tank
Clash over Mudenge
DCCs threaten Zanu PF elections
MDC-T big shots to avoid primaries
Battleground regions emerge
Mandiwanzira defends new radio stations
Legislators humiliated at hotels
Chrome mining on the brink of collapse
Biti walks tight budget rope
Cotton farmers at risk from pesticides
Flaws in treasury bill Tender — Bankers
Record production at Blanket mine
IMF annual meeting no picnic for Zim
Living in a police state
Tsvangirai should stop denials
Mugabe and his bagful of tricks
Stan Mudenge: Profile of a historian
White-collar crime ails economy
MuckRaker: Lethargic police prove Tsvangirai right
Mugabe outwits Mujuru, Mnangagwa
Posted 13/10/12
Chinamasa threatens coup if Tsvangirai wins
Tsvangirai asking for trouble: Chinamas
MDC-T’s Mbizvo MP arrested over ‘Alshabab’ story
Treasury sees 9 percent growth in 2013
MDC-T youth leaders remanded in custody over cop’s murder
Malema heads to Zimbabwe for talks
Legislators Turn Heat On Judge
ZESA cuts destroy crops
Chombo – A stumbling block in MDC fight against corruption
Kunonga seizures continue - with police blessings
AIDS activists demand drug fund transparency
Diabetes claims more lives than HIV/AIDS
Civil Society resist invitations from political parties
ZDF commander Constantine Chiwenga terrified of Jocelyn
Zimbabwe Parliament Fails to Pay MPs' Hotel Accommodation
Stay in school, girls told
‘Dog section’ for Minister Mangoma
‘Long delays’ at Beitbridge — Nehawu
Sinosteel contractors in Zimbabwe told to halt chrome-ore mining
Libyan Embassy in Harare remains closed
Zimbabwe PM: Political Logjam Dims Reform Prospects
Zim poisoned - Tsvangirai
Bulawayo's taps tightened as water shortage bites
The politics of suffering
Rocky road to elections in Zimbabwe
Does the ordinary Zimbabwean care about the Prime Minister’s love affairs?
Posted 12/10/12
‘Alshabab’ member attacks and kills patron in KweKwe pub
Civil workers to strike after government ignores ultimatum
Lawyers Name And Shame Mangoma's Persecutors
Zaka residents warn of worsening violence in Masvingo
Chinese Nationals Assault Zimbabwe Police
Ncube insists a united MDC not possible
Trial of MDC-T “Innocent 29” continues
Accreditation dates for 2nd all stakeholders conference changed
No one has power to shut down COPAC: PM
Legislators name, shame Ministers
MDC MP drags Zanu PF to Jomic
South Africa Labor Strikes Paralyze Goods Clearing Agencies
Zimbabwe passport form – Now available online
Police exposed
Russian firm to build new oil pipeline
Nigeria Gains From Zimbabwe as Farmer Helps Cassava Drive
ZNNP+ stages demonstration at Nac offices
Community News Activist Denied Freedom
Tsvangirai asking for trouble: Chinamasa
Mudenge death body blow for Mnangagwa
Draft Zim constitution fails citizenship test
Would Zanu-PF accept Tsvangirai as president?
UN Day of the Girl Child – 11 October 2012
Posted 11/10/12
MDC-T Minister Mangoma arrested for ‘undermining Mugabe’
MDC not deterred by Zanu PF harassment
MDC-T activists denied bail in cop murder trial
Police Arrest 2 More MDC Activists Over Harare Cop Death
Zim cricket legend Kevin Curran dies
SAA cancels Harare flights over poor runway light
ZCTU to petition Ministers over water and dying industry
Service delivery has gone to the dogs
Constitution Q&A launched by Diaspora groups
Brothers to battle for Chivi North constituency
‘Army, police new public prosecutors’
Salary Deadlock Irks Zimbabwe Civil Servants
Chinese companies in Zimbabwe given free reign to exploit workers
Rendition probe 'just a sham'
Zimbabwe warriors promised residential stands
Morgan Tsvangirai on his other troubled marriage ... to Robert Mugabe
Zimbabwe Vigil's 10th Anniversary - no cause for celebration
Posted 10/10/12
Kereke has Daily News editor arrested
Daily News editor slams ‘intimidation’ after arrest
Tsvangirai, Biti sucked into Gono-Kereke war
Youth leader arrested over Glen View cop murder
Police Block March By HIV/AIDS Activists
Chief Castigates Leaders Looting Indigenization Funds
Chinese construction workers bash cops
Truckers’ strike in SA ‘could cripple Zimbabwe’
Legislators to appeal Mugabe by-elections case at Supreme Court
Outcry as ZESA continues disconnections over unpaid bills
Zimbabwe’s citizens speak out
MDC-T rubbishes ZANU PF bias allegations as ‘nonsensical’
Copac finance manager accused of corruption
Lawmakers Attack Truant Ministers
Tsvangirai meets Nigeria president
Zimbabwe President leaves for Uganda's independence celebrations
Amnesty launch: Time to Abolish the Death Penalty in Zimbabwe
Bulawayo Help Network Food Appeal
New Book
Objective and Non Partisan Decentralisation: a Solution to the Zimbabwe’s Governance Crisis
Did Zanu-PF miscalculate by supporting Malema?
Bill Watch 46/2012 of 9th October [Parliament Sits Today: ZEC Moves on Voter Education]
Posted 9/10/12
Tsvangirai speaks on violence, threatens to pull out of GNU
Zimbabwe president wants political tolerance
Mugabe’s peace rhetoric hollow - MDC
Tsvangirai sets conditions for polls
Zuma’s faciliation team back in Harare
Civil servants delay strike by 48 hours
Mudenge funeral delays Glen View murder trial
Bull attack killed minister - Mugabe
MDC Businessman Sues Minister Over Cyanide Mix-Up
Zim Salvation Army chief ‘reassigned’ in ongoing Howard Hospital saga
CHRA to take city of Harare to court in 30 days
Zimbabwe’s Ivory Stockpile Increases to More Than 50 Tons
Elephants die of thirst
Anti-corruption commission starts countrywide awareness campaign
Zimbabwe eyes Russia trade deal
Polls: Lawyers push Mugabe
‘Mugabe cannot announce election date in affidavit’
Mugabe admits factionalism in Zanu-PF
Zanu PF pulls out of peace process
Gangs charging residents for Council water
Water Barometer
Constitution Watch [Process] of 5th October [Stakeholders Conference set for 21st to 23rd October]
Batch 2 Posted 8/10/12
Harare residents sell water on black market
Tsvangirai threatens to pull out coalition with Mugabe
Mugabe loses grip
Zapu expels top official
New wave of politcal violence in Masvingo
ICT cornertsone of economic development - Tsvangirai
Dlamini-Zuma set up to fail at African Union: Mbeki
Upfumi Kuvadiki clashes with GMB
Zimbabwe challenges Supreme Court ruling
Stink amid splendour
Hurungwe’s enemy within
What a party – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 6th October 2012
COURT WATCH 18/2012 of 6th October [Current Supreme Court Cases]
Posted 8/10/12
‘Zanu PF to retire bigwigs’
Chipangano bars rights activist from buying bananas
Residents’ groups to back draft constitution
Zanu PF youths up in arms with Kasukuwere over loans
Maunganidze trivialised UNWTO: Mzembi
Parastatal bosses at war with govt over pay cuts
Dying in office: Is it the Zanu PF way?
Pupils fall sick after bilharzia treatment
NSSA records huge rise in expenses
Tourists need up-to-date information
KP needs to keep pace with world’s challenges
Polls: Doing the right thing, the right way
Decision on maternity fees late
Do not mix PM’s love life and political career
Posted 7/10/12
Harare appeals for help as water crisis deepens
Mudenge declared a national hero
Declare corruption a national disaster—Makoni
Mangwana Says Zimbabweans Have The Same DNA of Corruption
ZIFA Clears 11 Players Linked to Asia Match Fixing Scam
Apex Council threatens crippling strike
Police evade questions on war vets demo
Zimbabwe delivers fuel to repay Malawi loan
PM, Ncube deny alleged polls deal
Mugabe still to open fifth Parliament
Zanu PF looters face jail: PM
Army summons chiefs
Election Commission Starts Vetting Voter Education Programs
365 days of incarceration: Daylight raping of justice
A look at judgment in Jestina Mukoko torture case
Bizarre, sad and strange but true
Batch 2 Posted 6/10/12
Zuma monitoring Zim
More judges got govt farms
MDC-T holds fast amid plunging popularity
Mugabe ropes in PM in poll plot
Zanu PF push for Copac report could boomerang
Ncube incenses MDC-T
Zanu PF ‘keen on 10 issues’
Zanu PF fights over key posts
300 NGOs to meet over draft
Tsvangirai sceptical of devolution
Zanu PF election tactics exposed
Shamu hijacks state media for campaigns
Zanu PF wants imperial presidency
Parastatals to cede stake in Chinese firms
Share ownership trust funds looted
Cabinet restores Kariba’s US$700m power tender
NSSA assets breach half billion dollar mark
New design all about change
MuckRaker: In a flash Sata turns from hero to villain
Tsholotsho saga still haunts Zanu PF
Mugabe, Moyo mimic ‘Tea Party’ racists
Tariff reforms needed to revive industry
A national code for corporate governance
Actualising the broad electoral alliance
Posted 6/10/12
‘Violence and chaos’ feared ahead of constitution conference
Zuma: Elections Without Reforms Disastrous For Zimbabwe
Minister and academic Stan Mudenge dies at 71
Teachers Day celebrated as civil servants delay strike
Conservationists blame ‘man made’ crisis for elephant and rhino deaths
New US Ambassador promises to push for a ‘just and democratic’ Zim
War Vets leader Sibanda disowns Chinotimba's faction at camped at Biti's office
War veterans demo politically-motivated: Biti
Zim's 'other' MDC finds more ears
Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai: No more power-sharing
Army General to head empowerment body
ZIFA boss robbed by CIO operative investigating his MDC-T links - Court
"Chiweshe's judgment on elections violates the law"- Think tank
Threat to wetlands
Bulawayo Water Crisis Worsens
Zimbabwe's Troubled Waters: Chemical Pollution in the Marange District
Yes, there will be water wars in Zimbabwe
ZESN Analysis Of Election-Related Provisions Of The COPAC Draft Constitution
The struggle has reached a point of no return?
Constitution Watch [Content] of 5th October [How Will the New Constitution Impact on Elections? - Part II ]
Posted 5/10/12
SADC Troika meeting on hold as Zim sets constitution conference date
Tsvangirai, Mugabe plan to sink COPAC
Soldiers turn Nyanga into a ‘no-go’ area for MDC supporters
ZANU PF forcing resettled farmers to join party structures
Zanu-PF's gangs spin out of control
Parties' Wrangle Over Draft Constitution Escalates
Prime Minister’s Wife Struggles to Access Chikurubi Prison
Biti says war vets lock him out
Zanu ‘buys’ the youth
Botswana Loan Entangled in Zimbabwe's Political Woes
Mugabe insult cases continue mushrooming
Mugabe goblin case at Supreme Court
Mozambique resumes Harare flights
Moyo sues Daily News over Mugabe ouster story
ZANU-PF firms in red
Elephants and rhinos die as fuel runs out
Zanu (PF) controls the diamonds: analyst
MDC-T 29 activists accuse courts of prejudice
Mugabe motorcade in 3rd fatal crash since June
Civil society rallies behind MDC-T
CHRA seek’s government`s intervention on Harare probe
UNWTO summit: Can Zim pull it off?
Reject Zanu (PF)’s senseless amendments
Act on corruption at RG’s office
Rebuilding Zimbabwean self-esteem
Bill Watch 45/2012 of 3rd October [Electoral Amendment Act Gazetted]
COURT WATCH 17/2012 of 4th October [Supreme Court Produces Mukoko Judgment]
Constitution Watch [Content] of 4th October [How will the New Constitution Impact on the Coming Elections? - PartI]
Posted 4/10/12
Zimbabwe Finance Minister Barricaded Into Office
Finance Minister Defies Vets' Calls to Resign
MDC-T blasts ZPF ‘looters’ after war vet threats on Biti
Principals meet but still no date for constitution conference
Anger over ‘unjust’ eviction of Chegutu farmer
A White Farmer'S Crime In Zimbabwe
Mugabe motorcade in 4th accident
Drama as prison officers block PM’s wife visiting Chikurubi
Zimbabwe's electoral commission seeks $104m for referendum
Civil society alert PM on water crisis
Water shortages lead to war
Dry taps for Harare suburbs till weekend
Outdated Sewer System Pollutes Zimbabwe, Threatens Health
Soldiers join looting spree
Enterprising Zimbabweans Cashing In On Power Shortages
Bikita Youths Fail To Register As Voters
Chombo dismissed as ‘hypocrite’ for probing Harare Mayor
Komichi throws his hat in the ring to contest Parliamentary seat
Conflicts in State Unions Derail Salary Negotiations
Student Union Leader Locked Up Over Protests
Zimbabwe Diamond Firm Finds 1000 Carats Monthly
Life without a destination
Conservancies: who got what?
'Zimbabwe Has Changed For The Worse'
Re-framing the Wildlife Based Land Reform Programmes in Zimbabwe
Posted 3/10/12
Mugabe given another six months to call by-elections
Mashonaland farmers face eviction after ZANU PF order
Dutch farmers demand US$23m compensation
Amnesty Urges Zimbabwe to Save Murambatsvina Victims
Mugabe, Tsvangirai: Zimbabwe to Rush Drafting New Constitution
Mugabe backs down
Three MDC-T members hospitalized after ZANU PF attack in Gweru
Glen View cop murder trial postponed
Zim Diaspora newspaper planned for SA
We have a distorted national heroes' history: PM
Zimbabwe Allows Private Millers to Import Maize
Chitungwiza town clerk as case to answer: court
My hands are clean: Masunda
Man In Trouble For Mocking Mugabe
Poor roads cost Zimbabwe 'billions'
Stop Loss of Borrowdale Vlei
MDC condemns threats on Minister Biti
U.S. higher education program marks 30 years in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe teen leaves anguish behind, starts future at Bryn Mawr
The complexity of Zimbabwe's negotiated transition
Mugabe Pushing Zimbabweans to the Brink?
“Is your battery secured?”
Posted 2/10/12
Mugabe meets Service chiefs behind PM’s back
Jomic meeting fails to take place
Zanu PF top official blasts indigenisation
Bishops urge govt to enforce healing policy
Critics slam Mugabe’s ‘unrealistic’ election date
March polls hinge on reforms — Analysts
Tsvangirai promises free and fair elections at 13th Anniversary celebrations
Judge postpones by-election ruling
Chihuri urged to declare ‘illicit’ roadblock cash
IMF report urges Zim to seek donor funds for referendum and elections
Mzembi, Kaseke differ on UNWTO convention centre
Chombo wants MDC graft probe report
Zanu PF's time is up: Mutinhiri
3 MDC supporters stoned, hospitalised
Zanu PF MPs furious over Copac confusion
Zinasu leader arrested ahead of demo
Supreme Court to decide on Anglican row this month
31 perish in weekend road accidents
Security sector reform key to peaceful elections
Reforms first before elections
Editor’s Desk: Immediate gain behind plunder
Resolutions of the MDC National Council - 28 September 2012 (Bulawayo)
Draft Constitution: The History Of Property Rights And The Flawed Zim Constitution - Ben Freeth
Opinion Pieces On Draft Constitution
Batch 2 Posted 1/10/12
Zimbabwe Monitors: March Polls 'Impossible'
PM Warns Mugabe Against Rigging Elections
Zimbabwe PM urges support for draft charter
Struggle reaching ‘fruition’ — PM
MDC supporters ambushed, attacked
Uniformed forces: New rank marshals in town
Illegal settlers pose environmental threat in Vumba
Zimbabwe ambassador to Australia now a student
MDC to unveil new party symbol
Vigil reply to MDC – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary: 29th September 2012
Too many looters in Zimbabwe Government
Mugabe Pushing Zimbabweans To The Brink?
Robert Mugabe: A Master of Irony and Satire
Zimbabwe Draft Constitution input, September 2012 – ZUPA
Posted 1/10/12
‘Mugabe holds key to conference success’
Anti-graft organisation petitions Chihuri
EU funds US$3 million Masvingo sanitation project
Police officers evicted from MDC-T member lodgings
Tongaat Hullets bails out struggling hospital
Domboshava murders spark backlash on prostitutes
Soldiers acquitted on assault charges
Chitungwiza General hospital in need of urgent expansion
IMF says Zim’s current account deficit to shrink
Chimanimani diamonds above board: Shillaev
Regional blocs seek to remove trade barriers
Chinese firm fails to complete dam construction project
‘Elections impossible by March next year’
Constitutions muzzled for political gain: Biti
Time to rethink large scale commercial agriculture
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