The ZIMBABWE
Situation
December 2009 ARCHIVE
NEWS and Other Articles
- Batch 2 Posted 31/12/09
- MDC blames expats as money vanishes from overseas offices
- War veterans threaten recall of Mzembi
- 8 Rusape farmers are targeted for violence
- S. African Activists Slam Zimbabwe Minister for Blaming Nestle Row on Media
- Zimbabwe's MDC Sets 2010 Priorities: Constitutional Reform, Anti-Corruption
- Armed Robberies Surge in Zimbabwe; Hard Currencies Seen as a Factor
- SA robbers on run after Zimbabwe bank heist
- Bank heist: Two arrested
- A constitution resource for Zimbabweans
- Blood diamonds are back
- Language and Politics- is this Mugabe’s biggest failure?
- Ghost of Nuremberg coming to haunt Zimbabwe
- Posted 31/12/09
- AG Tomana urges ZANU-PF to grab white farms
- Zimbabwe Farmers Union Criticizes Government Over Mounting Land Seizures
- Dramatic US$266 000 bank heist hit Stanbic
- Zimbabwe To Build New Parliament
- Chinese gov't has nothing to do with business operation of China Intl Fund Ltd: embassy
- Engen’s Zimbabwe bid blocked by 20m claim
- Officials rule out suspected anthrax case in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Industry Minister Blames Western Media for Nestle Imbroglio
- An outside bet for next emerging economy: sub-Saharan Africa
- Frenemies of the State
- Britain's Thatcher blocked talks with 'terrorist' Mugabe: files
- The slaughter continues
- African view: Back to the future?
- Posted 30/12/09
- Measles Claims Lives of 30 Children of Zimbabwe Sect Opposed to Vaccination
- Nestle Says Reviewing Zimbabwe Situation, No Decision on Resuming Operations
- Zimbabwe Government to Set Up Economic Crimes Courts to Counter Corruption
- Anthrax outbreak feared to be spreading in Zimbabwe
- New ZUJ executive forced to dissolve
- Gwezere says he experienced hell in prison
- Pressure for an end to Beitbridge bottleneck
- Zimbabwe Government Sees Rebound in Maize Harvests, Eyes Agriculture Revival
- High Court dismisses Chiadzwa application
- Murdered MDC Activist’s Remains Found After 3 Years
- Pro-Mugabe cleric 'continues pressure' to oust Zimbabwe Anglicans
- Nestlé denies re-opening its Zimbabwe factory
- Des Moines venture capitalist sees a lot to like in Zimbabwe
- Lost kids sowing seeds of hope
- 2009: Most politically stable year in Zimbabwe in decade
- STERP II far from a realistic document
- Posted 29/12/09
- Chinese firm to develop satellite towns around Harare
- 500 ghost soldiers voted in Masvingo
- Harare blames SA for border chaos
- RBZ official seizes farm, 11 000 chickens
- Zim farmer - Davies urged to intervene
- State to form exploration company
- Constitutional teams ready for deployment
- Zimbabwe drafts home owners for World Cup
- Sacked MPs Campaign For By-Elections
- Farmers Blast Government On GMOs
- Anglican Church head wades into local dispute
- Land Invasions - Nothing More Than Racist Criminal Acts of Grand Larceny
- Posted 28/12/09
- Christmas onslaught on commercial farmers
- Need for power coal threatens Zimbabwe national park
- Remittances From Zimbabwean Expatriates Total Some US$159M During 2009
- Nestlé Saga - Deal Reached
- Jewellers boycott Zimbabwe ‘blood diamonds’
- ZANU (PF) businessman accused of vandalising schools
- Health issues skittle tour to Zimbabwe
- Motorists park their cars
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 26th December 2009
- Posted 26/12/09
- Tsvangirai's Christmas Message
- Music and food characterise festivities as Xmas cheer returns to Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe assures Nestle, asks firm to reopen -report
- Nestle agrees to reopen Zimbabwe factory after pact with government
- Economy lifts Zimbabwe spirits
- At Rainbow's End farm, no pot of gold as Zimbabwe's farm mayhem spreads and food crisis looms
- Reserve Bank Worker Christmas Farm Invasion
- Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF and MDC Clash Over Central Bank Reform Legislation
- Compassion, Courage and Hope: Creating Peace in the New Year
- Zimbabwe’s Wasted Generation (1979-2009)
- Zimbabwe farmers demand restitution
- When powerful men kneel before other men
- ZANU PF and the myth of power
- Posted 25/12/09
- Farming family forced to flee after threats by land invaders
- Biti Never Proposed Diaspora Tax
- Long delays at Beitbridge and Plumtree Border posts
- Beit Bridge bribery
- Christmas Truce Agreed in Anglican Church Conflict in Harare, Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Anglican Church Christmas Wrangle
- Released MDC Transport Manager Seeks Medical Attention
- 'Council Has No Capacity to Clear Harare Refuse'
- Uncertainty cripples Zim recovery: Biti
- US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Charles Ray Urges Trust, Forward Vision in Harare
- Zimbabwe's MDC Proposes Amendments to Much-Maligned Security Legislation
- Zimbabwe's MDC Official Says Differences Still Plague Unity Government
- Way forward should not depend on resolution of outstanding issues
- Zimbabwe power authority owes US$465m in foreign loans, power imports
- Zimbabwe to carry out land audit in 2010, blueprint announces
- Zimbabwe Celebrates Christmas with Hope
- Principals in talks over Christmas crisis
- Happy Christmas
- Posted 24/12/09
- Government leaders upbeat about GPA
- Mugabe sees 'tremendous improvement' in Zimbabwe
- Nestlé shuts Zim milk factory over harassment
- Nestle closure in Zimbabwe an 'over-reaction': PM
- Zim Parties Agree to 16 Issues, 11 Still Remaining
- Zimbabwe Unity Government Crisis Resolutions on Back Burner Until New Year
- SADC Tribunal goes on trial
- Gwezere’s lawyer pays bail, release awaited
- Zimbabwe needs $45 billion for economy: minister
- Zimbabwe’s ‘blood diamonds’ go on sale
- Dangerous Zimbabwe Prisoners On The Loose
- Detained Zimbabwean moved to psychiatric clinic
- Booming elephant population wreaks havoc in Zimbabwe
- Malaysia IS Zimbabwe, says Zaid
- Bridging the knowledge divide: Poverty
- Posted 23/12/09
- Nestle suspends Zim operations
- Kasukuwere, Made Force Mugabe's Blood Milk On Nestle
- Mugabe And Tsvangirai Meeting Over Outstanding Issues
- Biti and Gono trade accusations over cash shortages
- Thousands stuck at Beitbridge border
- Clash Reported Between Zimbabwe House Speaker & Clerk as Costs Balloon
- Expat tax proposal sparks anger in Diaspora
- Mixed reaction to new independent commissions appointments
- Masvingo Hit By Fuel Shortages
- Militias run amok, injure 30 Nyanga villagers
- Violence persists at church services
- New farmers not paying tax to the State
- Zim commissions named, dispute remains
- Zimsec to withhold O and A-Level results
- Christian human rights activist documents Mugabe's tyranny
- Celebrating Unity Accord now wrong
- ZIMBABWE: An economy running on chickens
- African countries set for new fight over ivory sales
- Pushing the knowledge envelope: Charles Rudd
- Opinion: Why Mugabe should not have been at Copenhagen
- Bill Watch 45 of 21st December 2009 [Members of 3Constitutional Commissions Announced]
- Posted 22/12/09
- Agreement finally reached on commissions
- Negotiators given two days to complete talks
- MDC campaigning for targeted sanctions removal
- Zim puts the screws on Nestlé
- MDC councillor arrested for holding rally
- Report exposes culture of hate and intolerance in state media
- Cash shortages causing havoc during festive season
- Major Health Hazard Looms
- Zimbabwe's Attorney General Threatens Foreign Owned Companies
- Civil Service Audit Fails To Reach Remote Areas
- Tortured Gwezere wins bail case but remains locked up
- Rampant Smuggling At Beitbridge
- Chinese mobile phone maker sets up business in Zimbabwe
- Expats oppose tax in exchange for voting
- 'Railway Infrastructure in Poor State'
- Press Release - European Union assistance in Zimbabwe amounts to 120 million Euros in 2009
- Earthquake Rocks Malawi And Tanzania
- The Zimbabwean Ghost of Christmas Past
- Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery
- Posted 21/12/09
- Mugabe's grip on defence forces main problem in power talks
- 146 new cholera cases recorded in Zim
- Cash queues resurface in Harare
- Army forced Mugabe to stay on- Nkala
- Victim of political violence battles for life
- Chiadzwa villagers defy pending eviction
- Zimbabwean Violence Resurfaces in South Africa
- ZIMBABWE: Sacked academics fight back
- Better Not Bitter Says Activist Mukoko
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 19th December 2009
- Christmas boost for Zimbabwe’s CNN hero
- Batch 3 Posted 20/12/09
- Sandura To Hear MDC Fire Arms Case
- Crime and disease are fallout from farm destruction
- Zimbabwe-Lawyers demand government protection
- Mugabe orphanage looted by war vets
- Massive passport backlog
- Pressure mounts on new ZUJ leadership
- Public media promoted hate
- GNU wants 40 companies off EU sanctions list
- Zim business 2009: Annus Mirabilis!
- €110m Boost for STERP
- Working out a constitution for Zimbabwe …. how to do it and how NOT to do it
- Functional Institutions key in the recovery of Zimbabwe
- Break free from the prison of fear
- Living up to diamonds
- Sunday Opinion: Unity Accord and the First Peoples’s Congress
- Comment: MDC-T Needs to Show the Difference
- Sundayview: Of Signatures and Honour Among ‘gentlemen’
- Batch 2 Posted 20/12/09
- Chinese oil experts jet in
- Court bars police from interfering with parishioners
- Measles Outbreak Claims 10
- VOA not ‘pirate radio station’, Says US Envoy
- Principals on Status of Talks
- PM Steps in as Chaos Reigns at Border Post
- Council Probes Chiyangwa Land Deals
- Beitbridge Woman Sues Magistrate Over Arrest
- RBZ blames Biti for Cash Shortages
- Harare Council to Mount Staff Audit
- At Long Last, a Merry Christmas!
- Grace Mugabe linked to farm evictions
- Minister Launches Male Circumcision as an HIV Preventive Measure
- Feltoe Wins Kamba Award
- Posted 20/12/09
- SA turns Zimbabweans back at border
- WHO announces Zim measles outbreak
- VP Mujuru Implicated In Sugar Scam
- Human Rights Watch seeks ban of Zimbabwe diamonds in US
- Villagers in court bid against eviction
- Zimbabwe Unity Government Partners Pick Up Talks Seeking Near-Term Deal
- Zimbabwe's Business Tycoon Properties Under Council Probe
- South African Officials Move to Reintegrate Zimbabwean Victims of Xenophobia
- Full Text: Mugabe's Copenhagen speech
- Zanu PF’s ‘pirate’ troubles
- Marvellous
- Posted 19/12/09
- Ghost workers earn $2 million a month
- Zim switches to official monthly deflation
- Negotiators to resume talks on outstanding issues
- South African opposition says Mugabe will never implement the GPA
- Nkala denies contributing to Gukurahundi, wants Mugabe prosecuted
- PTUZ teachers sentenced to jail for alleged political violence
- Mugabe’s workers storm Nestle headquarters in Harare
- Mtambanengwe tipped to head ZEC
- Journalists take ZUJ to court over elections
- Rights Lawyer Challenges Placement On Remand
- Letter to Select Major Diamond Retailers Regarding Zimbabwe Blood Diamonds
- Kunonga launches Christmas offensive against worshippers
- ‘Citizenship Tax’ a flawed idea
- A letter from the diaspora
- Zimbabwe: weekly bulletin #11 - week ending 15 December 2009
- So, who's the racist now?
- Constitution Watch 14 of 17th December 2009 [Public Consultation to Start mid-January]
- Batch 3 Posted 18/12/09
- Zimbabwe parties agree on key issues
- Zimbabwe Political Confrontations Likely to Continue, Despite Unity Government Progress
- Southern African Leaders Signal Impatience With Slow Pace of Harare Unity Talks
- Zimbabwe Farm Takeovers Surge; ZANU-PF Gears Up to Oppose Land Audit
- Zim gears for Christmas with a difference
- Firm fires executives over Mugabe sale
- Hitschmann must testify against Bennett: State
- Zimbabweans in Diaspora Divided Over Minister's Proposal to Tax Expatriates
- Zimbabwe activists demand inquiry into death of leader 30 years ago
- Tsholotsho now a Zanu-PF constituency
- Mugabe workers ‘besiege’ Nestle
- Labour brokers accused of inciting xenophobia
- Batch 2 Posted 18/12/09
- JOC Won’t go - Zanu PF
- Party Bigwigs Locked in Nuanetsi Ranch Turf war
- Speaker, Clerk of Parliament Clash Over Portraits
- Controversial Energy Project in full Swing
- Moyo Tipped to Bounce Back Into Politburo
- AG’s Office Transfers top law Officer Mugabe
- WMMI Failing to Meet Orders for 2010 World Cup
- Nestlé Pressured to Accept Gushungo Milk
- Civil Society Launches Constitution Outreach
- Analysts Quick to Dismiss Mugabe Early Election Talk
- The good, the bad and the ugly of 2009
- 2009 Quotes of the Year
- How the GNU Ministers Fared
- Next Year’s News Today
- Why Banks are not Lending More
- Mind: Fragile Zim Investment Package!
- Political sneeze Gives ZSE the Cold
- Muckraker: Should we laugh or cry over Mutasa’s Claims?
- Eric Bloch: Killing the goose. . .
- Diasporans Deserve Representation
- Zanu PF Congress’ Historical and Political Significance
- Comment: Local Media Scene Deserves Attention
- Candid Comment: What Elections Mr President?
- Editor's Memo: Justice Awaits Rapists
- Posted 18/12/09
- Constitutional work to begin in January
- Mugabe slams western nations – again – over climate change
- ZANU PF apologist smuggled back onto media commission
- Journalists take journalist union to court
- Chiwenga tipped as political commissar
- Zimbabwe's supermarkets offer sweets instead of small change
- Cross-border shoppers disappear
- Tsvangirai pays tribute to older nurses - luncheon
- Mugabe attempts to turn the tables
- This is the time for the MDC to also sharpen all its edges
- Batch 2 Posted 17/12/09
- Judge to head Zim electoral commission
- 425-member constitutional reform team named
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe Accuses West of Double Standard on Climate, Human Rights
- Auditors denied access ......Chihuri hides ghost cops
- Zimbabwe Government Probes Road Project, 'Ghost Workers' on State Payroll
- Mini-Cabinet reshuffle imminent
- Zimbabwe Finance Minister Proposes Expatriate Tax, Offering Absentee Ballot
- New Discord Among Zimbabwe Governing Partners on Political Parties Finance
- MDC Officials Label Mugabe A Racist
- Mugabe will never fully implement the GPA - Athol Trollip
- Judicial system ‘deplorable’
- Govt to reimburse Zim dollars
- Probe ordered at Town House
- Zimbabweans making merry at Christmas
- GPA restores stability - economist
- Nightmare continues at De Doorns
- Lamentations of Robert Gabriel
- Posted 17/12/09
- Talks negotiators given Monday deadline to complete discussions
- MDC accuses partners of delays
- Zanu PF ministers 'kneel for Mugabe'
- Commissions Appointments Put On Hold
- Mugabe’s huge entourage shows lack of restraint
- Zimbabwe's ambassador to Mozambique 'walks to work'
- Tsvangirai calls for investigation into airport road deal
- ZANU PF rapist jailed in Rusape
- Jockeying begins for TV and radio licenses
- Second TV Station For Zimbabwe
- MISA-Zimbabwe speaks on shortwave radio stations
- Report proposes Zimbabwe migrant tax
- CITES chief to meet Mugabe over poaching
- ZANU PF violence flares up in Masvingo
- Econet braced for Zanu PF attacks
- Air Zim in intensive care unit: Official
- AIDS Drugs Expire While Children Die
- Zanu PF To Die With Mugabe - Nkala
- UN climate sham - evil Mugabe an honored guest
- The disturbing spectre of Jonathan Moyo
- Copenhagen or bust for Mugabe
- Resolutions of the 5th Zanu-PF National Congress
- Posted 16/12/09
- MDC wants to declare talks deadlock
- Neutrality of South African mediators questioned
- Mugabe to join climate talks under UN loophole
- Mugabe slammed for attending climate summit
- Audit Unearths 5 000 Ghost Workers
- Gwezere bail hearing set for the Supreme Court
- 3-year battle against partisan ZRP - young cop tells all
- Polio Outbreaks Worry WHO
- Herald Story is Absolute Nonsense – Minister
- SAA plane strikes wild pigs
- Downwardly mobile in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabweans test the definition of refugee
- Drawing a line in the sand
- Batch 2 Posted 15/12/09
- Announcement Seen Soon From Zimbabwe Unity Principals on Talks Progress
- Mugabe, Zuma clash looms
- Biti eyes SADC common currency by 2013
- Thugfest at Climate Conference Environment
- Tsvangirai aborts trip, Mugabe grabs plane
- ‘Zim’s health system still strained’
- Regional Immunization Conference Under Way in Harare
- Australia gives Zim US$5m aid
- Zimbabwe faces expulsion from CITES
- Victims of Zimbabwe blitz struggle to build houses
- MDC dismisses Zanu-PF’s “false bravado”
- Govt abandons people living with HIV- ZLHR
- Fresh scandal hits mining sector
- Sudan peacekeepers describe 107-day kidnap ordeal
- ZPS fails to take prisoners to court
- Bid to force arrest of Zimbabwe rights violators
- UN criticised for ignoring Chiadzwa
- Zanu (PF) to order MDC job losses
- BIPPA farms: govt seeks “amicable” solution
- Zanu thugs leave man for dead
- ZLHR protest on Human Rights Day
- No human rights for farm labour
- ZESA owes US$100m for imports
- Christmas card campaign in support of Harare
- ZANU PF congress : grand exercise in self-delusion
- Killing Civilians in Gokwe in the Evening; Shopping at Harrods the Next Morning
- Posted 15/12/09
- ZANU PF congress resolutions make mockery of unity government
- ZANU PF tells Zuma to slow down
- SA owes its freedom to Zanu-PF: ANC
- ANC’s disturbing message to Zanu-PF. Not good
- Mediator takes sides - negotiations now pointless
- Zuma, SADC need to start work now for democracy in Zim
- Prime Minister not attending Climate Summit to reduce spending
- Nkomo calls for national healing
- Anti-Mugabe messages sent from Sweden
- Skelemani rubbishes Zimbabwe government accusations
- Minister reaches out to diaspora via teleconference
- SA mining houses barred from mining Zim diamonds
- Measles hit Zimbabwe
- Concern as Moyo warmly welcomed back into ZANU PF inner circle
- ZCTF Report - December 2009
- Bridging knowledge gap Part 8: Institution Building
- Let MDC or Zuma comment before anyone else
- Bill Watch 44 of 14th December 2009 [No Announcementyet on Inter-Party Negotiations]
- Cartoon
- Posted 14/12/09
- Fears of more violence as Robert Mugabe announces another election
- Robert Mugabe re-elected as Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF party leader for five more years
- Zanu-PF congress slaps MDC in the face
- Standing ovation for Moyo at congress
- Zanu PF Avoids Major Fallou
- Mugabe begins 'absolute power' bid
- Food aid: how Zanu (PF) manipulates the system
- Zimbabwean schools facing decline
- Rights commission soon: PM
- Biti/IMF clash looms over SDR funds
- South African firms forced to stop mining Zimbabwe diamond field
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 12th December 2009
- Batch 2 Posted 13/12/09
- Mugabe says will resist reforming security forces
- Mugabe: Zimbabwe's unity govt has 'short life'
- Talks to resume on Friday
- Zanu PF has ‘lost the plot,’: Nyabadza
- Zanu PF Avoids Major Fallout
- WOZA Women say CIO Stalking Them
- In the Dock for ‘insulting’ Mugabe
- Zimbabweans Caught up in new Wave of SA xenophobia
- Mt Pleasant, not so ‘pleasant’ in the dark
- Residents Mount Clean-up Campaign
- Govt Mulls Judicial Services bill
- RBZ Official Denies Turning Residence Into Medical Clinic
- National Healing Crucial for Constitution-making
- USaid Honours Life-changers
- Positive Counsellors Graduate From New Life Centre
- Obama pays tribute to ‘brave’ Zimbabweans
- €110m Boost for STERP
- State to Audit External Debt
- ‘Budget growth targets too ambitious’
- State Utilities the new Source of Inflation
- Alex Magaisa: Budget and the Language of the People
- Comment: World Soccer Finalists Shun us
- Sundayopinion: Citizens are the Real Heroes
- Posted 13/12/09
- CONGRESS UPDATE: Rebels distributing defiance fliers, man dies in fist-fight
- "He no longer has the mental and physical stamina to put a halt to this struggle."
- Despite all his cunning, Mugabe knows that the game is up
- Zimbabwe's President Mugabe Heads for Copenhagen Climate Conference
- Freedom House Survey Shows Zimbabweans Looking Forward to Elections
- Mugabe again lambasts UK and USA
- SMS ‘spam’ at ZANU congress
- ‘End political squabbles or miss World Cup spin-offs’
- Govt to audit Dabengwa's MZWT
- Zimbabwe "blood diamonds" dispute breaks out at U.N.
- Journalists barred from Zanu PF congress
- Human Rights not a foreign concept-Tsvangirai
- Multiple Appeals to Support Zimbabweans
- A Christmas party for senor nurses of Zimbabwe
- Bridging the knowledge divide Part 7: A politician
- Sacrificing subjects
- A letter from the diaspora
- Bill Watch Special of 12th December 2009[Parliamentary Committee meetings 14th to 17th December]
- Posted 12/12/09
- Mugabe says internal fights "eating up" ZANU-PF
- Mugabe slams Bennett
- Tongogara ‘returns’ to haunt ZANU PF congress
- Rights lawyer says ZANU PF’s days in power are numbered
- Principals To Announce Talks Outcome
- Mugabe, PM set for Costly Foreign Trips
- Protocol problem
- Muchadehama acquitted
- South Africa orders Zimbabwe to "clean up" ahead of 2010 World Cup
- New U.S. Ambassador pledges additional support
- 2 Progressive Teachers Union members found guilty of inciting violence
- New daily in Zimbabwe will launch online first, then in print
- Latest report on violence against opposition is another indication that GPA is not feasible
- Dogs of war still prowl
- Reinvigorating the Party
- Batch 2 Posted 11/12/09
- Envoy says MDC powerless on sanctions
- Calls to compensate white farmers
- Honored by White House, Zimbabwean Activists Allege State Security Harassment
- Moyo To Bounce Back
- Editors Body Worried About Slow Reforms
- Mugabe party official quits
- Zimbabwe's HIV Infection Rate Drops Five Percent
- Talk of rebellion at ZANU congress
- ... as party drowns in financial woes
- ‘Zim crisis danger to World Cup’
- Implement GPA to normalise relations –– EU
- Govt, MZWT on Collision Course
- Constituency Fund Nonsensical — AAG
- Political Stability Eases Health Woes
- Parly Given Powers to Monitor Budget Execution
- By-elections Delay Exposes Govt Arrogance — Analysts
- Telkom seeks 60% Stake in TelOne
- LonZim raises US$1,9m
- Zinara, Zimra Clash Over Tollgates
- Low Capital Budget Renders Budget ‘unsustainable’
- Muckraker: Nothing ‘pirate’ about SW Radio Africa
- Eric Bloch: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Budget Shows Functional Govt
- Comment: Zanu PF has Nothing Useful to Offer
- Candid Comment: In Defence of Tighter Military Budget
- Editor's Memo: The Dark Tale of Zesa’s Collapse
- Posted 11/12/09
- Mugabe Orchestrated Rape - AIDS-Free World report
- Mugabe backers raped opponents in election: report
- Mugabe's party opens congress weaker
- Looming split after bomb scare at Zanu-PF congress
- Mugabe summons provincial leaders
- ZANU PF bars independent journalists from covering congress
- Tongogara and Masuku: “most believe they were murdered”
- Minister defends takeover of Matabeleland-Zambezi project
- Announcement due next week on state of GPA talks
- Female inmates use rags for sanitary pads
- German investor acquires Zim bank
- Unity Government Talks in Zimbabwe Could Open Door to 'Pirate' Radio Stations
- Botswana responds to ZANU PF complaints over ‘pirate radios’
- Cops thwart minister over ‘missing’ dockets
- Zanu’s secret plan : Top brass worried by grassroots support for MDC
- Zimbabwe exodus to South Africa continues
- Policemen’s ‘hell’ before run-off
- Zuma now adopts Mbeki’s quiet diplomacy
- Journalists lament official hijack of ZUJ
- Zanu PF cornered, panicking, desperate and dangerous
- Suspected Xenophobic Attack in South Africa Hospitalizes Six Zimbabweans
- Zim loses 149 rhinos to poaching
- A Week in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
- ZANU PF cling to the blame game
- A message from a Zimbabwe Mother - her story, her message
- Heads Must Roll - Who Spent US$28 Million in Ten Months?
- Absolute poverty, total tyranny – why are we still talking?
- Problems stem from culture of intolerance
- Posted 10/12/09
- Fierce succession battle threatens Mugabe's party
- Future of Zanu PF in doubt with reports of a break-away plan
- Zanu-PF congress disrupts negotiations
- Zanu-PF re-elects Mugabe
- ZANU congress: ‘Mugabe to showcase defiance’
- “Great progress” in Zimbabwe - UN official
- Zimbabwe clinches Chinese financing, investment deals
- Exiled Zimbabwean lawyer wins human rights award
- Williams and Mahlangu and Refugee Seven further remanded in Bulawayo Magistrate's Court
- Human Rights Lawyer Threatened
- Red Cross appeals for $32M for Zimbabwe food aid
- South Africa Leans Harder on Zimbabwe Unity Parties to Iron Out Differences
- Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change Dismisses Food Politics Charge
- Chinese bank delegation expected
- UNICEF Launches Initiative To Relieve Undernourished Zimbabwean Children
- Improving but still fragile
- Civil society condemns situation at Jo’burg church
- Joburg's sanctuary of shame
- Zesa charges residents ‘erroneous’ bills
- Zimbabwe Weekly Update
- Annual International Rule of Law Lecture: The Progressive Erosion of the Rule of Law in an Independent Zimbabwe
- Mugabe’s control of the armed forces makes Zanu PF invincible –
- CORRUPTION-AFRICA: A Crime Against Development
- Posted 9/12/09
- Negotiators break off talks, without breakthrough
- South African facilitation team assesses progress of Zimbabwe crisis talks
- ‘Harare to resolve land issue by 2010’
- Police and Kunonga renew persecution of Anglicans in Harare
- Fresh Crackdown On Zimbabwe Rights Lawyer
- ZANU PF Politburo endorses leadership ahead of congress
- MDC supporters attacked by ZANU PF militia in Uzumba
- MDC suspends entire council and MP for inciting violence
- Zimbabwe gov’t spends more on foreign travel than healthcare : Ministry
- SADC ends Zimbabwe economic rescue programme
- Zimbabwe to gain from Chinese tobacco aid
- Concern raised over humanitarian crisis at SA refugee mission
- Council of Churches apologises for treatment of foreigners
- Probe into magistrate’s alleged corruption
- Journalists resolve to challenge election of ZUJ executive in court
- Rail service needs money
- Britain criticized for soft approach
- Zim remains fragile: UN
- Zimbabwe's 'time is coming'
- Studio 7 is not an outstanding issue
- Phony Issues Cloud Zimbabwe Unity Talks
- Survival farming
- Farmers, business as usual
- Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch : Issue 11
- Living in fear and despair
- The Cost of Tyranny
- Readers enquire "Why pick on Mugabe?"
- Posted 8/12/09
- Donors seek $378 mln aid for Zimbabwe, crisis easing
- SA’s mediation team returns to Harare with high hopes
- South Africa Signals Tougher Zimbabwe Stance
- Negotiators set to present report on GPA talks to principals
- State blocking release of tortured MDC employee
- Former student activist attacked and left for dead
- Zanu-PF set for a new split over a Ndebele chairman
- Salamao urges patience with negotiators
- Interview with Arthur Mutambara - Deputy PM of Zimbabwe
- Minister says MDC abusing food handouts
- UK company demands eviction of SA companies on diamond claim
- ZUJ elections marred by controversy
- Charamba admits to state monopoly over broadcast industry
- Independent journalists cry foul over ZUJ elections
- GNU Watch for November
- Events in the Diocese of Harare (CPCA)
- Why Christians Refuse to Hate; My Experiences in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
- Stem the flow of blood diamonds from Zimbabwe
- Provincial governors who loot with impunity
- Mugabe’s history shows him to be of duplicitous character, a liar and a killer
- Democratic Representation: Advocating for Expatriate MPs for Zimbabwe
- Pushing the knowledge envelope Part 7: Industrial legacy
- Bill Watch 42 of 5th December 2009 [2010 Budget]
- Bill Watch 43 of 7th December 2009 [No Report yet onInter-Party Dialogue]
- Posted 7/12/09
- Zimbabwe parties close to deal
- Biti decries ‘political landmines’
- Foreign airlines avoid Zimbabwean airspace
- Zambia-Zimbabwe border post to save $486 mln/yr: official
- Zim children rescued from traffickers
- Mahoso did not give farmer 48-hour eviction order
- Zimabwe's Airports Upgrade A Reality
- No World Cup Cheer For Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe To Launch Humanitarian Appeal
- Massive Trade Deficits With China
- Doubts Over Biti’s Economic Growth Forecasts
- Invisible municipal council
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 5th December 2009
- Can Zimbabwe re-attract tourists?
- Human Rights Fact Sheet No. 1..... ending torture in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe's '' look east'' policy : a poisoned chalice ?
- Opinion: Systems of Governance: What options for Zimbabwe
- Comment: Conflicting Signals Cause for Concern
- Sunday View: Choosing an Appropriate Electoral System for Zimbabwe
- Sunday Opinion: Low status of women to blame for gender violence
- Batch 2 Posted 6/12/09
- Zambia and Zimbabwe streamline border post
- Coalition pulls 'drowning' Zimbabwe back from brink
- From the archive: Mugabe stifles resistance with rape and murder
- ZANU PF accuses MDC of politicising food aid
- AG seeks to block Gwezere release
- Matinenga optimistic on constitution
- Botswana ignores Zim threats over VOA
- Chinotimba declines to vacate council property
- Healing Ministers ‘Toothless Bulldogs’
- Diaspora Zimbabweans agree to support country’s economic reconstruction
- Zimbabwe: Citizens are the Real Heroes
- Coltan, cash and oil
- Posted 6/12/09
- New Threat to Dump Mugabe at Congress
- Zuma Facilitation Team Returns
- UN Official to Visit
- Farmer Gets Reprieve
- AG’s Office Drops Graft Trial
- Former ZUJ president lands new post of ‘consultant’
- Expelled Fort Hare Students Fear Returning Home
- Council Probe: Net Closes in on Corrupt Officials
- West urges govt to implement GPA fully to unlock donor aid
- Tsvangirai’s GNU deadline expires
- ‘Sanctions’ to stay until Zanu PF acts on GPA: MDC-T
- HIV/Aids activists march to highlight plight of sufferers
- Zim Trio Charged With Fraud in US Court
- I could not access more of the Zim Standard
- Posted 5/12/09
- SA's new Zim team plays it safe
- Talks to continue over the weekend
- Western Donors say Zimbabwe's Budget Needs Their Support
- State media news editor takes top job in journalist’s union
- Timba deplores meddling in state media
- Zimbabwe Has Room For More Than 30 Radio Stations
- Zimbabwe Basket Fund Takes Off
- SA, Zim epicentre of rhino poaching explosion
- U.S. film star to attend Chimusoro HIV/AIDS Awards
- Zimbabwe: weekly bulletin #9 - week ending 1 December 2009
- OUTSIDE LOOKING IN: A letter from the diaspora
- Batch 3 Posted 4/12/09
- Zim healing organ to look into army killings
- Harare coalition parties resume talks
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- Germany urges full implementation of GPA
- Amid Talk of Media Reform, Election Roils Zimbabwe Union of Journalists
- 'They failed to break my spirit' says freed rights campaigner
- Fort Hare MDC students ‘afraid to go home’
- Business community welcomes Zimbabwe budget
- Trade Unions Pan Tax-Relief Proposals in Zimbabwe FM Biti's 2010 Budget
- CZI hails 2010 National Budget
- ZESA continues bleeding
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- Land reform source of future conflict
- Petina Gappah: 'I don't see myself as an African writer'
- Batch 2 Posted 4/12/09
- Parties Agree to GPA Reforms
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- Muchinguri to Fight Back
- Devolution of Power Overdue — Matinenga
- Minister Admits illegally Hiring 13 000 Youths
- Botswana Seizes US$3,1 million Zim Cigarettes
- Chiwenga Intervenes in war Vets Wrangle
- Bhebhe set to Challenge By-elections Delay
- HIV Positive Women Score Against Stigma
- Golden Handshakes Fuelling Corruption –– Analysts
- Banks should increase lending or else — Biti
- Indigenous Banks Scramble for Crumbs
- Are Budget projections achievable?
- Exports to SA hit US$200 million high
- Biti Raises Royalties for Precious Minerals
- Zimbabwe’s Debilitating Debt at US$5,4 Billion
- ‘Sin duty’ Hits Spirit Drinkers
- Inputs Provision Crucial to Farming Targets
- Beware of too Much Teeth, Violence
- Muckraker: Zanu PF milks World Cup visit dry
- Eric Bloch: Bippa Signing a Non-event
- Candid Comment: 2010 Budget Bemoans ‘resource curse’
- Comment: Pro-poor Budget Step in the Right Direction
- Editor's Memo: God’s Lost Generation
- Posted 4/12/09
- Tsvangirai calls on global Zimbabwe community to help rebuild their country
- Zimbabwe politics casts shadow over economic recovery
- Budget shows US$28 million gobbled up in foreign trips
- Pressure mounts on Zanu-PF, MDC
- Zuma not visiting Zimbabwe ‘soon’ but will deliver report to SADC
- Tsvangirai says progress in Zimbabwe talks
- Selective justice prevails as PM’s bodyguard jailed
- SOUTH AFRICA: Reintegrating Zimbabweans is a hard sell
- Residents shocked by Announcement of Harare City 2010 budget …as they profess ignorance of any consultations being made
- New inquiry: DFID’s assistance to Zimbabwe
- Batch 2 Posted 3/12/09
- ‘We want to transform Zim into functional nation’
- Zim talks facilitators present report to Zuma
- ‘New Zim constitution by December 2010’
- RBZ bill watered down
- Zanu (PF) caused untold suffering - WFP
- ZRP – a weapon of repression
- Special deal for Zimbabweans beset by delays
- Zimbabwean delegation praises Rwanda’s reconciliation drive
- Tollgates rake in $3,5 million
- Lots of Drugs, No Takers
- Back on the air, but don’t mention Mugabe
- Nigeria Banking on Agriculture in Kwara
- Zimbabwean Activist Honored
- Faber author wins Guardian First Book Prize
- Diaspora power and the realities of our dispersal
- Posted 3/12/09
- Biti proposes 2010 Budget of US$1.44 bln with a monthly revenue target of $120 mln
- Zimbabwe's budget predicts growth and low inflation
- South African Mediators on Zimbabwe Complete First Round of Talks
- Zuma to be briefed on GPA talks by facilitation team
- VOA: Complaints about ‘pirate’ radio stations inaccurate
- Serious clashes over vacant diplomatic posts emerges
- Zesa Holdings warns of more load shedding
- Tsvangirai’s bodyguard jailed for violence
- Former MDC-Mutambara MPs join Tsvangirai’s MDC
- Zimbabwe Peace Project Reports Big Decline in Rights Violations in August
- Obsolete Equipment Affecting Weather Forecast
- Zanu PF Abducts Nine Year Old
- Harare asked to halt seizure of German’s farm
- Zimbabwe suspends hunting
- Make ARVs affordable says MDC
- Cancer patients stranded in Bulawayo
- Zifa village condemned as sub-standard
- Does Electoral Competition Cause Post-Election Intimidation and Violence? Evidence from the March 29, 2008 Zimbabwean General Election
- Universal Access and Human Rights
- INTERVIEW: 'SADC gave timeframe, not deadline'
- Some tips for facilitator Mac Maharaj
- Make believe politics
- Posted 2/12/09
- Gloomy picture of unity talks emerges
- SA mediation team hopeful of positive outcome in Zimbabwe
- ‘Zimbabwe a national issue for SA’
- Lack of investment set to define 2010 budget
- Gono retreated on Zimdollar after heated meeting
- Account of atempted eviction off Wakefield farm, Selous
- ZANU PF continues to politicise food
- Zimbabwe Industry Group Calls for Adoption of Rand as Sole Currency
- MDC’s Gwezere still detained at Chikurubi prison
- PM berates MPs heckling in House
- PM addresses more than 50,000 supporters
- Germany concerned over Zimbabwe investments after land grab bid
- ZIMBABWE: Expats not going home yet
- World unites to commemorate World Aids Day
- Sally Mugabe Orphanage Abandoned
- Victoria Derbyshire on Radio 5 Live – the first full BBC programme to broadcast openly out of Zimbabwe since 2001
- Zimbabwe - day 1
- The BBC and Zimbabwe: how the Corporation got back in
- UN halves Zim humanitarian appeal
- ‘Zim can licence 4 more TV, 94 radio stations’
- Rigid laws force immigrants underground
- No Holds Barred: Thanksgiving in Zimbabwe
- Tsvangirai, Hunzvi and Zanu (PF)
- Money - the root of Mugabe's evil
- Bill Watch Special of 1st December 2009 [ParliamentaryCommittee meetings 1st to 3rd December]
- Bill Watch Special of 1st December 2009 [Changed Timefor Budget Statement]
- Posted 1/12/09
- SA facilitation team arrives in Zimbabwe to speed up GPA talks
- SA officials meet Mugabe
- Tsvangirai salutes African leaders
- Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai warns over unity deal
- SMSs relate Zim farm terror
- Who is behind the Chegutu controlled anarchy? – Ben Freeth
- Media ‘hangman’ Mahoso implicated in Mutare land grab
- Zuma wants Zim back in the Commonwealth
- Tsvangirai Says SADC Deadline for Zimbabwe Will Be Met
- Zesa battles to settle US$428 million debt
- Governor linked to looting of fertiliser
- BA deny plans to resume Zimbabwe flights from London
- Zimbabwe unveils circumcision plans for army
- Southern Africa still battling with Zimbabwean migrants
- Internet campaign bears fruit for exiled businessman
- Zimbabwe and America Remain Strong Partners in the Fight against HIV/AIDS
- Zimbabwe: Will Cholera Return with the Rains?
- Zimbabwe: A Fresh Start
- Bridging the knowledge gap Part 5: Clenched fists
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