The ZIMBABWE
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February 2008 ARCHIVE
NEWS and Other Articles
- Batch 2 Posted 29/2/08
- ZANU PF candidates to prioritise Mugabe re-election bid
- Zim polls won't be free and fair, says SA Communist Party
- WFP seeks US$500 million to relief operations
- Suspects Arrested in Tsvangirai Armed Robbery
- A Second Zimbabwean Teachers Group Joins Ongoing National Strike
- Obscure Zimbabwean Presidential Hopeful On 'Assignment' From God
- Makoni bandwagon
- Hotels forced to accommodate party officials
- Air Zim averts disaster
- Tension simmers over party loyalty
- Dicky, Antimalaria, Mainroad
- Can Tsvangirai turn support into votes?
- Probe clears Zim in diamonds trade
- Zim investments in Mozambique soar
- More confusion grips ZIMRA
- Candidates hamstrung by lack of ideas
- Zimbos face some tough decisions
- Dell's ghost haunts Zim government
- Inertia implies complicity
- Spinning being passed off as campaigning
- FinGaz Letters
- 120 posts vacant as brain drain decimates UZ
- Rally for Zimbabwe women's dignity
- Think Twice About Boycotting Tilapia
- Posted 29/2/08
- I'll beat Robert Mugabe, says former ally
- Zimbabwe court dismisses presidential hopefuls' candidacy bids
- Stop insulting one another, says Zim presidential candidate
- Hard to tell there's an election coming
- Zim ruling party gears for manifesto launch
- Mugabe awards salary increment to military
- Mugabe rival takes campaign to ZANU-PF stronghold
- Simba Makoni is getting up steam
- Civil service disputes over salaries intensify
- Gwanda South Parliamentary candidate dies
- MISA-Zimbabwe Alert Update: Journalist challenges illegal ban
- Integration And the Migrant Migraine
- Election 2008 - Meet Your Candidates
- Full Dams Do Not Translate Into Water Supplies
- UK provides Zimbabweans with £5 million for vital drugs
- Action Needed Against Unproven HIV/Aids Treatments
- Batch 2 Posted 28/2/08
- Torture widespread - UN expert
- Zimbabwe revenue authority to collect Z$6 quadrillion
- Residents urge Tsvangirai to take over government
- 300 protesters demand free and fair elections in Zimbabwe
- MDC election candidates released on free bail
- The Zimbabwe we want: a conversation with Roy Bennett - Part 3
- Bishop Sebastian Bakare Urges Zimbabweans to Use the Ballot to Bring Change
- Pishai Muchauraya Attacked By Zanu-PF Mob At Old Mutare
- Mugabe spies on Mujuru
- Makone alleges electoral fraud
- ZBC pulls plug on ZESN ads
- Soldiers, diplomats vote in secrecy
- Musindo on vote-buying spree
- Inflation figs not true - ZNCC
- Mugabe pressures Zinwa, Zesa
- Innocent man sues army for torture
- Zimbabwe opposition leader deplores poverty during poll trail
- Mining hopes dashed
- Govt invites Chinese observers
- Stop abusing the people of Zimbabwe
- Posted 28/2/08
- Zim police to use force to quell election violence
- Zimbabwe dollar in dramatic fall
- Economic meltdown worsens child abuse in Zimbabwe, says U.N. children's agency
- ZEC declines to investigate Zanu-PF voter registration fraud
- ZIMSEC fails to issue exam certificates
- Tsvangirai says opposition victory will end Zimbabwe crisis
- Zimbabwe gives army, teachers pay boost ahead of elections
- MDC Houses Burned And Officials Arrested in Muzarabani
- From Harare: Hospital heartbreak
- What keeps WOZA Women Strong?
- Output at Rio Tinto Zimbabwe diamond mine down 40 pct
- Chinese Eye Zim's Mining Sector
- Makoni Supporters Fear Mugabe Backlash
- Seven ways to win an election
- SADC Tribunal to hear Zim farmer's case next month
- Villagers appeal for food aid as hunger bites
- The Zimbabwe we want: a conversation with Roy Bennett - Part 2
- Beaten Zimbabwean Union Members Face Nuisance Charges
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Tackles Logistics For March 29 Ballots
- MISA-Zimbabwe Alert: MIC imposes illegal ban against journalist
- Zim youth group threatens to shut down Embassy in South Africa
- Mutambara faction to roll-out campaign for Makoni
- Voting for change in Zimbabwe
- Mugabe deceptive as ever
- Water meter readers arrested in Zimbabwe
- Streak joins Indian 'rebel' league
- Posted 27/2/08
- United States reports disquiet over preparations for Zimbabwe elections
- Zimbabwe accuses UK of fanning poll tension
- 'If Zim catches fire, everyone will burn'
- Zimbabwean Police Ready To Use Firearms If Poll Violence
- Civil groups in South Africa intensify protests at Zim embassy
- Angry protesters pull down Zanu-PF poll posters
- Who is imposing whom and why?
- Civil servants strike looms as soldiers get windfall
- Zimbabwe: Food for votes
- Land dispute enters holy ground as sacked bishop seizes cathedral
- Zim skills flight hits engineering sector
- Statement on the 2008 Elections and Accreditation of Journalists
- MDC government will rename Zimbabwe Police force
- Why MDC is feared
- MDC Election Tactics Questioned
- If Makoni becomes President...
- Oz apology: What about Gukurahundi?
- Zimbabwe 2008 -Decision Time -The China Factor
- No Surgery at Parirenyatwa, as Health Sector Continues to Deteriorate
- Zimbabwe's Government to Promote Solar Energy for Computers
- A New Challenge to Mugabe
- Mugabe Feasts as Nation Goes Hungry
- Mad bob' laid bare
- Zimbabwe led into cricket wasteland
- Batch 2 Posted 26/2/08
- Lawlessness, violence destroying Zimbabwe: bishop
- MDC candidates arrested for meeting supporters
- Makoni rules out coalition with MDC
- The Zimbabwe we want: a conversation with Roy Bennett - Part One
- Mugabe begs China for £25bn to fix economy
- In Zimbabwe's Matabeleland, Villagers Travel Far, Wait Long For Maize
- Calm and Tolerance Urged Ahead of Zim Polls
- Zimbabwe Rights Group Charges Police Enforcing Unofficial Curfew
- Zimbabwe State Media Ordered To Stop Running Voter Education Spots
- Land dispute enters holy ground as sacked bishop seizes cathedral
- February 2008 Newsletter to Bulawayo South Constituents
- Posted 26/2/08
- US ambassador says "ominous signs" precede Zimbabwe elections
- Makoni rejects idea of opposition coalition
- Divide and conquer
- Vendors and forex dealers forced to attend Bob bash at Beitbridge
- ‘I will put my X next to Mugabe’
- Malawi ruler helps Mugabe to hold on to power
- Bulawayo runs out of money
- NGO says Makoni wont break Mugabe's hold
- Zimbabwe Election Watch : Issue 17
- Makoni is Mugabe's Creation
- Election Violence Increases
- Who will make sure elections are free and fair?
- Zimbabwe Diaspora vote protest in Washington DC
- Hoping for a miracle
- Can Makoni be our Barak Obama?
- Rally for Dignity! and Democracy
- Lest we forget- the farmers of Zimbabwe
- Successful Zim litigation over violence
- Police Search, Seizure of Exhibits Unconstitutional - Van Hoogstraten
- Regarding the upcoming elections on 29th March
- Mugabe dresses down Mat South governor
- Plastic Containers in Zimbabwe Save the Day Economically
- Posted 25/2/08
- Mugabe stance shows election cannot be free and fair
- State agents prop up pro-Mugabe bishop
- Police impose unofficial curfew in parts of Zimbabwe
- ZANU PF official orders firm to sell grain through party channels
- Zimbabwe voters face a puzzle of election candidates
- 60 000 attend MDC election campaign launch
- Watch your back, Simba!
- Prowling for Essential Goods for Zimbabwe's Black Market
- Zimbabwe hospital stops surgery as drugs dry up: rights group
- Election observers are a thorny issue for Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary - 23rd February 2008
- ROHR Zimbabwe (restoration of human rights) - report on the January 25 demonstration
- Zimbabwe: mentors, proteges and morons
- Who can bring Zimbabwe back to its glory days?
- Tshinga Dube assails Mpofu over price controls
- Batch 2 Posted 24/2/08
- £50m celebration for Mugabe's birthday - as 4m of his people need food aid
- Over 1200 in anti Mugabe protests at Beitbridge
- Zimbabwe opposition leader vows to end Mugabe rule
- Makoni Unveils Economic Recovery Plans
- Full text of the manifesto for Dr Simba Makoni
- Mugabe belittles opponents as frog and puppet
- Beit Bridge a fine line between paranoia and weariness
- Africa: It is time to sweep our huts clean of dirty politics
- Chinese loan to fund Zimbabwe farm equipment purchases
- China courts Zimbabwe, to venture into gold and platinum mining
- 85 Trucks of food
- A letter from the diaspora
- ZINASU Gender and Human Rights Secretary badly assaulted
- Batch 1 Posted 24/2/08
- Makoni rubbishes $3 trillion Mugabe bash
- 'Elections could be postponed'
- Polls a referendum on Mugabe misrule'
- Sodomy poser for Zanu PF Senate hopeful
- Brain drain shatters aspiring doctor's dream
- Polls: It's the personality, not manifesto
- Varichem donates ARVs
- Byo poll candidates clash in 'debate series'
- Mpofu threatens political rival
- Villagers endure three weeks in maize queue
- Mugabe admits party faces tough fight
- RBZ non-payment grounds farmers
- Prospects of economic recovery fizzle out
- Disqualify candidates promoting violence
- Confessions of a vote rigger
- Makoni's battle against culture of conspiracy University of Zimbabwe
- Getting it right
- Zim Standard Letters
- Posted 23/2/08
- Mugabe prepares for big birthday bash in troubled Zimbabwe
- Third Way attracts followers
- Journalist Violet Gonda interview Roy Bennett from Tsvangirai MDC
- Tsvangirai camp deny report of planned meeting with Makoni
- Police chief living in farmhouse, despite restraining order
- Zimbabwe Electoral Commission dragged to court
- Grain authority launches blitz against millers
- Makoni is the real deal
- Zimbabwe Electoral Law Contradictory On Presidential Victory Requirement
- Voter Education Deficient In Zimbabwe Election Process, Say Experts
- Election chaos predicted
- "The Ugly Face of Land Reform"
- Cops Thrash Youths at Mugabe's Farm
- Chihuri Speaks With Forked Tongue
- Tobacco Disaster Could Wreck Industry
- MDC Embarks on Door-to-Door Campaigns
- Zambia leader warns West on Zimbabwe election
- 'Why we keep coming back to SA'
- The 'old man' should retire, say opponent
- White journalists banned from Zuma debate in South Africa
- SA to send election observers to Zimbabwe
- Southern Africa group holds out hope for Zimbabwe
- They must go or we will kill them
- President's comments on Makoni
- Zimbabwe - Annual Report 2008: RSF
- Batch 3 Posted 22/2/08
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe calls rival Makoni a "prostitute"
- Makoni courts Tsvangirai
- Presidium backs Zanu PF 'rebels'
- Mbeki lied to Sadc: MDC
- Zim could face second voting round for president
- Makoni expulsion 'unconstitutional'
- Hefty loans for soldiers
- Mugabe may face prosecution
- NIPC wants to control fuel price
- Staff exodus hits Zesa
- 'NIPC prices too low'
- Enough seed for winter crop: Seedco
- Price controls no panacea to problems - Masimirembwa
- Fallacy of the national pricing commission
- Electoral charade
- Is MDC fit to rule?
- Majority win doubtful in presidential poll
- Plight of the rural Zimbabwean voter
- We are doomed if Mugabe wins
- Opposition needs to be heard too
- Mugabe's desperate young comrades
- Here is a chance to beat Mugabe
- Getting the message,missing the point
- Good intentions paving the way to hell
- Zim Independent Letters
- A Lead on the Ark of the Covenant
- Batch 2 Posted 22/2/08
- Zimbabwe opposition details breakdown of Mbeki's mediation efforts
- Zimbabwe dialogue is "dead", elections flawed: opposition
- Massive Zim poll chaos
- Teachers’ union says women activists were sexually assaulted
- Makoni waits for Mugabe backlash
- British embassy denies funding NGOs to oust Mugabe
- Makoni’s backers put me off
- Zimbabwean Government Triples Army Officer Pay Ahead Of Elections
- 'Guidance' From Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Irritates Journalists
- Not worth the paper it's printed on
- Mugabe to spend Z$3 trillion on birthday, as inflation hits 100,000
- Just one cigarette costs $18 in Harare
- Scuffles over mealie meal
- Now Zimbabweans have to queue to queue
- Nominees Barred From Inspecting Voters Roll
- 'God bless President Mugabe'
- Robert Mugabe: An appreciation on his 84th birthday
- Youth Forum Offices Closed As Police Detain Board Treasurer Moyo
- Professionals Join Ranks of Street Hawkers
- Makoni Supporters Fear Mugabe Backlash
- Mugabe's competition
- ZINASU condemns the continued abuse of state resources
- Zim lawyers statement on PTUZ attack
- MDC (Tsvangirai) to put Mugabe on trial - manifesto says
- Hwange to Export 45 Million Tonnes of Coal to SA
- Eskom eyes Zim's thermal stations
- Malawi maize runs out in 2 months
- Mugabe Defies Downfall Prophecies
- Batch 1 Posted 22/2/08
- Mugabe’s loyalty test
- ZANU-PF in quandary over renegades
- Inflation breaches 100 000 % mark
- Growing concern over rigging
- A tale of broken promises
- Run-off: Who would win?
- Umm, Morgan? Morgan who?
- Avoid converting emotion into motion
- Building democracy electorate’s responsibility
- Sinking deeper into economic malaise
- It’s not about Tsvangirai
- Police not sincere on political violence
- River Ranch sues Hussein for $12 trillion
- Motsepe sinks more money into Zim
- Massive sugar shortage looms
- British property tycoon’s lawyer fears unfair trial
- Money market gets liquidity boost
- Zim economy harsh for workers
- People’s shops plan likely to delay
- FinGaz Letters
- Batch 2 Posted 21/2/08
- Mugabe ‘could be swept away’ if forced into run-off
- Mugabe's escape route ready
- Dollar tumbles again, as one US unit trades at Z$20 million
- 8 000 teachers quit as brain-drain gathers pace
- MDC urges exiled Zimbabweans to go home and vote
- Amidst Internal Strife, Zimbabwe Ruling Party Re-Runs Primary Elections
- Rally for Dignity! and Democracy in Zimbabwe in Trafalgar Square
- Presidential campaigns begin on Sat
- Are we brave enough to vote ‘No'?
- Violence, mischief to mar polls
- Mutasa threatens senior Zanu officials
- Mandela slams African tyrants
- Mugabe to launch new bid for office on 84th birthday
- More empty promises for Hopley squatters
- New fees penalise foreign media
- Leaked CIO memo reveals planned violence
- Makoni ditches Mutambara
- Why pick and choose?
- The truth of the matter
- Southern African Regional Group Solicits Zimbabwe Election Observers
- Posted 21/2/08
- Zimbabwe annual inflation over 100,000 per cent
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe turns 84, battling to hold onto power
- Zimbabweans face first prospect of run off poll in Mugabe presidential race
- Impoverished Zimbabwe pays high price to say 'happy birthday Mr President'
- Zim polls: US issues travel warning
- PTUZ leadership in hospital under police guard
- TUC condemns police beatings of teachers
- Zimbabweans flee with hope and US$50
- Weapons ban in Zimbabwe
- Dying Silently In Zimbabwe
- Free Banking for Zimbabwe
- No Sign of Promised Media Relaxation
- Zimbabwe: House of Commons Debate
- From Harare: A tale of survival
- Zim youth group to march for diaspora vote at SA embassy and Beitbridge Post
- Britain Calls for Effective Monitoring of Elections
- 2 charges dropped, 2 more upheld against Hoogstraten
- The Makoni Factor: A Zimbabwean in the Diaspora gives his views
- Zimbabwe: Anti-inflation measures in Zimbabwe since 2007
- MDC / Makoni factor - A breath of fresh air
- MDC-UK and Ireland congress set for Saturday
- Voting for Mugabe is cruelty to our elders
- Lies, damned lies and statistics!
- South African mega-drug haul was mandrax, not heroin
- NETONE Recharge System Down
- Zimbabwe government looks to buy more of pipeline
- Man's cruelty to Mann
- Posted 20/2/08
- UK calls for monitoring of Zimbabwe poll
- Shortages worsen as ZANU-PF diverts resources to elections
- Makoni has backing of ex-generals
- SA burying its head in the sand on Zim election: MDC
- Zimbabwe says Bush pre-judging elections
- Hard-Pressed Zimbabweans Experience Yet Another Surge In Prices
- Zim goes bananas
- Zimbabwe - Mugabe's biggest con yet
- The Tsvangirai-Makoni question: the results
- Election a ritual to legitimise Mugabe, says rights group
- ZANU PF supporters brutally assault nine teachers' union officials
- US embassy warns citizens in Zimbabwe ahead of elections
- Tsvangirai to Launch MDC Election Campaign
- Robert Mugabe Faces Serious Split Within Zanu-PF Ranks
- 'Zim cholera outbreak under control'
- Huge heroin bust on Zim border
- Zimbabwe Christians say no hope for Mbeki-brokered talks
- NCA does not support political parties
- Moeletsi Mbeki says SADC fears emergence of democracy in Zim
- Moyo furious with MDC challenge
- Media Talk - Zimbabwe elections - Will Mugabe win again?
- Birthday present for Mugabe
- Dlamini-Zuma voices hope for credibility of Zimbabwe’s poll
- Investors still eye Zimbabwe
- New SA plan for receiving Zimbabwean refugees
- As I See It
- ZIMDEN-UK meeting, future of Zimbabwe report
- Stop being swayed by this Makoni comedy
- Coventry wins two more medals in US
- Zimbabwe wants full probe into accident
- Posted 19/2/08
- Uncertainty About Zimbabwe Election Grows
- Divisions cause turmoil in Zim ruling party
- Police beat up Anglican parishioners, arrest high court officials
- Journalist arrested as police fight on behalf of Kunonga
- Makoni - the dangers he faces
- So the battle begins
- Maize hoarded for vote buying
- Mugabe's rigging nightmare
- Police stock up on tear-gas and grenades
- Mugabe faces defiance as officials haggle over seats
- MDC to exploit from Zanu PF division
- Makoni can split military — MDC group
- Gono claims escaped arrest in December
- ZEC stops ZESN from conducting voter education
- Four candidates to contest the presidential race
- Mnangagwa at the helm of Zanu
- Analysts, Exiled Zimbabweans, See No Hope in Looming Elections
- Why SADC leaders keep backing Mugabe?
- 2008 Local government elections -advice for residents
- Zimbabwe must follow new laws for free elections: SAfrica
- SA NGO urges government to send observers to Zimbabwe elections
- SA prepared to observe in Zim
- Mozambique reconnects Zimbabwe power after payment
- Mugabe could face second round of voting - Moyo
- Clear poll win unlikely - experts
- Catholics call for Zimbabwe elections to be postponed
- Daily news files Registration Application
- 5 Zimbabwean refugees dead, 36 injured in SA border accident
- Two wheels go where four cannot
- Zimbabwe 2008: Decision Time – Points to Ponder
- President Bush Calls For Change in Zimbabwe
- PASSOP Watch
- Van Hoogstraten trial fails to take off
- Posted 18/2/08
- Zimbabwe mulls reforms to screen presidential candidates
- MDC says has plan to deal with stolen election
- Budgetary constraints force army to scale down recruitment
- It’s not too late for a Makoni, Tsvangirai deal
- Makoni’s bold hope
- Are new parties sprouting in Zim an intelligence ploy?
- Bush urges fair elections in Zimbabwe during Africa trip
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary - 16th February 2008
- Zimbabweans survive on bags of tricks as inflation runs amok
- Inflation at 66000 percent, Mbeki still happy
- Go home and vote, Batswana tell Zimbabweans
- Happy days in Harare
- Posted 17/2/08
- Defiance reigns as candidates stand
- Death be not proud. . .help me make money
- ZESN barred from voter education
- Daily News set to bounce back
- Push carts to the rescue
- No one is worth dying for: Makoni
- US President blasts Mugabe
- Parirenyatwa suspends hospital theatre operations
- Bakers demand $5m a loaf price
- Zimbabweans ignore inflation as battle for survival continues
- Voters fire warning shots during primaries
- Voter's check list - a must
- Zimbabweans in Diaspora: Missing link in new struggle
- A warning on Simba Makoni's history of failures
- We are Ready
- A letter from the diaspora
- Dark days for southern Africa
- Zimbabwe's Coventry sets world record in 200m backstroke
- Batch 2 Posted 16/2/08
- Move to seal internal fissures
- Harare drinking water unsafe
- It’s no easy walk for Simba Makoni
- Economy key to voters’ choice
- Pressure group predicts worst election violence
- Police conduct surprises accused British tycoon
- No breach of law by RBZ: Gono
- Exclusive: Interview with Makoni
- Zim 2008: The return of hope
- Beware the Ides of March
- Three firms face govt takeover
- AirZim imports fuel from region
- BACOSSI: Output up, but shelves remain empty
- Counting the costs: Price blitz damage so far
- Conflict brewing at NSSA over salaries
- Economic crisis
- FinGaz Letters
- Hidden victims of the 'green revolution'
- Posted 16/2/08
- Ruling party rebel lays down his challenge to ageing President Mugabe
- Zimbabwe presidential candidates confirmed
- New twist in Zim election race
- Can Tsvangirai make the ultimate sacrifice?
- Concern over media bias in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabweans ignore inflation in battle for survival
- 'NIPC Not to Blame for Price Hikes'
- The Zimbabwe Enigma - Wake Up Africa
- Civic group says elections won’t be free and fair
- Probe into Attorney General resumes next week
- Zimbabwe Primary Elections Flawed On Both Sides Of The Political Divide
- Zimbabwe Business Leader Says 66,000% Inflation Probably Understated
- Hoogstraten had fake South Africa rands - court told
- The Devil's in the detail
- ‘Black thing’ creeping into South Africa
- Cholera Claims Seven in Mudzi
- Bulawayo nominations extended by 2 hours
- I left my heart in Harare
- Batch 3 Posted 15/2/08
- Zimbabwe election tainted by violence and rights abuses
- Elements of Simba Makoni's manifesto
- Journalist Violet Gonda interviews Wilfred Mhanda of the Simba Makoni formation
- Zimbabwe Opposition Faction In Alliance With ZANU-PF Rebel Makoni
- Heading for difficult choices in dire times
- Zimbabwe elections: Hard choices, what Hard choices?
- Zimbabwe Election Authorities Again Extend Voter Registration Deadline
- Global Fund to help pay Zimbabwe doctors
- The PhD's in Zanu PF who have achieved nothing
- My Life Under A Dictator
- Batch 2 Posted 15/2/08
- Expel Dabengwa: Zanu PF
- Makoni, Mutambara forge alliance
- Inflation tops 66 000%
- MDC to launch election manifesto
- Mawere wins SMM case
- Voter registration exercise chaotic
- Chaos in MDC primaries
- Why MDC unity talks collapsed
- ANZ applies for registration
- Kunonga holed up in Anglican cathedral
- Presidential guards chase away Zanu PF protestors
- RTGS bleeds banks
- Industry blasts pricing commission
- NMB to receive US$2,5 million loan
- Mines suspend long-term projects
- Manufacturing companies reduce operations
- Asset management firms to merge
- A deeper look at the banking crisis in Zim
- Zanu PF breaks own rules
- The real deal
- Is God Zanu PF or MDC?
- ZEC should be tough on hate language
- What is a ‘friendly’ state?
- We’ll have to make a plan
- Zim Independent Letters
- Posted 15/2/08
- Zimbabwe Dec inflation hits record 66,212.3 pct
- Bush: Zimbabwe's Mugabe is "discredited dictator"
- Elections last chance to save Zimbabwe: Pahad
- Is Mugabe facing any real threats?
- Lekota doubts Zim election
- Registration and verification of voters’ roll ends one day early
- Students beaten and arrested at demos in Harare and Bulawayo
- Information minister dismisses media report
- 'Unruly' Zanu-PF MP charged
- Regime Change Prospects Slim in Zimbabwe
- Makoni Promises Reconciliation As One Cure for Zimbabwe's Problems
- Simba Makoni is an overrated opportunist – opinion piece
- Zimbabwean newspaper claims Makoni was part of Mbeki plan
- Makoni must come clean on crucial credentials
- Challenge the electoral process, not the outcome
- Floods force five Zimbabwe gold mines to halt operations
- Daily News submits papers to the MIC for operating licence
- Bishop Sebastian Bakare on BTH
- WOZA continues to urge people to stand up for their children in Harare
- A long expensive journey home
- History repeats itself
- Economic Hard Times Makes for a Frugal Valentines Day in Zimbabwe
- Batch 2 Posted 14/2/08
- Police chief tells officers to back Mugabe
- Mbeki backs Makoni
- Mujuru under house arrest
- Chinotimba defies govt decree on land
- Groups push for non-payment of debts incurred by Mugabe
- Striking Zimbabwe teachers demand Z$1.7 billion salaries
- Zimbabwean Women's Activist Group Charges Police Beatings In Protest
- Some Zimbabwean Voters Find Their Names Missing From Voter Rolls
- MDC to Release Full List of Election Candidates Thursday
- MDC pledges economic reform
- Zimbabwe NGO Warns Political Violence Rising As Elections Approach
- Catholic Com.for Justice and Peace
- Fellowships for Scholars from Zimbabwe
- Posted 14/2/08
- Makoni attacks Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe
- Mugabe rivals urge ruling party members to jump ship
- Zimbabwe opposition urges Mbeki to stand up to Mugabe
- Nomination Courts Sit Throughtout Zimbabwe on Friday
- Editor, journalists threatened by suspected State Security Agents
- Zimbabwe’s sky-high inflation rises even higher
- UN increases food distribution in Zimbabwe
- Spokesperson for Tsvangirai says this was no ordinary robbery
- Welcome to Joburg, Mr Tsvangirai
- Opposition's Tsvangirai will work with anyone who opposes Mugabe
- Tsvangirai blasts Makoni at press conference in South Africa
- From Harare: Election fever starts
- Taking on Mugabe
- Makoni's battle against conspiracy culture
- A nation locked in victim mode
- Poor Whites Struggle by in Zimbabwe
- Young People 'Die' to Be Heard
- Debunking Myths off the Zimbabwe Question and Makoni Project
- Southern Africa flood crisis is not over
- Elections pose risk to journalists in 2008
- Amnesty to distribute roses in support of Zim women
- Gordon Brown backs Zimbabwe boycott but it may mean loss of World Twenty20
- Andy Flower admits guilt over Zimbabwe
- Posted 13/2/08
- Mugabe rival expelled as party faces paralysis
- Odds against fair Zimbabwe elections-Britain
- Tsvangirai robbed at gun point in Jo'burg
- Worst violence predicted in Makoni’s home area
- Group demands new body to run Zimbabwe elections
- Woza Surprise Police With a 'Valentine's Day' Demo in Bulawayo
- Kunonga Thugs Barricade Cathedral Once Again
- Thousands Rush to Check Voters' Roll As Deadline Looms
- Maize Meal, Zimbabwean Staple Food, Hard To Find And Expensive
- That's a shock: the power's on
- Zimbabwe's inflation woes continue
- Mugabe 'raring to go' for elections
- Voter Registration & Verification Extended In Zimbabwe - But Until When?
- ‘Zimbabwe action needed’
- WOZA Caught Police Unaware
- Today's photo: Dam opens, southern Africa braces for widespread flooding
- Water in Short Supply Despite Rain
- Money sought for flood victims
- Forty (40) families evicted in Glen View Plot One
- Zimbabwe - Choices
- Zimbabwe's Ruling ZANU-PF Party Perplexed By Makoni Upstart Candidacy
- MDC President Tsvangirai Speaks on Elections and Makoni
- MDC should back Makoni
- Makoni - All But a CIO Sketch
- Crunch Time for Makoni Election Bid
- Makoni can have our support if he clarifies his position
- Joe Thomas takes from starving, dying Zimbabweans
- Posted 12/2/08
- Mutambara MDC hints at Makoni alliance in fight against Mugabe
- Conditions not suitable for fair Zim election
- Massive mining skills exodus in Zim
- Zambia, Zimbabwe place military on floods alert
- Secret agents to testify against suspended AG
- Iran says will help Mugabe beat off sanctions
- UN seeks to raise US$90m for flood victims
- Health in Zimbabwe: an eyewitness account
- Come home and vote
- Civil Society Groups Snub Makoni Presidential Bid
- Detained Woza Members Assaulted By Police in Harare
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary - 9th February 2008
- The lion's roar
- Zimbabwe’s Opposition Sure of Victory in General Elections
- Gvt probe into AG's conduct resumes
- Taking on the lion king
- Zimbabwe targets Z$3tr for Mugabe birthday
- New land owners face eviction
- The Trash Story
- Makoni: Puppet, Zanu PF agent or national hero?
- Zimbabweans Protest Police Brutality And Xenophobia
- Multiple failures of Zanu (PF) government
- "Stupid salaries" lead to state TV go-slow
- Posted 11/2/08
- Makoni: the inside story
- Tsvangirai to run in Zimbabwe polls despite rival candidacy
- Mugabe rival smells victory but fears vote rigging
- Makoni is 'strong enough to beat Mugabe'
- Mugabe election prospects weaken as rifts appear
- 'Breath of fresh air' for jaded Zimbabwe
- Makoni is ‘old wine in new bottle’, says Tsvangirai
- Acquisition of properties in smacks of greed, says farmer’s official
- US singer walks away US$23 000 richer
- News Release from the Zimbabwe Vigil
- More than a rumble of change in Zim
- Zim's polls already derailed - church
- Leon slams Mbeki over Zim elections
- Offering himself
- Make love, not war - even at election time
- Cops free all but 15 after church raid
- Trials of a 'Zimbo' at immigration
- Batch 2 Posted 10/2/08
- Zimbabwe’s electoral charade
- Full launch statement from Simba Makoni
- The MDC unity agreement Tsvangirai refused to sign
- How The Re-Unification Agreement was arrived at and later rejected by MT formation
- Renegade ex-minister Simba Makoni to challenge Mugabe
- Could Makoni's challenge to Mugabe be genuine?
- A letter from the diaspora
- Batch 1 Posted 10/2/08
- Tsvangirai cautious to Makoni alliance
- Move over MDC, Enter Vox Populi
- High Court blocks Mpofu re-election
- 'Woman scorned' turns tables on hubby, politically
- Poll candidate fees 'exhorbitant'
- No tests for Harare water as workers strike
- Men in black car harass paper vendors
- 48 days before poll, ZEC struggles to find offices in Bulawayo
- Drug shortage hits Bulawayo
- Zimbabwe prepares for Global Fund Round 8
- UK tightens screws on employers of migrant labour
- Anglican violence continues
- Zim industry needs US$2b to recover from price blitz
- Council in legal stew with bank
- Zimbabwe's unhappy millionaires
- Zimbabwe’s future under Zanu PF: only darkness
- US elections: The money, the glitz
- Reflections on the significance of the Makoni factor
- Why Zanu PF should be booted out in 2008 poll
- Zim Standard Letters
- Posted 9/2/08
- Mbeki Claims SADC Talks Resolved Election Dispute
- Influential Former Army Generals Ready to Campaign for Makoni
- Zimbabwe Ruling Party To Probe Primaries, State Media Say
- MDC unity talks collapse: the facts
- MDC Stalemate Presents Major Obstacle
- Split looms among war veterans
- Civic groups decide whom to back in election
- Makoni needs every Zimbabwean’s support
- Zimbabwe Presidential Hopeful Makoni Urged To Seek Opposition Allies
- US Expresses 'Very Serious Concern' About Zimbabwe March Elections
- Voter registration and inspection has been extended until Thursday 14 February
- Why Makoni is the Messiah
- Long-time rival is unlikely to stage an upset of Mugabe
- ZCTF Report: Milk for rhinos
- 13 Zimbabweans Still in Custody 10 Days After Church Raid
- Zimbabwe: Red Cross seek long-term solutions to flooding misery
- Journalist banned from Bulawayo
- The extraordinary story behind Simon Mann's 'prison transfer' to Equatorial Guinea
- Batch 2 Posted 8/2/08
- US voices 'serious concerns' about Zimbabwe election
- Makoni leaps from tightrope into the lion’s den
- I'm still Zanu PF: Makoni
- 'No prospects for MDC unity'
- Kunonga thugs block Bakare ordination
- Media law creates regulatory vacuum
- More problems for Mugabe
- Moyo, Dongo press ahead with nomination date challenge
- Gono blasts govt
- Makoni and the politics of stability
- Simba Makoni: a glimmer of hope
- Give Makoni a chance
- Makoni deals blow to politics of hostage
- Getting it right
- So Makoni is a British stooge?
- Post-election economic blueprint
- MDC must return to founding principles
- Tsvangirai must monitor MDC primaries
- Same wolves in sheep's clothing
- Posted 8/2/08
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- Simba's roar
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- A Long, Hard Slog in Zimbabwe
- Africa's Changing Political Picture Reflected in Chaotic AU Summit
- Zimbabweans till the land in Kgatleng East
- Batch 2 Posted 7/2/08
- Blast of disapproval for Robert Mugabe rival
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- Mugabe thugs shackled and beat me, says British mercenary Simon Mann
- * De facto coup d'etat * Diplomats stunned
- Mugabe cancels ZANU PF politburo meeting
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- Road to the elections - MDC's decision time
- Lawyer wants British national brought back to Zimbabwe
- WOZA at the Vigil - Valentine's Day Action 16/02/2008
- Striking Zimbabwe Teachers Union Charges State Intimidation Of Members
- Posted 7/2/08
- Mugabe challenger expelled from ruling party
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- Zimbabwe Election Chaos Deepens
- Warning of “Logistical Nightmare” on Election Day
- Voter registration and inspection Helplines - and extension of voter registration
- Leading article: The beginning of the end
- Report on the enthronement of Bishop Bakare - 3 Feb
- New hope for Zimbabwe
- Simba Makoni a 'loud fart'
- Why Even a Split MDC Must Still Go to the Polls
- Tsvangirai Endorsed As MDC Presidential Candidate
- Why we will contest Zim elections – MDC
- Mbeki’s mediation hailed by SADC
- From Harare: 'The shoes that got away'
- Over 20 engineers quit Air Zimbabwe
- Refugees return to raided church amid legal wrangles
- 2007 worst year yet for defenders of freedom in Zimbabwe
- In Zimbabwe Cities And Towns, Water And Electricity Mostly Intermittent
- Cardinal Cormac returns from Zimbabwe
- Posted 6/2/08
- Simba Makoni to stand against Robert Mugabe
- Simba Makoni: Zimbabwe's roaring lion?
- MDC welcomes new Mugabe challenger
- Surprise, disbelief greets Makoni’s bid for presidency
- Is Simba Makoni the man who can take on Mugabe?
- Doubt cast over Zimbabwe presidential hopeful
- Why Tsvangirai and Mutambara must make way for Makoni
- Mbudzi warns CIO against making Makoni target
- Zanu-PF Polls Produce Shocks
- Mugabe to postpone nomination to re-organise party
- Former Mugabe ally wants nomination stopped
- Mutambara MDC Deny Being Unreasonable in Unity Talks
- Student leaders suspended for leading demos
- Mbeki lauded for Zim efforts
- 'Zim political issues solved'
- Air Zimbabwe warns of flights disruptions
- New visa requirements for Zimbabwean passport holders visiting S.A.
- ZESN calls for longer inspection of voters roll
- Farm communities spread HIV in Zim - minister
- Health of Zimbabwean migrants at risk after raid at Johannesburg Methodist Church
- No news for mercenary's wife
- Mugabe Now Taking Back Seized Farms
- Malawi starts rationing maize as stocks fall
- ZCTF - another elephant shot in Charara
- Posted 5/2/08
- Feud turns Zimbabwe opposition into polls 'mincemeat': analysis
- Zimbabwe accused of plot to kidnap British mercenary
- Lords hear damages claim over failed Equatorial Guinea coup
- Mugabe's government reclaims 1,449 repossessed former white farms
- Zimbabwe - Mugabe gears up to dish out more of his violence
- Youth leaders arrested as police raid offices
- Zimbabweans despair at MDC “betrayal”
- Fresh power blackout hits Zimbabwe
- River authority says could open spill gates of Kariba Dam
- Zimbabwe Voters Trying To Register For March Polls Face Many Hurdles
- Mugabe’s election ruse
- Zimbabwe Vigil Diary - 2nd February 2008
- Election boost for Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
- Gvt dismisses watchdog report on elections
- Zimbabwe warned of abuses ahead of polls
- Zanu-PF cadres not happy with Mugabe
- List of Farms Seized
- SADC Tribunal to hear farmer’s case next month
- Zimbabwean women turn to garbage for survival
- Decision time
- Why would-be leaders should win their right to represent
- The weirdness of ‘being’ in Zimbabwe
- Zim journalists unite and fight for better pay
- ARVs behind bars
- Editor’s trial resumes but postponed yet again
- Posted 4/2/08
- Zimbabwe opposition says coalition talks have collapsed
- Zimbabwe opposition to contest vote
- Supporters of pro-Mugabe bishop blockade cathedral, locking out worshippers
- Harare to bar Western media from covering election
- Chaos mars ZANU PF primary elections in Bulawayo
- Legal centre expresses concern over treatment of Zim refugees
- Zimbabwe: an election whose outcome is predetermined
- Student leader arrested and later dumped in bush
- Mann Appeals to ICJ
- Batch 2 Posted 3/2/08
- 'Mother of all poor seasons' forecast
- Even with a Commission, graft breeds in Zimbabwe
- MDC factions deadlocked
- Another blackout hits Zimbabwe
- Zanu PF shuts out aspiring candidates
- Zinwa shelves Bulawayo takeover
- Motorists say potholes now 'deathtraps'
- Zanu PF plot to impose Nhema backfires
- What will save the children? Not politics
- The Charles Taylor syndrome
- Why the security still decides Zimbabwe's elections
- Why the cards are stacked against MDC in 29 March poll
- Zim Standard Letters
- SAS coup plotter Simon Mann faces show trial
- Battling on despite the hardships
- Posted 3/2/08
- Zimbabwe opposition seeks last-ditch unity ahead of crucial polls
- Bus crashes into tree in southern Zimbabwe, killing 14 people, injuring 55
- 'I will be a dead man', says Mann
- Public Poorly Informed As Zimbabwe Voter Registration Deadline Nears
- Striking Zimbabwe Teachers Union Alleges Harassment By State Agents
- Harare dismisses rights group’s election criticism
- Another unsung death in rural Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe Tractor Deal in Advanced Stage
- A Daunting Task
- A letter from the diaspora
- The law governing priests and the consequences of their choice
- AU Sets Up New Team to Steer Union Govt Formation
- ZCTF - Stop the Charara party
- Poem
- Pakistan complete clean sweep over Zimbabwe
- Batch 2 Posted 2/2/08
- Zimbabwe deports 'coup mastermind' to E Guinea
- British coup plotter faces torture after 'secret' extradition
- Mann's lawyer bemoans deportation
- Inflation shock? Not for cynical Zimbabweans
- Party to reunite against Mugabe
- Police Stop MDC Freedom Marches in Mutare And Rusape
- Church Detainees Forced to Pay SA Police for Release
- Political Violence Breaks Out in Manicaland
- US Ambassador to Zimbabwe Reports Little Progress In Engaging Harare
- South Africa's Mbeki Briefs Southern African Leaders On Zimbabwe Talks
- State of despair
- Hwange full of spark, or is it?
- African Countries Criticized in Human Rights Watch Report
- Zimbabwean Diaspora vote protest mobilization begins
- Batch 1 Posted 2/2/08
- Dabengwa to challenge Mugabe
- MDC factions to endorse Tsvangirai
- Makoni distances himself from plot
- High Court says Kunonga Diocese 'non-existent'
- Zanu PF old guard seek 'safe havens'
- Economy shrinks 6%
- Banks caught in breach of financial regulations
- 7 banks under RBZ probe
- One-day voting a headache for ZEC
- No respite for banks
- Unpacking the banking crisis - second time around
- RBZ rejects 990 bank transactions
- RBZ prepares post-elections monetary policy
- Gono says NIPC must stop interference
- Growers' association sees 20% fall in tobacco output
- The trouble with gifts and alms to judiciary
- Central bank under fire
- Only Zanu PF won in secret talks
- Let’s contest elections, not results
- Banks insensitive to clients
- What will Mbeki tell Sadc?
- Minister should return to the womb
- Zim Independent Letters
- Batch 2 Posted 1/2/08
- Zimbabwe inflation hits 26,470 pct, economy shrinks
- SA police raid downtown church where Zimbabweans had taken shelter, scores taken away
- Ex-SAS in 'coup plot' vanishes from prison
- 'Coup mastermind' in final bid to halt extradition to E Guinea
- Mugabe’s nephew wanted me dead, says farmer
- Huge jump in revenue for Zim platinum producer
- As Elections Near, Zimbabwe's Mugabe Boosts Patronage To Security Forces
- South Africa's Mbeki to report to regional leaders on Zimbabwe negotiations
- 'Mugabe sank SA's quiet diplomacy'
- State rail firm workers down tools over salaries
- USA adds more Zanu PF officials to targeted sanctions list
- Church condemns police raid
- Zimbabwe: flood victims tell their stories
- Why bother? ballot or bullet?
- Mobile Phone System Overburdened
- Zimbabwe Exiles Forum
- Zimbabwe's Vermeulen cleared of arson
- Rural Zimbabwe Fertile Ground for HIV/AIDS
- Batch 1 Posted 1/2/08
- Police after Mujuru?
- Zero sum game
- Makoni in symbolic gesture of loyalty
- Mpofu off the hook
- Air Zim engineers clinch forex pay deal
- Top Rio Tinto boss set to tour Zim operations
- Future of newspapers under serious threat
- Kuruneri plots return
- Dereliction of duty slows down the wheels of justice
- Zimbos and the fear of demonstrations
- Power, water cuts ruining women in business: Mutasa
- Cash shortages resurface
- United Front deal fails to materialise
- Zim’s academic system in ruins
- Govt of national unity key to Zim crisis resolution
- Simba Makoni: Dissenter or party anchor man?
- All stakeholders should be ready for elections
- Banks must be banks
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