Zimbabwe News

The ZIMBABWE Situation

February 2005 ARCHIVE

NEWS and Other Articles

Batch 2 Posted 28/2/05
- Breach of SADC Standards - Issue 17
- Mnangagwa is now a born again Christian
- Mangwende: committed and consistent nationalist
- Tsvangirai ex-bodyguard released
- MDC candidate for Bindura arrested
- Harare City Council hikes clinic fees
- Africa receives US $648 million from Canada
- Weekly Times owner blasts Mahoso
- Thousands died in Africa yesterday
- Solutions That Are Working
- Moyo a hero? Are you crazy?
Posted 28/2/05
- SA traditional leaders off to Zimbabwe
- Mugabe declares Moyo enemy 'Number One'
- Newspaper appeals to court against ban
- Zimbabwe to reintroduce bicameral parliament
- Central bank fails to allocate forex to 93 percent of bids
- Harare hosts tourism pageant
- Zimbabwe Solidarity Newsletter
- Mugabe vows to destroy poll rival
- Zimbabwe to look at former rebels
- Africa polices some, but powerful get pass
- Cosatu's Zimbabwe blockade gains momentum
- In Togo, a success for African diplomacy
- The African Union's heavy hand
- Differences between image and reality
- SA and US head for showdown over Zim?
- MIC denies threatening Zimbabwe Independent
- Govt hesitates on NGO bill
- The spectre of ethnicism- friend or foe?
- Out of a job, but Moyo's living the high life
Batch 2 Posted 27/2/05
- Miss Tourism gobbles billions
- 'Inflation target fictitious'
- Government accused of confusing voters
- Court finally rules in favour of private schools
- Rebellion in dramatic end
- Bitter row threatens Ruwa private school
- Media bodies angry over paper's closure
- Jitters at Zimpapers after Moyo sacking
- Midlands rural councils on the verge of collapse
- Terror in Mutare as Zanu PF thugs demand cards
- Man in court for insulting Mugabe
- Costly and questionable campaigns
- Amazing tales from Freedonia
- Barca ridicule Chelsea complaint
- Time to dump the old 'sekuru'
- No democracy in Zanu PF while Mugabe is in power
- Alarming corruption at ZESA
- Compensate Gukurahundi victims first
- Dairy industry faces collapse
- IMF 'reprieve' no cause for celebration
- March poll: to vote or not to vote?
- Prof. Jonathan Moyo
Posted 27/2/05
- The Right to Vote
- Billion dollar birthday party
- Mugabe Turns to Military to Ensure Victory
- Mugabe woos states to avoid poll scrutiny
- From breadbasket to basket case
- Mugabe aims to bury Blair
- Zimbabwe Bans Another Newspaper
- Union T-shirts a no-no in Zim
- Madhuku criticises MDC manifesto
Batch 2 Posted 26/2/05
- JAG Urgent Legal Communique 25th February 2005
- JAG PR Communiqué 25th February 2005
- Mugabe Henchmen on the Warpath
- President's Mansion an "Affront" to His People
- MDC Faces Uphill Task
- Fourth Zimbabwe paper shut down
Posted 26/2/05
- US warns SADC over Zimbabwe inaction
- Moyo loyalist editor fired from Chronicle
- Electric fence to cut off Zimbabwe
- Top MDC officials arrested in crackdown
- Airforce helicopter crashes near Harare airport
- Pretoria's doublespeak worries Tsvangirai
- Moyo ouster offers no respite for Zimbabwe's embattled media
- MDC speaks on violence
- Nkomo, Dumiso deny defaming sacked Moyo
- New war vets' leadership to be announced soon
- CBZ set to minimise exposure to parastatals
- Govt urged to comply with democratic principles
- Kasukuwere calls for discipline among youths
- Cops accused of getting kickbacks from lawyers
- Farmers irked over delays in facilitating irrigation projects
- Zim election violence fall - but fear thrives
- Forum calls for transitional settlement in Zimbabwe
- US urges tough stance on Zimbabwe
- Ex-skipper Streak returns to Zimbabwe fold
- Tsvangirai: Army understands
- Church Convicted of Illegal Forex Dealings
- Jonathan Moyo, my hero
- 'All Africans must be free'
- Chinese arms for Mugabe
- Mugabe hits the hustings
- Zimbabwe Supreme Court Reserves Judgement on Diaspora Vote
- VOA announces new Studio 7 morning broadcasts to Zimbabwe
Batch 3 Posted 25/2/05
- Moyo linked to new coalition
- Reduce fuel price for polls - govt
- Hunt for Moyo's successor hots up
- Harare set to lose $400b
- Date set for poll observers
- Moyo accused of vanity
- Mawere digs in heels over SMM Holdings
- TNF future uncertain
- Lawyer/police bicker over 'missing' MDC activists
- Zanu PF youths arrested over attack on MDC team
- Female MPs prove mettle in politics staying power
- Concern over Zim election
- Men of cloth shout out from ringside
- THE Moyo loses grip on Zanu PF
- Neither a tyranny nor a democracy
- Poor Africa and the IMF's 'bad faith'
- Moyo scoffs at politics of patronage
- 93% forex bids rejected
- RBZ's double-digit inflation target elusive
- Empowerment drive falls flat
- Curbing excessive regulation in finance
- Govt to blame
- Nothing to celebrate
- Open letter to Mugabe over scribes' harassment
- Hey, Spinner!
- Moyo: the 'messiah' and 'devil' in one
- There's hope as long as Mugabe is paranoid
Batch 2 Posted 25/2/05
- COSATU gears up for border blockade
- Political violence flares ahead of election
- State secret agents bankroll MDC rebels
- Research foundation takes on Jonathan Moyo
- SADC inaction on Zimbabwe places aid at risk - US
- Join in protest, Cosatu urges whites
- SACC to support protests against Zimbabwean elections
- Water woes affect sugar production
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 341
- JAG Extraordinary General Meeting of Membership Announcement
- JAG Job Opportunities 24th February 2005
- Unions in joint fight against Zim
- Zimbabwe's election needs 'a miracle', says Cosatu
- Mbeki's miscalculation at Abuja was a wake-up call on global bargaining
- 'Half Zimbabwe's voters in foreign countries'
- Born to be wild
- Campaign finance a hot topic in Zimbabwe
- Zim might deregister NGOs
Posted 25/2/05
- US Urges Southern Africa to Condemn Political Repression in Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting better: Gono
- Zim workers beaten and maimed - Cosatu
- Country risks
- Smaller parties hamstrung by lack of funds
- ICRC Denies Recruiting Zimbabwean Youths
- Rebels set for dramatic comeback?
- Harare raps EU over sanctions
- Cosatu sets date for Zimbabwe blockade
- Zimbabwe urged to allow foreign journalists
- Moyo is a coward, says MDC
- Zimbabwe: Outpost of tyranny or democracy?
- Support floods in from churches for asylum seeker
- Police Nab Corrupt Officials
- Diaspora Vote Judgment Reserved
- Region's Air Forces Urged to Be On Alert
- Moyo is thick-headed - Mugabe
- SADC's credibility in the balance
- Weekly Media Update # 2005-7
- SADC Protocol Watch
Batch 3 Posted 24/2/05
- Jail Fears Prompted Journalists' Flight
- A Troubled Reunion
- Zimbabwe leaves it late for poll observer teams
- Charamba rings changes at ZBH
- Moyo comes out fighting
- SA issues warrant of arrest for Rautenbach
- A nation of poor millionaires
- IMF gives Zim space to mend its ways
- Doek says a lot about Mugabe's state of mind
- Fly in the ointment
- Does it still make any economic sense going to work every day?
- ...and now to the Notebook
- Mujuru group loses appeal
- Central bank probes agro-based state firms
- Lack of tourists forces firm to keep luxury camp under wraps
Batch 2 Posted 24/2/05
- Voting not a fundamental right: Supreme Court judges
- Jailed MP says continued imprisonment illegal
- Customs Seizes Shipment Of Elephant Body Parts
- Pressure group holds all-female demo against poll
- Mugabe govt says EU has hostile agenda against Zimbabwe
- Arms deal raises fears of coup if Mugabe loses vote
- Malaria: Biting Back In Zimbabwe
- Will the Opposition's Campaign Trip Up on Purse Strings?
Posted 24/2/05
- US blasts Mugabe for intimidating journalists
- Full text of European Union sanctions against Mugabe
- Botswana government critic faces deportation
- Bennett sues wife
- Soldiers beat up MDC candidates
- Govt, overhaul electoral observation process: ZESN
- MDC candidate, supporters arrested
- Poaching threatens future of conservancy
- Farmer fined for granting hunting concession
- UK Zimbos' case: judgment reserved
- Doubt over extent of electoral reform ahead of poll
- With xenophobia rising, electrified border fence hailed
- Committee To Protect Journalists Accuses Zimbabwe Government of Harassment And Intimidation
- Police investigating claims of assault by soldiers
- ANC on A-list of Zim poll guests
- US anger over Zimbabwe reporters
- 'Be patient with RBZ policies'
- Soldier fined $300 after blunder
- SA can play key role in pressurising Zimbabwe, US insists
- Agriculture doctorate for Mugabe, 81, as Zimbabwe's farms go to seed
- 'Observers to Submit Reports Before Poll Results'
- Chaotic Land Reform Created Phone Farmers
- Zimbabwe shifts the goal posts, literally
- AG Legal Communique: For SA Zimbabwe Investors, 22nd February 2005
Batch 2 Posted 23/2/05
- MDC claims Zanu-PF attacks
- Government forks out Z$9bn to ex-political detainees
- Army recalls retired soldiers
- Judge issues warrant of arrest for MDC activists
- Mbeki worried about Zim voters' roll
- Full text of Moyo's response to his dismissal by President Mugabe
- War of liberation: Leave posterity to decide
- Zim journalists vow to make politicians accountable
- Zimbabwe does not Comply with Regional Electoral Protocols
- Kenya threatens to arrest British envoy for 'theft and corruption'
- JAG Legal Communiqué: Farm Listings 22nd February 2005
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 340
- How to Steal the Crown Jewels.
- Tourism aims to rake in US$250m
- If You Are Not Going to Vote, Ask Yourself Why
- SADC's credibility in the balance
- DA feels insulted after being denied entry into Zimbabwe
- Mbeki's mistake
- SW Radio Africa to broadcast on Medium Wave
- Of dreams, traitors and weeping chiefs
Posted 23/2/05
- The Fight for Democracy in Zimbabwe.
- Zim gvt gets more arms from China
- Charles Taylor cronies seek Harare asylum
- MDC abandons electoral petitions
- Tsvangirai blames Blair
- ESC still in charge of elections
- MDC holds workshop
- We can do without Moyo: Zanu PF
- Banned cosmetics, soaps flood market
- Storm brewing in Harare council
- Rebels remain in the cold
- "All I did was drop everything and run"
- Political violence could keep voters away, say rights groups
- Electoral court set up ahead of Zimbabwe polls
- Zimbabwe's Ruling Party Election Manifesto Published
- 'Soldiers attacked MDC officials'
- Court still in favour of Mugabe - MDC
- Mugabe turns 81 with few but clerics daring to criticise him
- Interview: Thabo Mbeki
- The rise and fall of Jonathan Moyo
- Many more Moyos out there
- Debate Zimbabwe
- RBZ out to raise $500bn
Posted 22/2/05
- Tsvangirai's Tuesday message to the people of Zimbabwe
- SADC still awaiting invite from Zimbabwe
- Europe renews Zimbabwe sanctions
- Weak Message from EU to Mugabe, says MEP
- Zimbabwe's top soldier in South Africa
- Mugabe, 81, renews attack on Tony Blair
- 'How I fled Zim after tip-off over Mugabe swoop on journalists'
- Church joins fight to save woman from deportation
- Chinese the New Economic Imperialists in Africa
- Age fails to tame Mugabe
- Food aid meeting critical needs
- African leaders air their views in new report
- SA wants monitors in Zimbabwe soon
- ZCTU, NCA snub MDC
- MDC furious over observers
- Court messenger defies order
- Lack of funding cripples alternative political parties
- Dismissed Net*One workers storm offices
- Zimbabwe rebel back with team
Batch 3 Posted 21/2/05
- Bennett's wife to stand for Chimanimani
- Mugabe misinformed: Dairibord boss says
- RBZ puts on brave face as inflation climbs
- Zanu PF forces schools to bankroll Mujuru bash
- Chitungwiza council ordered to give stands to Zanu PF
- Zimbabwe's IMF arrears rise to US$306m
- Election manifestoes: An overview
- Harassment of lawyers slammed
- Health services in limbo as council fails to pay staff
- Zanu PF's skewed priorities
- What's in a name? - quite a lot ...
- Coal shortage hits firms
- Bad words about the good Sister Rice uncalled for
- Zimbabwe health crisis runs deeper
- Mugabe hits out at UK before his birthday
- Zimbabwe Solidarity Newsletter
Batch 2 Posted 21/2/05
- Jonathan Moyo hits back
- Government coughs up Z$24m to tortured journalists
- Tsvangirai pledges to end ZANU PF 'tyranny'
- Minister seeks regional endorsement of poll
- Mugabe asks old allies for help before national poll
- Mugabe Birthday: No Cause for Celebration
- SADC 'must take stand on Zim'
- Window on Africa - Mugabe may succeed in pulling the wool over selected election observers' eyes
- Mugabe wants peaceful election
- Mugabe, at 81, ever more defiant
- Canada bans Sekeramayi's son from medical practise
Posted 21/2/05
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe Turns 81, Defiant and Isolated
- Opposition vows "new beginning" for Zimbabwe
- Ex-info chief hits Zimbabwe "politics of patronage"
- EU, US not invited to observe Zimbabwe polls
- Moyo in fresh scandal
- MIC threatens Zim Independent
- Mugabe asks for election whitewash
- Hounded out by Mugabe's thugs
- Too late for a free election in Zimbabwe
- Mugabe sacks information minister after defection
- Mugabe picks poll monitors
- Mugabe accused of jeopardizing fairness of vote
- From Jono to Gono
- 'Moyo fall inevitable'
- Zanu PF, MDC differences superficial
- Women accused of forcing people to buy Zanu PF cards
- Expelled South Africans Furious
- Nigeria Welcomes White Farmers
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 339
- JAG Urgent Legal Communique 18th February 2005
Posted 20/2/05
- Jailed MP barred from poll
- High Court orders spy suspect's release
- MDC scoffs at state's opening up of airwaves
- Chiyangwa free at last
- Shareholders in troubled banks lose stake to ZABG
- UZ lecturers launch opinion poll
- Tibetan beauty banned from pageant in Zim
- Zimbabwe registers candidates for parliament vote
- Three percent pass rate
Batch 2 Posted 19/2/05
- As Mugabe's net closed in, I was forced to flee the country I love
- Intelligence Services Searching for Journalist Thought to Have Videotape With "Sensitive" Footage; AP Stringers Threatened With Arrest On Spying Charges
- Zimbabwe journalists flee threats
- MDC to launch election campaign
- Bush should use Zimbabwe as lab for his global policy
Posted 19/2/05
- DA delegation denied entry into Zimbabwe
- Postpone Zimbabwe election: Leon
- Foreign Affairs in spat over Zimbabwe
- Zimbabwe acts to reverse brain drain
- Zimbabwe's Political Parties Nominate Candidates for March Election
- Mugabe's spin doctor to go solo
- 'Don't chase Zim invite'
- Caprivi flood warning issued
- Rural Councils' Service Delivery Hampered
- Tobacco Growers Seek Early Start to Selling Season
- Zinwa, Farmers Need to Negotiate
- President Bemoans Low Rural Schools' Pass Rate
- DA trio to appeal Zim ejection
- Media, opposition complain of harassment
- Four reporters for foreign news media harassed in runup to parliamentary polls
- Judge challenges Mugabe over tribunal
Batch 2 Posted 18/2/05
- MDC pledges to restore rule of law
- Opposition MP wins restraining order against police
- Government media watchman threatens new paper
- Dlamini-Zuma has nailed her colours to Zanu-PF ship
- Blair's African ally supports Mugabe
- AU Endorses Report of Abuses, Intimidation in 2002 Zimbabwe Poll
- Riddle wrapped in an enigma
- Mugabe throws poll into turmoil
- Breach of SADC Standards - Issue 16
- Full text of statement by Mahoso on The Zimbabwean
- Ghost voters unearthed
- Sadc edgy over poll observers
- Zanu PF issues 'traitors' list
- Museveni snubs Zim
- Commission headed for clash with Gono
- Boost for Hwange Colliery
- Police quiz new paper's agents
- Election a boon for Matabeleland?
- MDC takes Zanu PF by the horns
- New candidates grace MDC
- Zanu PF's well-beaten path with no gold coins
- Agrarian reform: waiting for a miracle
- Sorting out the parastatal chaos
- Going way back in time with Zanu PF
- S America takes over Zim's EU beef market
- Elections and the economy
- Wrongly assaulted by CIO agents
- Time to bury Hunzvi's legacy
- Seeing through it all
- Beginning of the end for Mugabe?
Posted 18/2/05
- Zim cops beat up protesters
- COSATU pushes ahead with Zim border blockade
- Mahoso threatens to ban The Zimbabwean
- MDC Boss's Arrest Puts SA Zimbabwe Policy in Spotlight
- Mbeki has failed the people of Zimbabwe
- Chief Justice blasts justice minister
- MDC wins court case
- IMF spares Zim
- Aids wreaks havoc in the teaching profession
- ZEC reverses Chinamasa decision
- Party pulls out of election
- New Media Regulations for Zimbabwe Elections
- S.Africa says Zimbabwe land pact to be signed
- Zimbabwe's election machinery in disarray
- Zimbabwe police release MDC election chief
- George Bush and the elections in Zimbabwe
- Internet down!
- Murdered Teen 'Will Be Deeply Missed'
Batch 2 Posted 17/2/05
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 338
- AU backs report on Zim abuse
- Group attacks Zimbabwe for failing to open up public media
- Supreme Court to hear postal votes challenge
- Low-income family cost of living rises
- IMF Executive Board Considers the Complaint Regarding Zimbabwe's Compulsory Withdrawal from the IMF
- Zimbabwe Holds SADC at Arm's Length
- SA 'scraps' Zim poll monitors
- Land mines kill farmer
- Dealing With Mugabe's Zimbabwe
- Moyo at crossroads
- New buses plunge ZUPCO into fresh controversy
- Govt keeps observers guessing
- Zim's political maturity on trial
- 'Anti-Blair' vs 'Better Zimbabwe'
- Attention-shy Zim draws iron curtain
- MIC's axe hovers over Weekly Times
- Parliamentary seats are no meal tickets
- Dishonest and insincere MPs
- ...and now to the Notebook
- Ministry intervenes in diamond mine wrangle
Posted 17/2/05
- MDC Press: Police raid MDC candidates' meeting
- Media and the 2005 Parliamentary Election
- Farmers Face Water Cuts
- Zimbabwe opens airwaves for political campaign
- Put Me On Trial Now, Kuruneri Appeals to Court
- Poll Campaign Expenses Soar
- Mugabe deals new blow to attempts to ensure fair poll
- False sovereignty
- Zim cops 'harass' journos
- New farmer accused of stealing 145 beasts
- Zanu PF to use bicycles in campaign
- Maya to stand for MDC in Mhondoro
- Moyo keeps Zanu PF guessing
- Minister accused of victimising rival
- MDC enters rural areas with ease: Ncube
- Mawere takes govt to court
- Showdown looms in Mutare
- Ministry faces critical shortage of engineers
- Stand-off over suspended councillors cripples Chegutu
- ZANU-PF out wooing women
- MP Pushes for Answers On Costly State-Run Papers
- Zimbabwe forex auctions struggle to meet demand
Batch 2 Posted 16/2/05
- Shameful silence
- Bush's democratic bandwagon hits a roadblock in Harare
- JAG Communiqué - Schools Litigation Update 11th February[iso-8859-1] 2005
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 337
- ZANU PF election manifesto unmasks land reform lies
- Correction by Zim Online
- Supreme Court postpones indefinitely ruling in jailed minister's application
- Chief cries before Mugabe
- For $60 000, man digs up grave, robs corpse
- Voter Apathy a Major Factor in Ballot
- Initial Mugabe Successes Turn Sour
- Plans afoot to revive tourism
- Stop abrupt farm evictions State told
- Goche manager convicted
- PGI in troubled waters
- MDC hails move to open air waves
- Cosatu Gets Go Ahead to Blockade Zimbabwe
Posted 16/2/05
- Journalists questioned after 'spying' claims
- Representatives or Godfathers?
- Tsvangirai's Tuesday message to the people of Zimbabwe
- Govt won't tolerate Cosatu's blockade of Zim borders
- IMF board seen keeping up pressure on Zimbabwe
- Foreign currency shortage affects freight industry in Zimbabwe
- Mugabe says he doesn't need 'lessons on democracy'
- Zuma upbeat about Zim election
- Journalists And Fight Against Corruption
- Zimbabwean refugee says 'Join my fight for justice'
- Local Authorities Owe Zinwa $6,3bn
- A whiff of fresh air
- Zimbabwe opposition says govt sponsoring divisions
- Polls won't be free and fair - experts
Batch 2 Posted 15/2/05
- Journalists arrested in swoop
- ZANU PF takes propaganda war to new heights
- High Court judge wants tribunal disbanded
- Attorney General revives court cases against MDC activists
- Women protesters demand violence-free election
- Mbeki pushes for SADC delegation to Harare
- Zimbabwe's cricket greenhorns face SA whitewash
- MDC cracks whip
- Chinamasa invites local observers for accreditation
- Students protest over food,destroy school property
- GMB battles to recover property from ex- boss
- Harare belatedly consults residents
- Police raid news agency
- Claims of Zimbabwe's economic recovery mask a collapse in social services
- Gono Blasts Service Providers
- Zanu PF, MDC war chest boosted by State funds
- Zimbabwe's industry urged to add value to products
Posted 15/2/05
- Zimbabwe Government Increases Wages Seven Weeks Before Election
- Zimbabwe declares land distribution programme a success
- Concern over election observers delay
- WOZA activists demand violence-free polls
- MDC sets date for poll campaign launch
- France pledges to support Zimbabwe in fight against HIV/AIDS
- Media groups slam African Union
- Zambia making the most of tourism boom
- Zvakwana Newsletter - Feb 14, 2005 - Stir it up
Batch 2 Posted 14/2/05
- Church leaders attack ZANU PF
- 53 women 'love' protesters arrested
- Mugabe drags his feet over SADC inspection
- Police hope to nab criminal masterminds
- Zimbabwe's inflation rate for year accelerates
- 'ZCFU, State to help with crop reaping, curing skills'
- SADC should go to Zim soon - Mbeki
- Zimbabwe ignores DA request for visit
- A jittery Zanu PF is dangerous at election time
Posted 14/2/05
- MDC will win poll vows Tsvangirai
- Moyo snubs Zanu PF campaign launch
- CIO operatives grilled in SA
- Drunken soldiers attack MDC supporters in Nyanga
- Cosatu must revise its strategies
- No fear, no rules, no nothing
- Firms say confusion as Zimra introduces tax regime
- Election violence likely to dampen tourism
- Harare water supply system under threat
- ZBH ventures into flower production
- Court reprieve for private schools
- Economists warn against ex-detainee gratuity payoff
- Zanu PF's latest gimmick: Women
- Health crisis runs much deeper
- March 31: Zimbabwe's day of reckoning
- MDC cautiously welcomes government plans for access to the electronic media
- Mugabe snubs SADC attempt at election visit
- ANC won't stop Zim blockade
- Lindela deportation centre is 'for those who do not have money'
- Row over constituency boundaries
- Diplomat arrested
- Air Force officers order new farmers off property
- Hwange struggles to pay debt
- Border Gezi inquest:
- Zimbabweans yearn for a better life
- Selling grain reserves was unwise: Mugabe
- Zimbabwe excludes EU observers in parliamentary election
Posted 13/2/05
- Everyone stays silent
- Mugabe party woos voters with 'bright future'
- 40 women arrested for 'love' march
- Mugabe Set for "Ugly" Campaign
- Mugabe changes aid stance
- World's Worst Dictators
- Zimbabwe's mockery of democracy
- Under Zimbabwean skies
Batch 2 Posted 12/2/05
- Fresh crackdown against Zimbabwe journalists
- Thumbs down for Mugabe's high-tech computers
- Economic crisis hits judiciary
- ZANU PF spy suspect remanded in custody
- Interview - Wilf Mbanga
- Don't blame imperialism
- Zimbabwe, Iran to cooperate in vaccine production
- Condoleezza Rice a slave, spits Bob
- Zimbabwe Plans Food Handouts as Elections Near
- A farmer is ruined in the land where time stands still
- MDC supporters stage demo
- Poll race begins
Posted 12/2/05
- Mugabe sets election ball rolling with scathing attack on Blair
- Zimbabwean MP candidates warned against giving empty promises
- Zimbabweans Celebrate New Voice
- One-party state the 'democratic' way
- Diaspora vote saga sparks legal row
- Mugabe vows to feed hungry voters
- Zimbabwe Admits Need for Food Aid
- Government Accused of Electioneering with Hunger Aid
- Farmer Murdered
- JAG Urgent Legal Communique 11th February 2005
- WOZA Valentines Day Protests
- ANC, Cosatu agreement on observers to Zimbabwe poll
- Gono issues ultimatum to platinum producers
- Call for police restraint over blind beggars
- The Inside story of SA's Lindela deportation centre
- Ideal Parliament possible after free, fair poll
- Mugabe commends eastern countries for supporting Zimbabwe
- State to Gazette Media Rules for Political Parties
- Masiyiwa Donates Papers to Workers
- Togolese fiasco ominous for Zimbabwe
- Ploughing a field
Batch 3 Posted 11/2/05
- Gono/Mawere battle
- Zim gets SA maize
- Mawere courts Mugabe over faltering fortunes
- Sadc troika snubbed
- Zanu PF, MDC mum on agendas
- ZABG mired in confusion
- MP challenges Posa
- Zimra gives individuals tax-collecting power
- Celebrating Zimbabwe's own goal
- IMF executive to meet over Zim
- Violence hots up
- More trouble for Chiyangwa
- RBZ acts on capital flight
- MDC between a rock and a hard place
- Economic curse of faulty telecoms
- Mugabe's Masvingo birthday present
- New fuel body emerges
- Zim crisis spurs Zambian tourism
- Love-struck
Batch 2 Posted 11/2/05
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 336
- Army barracks declared 'no go' areas for opposition
- MDC legislator remanded to May 16
- Central bank extends curators' terms
- Refurbishment of new domestic terminal almost complete
- Harare Plans to Lay Off Workers
- EU committed to supporting Zimbabwe's social services sector
- SADC pressed to vet Zimbabwe
- African Union cannot be expected to police democracy effectively
- Appeasement? Europe, thy name is Cowardice
- What recourse for nationals?
- Unity of Purpose is What Shapes and Guides the MDC
Posted 11/2/05
- Farmer 'beaten to death' in rural Zimbabwe
- Mugabe supporters denied bail after weekend rampage
- Don't Forget Zimbabwe's Tragedy
- Botswana MP warns of war against Zimbabwe
- Economists warn against payouts for detainees
- MDC denies attacking Zanu PF offices
- Britain hails launch of new Zimbabwean newspaper
- SA farmers challenge Zimbabwe land grab
- Violence within MDC cause for concern
- Chiyangwa loses farm
- Cholera kills five in Zimbabwe
- Chiyangwa still in
- ZABG subsidiaries
- Mugabe launches campaign
- Inflation up
- GMB manager sent on forced leave
- Call for focus on solution to Zimbabwe crisis
- 'Multiparty' observers to Zim
- African solidarity at its very best
Batch 2 Posted 10/2/05
- SADC Poll Guidelines Not Legal Document: Minister
- Crop Failures Spark Famine Fears
- Comment: Playing Politics with Malaria
- Witch-doctor's spell backfired, says transvestite
- Expansion of Power Station Begins
- A Man And A Golfer Without A Country
- Antiquated Equipment to Be Moved to New Museum
- Preparations for President's Birthday Gain Momentum
- Tobacco Farmers Urged to Establish Energy Woodlots
- Signing of SA-Zimbabwe agreement postponed
- Chiyangwa's mansion sold
- ZANU PF 'rebels' chicken out of polls
- Massive registration fee hike hits aspiring MPs
- Manifesto, chaotic primaries delay ZANU PF campaign
- The good, the ugly and the unacceptable
- World fiddles over what to call tragedy
- ...and now to the Notebook
- Bumper tobacco crop a reality: ZFU
- Local firm launches farming software
- Ruling parties, too, should accept defeat
- The constitution and issues of human rights
Posted 10/2/05
- Minister's son stops church-run feeding scheme
- ZANU PF unleashes youth militia into MDC stronghold
- IMF meets to seal Zimbabwe's fate
- Secrecy as three jailed for spying for SA
- Bennett set to be free from jail next month
- Like other parastatals, ZABG will bleed economy
- Trouble for cutting off minister's water supplies
- Tsvangirai visit sparks fights
- Gara company faces eviction
- Postal voting case not urgent: Chinamasa
- MZWP benefits not immediate
- Harare council budget complete
- Ignorant councillors 'a liability'
- Zanu PF youths in court for besieging police post
- `Pay Hikes for War Vets And Traditional Chiefs Could Slow Down Economy'
- Caught with his pants down!
- Spy case a sign of historical tensions with Pretoria
- South Africans fear for Zimbabwe land after deal delay
- 'Soviet-Style' Farming Policy Mooted to Feed Zimbabwe
- AU Adopts Report Criticising Mugabe
- Embassy Mag, Canada
- Worship resumes in troubled Zimbabwe Anglican parish
- Kingdom Bank defrauded $167m
- State blasted for dilly-dallying on observers
- Chegutu begs for $2,5 billion
- Tsvangirai woos rural vote
- Zimbabwe expels trade unionists
Batch 2 Posted 9/2/05
- Mugabe, former army boss cross swords
- Heavy jail terms for ZANU PF spies
- Zimbabwe in frantic bid to import 600 000 tonnes of maize
- SA's ruling alliance meets over COSATU deportation
- No surrender for bruised MDC activists in Zimbabwe's turbulent political turf
- Zimbabwean blind beggars dig for gold on the streets of "Egoli"
- Breach of SADC Standards - Issue 15
- Zimbabwe sends 15 tonnes of aid to Indonesia
- Agreement to protect SA-owned farms put off
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 335
- Archbishop meets Prisoner of Conscience
- Publish, and be damned
- Zimbabwe farmers mark new territory
Posted 9/2/05
- WOZA gearing for another Valentine's Day protest
- Zim spies convicted in hushed courtroom
- Zimbabwe Ruling Party Slams Archbishop Tutu As 'Sellout'
- African Union attacks Mugabe's human rights record
- Botswana gets tough on illegal immigrants
- Use of military to monitor polls criticised
- Exiled Zimbabwean farmers flourish in Nigeria
- A return to the fold?
- U.S. Blasts Human Rights Panel Selection
- Zimbabwean court tries 3 officials for selling secrets to foreign agents
- Mugabe slams 'Tony Blairs of the world'
- Hatcliffe Extension Rally 6 February 2005 - report
- Tsvangirai's Tuesday message to the people of Zimbabwe
- The Unfolding Grain Crisis
- CIIR advocacy coordinator for Africa outlines the political situation
- Zimbabwe, Botswana affirm their friendship
- Zim farmers try to buy time
- A grave matter of blind patriots caught between rock, hard place
- What's Needed: Foreign Policy for All Seasons
- The sorrows of a patriot
- DA mission 'will not go as as far as Zim airport'
- Hunting Rakes in $12bn
- While Kofi Annan was ignoring Zimbabwe crisis, his son was building Harare's airport
- A paper in exile
Batch 2 Posted 8/2/05
- Jonathan Moyo refuses to drop Z$2 billion lawsuit
- Back ZANU PF or starve, chiefs tell villagers
- ZANU PF spies to be sentenced today
- South Africa grills Zimbabwe's state security agents
- Tripartite alliance meet to discuss Cosatu saga
- Zimbabwe moves to fast-track farm seizures
- Zanu-PF will lose in free polls
- Strange Days
- Zimbabwe to resume beef exports to EU next year
- The World is Watching
- MDC: a better deal for Zimbabwe women
- Mugabe petitioned
- United Parties to boycott elections
- MDC poll candidate arrested
- Journalist threatens suicide if deported
- State controls Chitungwiza's treasury, health departments
Posted 8/2/05
- Zimbabwe Begins Enforcing New Laws on Farm Takeovers
- Can Rice prevent harvest of death?
- Government Ballot Preparations a "Joke"
- CIO members arrested and deported from SA
- Mugabe must learn to let go
- NLC Petitions Mugabe Over Deportation of Cosatu Delegation
- Another heavyweight booted from Zanu-PF
- MDC denies attack on Zanu-PF offices in SA
- Zimbabwe says not expecting 'racist' Leon to visit
- Iran, Zimbabwe review expansion of economic cooperation
- Deposed chairman heads to court
- A Dubious Report Card for Grade Zero
- DA unfazed by Mugabe man's broadside
- Africa's VIPs fly on a higher plane than the public
Batch 2 Posted 7/2/05
- COSATU boss wanted border closed immediately
- Jonathan Moyo courts journalists with Z$11 million donation
- Black, Ullyet pull out of Davis Cup tie
- Lack of match fitness delays return of rebel cricketers
- Zanu(PF) Johannesburg offices attacked
- Zanu(PF) sacks official over spy allegations
- 1 400% pay hike for Zim troops
- Window on Africa - Is Mbeki 'doing a Zimbabwe' in Ivory Coast to hit at neo-colonialism?
- Zimbabwe spies held in South Africa
- Tutu: 'Zimbabwe a huge blot on democracy'
- S.Africa opposition party to visit Zimbabwe ahead of poll
- Gono plays spin doctor as economic management fails
- Clerk quizzed over Makamba release
- Group challenges Sikhala victory
- Will MDC accept defeat?
- Demo over Budiriro MDC candidate
- Chideya ready to be legislator
- RBZ attacks Law Society
- Cattle rustlers on the rampage in Murehwa
Posted 7/2/05
- Massive pay hike for war veterans
- ZEC not yet ready for poll
- Mujuru cracks whip
- 800 families face eviction from farm
- More Zanu PF 'bribes' for traditional leaders
- Middle Sabi farmers cry foul over water charges
- Audit team for Mutare
- March 31: What needs to be done
- Puppeteers and pollsters
- ARDA, a 'milking cow' for the powerful in Zanu PF
- MDC being taken for a ride
- LAPF paying pitiable pensions
- New farmers ill-treating workers
- Interest rates tumble
- Tourism congress cancelled - again!
- Musindo campaigns for Zanu PF
- Understanding the sources of corruption
- SA police question Zimbabwe operatives
- Zimbabwe 'makes mockery' of African democracy: Tutu
- Intelligence ministry mum on Zimbabwe spy
- Zimbabwe elections: 'The rulers always win'
- Zimbabwe poll body says ready to run March vote
- DA to send delegation to Zim
- ANC: DA trip 'provocative'
- 'I spied on Mugabe for South Africa'
- Zimbabwe opposition blasts 20-fold hike in election fees
- Moyo is our man, says Ndonga
Batch 2 Posted 6/2/05
- Little exercise book brigade
- Imprisoned MP defies Mugabe by standing for election
- 'Defence, Security Not Cheap Commodities'
- Zim unionists 'home safe'
- The lesser of two evils
- With a Z$1m a month tax threshold, Zimbabwe is a paradise lost
- Zim banker 'fed info' to SA spy
Posted 6/2/05
- MDC activists arrested for 'insulting' deputy minister
- State prosecutors wrap up final submissions in spy trial
- Learn from Jonathan Moyo's fall or face wrath of God, cleric warns Mugabe
- 14 die of malnutrition in Bulawayo
- African Politics of Sit-Tightism
- We're going to WIN!
- The Game is on!
- Workers persuaded MDC to join poll
- Zimbabwe issues cholera alert
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 334
- Zimbabwe says citizens abroad can only vote at home
- MDC probes Tsvangirai?
- GMB manager has case to answer
- Opposition party a home of total confusion: Tekere
- Mugabe government criminalises aid organisations
- Honesty With the Debt Question
Posted 5/2/05
- Too late to honour SADC principles
- UK-based Zimbabwean journalists launch association
- May the best party -- not the most violent -- win
- Farmers face trials after defying evictions
- Pro-democracy groups concerned over March poll
- COSATU plans to blockade Zimbabwe's borders
- Economic Turnaround Anticipated After Election Hurdle
- Internal Disputes Delay Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF Election Campaign Rollout
- Zimbabweans sell property to buy food
- Battle to keep teacher in UK
- Reporters Without Borders again denounces absurdity of China, Cuba and Zimbabwe judging world rights violations
- Cosatu vows to hit back at Zim
- Zim election costs soar
Batch 3 Posted 4/2/05
- ZABG birth pangs intensify
- Zanu PF postpones campaign launch
- Donors spurn Zim Transfrontier Park
- Newsnet yet to pay salaries
- Dongo is back
- Chaos in Zanu PF
- Byo's unpaid rates surge to $68 billion
- Yet another bottomless pit
- 'Zim not ready for free, fair poll'
- Hurdles still litter way to March poll
- Moyo's lawsuit: Nkomo, Dabengwa fight back
- Zim risks isolation over Cosatu deportation
- Food shortages reach critical levels
- Gono sets himself impossible targets
- MDC makes leap of faith
- Monetary policy: the pros and cons
- Herald staffer meets the real ZRP
- Tourism masterplan out
- Falgold on brink of closure
- Monetary policy review - too early to say .
- Mt Makwavarara
- Media stifled by harsh laws and thuggery
- The corruption of Zimbabwe's value system
- Disappointed by Biti's selective use of truth
- Zvinavashe evicted from Turnpike
- Mutare under probe
- Losing candidate probed for grain abuse
- Summons for defiant farmers
- Govt urged to declare public holiday
Batch 2 Posted 4/2/05
- 800 000 deceased Zimbabweans still on voters' register
- Mugabe must postpone election, labour leaders demand
- Zimbabwe trade unionists lie low after tip off
- Minister to fire MDC-led city council
- Four years after brutal murder of MDC activists, state security agent remains a free man
- Opposition legislator challenges arrest
- Spy trial winds up, state to continue with final submissions
- Court postpones bank merger challenge case
- Royal, Trust litigation: A threat to ZABG
- Cosatu to blockade Zimbabwe
- Check list - SADC Principles
- Deceit & Deception
- Cosatu's major achievement in Zim
- Mugabe shows again how intolerant he is
- Exiled journalists launch newspaper
- JAG Open Letters Forum No. 333
- Africans deride Western engagement
- New Telephone Charges for Zimbabwe
- JAG Job Opportunities, 3rd February 2005
Posted 4/2/05
- MDC to Participate in 2005 Elections
- ZANU PF at war
- Govt bungling to cost ZESA billions
- Mystery diamond deal
- RBZ grapples with impossible trinity
- No easy walk to parastatal reform
- Populist intervention
- ...and now to the Notebook
- Dongo a crucial factor in the political game
- NRZ to be leased to private investors
- Govt moves to protect shaky Vic Falls bridge
- RBZ takes cleanup exercise to farm sector
- Where will you be on April 18 2005?
- Police arrest photographer at airport
- Embassy staff caught up in espionage net
- Civil society attacks Zim government over COSATU deportation
- State backtracks on Tsvangirai judgment
- Gono clashes with ZCTU
- Hospital in need of care
- "No" to "Democracy"
- Plea for a safe Haven
- Zim says Cosatu eviction won't mar relations
- Cosatu and ZCTU meeting under way
- Zimbabwe's new gold rush, 19th century style
- Gono's relaunch of failed banks is doomed
- S.Africa sees "positive" poll reforms in Zimbabwe
- Starting all over again
- UN agency provides Zimbabwe with 1 million-US-dollar aid package
- Justice Minister dismisses exiles election bid as a political move
Posted 3/2/05
- Encounter With an Assassin
- COSATU delegation deported again
- MDC Condemns Deportation of COSATU Delegation
- State secret agents sniff out journalists stringing for foreign media
- A 'Gestapo' welcome for Zimbabwe's UK deportees
- Zimbabwe opposition may defer poll decision: sources
- MDC expected to take part in Zimbabwe poll
- Zim 'a threat' to Africa
- Outlook bleak for Zimbabwe elections
- Good African crops cold comfort for hungry refugees
- Did Mkapa broker Mugabe, Moyo talks?
- MDC to announce election decision today
- ANALYSIS: Mugabe deports COSATU to send clear message to Mbeki
- COSATU says barring of team "barbaric and illegal"
- Time for parastatals to produce results
- Zim faces blockade of borders
- Zimbabwe's ruling party accused of tampering with elections
3rd batch Posted 2/2/05
- As Hospitals Crumble, the Sick Turn to 'Witch Doctors'
- Zimbabwe drops appeal vs. acquittal of oppo leader
- Militarised electoral system shatters prospects for democratic poll: coalition
- MDC attacks Mugabe over election date
- Zimbabwe threatens to throw COSATU team in jail
- New Attorney General declined to back Tsvangirai treason appeal
- Rebel cricketers demand sacking of duo
- High noon for Cosatu as Harare visit dawns
- Zimbabwe expected to expel, not jail, S.Africa union team
- Farmers uprooted by Mugabe seek new life in Nigeria
- Critics sceptical over Mugabe's poll date
- Zanu PF Torn By Rivalries
- Comment: Media Stifled By Harsh Laws and Thuggery
- 127 die in prison
- Gono throws councils a lifeline
- Zvinavashe loses disputed properties
- Zanu PF youths accused of sparking violence
- Hackers break into Zimbabwe government website
- Zimbabwe police specify banned weapons ahead of poll
2nd batch Posted 2/2/05
- ELECTION DATE
- Mugabe exiles lift Zambia
- Election dates announced
- Mugabe calls key Zimbabwe elections for March 31
- First Legal Challenge to Zimbabwe's Elections
- Zimbabweans in UK demand postal vote
- Property Rights Sacrosanct says Gono
- JAG Subscriber Notice 1st February 2005
- JAG Classifieds 1st February 2005
1st batch Posted 2/2/05
- Mugabe awaits poll as opposition 'may lift boycott threat'
- Zanu(PF) politburo wants Moyo to go
- Zimbabwe banking group faces legal challenge
- Rocky start to revival of Zimbabwean banks
- Expatriate Zimbabweans to fight voting ban
- Banks reopen but clients still can't get cash
- Cosatu will be kicked out of Zimbabwe
- Mdladlana says he was quoted out of context
- Interest rates to fall further
- ZIMBABWE: //CORRECTION//"Govt has to import to improve food
- Retired army commander also eyed vice-presidency ahead of wife
- Mugabe Snuffs Zimbabwe Tobacco, Fueling Zambia Boom (Update1)
- Zimbabwe urges SA union stay away
- Zimbabweans Abroad Demand Postal Vote in Court
- Just like Oom Fanie, Mugabe's enemies ruthlessly lost everything
- Re "Help" - MDC Disclaimer
- President Tsvangirai's Tuesday Message To The People Of Zimbabwe
- Begging to get off the streets
- Zimbabwe Diaspora to launch weekly newspaper
- Over 6 000 Children Sexually Abused
Posted 1/2/05
- Five down, six to go.
- Education – A Shattered Hope
- Zanu PF Politburo demands sacking of Jonathan Moyo
- "Govt has to import to improve food security situation"
- Former-Councillor Laban's Occasional Newsletter - 30 January 2005
- State Summit kicks off in Nigeria
- Zimbabwe denies that it's facing famine
- Exiled Zimbabweans to launch weekly paper in UK
- Church protests rape victim's return to Zimbabwe
- $100bn Lifeline for Harare Hospital
- Zimbabwe hunger claims 'US plot'
- Harare Fails to Produce Budget Again
- Mdladlana advises Cosatu on Zimbabwe
- 'Baboon' murder case transferred to another court
- Revert to Traditional Foods: First Lady
- Civil Furore Over Nepad's Integration
- Gold Panners Wreak Havoc
- Acid Spillage: Zim Shows Readiness
- Don't Panic, Gwanda Residents Told
- Zivhu Locked Up in Remand Prison
- 1st February 2005 OLF No. 331
- Job Possibilities for Immigrants in W/Australia
- Help
Posted 31/1/05
- Merged Zimbabwe banks to start afresh
- State Summit kicks off in Nigeria
- Zimbabwe drops Tsvangirai appeal
- Uprooted by Mugabe, Zimbabwe's white farmers range far afield to build new lives
- Viva Vavi, for whom the struggle never ends
- Land invasions were staged, claims Mugabe
- Zimbabwe isolation takes toll on artists
- Mugabe to launch election campaign
- Displaced farm workers have found a new livelihood
- Talks with Zimbabwe rebels make progress
- Bangladesh complete stunning fightback
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