The ZIMBABWE Situation

December 2008 ARCHIVE


NEWS and Other Articles
  1. Batch 3 Posted 31/1/09
    • Tsvangirai risks all as he does deal with Mugabe on sharing power
    • Motlanthe to apprise AU on Zim unity government
    • New power-sharing deal will not end the agony in Mugabe's Zimbabwe
    • Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's statement
    • A Zimbabwe Unity Pact - For Real This Time?
    • Tsvangirai gambles on 'forced marriage'
    • Harare's false dawn
    • Date set for Tsvangirai to become Zimbabwe's PM
    • Strikes loom over forex demands
    • Q & A: Reporting in a 'culture of fear'
    • A generation of unschooled kids
    • Zimbabwe - reaction on previous coverage
    • FULL TEXT: Zimbabwe 2009 budget statement
  2. Batch 2 Posted 31/1/09
    • 2009 Budget: Govt Drops Populist Policies
    • High Court Rules Private School Takeover Legal
    • Soldiers Cleared of Mutiny Charges
    • Education Crisis Worsens
    • Masimirembwa Seeks Re-registration as Lawyer
    • Slump Forecast in Safari Business
    • Zimbabwe Should be Suspended from AU - HRW
    • Zimbabwe's Prisons in Derelict State - Zacro
    • Corruption, Govt Incompetence Dooms 2008/9 Cropping Season
    • Govt Blamed for Collapse of Social Security nets - Analysts
    • Government Clips Gono's Wings
    • Who will Save Local Industry?
    • Tax to be Paid in Foreign Currency
    • Zinwa Loses Water Management
    • ZSE to Trade in Forex
    • Govt Allocates $53m to Social Protection Programmes
    • Last Thing Zimbabwe Needs is GNU, Regime Change
    • Candid Comment: Future Belongs to us
    • Comment: Justice Now
    • Erich Bloch: Employers' Immense Dilemma
    • Muckraker: Puppet Formation Peddles Zanu PF's Delusional Agenda
    • Editor's Memo: A Party of Excellence
    • Zim Independent Letters
  3. Posted 31/1/09
    • Statement by Morgan Tsvangirai on the Resolutions made by the National Council
    • Zimbabwe leaders form fragile coalition
    • US 'skeptical' about Zimbabwe power-sharing
    • UN welcomes move for unity government in Zimbabwe
    • Miliband: Zimbabwe Government Will Be Judged On Its Actions
    • Zimbabweans celebrate as Morgan Tsvangirai joins Robert Mugabe's government
    • DAVOS-INTERVIEW-S.Africa to help rebuild Zimbabwe - president
    • Snap analysis - Zimbabwe faces major struggle, despite deal
    • Kenya, Senegal leaders say Zimbabwe's Mugabe must go
    • Committee set up to monitor power-sharing pact
    • Biti dismisses rift reports as madness
    • Mliswa urges last-minute farm invasions
    • Exiled Roy Bennett returns to Zimbabwe
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 30 Jan 2009
    • Drastic action needed as Zimbabwe cholera hits 60,000: WHO
    • Mukoko bail hearing postponed again, as legal games continue
    • Abductees Daily Update
    • Water management reverts back to local councils
    • Thousands to fast Sunday, in solidarity with Zimbabwe
    • Gono urges adoption of rand as currency
    • Nutty Bob's loony budget
    • Poverty for a few dollars more
    • Minutes of a meeting held in Chegutu yesterday
    • Zimbabwe: Farm Invasions Must Stop
    • Zimbabwe: "No Time to Wait-and-See"
    • It's official: The MDC has sold out
    • Why Robert Mugabe regime must go now
    • A letter from the diaspora
    • Southern African states hold the key to convincing Mugabe to step down
  4. Batch 2 Posted 30/1/09
    • Zimbabwe army restricts arms issuance
    • Zimbabwe Abandons Price Controls, Promotes Currency Trading
    • Zimbabwe sidelines currency as economy collapses
    • Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai Inclined To Join Government, Faces Party Dissent
    • MDC holds paper over cracks
    • Get tougher on Zim, Obama tells Motlanthe
    • China sells Africa arms for minerals and food
    • Doctors, nurses end strike
    • McGee rubbishes Gono's job offer claims
    • US Envoy Tours Zimbabwe Clinic to Assess Cholera Epidemic
    • Worldwide fast to show solidarity with Zim
    • Jester is not the villain in Zimbabwe
    • Committee names and shames small fish
    • A Way Forward for Zimbabwe
    • The darkest hour is always before the dawn
    • Zimbabwe cricket head Chingoka refused entry to Australia
    • Comment from a correspondent
  5. Posted 30/1/09
    • Zimbabwe abandons its currency
    • Chinamasa sets ambitious targets in Zimbabwe budget
    • Three-quarters of the people need food aid
    • Zimbabwe's starving millions face halving of rations as UN cash dries up
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 28 Jan 2009
    • Cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe world's worst in 14 years: World Health Organization
    • Zim unemployment soars to 94 percent
    • Zimbabwe farm revival hinges on new government
    • MDC expected to endorse decision to join unity government
    • US expresses hope for Harare government in "very, very near future"
    • SADC decision on Zimbabwe was not 'unanimous'
    • 'Motlanthe just like Mbeki'
    • Botswana FM chides Zimbabwe unity government
    • ZCTU slam unity deal, reiterate demand for transitional authority
    • The Crisis in Zimbabwe - COSATU and ZCTU Statement
    • Transcript: US Ambassador on cholera and Zimbabwe GNU
    • Urban patients now referred to rural mission hospitals
    • State opposes bail for MDC MP Meke Makuyana
    • Zimbabwe bourse hopes trading resumes soon -CEO
    • Chikane explains SA's Zimbabwe policy
    • Botswana moves to mend relations with Zimbabwe after SADC summit
    • Interview transcript: Monsiuoa Lekota
    • Pressure for change, despite unity agreement
    • Will power really be shared?
    • Tsvangirai and his MDC must not listen to SADC
    • Zimbabwe crush Kenya with record total
    • Comment from a correspondent
    • Pressure for change, despite unity agreement
    • Will power really be shared?
    • Tsvangirai and his MDC must not listen to SADC
    • Zimbabwe crush Kenya with record total
    • Comment from a correspondent
  6. Batch 2 Posted 29/1/09
    • Obama presses South Africa on Zimbabwe
    • U.S. seeks strong U.N. action over Zimbabwe
    • 'Zim parties cannot govern on their own'
    • Another bid for Mukoko's release
    • 1 000 die of cholera in 15 days
    • Forced to kneel on gravel: the mother deemed a danger to Mugabe
    • Govt orders school heads to punish striking teachers
    • Military police evict war vets, soldiers from flats
    • Zim dollar reduced to toilet paper in grotesque tragedy
    • 'It's a nightmare'
    • Zimbabwe loses Victoria Falls' tourists
    • Zimbabwe parish diary: maybe somebody cares
    • Mugabe's bitter troops close private schools
    • Interview with Phandu Skelemani, the Foreign Minister of Botswana
    • Unity Govt or Not, People Must Mobilise
    • Mugabes fascination with fertilizer
    • Revive education system
    • Bill Watch Special of 28th January 2009 [SADC Summit Result]
    • Africa's Faltering Infrastructure in Spotlight at AU Summit
  7. Posted 29/1/09
    • MDC position on the inclusive government to be made on Friday
    • Zimbabwean negotiators to meet Thurs to iron out outstanding difference
    • Morgan Tsvangirai receives hero's welcome in Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe budget likely to show Mugabe's desperation
    • Knock Off 12 Zeros, RBZ Urged
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 27 Jan 2009
    • Zimbabwe cholera outbreak kills more than 3,000
    • Zimbabwe's children idle as schools buckle under crisis
    • Zimbabwe public schools remain shut in new academic year
    • Zimbabwe Crisis Described as Worse than Desperate
    • Top Gono aide exposed as owner of bank
    • Zim students urge deportation of Mugabe's daughter from China
    • Botswana falls in line with SADC
    • Zanu-PF's NetOne sued
    • The First Big Test Of Obama Diplomacy
    • None of MDC's demands will ever be met
    • He could go either way, but...
    • Death, one of the "few remaining growth markets left"
    • Diplomacy can triumph in Zimbabwe and the future belongs to us not Mugabe
  8. Batch 2 Posted 28/1/09
    • Barack Obama plans tough action against Robert Mugabe
    • Morgan Tsvangirai 'to enter power-sharing government' with Robert Mugabe
    • Top MDC official says Tsvangirai will go into government 'next week'
    • Chinamasa says Zanu-PF to forge ahead
    • Zimbabwean schoolchildren suffer as teachers strike
    • Zimbabwe's Education System Crippled on First School Day
    • Farmers want court to order govt to uphold Tribunal ruling
    • Business urges Gono to pay gold miners
    • Despite International Relief Surge, Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Proves Tenacious
    • Hunger Strike Day 6: Disappointment and disregard
    • Zimbabweans Said to be Unhappy About Divisions Within Opposition Party
    • Tsonga Project: Assessing Gains of Commercial Farming
    • On This Day: Mugabe calls on whites to stay in Rhodesia
    • Zimbabwe: Signs of a failed State
  9. Posted 28/1/09
    • Communique: Extraordinary Summit of the SADC Heads of State and Government: Presidential Guest House, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa, 26-27 January 2009
    • MDC's Response to the SADC Communique of the 27th of January 2009, Tswane South Africa
    • Deal? No deal? SADC's Zimbabwe "breakthrough" in doubt
    • Zimbabwe Opposition Disputes Agreement on Power-Sharing
    • Morgan Tsvangirai mustn't share power with Robert Mugabe
    • Why 'power sharing without the sharing' surprised no-one here
    • AU Summit May Force Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Deal
    • Mugabe's party considers unilateral government
    • President Obama leads US drive to topple Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
    • Rift between Tsvangirai and Biti alleged
    • Zimbabwe pupils turned away as teachers strike
    • Uncertainty mars new school term as doors stay closed Tuesday
    • Students lash out as universities stay closed
    • Only US dollars can buy education
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 26 Jan 2009
    • Cholera Claims Almost 3,000 Lives In Zimbabwe - WHO
    • Questions raised over cholera threat to 2010 World Cup
    • MDC feels sidelined by Save Zim
    • Abductees Weekly Update: Week Ending 23 January 2009
    • Zimbabwe Stock Exchange Closed Indefinitely, CEO Says
    • Sugar producers suspend deliveries
    • Press Release- Former Ambassador to Lecture in Zimbabwe
    • Government Scheme to Access Forex Blocks Small Business
    • Residents reject proposal to charge municipal services in forex
    • A Voice for the voiceless - come to London Vigil this Saturday
    • Comment from a correspondent
  10. Batch 2 Posted 27/1/09
    • SADC says Zimbabwe impasse over - MDC calls claims "malicious"
    • Regional leaders want new Zimbabwe govt by mid February
    • Zimbabwe opposition disappointed with summit
    • Zimbabwe parties 'agree timeline'
    • Zimbabwe Lawyers’ submission to SADC Summit - ZLHR
    • 'Stop talking and help Zim now'
    • Widespread Uncertainty As Zimbabwe Schools Prepare to Reopen
    • Harare teacher: 'I can't afford to work'
    • Magistrate rejects attempts to block torture probe
    • Zimbabwean economy's dollarisation a quick fix to crisis: analysts
    • Carter: Dump Thabo Mbeki as Zimbabwe mediator
    • 'No one wants to be a prostitute but we have no choice'
    • EU sanctions crackdown adds UK companies to Zimbabwe blacklist
    • Bill Watch 3 of 25th January 2009 [SADC Summit on Zimbabwe]
    • When will enough ever be enough?
    • And If Obama Doesn't Go After African Tyrants?
  11. Posted 27/1/09
    • No progress at regional Zimbabwe summit: MDC
    • SADC summit making no progress on Zimbabwe crisis
    • South African police use violence to break up Zimbabwean protest
    • Clinton "very concerned" by Zimbabwe impasse
    • Robert Mugabe threatens unilateral government
    • SADC has failed Zimbabwe - Skelemani
    • Mugabe, Tsvangirai held secret meeting
    • Zimbabweans Anxious About Their Future as Summit Convenes in South Africa
    • Zimbabweans have little hope for unity talks
    • EU tightens Zimbabwe sanctions, freezes firms' assets
    • Zimbabwean tycoon faces EU crackdown
    • FACTBOX - Sanctions on Zimbabwe
    • Cholera crisis expected to worsen as Red Cross pull-out feared
    • Cholera in Zimbabwe - latest figures up until 25 January 2009
    • Worst-case cholera scenario getting worse
    • 50 days in captivity for Zimbabwean human rights defender
    • Council Conclusions on Zimbabwe
    • China MP calls for Bona Mugabe's deportation
    • Emelia Ndoro, "We fear an outbreak here would be a big disaster"
    • Stop supporting 'passive genocide' in Zimbabwe - Catholic priests
    • Momentum Builds for Zimbabwe Intervention
    • Judges: nickels, dimes in regime's pockets?
    • Another good kicking
    • Letter from America
    • New health fees; Residents` access to health barred!
    • Comment from a correspondent
  12. Batch 2 Posted 26/1/09
    • New bid to ease Zimbabwe crisis
    • Mugabe to form govt after summit, with or without Tsvangirai: minister
    • A Diplomatic Row Heats up Between Botswana and Zimbabwe Ahead of Monday's SADC Meeting
    • Khama wildcard in crunch Harare talks
    • A Growing Chorus In S. Africa Urges Action on Mugabe
    • Gono must be removed from RBZ
    • Children and teachers unlikely to return to school as Zimbabwe term begins
    • Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's daughter Bona studying in Hong Kong
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 25 Jan 2009
    • USAID_OFDA Zimbabwe Cholera Fact Sheet #6
    • Airzim urged to charge realistic fares
    • Rights body urges Zimbabwe suspension
    • Beaten in jail..the world's youngest political prisoner age 2
  13. Posted 26/1/09
    • Accident: Air Zimbabwe B732 at Lubumbashi on Jan 25th 2009, engine fire
    • Ping says African leaders to "conclusively" end Zimbabwe crisis
    • Mugabe leaves for emergency SADC summit on Zimbabwe crisis
    • How Zimbabwe's power sharing talks hit deadlock before 'last chance' meeting
    • Botswana's Khama to attend SADC summit on Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe police slap last-minute ban on opposition party rally in Harare
    • Police ban MDC Chitungwiza rally
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 24 Jan 2009
    • Zimbabwe formally agrees to pay civil servants in foreign currency
    • ‘It Can’t Be Any Worse’
    • Report paints horrifying picture of conditions in prisons
    • Alleged assault by Mugabe's wife protested to Zimbabwe ambassador
    • Robert Mugabe begs Libya, Iran, Russia and China to help Zimbabwe beat sanctions
    • Mugabe unlikely to face International Criminal Court
    • Violet Gonda speaks to Frank Donaghue
    • HK activist wants Mugabe daughter deported
    • Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 24th January 2009
    • Hunger in Rushinga
    • PEACE WATCH of 24th January [Peace, Justice and the Rule of Law]
    • ANALYSIS: Little hope for progress on deadlock at Zimbabwe summit
    • Solution will come after SADC abdicates
    • Torturous time for freedom fighters
    • Barack Obama cannot save Zimbabwe!
    • The price of happiness
    • It's easy to Fall for Africa-a-a-a-a
  14. Batch 2 Posted 25/1/09
    • Mugabe's daughter studying at HKU under alias
    • New witness saw assault by Mrs Mugabe
    • Churches slam SADC and SA over Zim crisis
    • Mugabe's bitter troops close private schools
    • It's time to call in the reinforcements and broker a real deal in Zimbabwe
    • SA wildlife parks become killing fields
    • Schools Unlikely to Open This Week
    • Fears of Army Mutiny Over Pay
    • Pessimism overshadows Sadc summit
    • Lawyers Challenge new Passport Fees
    • Supreme Court order over Mukoko's treatment defied
    • Relatives of Slain Mutare Businessman Demand Justice
    • SA minister: Only Zimbabweans Can End Crisis
    • Mugabe Blamed for Cholera Deaths
    • Police Roadblocks Rile Motorists
    • Councillors Disgruntled Over Unpaid Allowances
    • Reproductive Health in a Critical State
    • Asset Managers Beg to Deal in Forex
    • NRZ Strike Halts Coal Deliveries
    • 'Dollarisation' Deals Blow Financial Sector
    • Alex Magaisa: Judges, lawyers Questions of Respect
    • Imperatives of Security Sector Reform
    • Comment: Sadc summit this week, no surprises
    • Zim Standard Letters
  15. Posted 25/1/09
    • Zimbabwe civil society groups seek help to oust Robert Mugabe
    • Human Rights groups raided while Zim children are still not at school
    • MDC vows to stage demo in defiance
    • Red Cross warns it may stop Zimbabwe cholera relief activities as funds dry
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 23 Jan 2009
    • Zanu-PF food taskforce plunders grain
    • Olds murder case yet to be finalized eight years later
    • Gono splashes US$1M in Bribes Ahead of Presidential bid
    • Clean water efforts continue in Zimbabwe
    • Troubled Zimbabwe Losing Bright Spot
    • Ten trillion
    • Despair and Despondency
  16. Batch 2 Posted 24/1/09
    • Mugabe-SADC confrontation looms
    • Mugabe, Tsvangirai in private meeting
    • Tough Talk, But Uncertainty, As Zimbabwe Parties Face Power-Sharing Summit
    • Civil service faces total collapse
    • Railways - Strike paralyses service
    • ZSE - Govt loses out, dollarisation imminent
    • UN: Cholera Treatment Centers Around Zimbabwe Short On Supplies, Staff
    • Dollarisation: Banks raise red flag
    • Desperate Children Flee Zimbabwe, for Lives Just as Bleak
    • The great betrayal of the masses
    • Zimbabwe - Fighting Cholera on a Shoestring
    • How do Zimbabweans survive?
    • When politicians lose the bigger picture
    • Migrants face humanitarian crisis on South Africa's border with Zimbabwe
  17. Posted 24/1/09
    • SADC summit doomed as ZANU PF rejects MDC demands
    • Council staff down tools in Harare
    • Prison service fails to produce activists for remand court hearing
    • MDC star rally set for Sunday in Chitungwiza
    • EU extends list of banned Mugabe allies and companies
    • Zimbabwe cholera epidemic could top 60,000--Red Cross
    • Countrywide strikes on the increase as demand for forex grows
    • Bank: Zimbabwean currency nearly worthless
    • ZIMBABWE: So How Does One Budget in a Collapsed Currency?
    • We have big zeroes, and we have teeny weeny little zeroes too
    • Zimbabwe's new economic frontier
    • Country Grinding to a Halt
    • Momentum Builds for Zimbabwe Intervention
    • Mugabe should face trial for crimes against humanity
    • Disqualified candidate seeks nullification of Mugabe's election
    • Hardliners call tune in Harare talks bid
    • Cholera from Zimbabwe spreads in Kruger's rivers: spokesman
    • SA accountable for Zim?
    • Campaigning against the dollarisation of education
    • Opportunism in the Zimbabwean struggle
    • Tshwane Metro Police deny MDC right to protest at the venue of Sadc
    • Witnessing Poverty Firsthand
    • A letter from the diaspora
    • UK photojournalist narrates assault by Zimbabwe's first lady
    • Last chance for AU to rein in butcher of Harare
    • Comment from a correspondent
  18. Batch 3 Posted 23/1/09
    • Soldiers loot MDC MP's shop
    • WOZA leaders in court on charges of disturbing peace
    • Unintended effect of Zimbabwe dollarization - no change!
    • Lance Guma speaks to Dumiso Dabengwa
    • Call for Zimbabwe to be kicked out of African Union
    • Teachers demand US$2 200 minimum
    • EU to expand Zim blacklist, urge probe into diamond sales
    • New Surge In Zimbabwe Cholera Deaths As Epidemic Sweeps Rural Areas
    • Media watchdog slams move to sell newspapers in forex
    • Soaring cholera toll spells need for Zim political solution
    • 'Citizens for Sanctuary'
    • SADC should heed Machel's words
    • Will SADC summit in Pretoria resolve Zimbabwe's crisis?
    • The MDC and its supporters must be a little more user friendly
    • Motlanthe must act now to end cholera crisis
    • Zimbabwe’s Political Impasse: Mugabe and ZANU PF culpable
    • Assault in Hong Kong
  19. Batch 2 Posted 23/1/09
    • Budget to Confirm Full Dollarisation
    • Mugabe Seeks Sadc Mandate to Form Government
    • Farm Workers Dwindle
    • Zinwa Workers go on Strike
    • Election Challenge Postponed to Next Month
    • Zanu PF, MDC Playing Power Games - Makoni
    • Pay us in Hard Currency or we Strike, Workers Warn
    • Patients Dump Urban Healthcare for Rural, Mission Hospitals
    • Collapsing Gold Producers Seek Retention Scheme
    • CFX Bank Under Police Probe
    • The (Im)possibility of an Island
    • Chinamasa Faces Daunting Task in Presenting Budget
    • ZSE Considering Switch to US Dollars
    • Barman Calls Last Round
    • Eric Bloch: Govt Must Talk Less, Act More
    • Candid Comment: MDC will not Fall Into Zanu PF Trap
    • Comment: 2009 budget mission impossible
    • Muckraker: Pesky Lensmen Victims of Crazed Bling Attack
    • Editor's Memo: Summit a Test of Sadc Leaders' Sincerity
    • Zim Independent Letters
  20. Posted 23/1/09
    • Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai hopeful ahead of summit
    • EU to step up pressure on Zimbabwe's Mugabe
    • Tsvangirai urges SADC to be objective on power sharing saga
    • Zimbabwe opposition says 'suffering must end' as cholera surges
    • Analysis: Zimbabwe breakthrough next week unlikely
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 21 Jan 2009
    • WHO alarmed by rising cholera toll in Harare
    • Cholera levels in rural Zimbabwe may still rise - MSF
    • Gen. Chiwenga: "Zimbabwe is ready for war"
    • ZANU-PF corruption brings Zimbabwe agriculture to its knees
    • Zimbabwe to name ministers accused of stealing from gov't input scheme
    • Ministers, legislators steal Maguta inputs
    • WOZA leaders in court for remand hearing
    • Regime plans forced removal of Chiadzwa villagers
    • Red Cross restores water in Zimbabwe neighborhoo
    • Zimbabwe Teachers Stick To Strike To Demand Foreign Currency
    • Passport fees leave a population going nowhere
    • Zimbabweans seeking medical treatment forced to pay in forex
    • AU has failed Zimbabwe: rights group
    • Pay journalists in forex --ZUJ
    • ZIMBABWE: 'Life Is Like A Casino - We Live Each Day As It Comes'
    • ZINASU student leader reinstated by the University of Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwean broadcaster's bid to fire journalists over unfavourable Mugabe coverage fails
    • Zimbabwe: state broadcaster censors song critical of ruling party
    • Guardian undercover documentary wins Broadcast award
    • Top musicians at Zimbabwe Vigil this Saturday (24/1)
    • Leon calls for sanctions against Mugabe
    • The world's worst central banker
    • End for unity govt in Zimbabwe?
    • Australia unlikely to grant Chingoka visa
  21. Batch 2 Posted 22/1/09
    • Zimbabwe: African Leaders Should Intervene
    • South Africa to host regional summit on Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe Parties Lobby African Leaders Ahead of Regional, African Summits
    • Leaked docs show SADC bias
    • Zimbabwe Could Use Some U.S. Attention
    • Zimbabwe's political fiasco
    • Save Zimbabwe Now launched today
    • SA church leaders urge Mbeki to give up Zim role
    • Zimbabweans Flocking To South Africa For Cholera Treatment - and Staying
    • Chinamasa dismisses MDC demands
    • Nkomo says Daily News will never return
    • Madzongwe eyes thriving orange farm
    • Lawyer wins damages against police, minister over assault
    • UZ students demonstrate against dollarization of education
    • US$10 for Zimbabwe's teachers
    • Coming soon near you: The Herald sold in forex
    • How diamond rings silence Zimbabwe's foreign press
    • JAG - - No. 594 - Dated 21 January 2009
    • A New Book
    • Crisis without Limits
  22. Posted 22/1/09
    • MDC say no point in talking to ZANU PF before SADC summit
    • Mandela's wife says Mugabe government illegitimate
    • 'Hear us, we have suffered enough'
    • Zanu-PF loots donated South African agriculture aid
    • Zimbabwe farm output to continue sharp fall: union
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 20 Jan 2009
    • Zimbabwe cholera threat shifts to rural areas
    • Inflation at 6.5 quindecillion novemdecillion percent
    • Zimbabwe to adopt South African currency under proposed economic reforms: Document
    • Williams and Mahlangu face trial Thursday 22 Jan - Byo
    • Harassment of Zimbabwe lawyers continues
    • RG's office ordered to issue businessman passport
    • Tens of thousands have fled Zim for South Africa in past 5 months
    • Abduction of Zimbabwe rights activist Mukoko shows Mugabe's contempt for opposition
    • Harare diary: 'Hope has died'
    • Why Zimbabwe deal was never going to work
    • Zimbabwe's decline did not happen on its own
    • Zimbabweans make sad comparisons between Obama and Mugabe
    • Of rocket scientists and party affiliations
    • Waiting for Gono
  23. Batch 2 Posted 21/1/09
    • Hope is on the way
    • FULL TEXT: MDC response to SADC position paper
    • Zimbabwe Opposition Rejects Blame Over Power-Sharing Negotiations Collapse
    • Mugabe: Crime or incompetence?
    • 'Poverty, diesease force over 38 000 to flee Zim for SA'
    • Mugabe 'losing support of Zimbabwean army'
    • Hunger strikers demand end to suffering in Zimbabwe
    • Tutu to join hunger strike over Zim crisis
    • ZTV ignores world news event
    • Magistrate set to rule on activists' application
    • Missing from govt. payroll: Mwenezi District Teachers
    • Zanu-PF promotes foreign interests
    • Mbeki awarded Pinnacle Holdings shares by Mugabe
    • Gono's currency reform plans go up in smoke
    • SADC indulgence will deepen crisis
    • A rescue plan to serve a country and a continent
  24. Posted 21/1/09
    • SADC Set to Throw in Towel
    • ANALYSIS-Regional summit unlikely to break Zimbabwe deadlock
    • Zimbabwe MDC doubtful summit will resolve deadlock
    • "No question" of boycotting new Zimbabwe summit: MDC
    • Mbeki urged to step down as Zimbabwe talks collapse
    • Mugabe party blames Tsvangirai for talks failure
    • ZANU PF defers introduction of amendment no 19
    • Obama tells Mugabe to 'unclench fist'
    • Zimbabweans have high hopes for Obama presidency
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 19 Jan 2009
    • Prevention efforts continue apace as cholera cases climb
    • Cholera deaths soar in SA and Zambia as crisis deepens in Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe cholera deaths approach 2,500 since August
    • Children on the edge of survival
    • Hot Seat transcript: Physicians for Human Rights CEO says Mugabe now a global threat
    • Zimbabwe to present delayed 2009 budget next week
    • Beneficiaries processing maize seed into mealie meal
    • Soldiers are the new illegal diamond miners
    • Students campaign against dollarisation of education
    • Sparing Mugabe for votes
    • Troops Fume Over Pay
    • COSATU demands SADC backs democracy in Zimbabwe
    • Churches urged to pray for justice and hope in Zimbabwe
    • From a correspondent
    • Bob and Grace: A not-so-funny sitcom
  25. Batch 3 Posted 20/1/09
    • SADC blueprint on the way forward in Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe talks fail to break new ground
    • Zimbabwe talks to end power-sharing deadlock end in collapse
    • Banks limit withdrawals
    • Call to fully 'dollarise' Zimbabwe
    • Save Zimbabwe Now - Launch
  26. Batch 2 Posted 20/1/09
    • Zimbabwe talks end without agreement-SADC
    • Mugabe says talks to go on in Zimbabwe ahead of summit
    • Zimbabwe Power-Sharing Hangs By a Thread; Regional Summit Called
    • Despair over failed Zimbabwean power-sharing talks
    • Mutambara backs Tsvangirai
    • Fireworks expected in Zimbabwe's parliament
    • The Threat at the end of the Tunnel
    • Six drown while crossing flooded Limpopo
    • Magistrate set to rule on activists' application
    • Zimbabwe Business Watch : Week 4
    • Solidarity Statement - MDC-USA
  27. Posted 20/1/09
    • Robert Mugabe and opposition in last-ditch talks
    • Little progress seen in Zim power-sharing talks
    • Opposition says Zimbabwe talks at risk of collapse
    • MDC position paper on agreement
    • White Zim farmers protected by SADC ruling due to be evicted by Chair of Senate today
    • Farmer protected by SADC ruling faces eviction by Senate Chair
    • Purported war veteran threatens lawyers
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 18 Jan 2009
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 17 Jan 2009
    • UK MPs battle against deportation of Zimbabwean rights activist
    • Corruption bedevils farming inputs
    • Railway workers down tools as demand for forex salaries grows
    • Soldiers refuse salaries
    • MDC the road map
    • Zimbabwean women and children: A daily life of tragedies
    • Cops probing Grace's 'attack'
    • Comment from a correspondent
  28. Batch 2 Posted 19/1/09
    • 'MDC leader to be arrested'
    • Mugabe the bully thinks he can get away with anything
    • The Great Chicken Robbery!
    • Jocelyn, Joice and Grace a disgrace to Zimbabwe
    • Why Zimbabweans cannot wait any longer
    • Alleged Zim bid to adopt rand
    • Death stalks destitute 'hospital of life'
    • MDC national executive calls for finality on dialogue
    • Zimbabwe: A broken system in need of new life
    • Wage negotiations should be in US dollars: ZCTU
    • Handbagged
    • Reporting from a war zone called Zim
    • The dancers voting with their feet
    • Bill Watch 2 of 18th January 2009 [Monday - SA to Chair Meeting on Inter-Party Dialogue]
  29. Posted 19/1/09
    • Mugabe in unity talks threat
    • Zimbabwe opposition says powersharing 'political suicide'
    • A dilemma for Zimbabwe opposition leader
    • Tell us about the adbuctions, Mugabe told
    • Robert Mugabe rules out concessions
    • No guarantee of success in talks
    • MDC relationship with Mbeki 'broken down'
    • Jury Still Out On Power Sharing
    • British churches to join day of prayer for Zimbabwe
    • Farm workers force war vets to abandon farm invasion
    • Piles of bodies prod residents into action
    • MPs fight to stop deportation of activist
    • Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 17th January 2009
    • Hungry Zimbabweans see even leaner times ahead
    • What US$40 buys in Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe orders probe of lawmakers accused of stealing fertilizer
    • Zimbabwean spy arrested in Botswana
    • PEACE WATCH of 16th January 2009
    • Satire - not true.....
  30. Batch 2 Posted 18/1/09
    • Mrs Mugabe assaults our photographer
    • British kill entire elephant herds
    • Mbeki no longer part of talks - Tsvangirai
    • ZIMBABWE: Now a 'Factory for Poverty'
    • Passports Now Out of Reach for Poor
    • UN Urges Urgent Action on Water Crisis to Curb Cholera
    • Zinwa Admits Failure
    • Soldiers Seize Gono's Chickens
    • AU Challenged Over Zim Rights Abuses
    • ZBH Bid to Axe Workers Flops
    • Anxiety mounts over Parly Debate on Amendment 19 Parly
    • Zim Students Drop Out as Cash Crunch Bites
    • Safari Lodge Dispute: Evicted Operator Sues John Nkomo
    • HIV Advocacy Groups Restrategise Testing
    • US$900m Needed to Revive Zim Industry
    • Banking Sector in Showdown over Forex Pay
    • Alex Magaisa: To join or not to join: MDC
    • Sunday View: MDC concerned over Attorney-General, Judge's Utterances
    • Time to Find Common Ground
  31. Posted 18/1/09
    • Morgan Tsvangirai returns home to Zimbabwe for last ditch negotiations
    • UNICEF to the rescue
    • UNICEF meets Mugabe over cholera crisis
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 16 Jan 2009
    • Major aid hinges on political deal
    • Dirty gold is a family affair
    • Begging for bribes
    • A letter from the diaspora
    • Cholera spreading in SA
    • Comment from a correspondent
  32. Batch 3 Posted 17/1/09
    • MDC lashes out at Tomana, Makarau
    • Zim opposition says could reform judiciary
    • Attorney General Draws Fire Defending Abductions, Torture
    • Judge denies bail to photographer who claimed abuse
    • Zimbabwe Government Dismisses Tsvangirai Call For Release of Activists
    • What MDC should do to save Zimbabwe
    • Passive genocide in Zimbabwe threatens major southern African economic and political crisis: CIVICUS Solidarity Mission
    • Cholera Epidemic Spurs Rare Cooperation Between NGOs and Zimbabwe Government
    • Soldiers chant anti-Gono & govt. slogans in Harare
    • The Wall paper house offers cheap dry home for poor and displaced
    • Pump still to be repaired
    • Crunch time for Zimbabwe?
    • Zimbabwe Is Dying
    • The plight of Zimbabwean refugees
    • Jestina Mukoko: 'Mugabe's henchmen came for me before dawn'
    • FULL TEXT: Physicians for Human Rights report on Zim
    • Pump still to be repaired
    • Crunch time for Zimbabwe?
    • Zimbabwe Is Dying
    • The plight of Zimbabwean refugees
    • Jestina Mukoko: 'Mugabe's henchmen came for me before dawn'
    • FULL TEXT: Physicians for Human Rights report on Zim
  33. Batch 2 Posted 17/1/09
    • Motlanthe to chair critical Zimbabwean negotiations
    • Zimbabwe activist allowed to appeal her detention
    • Magistrate refers Mukoko case to Supreme Court
    • SAfrica, EU meet on Zimbabwe as economy crumbles
    • EU may take more action on Mugabe: Czech FM
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 15 Jan 2009
    • Cholera kills 2,225 in Zimbabwe, infects 42,600
    • Zimbabwe Cholera Prevention Measures Not Working - UN
    • Quintillion per cent inflation and a 100 trillion dollar note in Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe inflation rockets off the scale
    • Zimbabwe Minister: Abductions Of Activists Counterproductive
    • Rice talks tough on Zimbabwe
    • Security Forces Gear Up for Mass Protests
    • Hunger stalks rural Zimbabwe as food aid dwindles
    • Seed distribution - The Zanu (PF) way -
    • Zimbabwe Welcomes Return of Tsvangirai for Crisis Talks
    • I want to work
    • Zimbabwe Business Watch : Week 3
    • Mozambique to modernise Cahora Bassa Dam on River Zambezi
    • MDC must place nation before selves
    • We are a people in limbo
    • Rights Advocates Seek Temporary Status for Zimbabwe Emigres
    • "Zimbabwe: Appoint Neutral Interim Government"
    • Comments from correspondents
  34. Posted 17/1/09
    • Government Fails to Pay Disgruntled Soldiers on Time
    • War Vets Turn Primary School Into Plots
    • Workers Fail to Withdraw Salaries
    • Farmers Accused of Training 'bandits'
    • Mugabe 'doomed' if he Dissolves Parly
    • MDC divisions: A typical Herald Work of Fiction
    • Beatrice Mtetwa Responds to Makarau
    • Time Runs Out for Forex Dealers
    • When Something Necessary is Difficult to Implement
    • Govt Departments in Fuel Crisis
    • Zim: Any Hope Beyond Amendment 19?
    • Candid Comment: Judiciary not Beyond Criticism
    • Comment: Courts not Serving Interests of Justice
  35. Batch 2 Posted 16/1/09
    • Zim introduces $100 trillion notes as inflation spirals
    • Military police sent to restore order at Zim diamond field
    • 'MDC MP will retain seat until House discusses issue'
    • Mutambara should be patient, says Tsvangirai
    • Zimbabwe Ruling Party Rejects Opposition Demands for Activists Release
    • Staring down the barrel
    • Half of Zimbabwe population reliant on food aid
    • Activist breaks down as she narrates ordeal in court
    • Police continue to harass Anglicans
    • Met Office warns of severe flooding
    • Gold-miners' plight set to continue as Mugabe ignores payment appeal
    • Zimbabwe Cholera Epidemic Adds 1,550 Cases, 104 Deaths In 24 Hours
    • Ex-Rhodies charged with training bandits
    • Why Zimbabwe's economy should be dollarised
    • Dollarisation: one blow Zanu PF cannot survive
    • Unity Deal Can Only be Saved From Within -- Analysts
    • Legal Implications of Media Fees, Continued MIC Existence
    • Eric Bloch: Facing Dollarisation Facts
    • Muckraker: State Media Takes Spin to Dizzying Heights
    • Editor's Memo: Dollarisation Not a Solution in Itself
    • A Good People Turned Crooks
    • State media Rhetoric Should be Consistent With Current Events
    • Zimbabwe Independent SMS
  36. Posted 16/1/09
    • SAfrica's president to restart Zimbabwe talks Monday
    • Tsvangirai committed to power deal
    • Tsvangirai's 5 conditions before the MDC joins govt
    • State now admits holding 3 of missing 12
    • Activist tells court of beatings in custody
    • Zimbabwe election body orders by-elections in eight constituencies
    • MDC MP Meke Makuyana facing terrorism charges
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 14 Jan 2009
    • MDC officials held for police 'death threat'
    • Plans to deport Zimbabwean activist from UK halted
    • Stop calling Kenya Airlines
    • All female political detainees held in Chikurubi male section
    • Zimbabwe food crisis may worsen -aid agency
    • Russia petitioned to stop aiding illegal regime in Harare
    • The Petition delivered to Russian Embassy
    • U.S. to continue confronting Zimbabwe's Mugabe, says Obama's UN pick
    • Zimdollar Downward Trend Continues
    • UN says worst ever cholera outbreak continues, with toll topping 2,200
    • Rights groups lash out at African leaders for supporting Mugabe
    • Why are you closing private schools?
    • Disease and starvation in Zimbabwe
    • Container's contents link to dodgy dealings
    • An Open Letter to Professor Arthur Mutambara
    • Man held illegally after office 'stuffed up'
    • Time to forcefully oust Mugabe
  37. Batch 2 Posted 15/1/09
    • Zimbabwe: Free Activists Unlawfully Held
    • Tomana vows to prosecute farmers
    • Zimbabwe close to Russian bailout
    • 'MDC men threatened to kill Shiri attack probe cops'
    • Urban takes on Mugabe
    • Sandura wins prestigious Kamba Award
    • Fears of Bubonic Plague grow as city alleys pile up with rubbish
    • Rights Advocates Condemn Zimbabwe AG's Comments On Detained Activist
    • Cholera Resurgent In Harare, Zimbabwe, For Lack Of Clean Water - Official
    • Woman dissident in men's prison in Zim
    • Abductions: the truth at last Kidnap victim tells of torture and forced confessions
    • Whose hands are dirty now?
    • Zimbabwe blog: a country in ruins
    • The disappearing Zimbabwean dollar
    • NRZ hikes inter-city fares
    • Hopes pinned on cholera awareness
    • Sects warn of joyless and bespectacled baboon
    • Ask Kenya Airlines to stop Luka Phiri's deportaiton
    • Saving lives in Zimbabwe! Please help
    • 'Zimbabwe one of worst economies for free enterprise'
  38. Posted 15/1/09
    • Zimbabwe's attorney general says activist a threat
    • Zimbabwe's Supreme Court orders clinic treatment for rights activist
    • Abducted baby released to strangers
    • No more passports for 'ordinary' Zimbabweans
    • Cholera deaths rise as UN bails out health department
    • Under-five cholera deaths in Zimbabwe going unrecorded, fears Save the Children
    • Zimbabwe cholera surges as neighbours report rising cases
    • MDC MP convicted for 'forging signatures on nomination paper'
    • MDC Appeals Disqualification of Chimanimani West MP
    • SADC shielding Mugabe, say international lawyers
    • S Africa still backs Zimbabwe power-sharing deal: foreign ministry
    • Amnesty International - African leadership's inaction is prolonging human rights crisis in Zimbabwe
    • International group seeks case against Zimbabwean president, Mugabe, for genocide
    • MDC MP arrested by police in Chiredzi
    • Telone, Zesa Charge In Foreign Currency
    • War Vets Against Use Of American Dollar
    • Your money - or your life
    • War Vets Loot Goods And Forex
    • Lawyers seek injunction to stop UK deporting Zimbabwe activist
    • Lucia Nkomo, "Already we have sold the refrigerator"
    • Maize Seed Diverted To Black Market
    • Workers Set Sugarcane Ablaze
    • Laying our hands on the problem
    • Lawyers for human rights update on abductees
    • Zimbabwe's Justice system has been perverted
  39. Batch 2 Posted 14/1/09
    • My experience in the hands of CIO
    • Tsvangirai MDC 'lose' parliamentary seat in court farce
    • New AG openly declares support for Zanu-PF
    • Destitute Zimbabweans ask PM for right to work and pay taxes
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 13 Jan 2009
    • Over 2,000 Lives Now Lost to Worst Ever Cholera Outbreak, UN Reports
    • Lawyers want judge to explain threats
    • Rita Makarau executes a U-turn
    • Zim education in chaos as 2008 exams still unmarked
    • Time for MDC to make big decision
    • Pumping water for life in Zimbabwe
    • Wake up to the crisis
    • Buddie issues
    • Fellowships for Threatened Scholars
    • Former SABC staffers back 'gag' claims
    • Cruel. And stupid
  40. Posted 14/1/09
    • Physicians Report - A Man-made Disaster in Zimbabwe
    • The Horror Mugabe Doesn't Want the World to See
    • Robert Mugabe should face trial say US doctors
    • Zimbabweans detail abduction spree
    • How the "evidence" was manufactured
    • Cholera Death Toll In Zimbabwe Rises To 2,024, Says UN Agency
    • Helping an overwhelmed clinic respond to cholera in Chirundu, Zimbabwe
    • Abducted child released from Chikurubi
    • UK immigration detain prominent Zimbabwean activist
    • Zimbabweans protest outside Downing Street
    • Thomas Sibanda, "It's a wonder people haven't started destroying banks and looting them"
    • Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe in grand lie on salaries
    • Zimbabwe: Appoint Neutral Interim Govt, Urges Ex-Clinton Aide
    • Zimbabwe's Whites Targeted Again
    • Zim judge blasts SADC court over white farmer ruling
    • Our lives depend on Mugabe going
    • Zimbabweans Face Growing Woes Amid New Crackdowns
  41. Batch 2 Posted 13/1/09
    • Zimbabwe security forces on 'high alert'
    • Zimbabwean human rights activist seized on eve of UK demonstration
    • Zimbabwean refugees to protest
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 12 Jan 2009
    • ZANU PF says Mugabe won't meet Tsvangirai
    • Mutambara Castigates Mugabe, Tsvangirai, Over Unity Government Delay
    • Soldiers assault traders selling wares in forex
    • Zimbabwe Central Bank Pledge To End Cash Withdrawal Limits Has a Catch
    • MDC warns deal will break down if violence does not stop
    • Group calls Mugabe's actions genocide
    • Chidyausiku refuses to hear Mukoko’s case
    • ZANU-PF, ZAPU tussle over party assets
    • Last chance for the criminals in the Mugabe regime
    • ZIMBABWE: New year, same old problems
    • Blow to Zuma as court overturns graft charges ruling
    • An apple a day keeps the doctor away !
  42. Posted 13/1/09
    • Armed police patrol as Zimbabwe's crisis deepens
    • High court judge blasts Zimbabwe leaders for worsening economy
    • Tsvangirai and Mugabe likely to meet this week
    • Mugabe is back on home soil - report
    • Cost of 3 papers in Zimbabwe: 1 $50 billion note
    • Harare workers have access to their money
    • Cholera aid to Zimbabwe is enriching Mugabe regime
    • Cholera fact sheet and program map put out by USAID, 9th January 2009
    • Zimbabwe doctors vow to maintain strike
    • Donors pledge to meet 40% of Zimbabwe health workers' salaries: Report
    • Private school authorities threatened with arrest if schools opened
    • Strategies for reviving Zimbabwe's education system
    • University holidays extended
    • Critical staff shortage in Zimbabwe's judiciary
    • Justice Makarau says young lawyers 'disrespectful'
    • Zimbabwe makes overtures to link to SA rand
    • 635% leap in Zim asylum seekers
    • IBA calls on SADC to act on detained activists and to push for accountability against Robert Mugabe's government
    • Seven dangerous criminals escape
    • Dead by the road side
    • Surgeon tells of her 'heartbreaking' trip
    • Can't happen here, right?
  43. Batch 2 Posted 12/1/09
    • Villagers heckle Gono silent at funeral
    • Zanu-PF officials loot maize seed
    • Senator allegedly steals position at SADC
    • Zim labour union pushes for salaries in forex
    • Why Mugabe is Moscow-bound
    • Private schools forced to postpone opening
    • Mutare businessman dies after assault by soldiers
    • Analyst: MDC May Not Have Serious Role In ZANU-PF Government
    • Zimbabwe parties split ahead of key vote
    • Zimbabwean Children Particularly Vulnerable To Cholera - UNICEF Official
    • Zanu PF running out of steam
    • Unite and fight unreasonable fees and media tyranny, Zim journalist urges colleagues
    • Misogynist regime the dirtiest
    • Inconvenient truths about Zimbabwe
  44. Posted 12/1/09
    • Zimbabwean opposition solicits UN, AU to help locate missing activists
    • Abducted activists and MDC officials now face death penalty
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 11 Jan 2009
    • MDC says will not participate in GNU
    • Children flee Zimbabwe to uncertain future
    • SAfrica to review laws to help economic migrants
    • S.Africa's Tutu fasts in solidarity with Zimbabweans
    • Bowing to pressure Zimbabwe is to consider foreign currency trade in all sectors
    • Urgent review of Zim diamonds
    • Zimbabwean journalists criticize "astronomical" fees
    • Zimbabwe Call-in Show Launched by Voice of America
    • Mugabe's election theft and illegitimacy
    • Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 10th January 2009
    • Schools will not open
    • Comical Ally
    • Democracy in Zimbabwe remains a futile passion
    • Military Feel at Miss Tourism
    • For Zimbabwe's Dead, a Final Indignity
    • Bloody Diamonds
  45. Batch 2 Posted 11/1/09
    • Tsvangirai Set to Return This Week
    • Govt Rejects Teachers' Rescue Package
    • Abducted MDC-T Activists Allege Brutal Torture
    • Police, Army Roadblocks to Flush Out Banditry
    • Kaseke 'whore' Insult Angers Journalists
    • Revived PF Zapu Officials Allege Abductions of Members
    • Military Dominate Aussie Sanctions List
    • Zimbabweans Continue to Flood SA
    • Nkomo Evicts Opponent After Court Ruling in lodge dispute
    • Millions More Join Ranks of the Poor
    • Survival Dilemma as 'dollarisation' 'Takes Root
    • Power-sharing Deadlock Halts Trans-limpopo Development
    • Cane Cutters Demand Wages Iin Forex
    • New Rules To Tighten Trading On ZSE
    • Alex Magaisa: Looking Back at Pain and Wasted Opportunities
    • Sunday View: 2009, Another Bleak Farming Season
    • Comment: Drivers of Cholera Epidemic Unchecked
    • Sunday Opinion: How 2008 Crawled to the Door...
    • Zim Standard Letters
    • Bill Watch 1 of 10th January 2009 [Update on Inclusive Government]
    • A letter from the diaspora
    • Hon. Eddie Cross under fire from ZANU-PF
    • Zimbabwe's sick forced to pay with US dollars
    • Zimbabwe Inches Further Towards Madness
    • More madness?...
  46. Posted 11/1/09
    • Mugabe "vacationing in, and switching funds to, Malaysia"
    • 'Mugabe's wife raids bank vaults'
    • Zimbabwe introduces new banknotes as inflation bites
    • Zimbabwe: More refugees entering illegally
    • Critic of Mugabe wins inaugural art prize
    • Dozens of new cholera cases in Limpopo
    • Zimbabwe beats Bangladesh by 38 runs
  47. Batch 2 Posted 10/1/09
    • Exclusive: Zimbabwe roadblocks target 'bandits'
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 09 Jan 2009
    • UNICEF Warns Against Complacency As Zimbabwe Cholera Toll Keeps Rising
    • Cholera Cases in Zimbabwe - WHO
    • Zim burns while Mugabe goes shopping, partying
    • Zimbabwean Schools, Once Best In Africa, Seen Sliding Further in 2009
    • ZANU-PF govt. to pay health personnel in US dollars
    • Makoni said to have fired Mandaza, Mbudzi
    • Ugandan leader gives advice to Zimbabwe on economic management
    • Zuma on Zimbabweans
    • WOMEN'S WATCH 1 of 8th January 2009
    • Viomak releases Christmas Box bundle for 'Zimbabwe Circus' Politicians
    • Revealed: The Secrets of an African first lady
  48. Posted 10/1/09
    • Court condemns abducted activists to more time in custody
    • Zimbabwe activists lose bid to quash terror charges
    • Tsvangirai seeks crucial Mugabe meeting
    • Zimbabwe parties 'lackadaisical' in ending crisis: S.African leader
    • MDC National Executive to meet on January 18
    • MDC say Tsvangirai going home in a matter of days
    • Regional body asked to intercede on behalf of imprisoned woman journalist
    • Bid to Stifle Foreign Press
    • Journalists challenge licensing authority
    • Zimbabwe economic collapse challenges aid workers
    • ZANU-PF letting Zimbabweans perish like flies
    • MMPZ statement on new registration fees for journalists
    • SW Radio Africa Hot Seat Transcript
    • SA govt's 'hands tied' over Zim asylum seekers
    • Which option is not death?
    • Obama's disdain sends Mugabe to Russia; China revisited?
    • Film about Zimbabwe farmers
  49. Batch 3 Posted 9/1/09
    • Zim govt slaughters elephants for army
    • Zimbabwe Opposition Sets Jan. 18 Meeting On Future of Power-Sharing
    • Daily cholera update and alerts, 08 Jan 2009
    • Cholera Sweeps Away Families In Chipinge, Manicaland Province, Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe tinkers with aid assistance figures
    • Tutu to join churchmen in fasting for Zimbabwe
    • Harare Municipal Authorities Dispute State-Media Report On Residential Rates
    • Finally, an urgency to aid Zimbabwe
    • South Africa 'betraying generation' with Zimbabwe inaction
    • Reflections on a Year of Pain
    • 'It Feels Like We Are Under Siege'
    • 'God has a plan for us'
    • Mugabe has been on holiday for 29 years
    • Democracy in Africa
  50. Batch 2 Posted 9/1/09
    • MDC-T Demands Joint Forces Control
    • Court Decision Threat To Unity Deal
    • No Government Without MDC-T - Mutambara Faction
    • Squabbles Widen Mavambo Cracks
    • State Agents Raid Scout Camp
    • Mukoko Recounts CIO Torture Ordeal
    • Patients Fork Out Forex, Health System Comatose
    • New Year, Same Old Problems For Economy
    • Who Wants It If It Is Not A Greenback?
    • Banks' Survival Threatened
    • Stockbrokers Call For Dollarisation Of ZSE
    • Mine Workers Threaten To Strike
    • Harare World's Priciest City
    • Comment: Nobody Safe In Zimbabwe
    • Candid Comment: Deal Leaves Tsvangirai Cornered
    • Eric Bloch: Key Resolutions For 2009
    • Muckraker: A 'retreat' Worth Making Permanent
    • Editor's Memo: Time For A Show Of Real Leadership
  51. Posted 9/1/09
    • Fears for safety increase for Jestina Mukoko and other activists - Amnesty International
    • Zimbabwe court orders probe into torture claims
    • Mugabe opponents: We confessed after torture
    • Zimbabwe journalist tells court he was tortured in custody, framed
    • Court hears shocking testimony of torture
    • Lawyers Want Charges Dropped Against Zimbabwe Activists
    • They're not terrorists... Scout's honour!
    • It is now official
    • Tsvangirai under pressure to return home to finalise power sharing deal
    • MDC denies reports of internal rift
    • Cholera death toll still rising
    • "It is all just misery, death and pain"
    • Rights body urges SA to stop deporting Zimbabweans
    • South Africans express shame at their government's refusal to isolate Zimbabwe's Mugabe
    • Zimbabweans appeal on film to South African leaders for urgent, decisive action
    • Chiwenga, Kaukonde escape death at Zanu conference
    • In Zimbabwe, a Cancer Called Mugabe
    • Authorities confiscate Mealie meal bought by Zimbabwean businessman
    • Weather experts issue flood alert for eastern Zimbabwe
    • My hopes and expectations in the MDC are waning
    • 'Cops stood by during xenophobic violence'
  52. Batch 2 Posted 8/1/09
    • MDC in fierce debate on way forward
    • Zimbabwe opposition activists face death penalty over bombings
    • Lawyer discloses kidnappers' names
    • Daily cholera update, 07 Jan 2009
    • Zimbabwe cholera epidemic death toll stands at 1,778: WHO
    • US report condemns Zim on cholera
    • Oxfam America awarded $1 million for cholera response in Zimbabwe
    • Journalist charged with acts of banditry
    • Prospects For Zimbabwe Unity Government In February Slim - Observers
    • Zero'd out
    • Mugabe continues to fail Zimbabwe
    • SA urged to take action against vigilantism
  53. Posted 8/1/09
    • 7 abductees charged as state continues playing legal game
    • Detained Zimbabwe activists 'severely tortured', says lawyer
    • Crucial MDC indaba begins in Johannesburg
    • Tsvangirai appeals directly to Motlanthe
    • Mugabe appoints acting ministers
    • Zimbabwe bourse fails to resume trading; CEO unsure on restart
    • Zimbabwe delays school opening
    • Payment in kind
    • MISA urges mobile firms to reconsider charging in forex
    • Consumers unlikely to benefit from price controls extension - Muchekeza
    • Council in Shocking 10,000 Percent Rates Hike
    • New Zimbabwe media fees unlawful, lawyers say
    • Equipment Donated to Curb Cholera Stolen, Vandalised
    • Mukoko's Lawyers File Constitutional Court Challenge
    • Mugabe's 'misrule' must come to an end: Nordic countries
    • Mugabe's next move
    • John Robertson's commentary on Gideon Gono's book
    • Courage Shines in Zimbabwe, Even as Hope Fades
    • Cape Town couple rescues Zim children
    • 3 forced to jump to death
  54. Batch 2 Posted 7/1/09
    • Shiri's assassination attempt was a hoax
    • Zimbabwe delays school term by 2 weeks
    • Mugabe set for rare visit to Russia
    • Mutare businessman fights for life after diamond beating
    • Daily cholera update, 06 Jan 2009
    • Hungry villagers overturn Chief's car
    • Chinamasa appointed acting Finance Minister
    • Police blitz nets 100 shop-owners
    • Bennett denies he snubbed Tandare family
    • Southern African Regional Group Pushes For Mugabe-Tsvangirai Meeting To Save Talks
    • Walkout By Lawyers for Detained Zimbabwe Activists; Case Deferred to January 14
    • Despair over new mobile phone foreign currency payment system
    • Hope fading for freedom in Zimbabwe, say activists
    • 'Gritty' Zim teacher wrote a novel while Home Affairs held him back
  55. Posted 7/1/09
    • Jestina Mukoko still in custody as case postponed again
    • Rights Group Names And Shames Judges, Lawyers
    • Analysts blast Mugabe for taking a holiday during crisis
    • Death toll in Zimbabwe cholera epidemic at 1,732: WHO
    • Bleak year for Zim learners as teachers demand forex
    • Expert warns Zimbabwe faces food deficit
    • Zimbabwe dollar abandoned
    • Journalists to pay through the nose
    • Zimbabwe blog: a time of cholera
    • Mbare Report No 67
    • Bleak Prospects for Schools and Universities
    • Zimbabwe's Inflation Remains Untamed
    • UNICEF offers legal advice to homeless Zimbabwe children in South Africa
    • Timeline of Events Relating to Located Abductees (As at 09:00 Hrs on 6 January 2009)- ZLHR
    • Fresh xenophobic violence in South Africa: Three killed
    • Zimbabwe Ex-Finance Minister Blames Mugabe for National Woes
    • Markers demand forex to mark exams
    • Workers refused entry back into Botswana
    • A Zimbabwean demonstration for the wrong reasons?
    • Wake up, smell the coffee, Mutambara
    • To do lists
    • World pays for avoiding hard choices
    • Open Letter to His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe
    • Comment from a correspondent
  56. Batch 2 Posted 6/1/09
    • Letter from South Africa
    • How can we live looking over our shoulders every day as if we're all thieves?
    • Harare goes cuckoo
    • A praise singer for Gideon Gono
    • Mugabe shows no signs of losing grip on power
    • Case of alleged bombers further deferred
    • Give us our results, ZIMSEC told
    • Dollarization Puts School Fees Out Of Reach Of Many Zimbabwe Families
    • UNICEF appeals for help as asylum-seekers flee Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe launches cholera awareness campaign
    • 'Cholera may worsen as rainy season peaks'
    • Mutambara wants principals to discuss unity govt
    • Stop Mugabe from taking Zimbabwe to the wall
  57. Posted 6/1/09
    • Zimbabwe rights activist's case postponed
    • Zim judge rules activist must see doctor
    • Zimbabwe: Daily cholera update, 05 Jan 2009
    • Zimbabwe State Press: New Government by February
    • Hunt on for rogue soldiers after New Years Day rampage
    • MDC leadership to meet for crucial indaba
    • Let it crash and burn!
    • ACDP condemns detention of human rights activists in Zim
    • South Africans’ anger grows over Zimbabwe
    • Bob holidays while country sinks
    • It’s now or never
    • Govt using seized Sky vehicle
    • Zimbabwe government extends price controls
    • Motlanthe's silence on Mugabe is disturbing
    • Churches maintain pressure on Mugabe in Zimbabwe
    • Now nothing works
    • A new trade: Selling snakes
    • Confusion reigns over validity of US$ notes
    • Time ripe to topple Mugabe
    • A case for intervention
    • Hot Spots: Zimbabwe
    • Comment from a correspondent
  58. Batch 2 Posted 5/1/09
    • Soldiers in uniform on rampage again
    • Police pounce on "preparation for coup"
    • Dabengwa saw activists assaulted - claim
    • Mugabe to form government by February
    • Grace Mugabe off to Malaysia on holiday
    • Mutambara says election result fraudulent
    • We must save Zimbabweans from more rape and violence
    • Zimbabweans know what they want
    • An end to Mugabe's madness
    • How to solve a problem like Mugabe
    • Another View: Stop coddling Mugabe
    • Packing for Zimbabwe
  59. Posted 5/1/09
    • Top Zimbabwean rights activist poisoned in custody: media
    • Toddler, 2, beaten in prison
    • Mugabe on leave, may delay new govt
    • Tsvangirai wants Motlanthe to mediate
    • Zimbabwe: Daily cholera update, 03 Jan 2008
    • Cholera in Zimbabwe: Please help save the people of Nyahombe and Tokwane-Ngundu
    • Few Children Expected to Go to School in Zimbabwe
    • PTUZ Lobbying for Postponement of Schools Opening
    • Manicaland HIV/AIDS Patients Fail to Access Drugs
    • As Zimbabwe burns, SADC trust in Mugabe withers
    • The IoS Christmas Appeal: Mugabe tightens grip as cholera epidemic grows
    • Zimbabwe Vigil Diary – 3rd January 2009
    • Disconnected
    • Laying the Foundation for 2009
    • What does 2009 hold for Zimbabwe?
    • Zimbabwe: Banana republic or casino economy?
    • Welcome home
    • Matabeleland should be given autonomy
    • What this year's Christmas meant to the Zimbabwean Diaspora
    • 'The book will be published in Zimbabwe ... no one will buy it'
  60. Posted 4/1/09
    • Mugabe prepares to form unity government and fires ministers: media
    • Tsvangirai snubs invitation to join Zimbabwe unity gov't
    • MDC to decide on further participation
    • Eddie Cross: False Accusations
    • Policing the catastrophe north of Musina
    • Zim 'improves collapsing health service'
    • Foreign currency shopping outlets improve Zimbabwe's food availability
    • Businesses on price hiking spree
    • Zimbabweans out to rescue health sector
    • ZESA load-shedding causes untold suffering in Tsholotsho
    • Econet subscribers caught unawares
    • ... those "damn British" people
    • In 2009 a Bleak Outlook For Zimbabweans - Political Gridlock, Hunger, Disease
  61. Posted 3/1/09
    • Zimbabwe judge keeps activists in custody
    • Zimbabwe court denies rights activist hospital treatment request
    • Zimbabwe court dismisses contempt charges in Mukoko case
    • Zimbabwe activists' lawyers: Rule of law "absolutely broken down"
    • Rains could worsen Zim cholera epidemic
    • Political deal will not stem cholera deaths - MDC
    • Zim goes shopping in SA
    • They Are Not White Farmers
    • President's New Year's message to the students
    • A letter from the diaspora
    • 18 Most Horrible Things of 2008: Why 2009 is Zimbabwe’s year of Change or Rebellion
    • Face of Zimbabwe: 2009
    • Zimbabwe: Hopes for a better 2009
  62. Batch 2 Posted 2/1/09
    • Chihuri bans political meetings
    • Mutambara, Mugabe meet
    • Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai Urged To Return From Botswana To Re-Engage Talks
    • Zimbabwe Rights Lawyers Say Detained Activists Still Denied Medical Care
    • Ebola kills 2 Zim soldiers in DRC
    • Only a military invasion can save Zimbabwe
    • Africa has to rise up to save Zimbabweans
    • Zimbabwe: 'ugly, horrendous'
    • Between Mugabe and the exit door
    • Comment from a correspondent
  63. Posted 2/1/09
    • Zimbabwe's money man plans to keep on printing
    • Zimbabwe economy virtually foreign exchange-based: media
    • Mutasa intervenes in ongoing trial
    • Motlanthe urged to act against Mugabe
    • Cholera sickens 30,000 in Zimbabwe: WHO
    • International medical aid tops US$35m for cholera-hit Zimbabwe
    • South African activist Helen Suzman dies at 91
    • Getting to a Post-Mugabe Zimbabwe
    • Zimbabwe's Days of Yore and Plenty
    • Play Showcases the Plight of Zimbabean Refugees in Southern Africa
    • It's time for South Africa to take poison from Zimbabwe
  64. Batch 2 Posted 1/1/09
    • Zimbabwe Security Minister Says Abductions Sanctioned By State
    • Physicians dismiss ZBC report as false
    • Zimbabwe Opposition Chief Snubs Invitation To Join Mugabe Government
    • Cholera Outbreak Fact Sheet #3 (FY 2009)
    • Zimbabwe's Mhlanga is a winner too
    • Zimsec invites examination markers
    • Fuel coupons warning
    • Obama raises Africa's hopes, but 2008 was a year to forget
  65. Posted 1/1/09
    • Ring Out, Wild Bells
    • Zimbabwean activists to spend New Year's in jail
    • Zimbabwe high court to rule Friday on Mukoko proceedings
    • Human Rights Lawyers Fight to Get Imprisoned Zimbabwean Activists Released
    • The torture of Jestina Mukoko
    • Mutasa Wants Mukoko's Abductors Protected
    • Gono Reviews Cash Withdrawal Limits
    • Red Cross attends to Zim
    • Libya Sends Drugs, Experts to Country
    • Ravaged Zimbabwe’s tourism pipe dream
    • If we will not remove Mugabe, then we should shut up
    • Floods prompt Mozambican authorities to issue red alert warning
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