Archive for November, 2009
Court dismisses ZINASU application
ZINASU President Clever Bere and three other student leaders Kudakwashe Chakabva, Archiford Mudzengi and Brian Rundogo were yesterday further remanded to 21 December 2009 after their application for refusal of further remand was dismissed by Harare Magistrate Archie Wochiunga. The three were arrested on the 3rd of August 2009 after addressing a students’ union general [...]
Mnangagwa down but not out
HARARE – Zimbabwe Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has been outflanked by a rival faction in the battle to succeed veteran President Robert Mugabe in ZANU PF, but analysts said the bruised politician still remained a potent force and will likely regroup to revive what many of his critics now say is a waning political career. [...]
Parly inquiry into mineworkers shooting
Patricia Mpofu HARARE – The Zimbabwe Congress Trade Unions (ZCTU) on Tuesday said Parliament should lead an inquiry into the shooting of workers by police at an asbestos mine in the south-west of the country. The labour body spoke following an announcement by co-Home Affairs Minister Giles Mutsekwa last Sunday that a board of inquiry [...]
Runway for Zimbabwe diamond field
Andrew Moyo HARARE – A private investor is looking to construct a runway at the controversial Marange diamond field in eastern Zimbabwe to ensure secure movement of the gemstones to a handling facility being built in Harare. A top official of Mbada Investments, which was chosen together with another private firm to partner state-owned Zimbabwe [...]
FP Interview: Roy Bennett
BY Laura Wells The white archnemesis of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe speaks out about the terrorism charges against him, the country’s flailing power-sharing government, Mugabe’s misdeeds, and why he may well have to die for his cause. One man stands at the heart of a power struggle for the future of Zimbabwe. His name is [...]
Eye Witness: Soldiers Bludgeon Orphans
Following newspaper reports that 12 gun toting soldiers ransacked an orphanage in Bulawayo and beat up children indiscriminately Lance Guma speaks to Charles Ncube, the Skills Training Officer who was on duty on the day. Why did soldiers from Mugabe’s Presidential Guard at Bulawayo’s State House descend on innocent and defenceless children, assaulting some with [...]
Obama calls Mugabe a 'dictator'
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama praised representatives of a women’s organization whose members have been beaten by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s police force and face court trials for challenging Zimbabwe’s government. He said their grassroots efforts could improve the African country. Honoring activists Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu, Obama said they empowered women of Zimbabwe [...]
State wins appeal in Gwaze rape case
The Crown in New Zealand has been granted leave to appeal at the Supreme Court to have a Zimbabwean man retried over the rape and murder of his 10-year-old niece. George Gwaze was acquitted of the murder and sexual violation of Charlene Makaza at a High Court trial in Christchurch in May last year. By [...]




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