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Transcript of Obama-Tsvangirai meeting
Interviews / News

Transcript of Obama-Tsvangirai meeting

President Barack Obama welcomed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to the Oval Office in Washington. Below is a transcript of their remarks, as released by the White House and amended on the basis of a live recording of PM Tsvangirai’s remarks. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, I want to welcome Prime Minister Tsvangirai [...]

Opinion

Eddie Cross: The Century of Cyberspace

By Eddie Cross If one was to characterise different periods of world history you could decide to do it in several ways – the 19th Century was perhaps the century of steam, the 20th perhaps the fossil fuels century, this century may well be called the century of cyberspace. When [...]

Opinion

Cathy Buckle: What Wheat Crop?

By Cathy Buckle Dear Family and Friends, The first little seed of truth was planted in the government controlled Herald newspaper this week. In a report about the country’s annual wheat crop, we were finally told in writing what we already know and can see with our own eyes, which [...]

Interviews

Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi on Hot Seat

Transcript of an interview between SW Radio Africa‘s Violet Gonda and the Minister of Tourism  Walter Mzembi who is currently travelling with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on his world tour: Broadcast: June 12, 2009 VIOLET GONDA: Walter Mzembi, the Zanu-PF Minister of Tourism is my guest on the programme Hot [...]

Ex-Q accused of bashing wife
Showbiz

Ex-Q accused of bashing wife

By Blackmore Mavura EX-Q, one of the country’s most consistent and talented urban grooves artiste, has been accused of abusing his wife — Irene Munhenga (nee Office). Ex Q (real name Enoch Munhenga) is well- known for his Loverman alter ego, flamboyant lifestyle and laid-back vocals. When contacted for comment, [...]

Tsvangirai outwits Mugabe
Opinion

Tsvangirai outwits Mugabe

By Denford Magora Robert “The Solution” Mugabe has been played thoroughly by Morgan Tsvangirai during the PM’s visits abroad. JOC appears to have cottoned on to this, but the depth of the Prime Minister’s strategy in tackling Mugabe is now very clear. Here’s the Prime Minister’s game plan. I have [...]

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry
Sports

Kirsty Coventry beats old rival to win

Zimbabwe’s Kirsty Coventry vanquished an old rival and held off a new challenger to win the women’s 400 medley, then followed up with a victory in the 100m backstroke at the Santa Clara Invitational in the US. Coventry, who won a gold and three silver medals at last year’s Beijing [...]

Obama pledges aid for Zimbabwe
News

Obama pledges aid for Zimbabwe

President Barack Obama has announced $73m (£44m) in aid for Zimbabwe. The US president was speaking at the White House in Washington, where he met the visiting Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mr Obama said he wanted to encourage the rule of law, human rights and basic health and education [...]

Tsvangirai rocked by niece farm-grab
Business

Tsvangirai rocked by niece farm-grab

By Fred Bridgland and Jane Fields A RICH niece of Zimbabwe’s prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai, currently on a three-week tour of western countries to beg for aid to kick-start his country’s battered economy, has tried to take over a white-owned commercial farm by force. Dr Erikana Chihombori, who owns a [...]

Authoritarianism undermines the family
Opinion

Authoritarianism undermines the family

By Mutsa Murenje in Nairobi, Kenya A closer look at and critical analysis of the family shows beyond argument that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society entitled to protection by society and the State. For we all know, don’t we, that the family is the [...]

Latest Premier Soccer League Table
News

Latest Premier Soccer League Table

This is the latest Zimbabwe Premiership log as updated on the 13th of June 2009.

Dynamos Thomas Sweswe joins Chiefs
Sports

Dynamos Thomas Sweswe joins Chiefs

Dynamos midfield defender Thomas Sweswe has shocked the club by signing a three-year contract with the South African Premier League’s Kaizer Chiefs. Besides Dynamos, Sweswe has previously played for Highlanders, Mwana Africa, and Manning Rangers of South Africa. Fellow Zimbabwe Warriors team member and Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha told [...]

Open letter to Robson Sharuko
Opinion

Open letter to Robson Sharuko

By Mugrade wekwa Goredema Dear Robson Sharuko Last week in the Sunday Mail Charles Mhlauri wrote criticing ZIFA for playing friendlies with Oman. On Thursday you then carried a story defending your corrupt friend ZIFA “THIEF EXECUTIVE”, Henrietta Rushwaya. Today`s Saturday Herald has the same article defending shambolic ZIFA simply [...]

Gloves are off as JOC meet and decide Tsvangirai has not done enough
Opinion

Gloves are off as JOC meet and decide Tsvangirai has not done enough

By Denford Magora On Wednesday this week, (yesterday), JOC met in Harare and the resolutions they came up with are disturbing. I really do feel pity for Morgan Tsvangirai, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, who Mugabe said he “sent” on a mission to being back aid and get sanctions lifted. [...]

US Seeks Ways to 'Appropriately' Support Zimbabwe
News

US Seeks Ways to 'Appropriately' Support Zimbabwe

By Blessing Zulu & Patience Rusere Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai met Thursday with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who in comments to reporters before their conversation appeared to add some nuance to the well-established American position that Washington will not directly fund the operations of the Harare government [...]