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By Ephraim Keoreng Botswana has condemned Zimbabwe for refusing entry to United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture, Manfred Nowak. Though the MDC-T part of the government of national unity had invited the UN official, President Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party are said to be against the visit. Nowak was invited by Prime Minister, Morgan […]
The UK Home Office has announced that cash and aid repatriation packages worth up to £6,000 are to be offered to failed asylum seekers to go home voluntarily to Zimbabwe. Phil Woolas, immigration minister, indicated at the same time that the first steps would be taken this fall towards forcibly returning more than 10 000 […]
We condemn in strongest terms the reference of Zimbabwe’s Prime-Minister as ‘a Savimbi of Zimbabwe’ by ZANU PF’s Didymus Mutasa. Jonasi Savimbi was an anti-Communist rebel leader who fought against the Movement of The People’s Liberation in Angola in the Angolan Civil war. This is a misguided, parochial and retrogressive statement given that Morgan is […]
The Youth Forum will on Sunday the 1st of November join other progressive forces around the country and the African continent in commemorating the African Youth Day. This year’s theme for the day is ‘African Youth Promote African Positive Values’. The ten years from 2009 – 2018 have been declared the African Youth Decade. The […]
By Angus Shaw HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe took a sharp dig at his estranged governing partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday, but said they were still allies in Zimbabwe’s troubled coalition. Speaking Saturday at the state funeral of a former guerrilla leader who fought for independence from Britain in 1980, Mugabe, speaking […]
The UK Home Office has announced it wants to resume the removal of failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Immigration minister Phil Woolas said the ground was being cleared to start enforced returns “as and when the political situation develops”. The BBC understands the UK Border Agency could start returns in the New Year, but no firm […]
Harare — Police in Chinhoyi have picked up two teachers and a caretaker for questioning in connection with the death of a 16-year-old Chinhoyi High pupil whose body was found in the school swimming pool last Sunday morning. Post-mortem results show that Moreblessing Musiiwa (16), whose floating body was found with a crack at the […]
Masvingo, October 29, 2009 – There is an outcry here as teachers in various rural schools are reportedly being forced to pay money to the Zanu PF local leadership under unclear circumstances, Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou has said. He told Radio VOP on Thursday that hundreds of his members had […]
HARARE — Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change Wednesday accused President Robert Mugabe of trying to tear apart a unity pact by threatening to replace cabinet ministers chosen by the former opposition. “It is tantamount to tearing apart the unity government,” MDC spokesman Nelson Chamisa told AFP. The state-run Herald reported Wednesday that Mugabe was pondering […]
Sports Reporter CONGOLESE giants TP Mazembe will wind off their tour of Zimbabwe with yet another high-profile international friendly when they face Premiership giants CAPS United at Gwanzura this afternoon. The match kicks-off at 3pm. Champions League finalists Mazembe have been in the country for the past week and have already played against CAPS United’s […]