Zimbabwe
DJ Munya, accomplices remanded in custody
STAR FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo, accused of killing a man he suspected of having an extra-marital affair with his wife, yesterday appeared in court alongside his two accomplices charged with murder. ... Full story
Robert Mugabe appoints Supreme Court judges
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has appointed two Supreme Court judges one of whom is his well known loyalist. ... Full story
EU unveils €13.5mn aid package for Zimbabwe education
The European Union on Wednesday unveiled a €13.5 million assistance package aimed at helping Zimbabwe overcome challenges in the education sector and child health. ... Full story
Robert Mugabe signs new Constitution
HARARE - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, replacing a 33-year-old document forged in the dying days of British colonial rule and paving the way for elections later this year. ... Full story
Tsvangirai to meet rogue Generals ahead of security sector realignment
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is expected to come face-to-face with security chiefs in two weeks’ time when the National Security Council (NSC) meets for the first time in five months to review the security situation in the country ahead of elections. ... Full story
79 ditch Zanu PF, Ncube’s MDC for Tsvangirai
BULAWAYO - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC on Sunday unveiled scores of Zanu PF and smaller MDC faction card-carrying members who dumped their parties in Bulawayo, in a move the party says confirms the first yields of the door-to-door (D2D) campaign. ... Full story
Mugabe to sign new Constitutional Bill today; but holds onto to key Sections
HARARE - Robert Mugabe is today expected to sign Constitutional Amendment (No. 20) Bill into law at State House at a function to be attended by Principals to the Global Political Agreement. ... Full story
MDC-T primary elections kick off this Saturday
HARARE - The party led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai the MDC-T voters will this weekend begin their internal process to choose the make-up of the team to contest the harmonized elections, the party’s deputy national organizing secretary Abednico Bhebhe said on Tuesday. ... Full story
China Vice-Premier rushes to Harare
HARARE - Chinese vice-premier Wang Yang has arrived in Zimbabwe at the start of an official trip to view his nation's burgeoning trade and development ties in Africa amid reports they want protection and reassurances of their economic interests if Zanu PF lose in the coming elections. ... Full story
Zimbabwe’s new act ‘amounts to xenophobia’
HARARE — Zimbabwe’s indigenisation drive went up a gear on Monday with the indigenisation and empowerment ministry announcing stringent measures that seek to protect reserved sectors of the economy, a move that analysts say is tantamount to xenophobia. ... Full story
Zimbabwe’s plea for poll cash must go to Sadc - South Africa
ANY request for assistance on financing the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe would have to be directed to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) for it to determine how best this request should be addressed, South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday. ... Full story
MDC promises better working conditions for civil servants
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai has revved his election drive, promising restive civil servants salaries that are at par with the private sector, once he comes into power. ... Full story
US Secret Service agent faces unusual US Charge for Zimbabwe road death
ALEXANDRIA, US - The facts laid out by United States prosecutors are plain: In 2008, a U.S. government employee on assignment in Zimbabwe drove through the capital of Harare in his government-issued Toyota Land Cruiser and struck and killed a 34-year-old Zimbabwe man. ... Full story
Mawere denied citizenship
REGISTRAR General Tobaiwa Mudede last week blocked South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere’s application for a new national identity card, telling him that dual citizenship remains illegal even under the new Constitution. ... Full story
I live a humble life — Tsvangirai
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has scoffed at reports that he is “living large” while neglecting the poor, saying his recently acquired house is a modest home and his official vehicle was second hand and often broke down. ... Full story
Man nabbed in South Africa with heroin from Zimbabwe worth R6m
JOHANNESBURG - A 38-year-old man appeared in court on Monday for allegedly trying to smuggle heroin worth over R6 million from Zimbabwe into South Africa. ... Full story
Zanu PF courts Mutambara
HARARE - Indigenisation minister Savior Kasukuwere has invited Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara to join erstwhile ruling party Zanu PF to remain relevant in Zimbabwean politics. ... Full story
Magaisa's changes anger many
HARARE - Like a knight in shining armour, Alex Magaisa joined Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s office six months ago with a new broom that changed its outlook. ... Full story
Confusion reigns over Mawere's UMDP leadership
Confusion is reigning supreme in the United Movement for Democracy Party (UMDP), a new Gweru-based political outfit whose supporters think it is linked to businessman Mr Mutumwa Mawere, although he vehemently denies any involvement in the party. ... Full story
MDC vows to reverse indigenisation drive
Harare - Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai wrapped up his party's post-election plan meeting Sunday vowing to overturn President Robert Mugabe's controversial indigenisation drive if he wins upcoming general elections. ... Full story
Mujuru to replace Mugabe as successor
ZANU PF is mulling over a special congress which is expected to fill vacant top positions and decide once and for all the succession of President Mugabe, sources have said. ... Full story
Tempers flare in Mutare over diamond looting
MUTARE – Tempers flared at a mines and mineral policy workshop held in Mutare last week when participants expressed anger at the alleged looting of diamonds in Chiadzwa. ... Full story
Zanu PF internal fights weaken Mutasa
INTERNAL fights within Zanu PF in Manicaland, which recently reached a boiling point, have severely weakened the most senior politician in the province, threatening his potential to further rise within the party, analyst have said. ... Full story
Mnangagwa's British coup claims; complete fabrication and distortion of history
HARARE - An interview in the State media by the Minister of Defence Emmerson Mnangagwa giving out what he says is an account linking the British government to a coup in 1980 has been described as desperate distortion of history as calls for security sector reforms mount. ... Full story
MDC-T pledges to compensate Gukurahundi victims
MDC-T government would compensate victims of the 1980s Gurukurahundi campaign as well as people affected by election violence and the Murambatsvina slum clearance programme, a top official said Saturday. ... Full story
ZANU-PF Primaries: Another Dog-fight Imminent
THE forthcoming ZANU-PF primary elections are likely to be fiercer than most would imagine as hawks in the party would want to go to the December 2014 national people’s congress while in a position of strength. ... Full story
Can Madhuku Change Zimbabwe’s Political Landscape?
AFTER a failed attempt to stop the referendum on a draft constitution held on March 16, Lovemore Madhuku, the chairperson of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) has not given up on his push to democratise the political landscape in Zimbabwe. ... Full story
Zimbabwe is 'richest in sub-Saharan Africa' - Tory MP
Zimbabwe is probably the richest and most heavily resourced country of all within sub-Saharan Africa, British Member of Parliament James Duddridge has said. ... Full story
Tsvangirai party pledges trim army
Harare - Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party on Saturday pledged to trim the army and ensure a free society if it wins upcoming general elections. ... Full story
Zimbabwean lecturer jailed for Robert Mugabe insult
A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers said on Saturday. ... Full story
