"The President appoints one and not more than two Vice Presidents from among MPs to assist in the discharge of duties.
New Constitution: Zanu PF declares appetite for continued tyrannty
HARARE - Zanu-PF wants the new constitution to limit Presidential terms to a maximum of two five-year tenures but with full dictatorial executive powers retained, and hence dealing a major blow to Zimbabweans eager to get rid of a tyranical terrorist regime pontificating liberation creditials.
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HARARE - Robert Mugabe revealed the blood bath and power struggle in the feuding Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association leadership amid reports he has failed to get an endorsement from the warring militant former freedom fighters.
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Johannesburg, - Last night, the embattled South African ruling party ANC was reported to be desparately trying to contact MP Winnie Madikizela-Mandela to find out if she really said Nelson Mandela had let down black people, an official said last night.
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NOTTINGHAM, UK - Detectives investigating a serious assault which left a 42-year-old Zimbabwean man with head injuries believe his attackers had been at a party which had been organised for members of Nottingham's African community.
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HARARE - Iranian Security agencies are training thousands of Zimbabwe’s ruthless secret spy services personnel at a secret base in Tehran, a move likely to further increase the rift between the feisty Robert Mugabe and the Western nations, particulary the United States.
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STRUGGLE stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela bitterly lashed out at Nelson Mandela in a new interview.
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United Kingdom - A Zimbabwean illegal immigrant in the United Kingdom whose car knocked down and killed a 12-year-old Black Country boy is finally set to be thrown out of Britain more than five years after the tragedy, it was revealed today.
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HARARE - Zimbabwe's High Court on Tuesday refused to overturn the election of the first opposition Speaker of Parliament since independence, after a challenge by a lawmaker from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party.
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Zimbabwean truck driver killled in multi-vehicles pile up in South Africa
ZIMBABWEAN truck driver was killed after causing a multi-vehicle accident under the Atterbury Bridge in South Africa on, a report said on Wednesday. -
Moyo an unashamed eloquent charlatan
OPINION - Prof Moyo’s High Court application which was correctly dismissed with costs on 9 March 2010 could be called several things but serious is not one of them. Himself not a serious legislator, Moyo is nothing but an eloquent charlatan. -
Zimbabwean woman reunited with daughters - Thanks Red Cross
NOTTINGHAM, UK - A Zimbabwean mother who spent two heart-breaking years separated from her young daughters has finally been reunited with them – thanks to the Red Cross. -
Zimbabwe death row inmates unsure of fate
FOURTY nine death row inmates in Zimbabwe’s jails live in perpetual fear as they have no clue when the executioner will show-up. -
Prominent Pioneer black businessman dies
Harare, - Zimbabwe's first black bus owner, Miles Kupara Chanakira, has died. The late Mr Chanakira had most of his buses Modern Express Motorways burnt by Robert Mugabe's freedom fighters during the so called liberation war. -
Moyo appeals to the Supreme Court seeking ouster of Speaker
Harare,- Professor Johnathan Moyo has appealed against the judgment passed on Tuesday by High court Judge Bharat Patel who dismissed his application of having Zimbabwe's Speaker Lovemore Moyo, relinquished of his post. -
IMF chief says no to Zimbabwe loans
JOHANNESBURG — The International Monetary Fund chief has told South Africa's president, who has been urging the international community to help Zimbabwe, that it is too soon to extend loans to the troubled country. -
Malaysia protests seizure of banana plantation in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE’s chaotic land reform programme continues to cause diplomatic tensions with other countries amid revelations that Malaysia has formally protested to Harare over the illegal seizure of a banana plantation owned by its nationals by a retired army officer, a report said on Wednesday. -
'We Remain United In Zimbabwe’s Labour Movement'
In Harare, on the way to our meeting with Wellington Chibebe, the secretary general of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), even our driver was excited for us. -
Legal costs of fighting Mugabe takes toll on white farmers
Harare - The cost of mounting a legal challenge against Zimbabwe’s land reform programme is beginning to take a toll on the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), prompting the umbrella group for the country’s white farmers to issue an SOS to former members to rejoin the union.
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Did Nelson Mandela sell out?
OPINION - It’s an uncomfortable question, but one that bears asking, because it has far reaching implications for the future of South Africa. -
'Nyerere warned Mugabe against nationalisation' - Buthelezi
STATEMENT - If our civil servants can't allocate tenders honestly, IFP leader, Mangosuthu Buthelezi asks, how will they be able to run the mines? -
Big mouthed Chiyangwa sealed Mugabe’s targeted sanctions fate
OPINION - Robert Mugabe and his ZANU PF cohorts who had a window of opportunity to have their targeted sanctions lifted should be seething with fury at Philip Chinyangwa’s big mouth for ruining any chance of the targeted sanctions being lifted soon. -
Can the Man Who Botched Zimbabwe Save Darfur?
When South African President Thabo Mbeki stepped down from power just over a year ago, it seemed like his political career was kaput. His decade-long administration, beginning triumphantly in 1999, was ending in shame and failure. -
Zambia: President should have a degree — NCC
Following the Zambian National Constitutional Conference (NCC)’s unanimous adoption of an article that requires a presidential candidate to have the minimum academic qualification of a degree, it goes without saying that all those who work with a Republican president in public office must be his equals academically. -
The African brand is on trial in Haiti
OPINION - The world’s first independent black republic, Haiti, was struck at 4:53pm local time or 21:53 UTC on 12 January 2010, by a magnitude-7.0 earthquake January 12, 2010, at 21:53 UTC. -
Pushing the envelope of knowledge – socialism v capitalism
OPINION - Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a wall that remains etched in our memories as the most visible monument representing a competition of ideas on how best to advance human progress. -
In response to Mutumwa Mawere the Chairman of the Confederation of Complainers
OPINION - Please help us correct Mawere`s perceived ambitions of the l know it all mentality. Who ever told him that he has authority over events in Harare misdirected this gentlemen`s perception. -
ZANU PF determined to continue looting - By Gilbert Muponda
OPINION - The recent demotion of ICT Minister Hon. Nelson Chamisa by the ZANU PF leader Mr Robert Mugabe only serves to confirm how insincere ZANU-PF remains about genuine partnership with the opposition. ZANU PF has a defined plan to weaken and decimate the opposition ahead of elections. -
Paranoia in The Presidential Corridors
INSIDER - The cup that Morgan Tsvangirai drinks tea from, as well as the tea bags and sugar, are brought into his office by his own secretary everyday. When he is done with the cup, it is the secretary who washes it up herself and puts it back into her handbag.
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ANC says COSATU moving to opposition politics
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's powerful trade union federation COSATU is veering towards opposition politics by attacking and criticising the African National Congress, a ruling party spokesman said on Friday. -
UK media's attack on Zuma disgusting - ANCYL
STATEMENT - The African National Congress Youth League is disgusted by British media's reports about South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (see here). -
State cannot meet land reform target - minister
SOUTH AFRICA's land reform minister said on Friday it would be impossible for the government to meet its own target of acquiring farm land to restore to blacks after it was taken from them during apartheid. -
Online Journalists at Great Risk Worldwide, Report
NEW YORK—A look at global press freedom during 2009 offers a glimpse into dangers journalists face as the media industry adjusts to years of corporate meltdowns. -
Transcript: FT interview with Jacob Zuma
It is 10 months since Jacob Zuma was elected president of South Africa and just a few months before the global spotlight shines down as South Africa hosts the football World Cup -
US killer hid children in freezer
A US woman has been convicted of murdering two of her adopted daughters whose bodies were found in a freezer in her home. -
Malema's mystery millions
ANC Youth League president Julius Malema owns two multi-million rand homes, flashy cars and a R250,000 watch, but earns R20,000 a month, according to a newspaper report. -
Niger capital calm, business as usual day after coup
NIAMEY - Lightly armed soldiers carried out a small number of patrols in Niger's capital on Friday, and markets, banks and schools opened as usual, a day after troops ousted President Mamadou Tandja in a military coup. -
Zuma "The New Mugabe" as students are abuducted for swearing at motorcade
CAPE TOWN - The arrest of a student for "swearing" at President Jacob Zuma's convoy is a tactic of a police state similar to Robert Mugabe's thugs, not a democracy, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Wednesday. -
'Asylum has become a dirty word'
The Scottish Refugee Council says that 25 years since it was set up, the situation for asylum seekers and refugees is worse than ever. BBC Scotland's social affairs reporter Fiona Walker looks at how attitudes have changed.
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Google sets its sights on television dominance
FIRST it conquered the internet. Then it took on mobile phone providers. And now it has set its sights on the world of television. -
Zimbabwe's amended mining bill ready - minister
HARARE, - Zimbabwe has prepared an amended mining law to be presented to cabinet for approval before it is debated in parliament, but it is not clear if the amendment bill will prescribe 51 percent local ownership of all mines. -
Man from Ivory Coast presides over Britain's biggest acquisition of alltime
NEW YORK - American International Group Inc (AIG.N) agreed to sell its Asian life insurance unit to Britain's Prudential Plc (PRU.L) for about $35.5 billion, in a deal that would help the U.S. government get back billions of its bailout money, sources familiar with the matter said. -
An Unenviable Position: Shah v HSBC Private Bank
Can a bank, in complying with its money-laundering obligations, open itself up to civil claims by disgruntled clients for failing to comply with instructions? -
Zimbabwe's brands to fight for honours
The Marketers Association of Zimbabwe (MAZ) is to unveil its Superbrand - Brand of the Year 2010 competition at a Harare hotel on Friday, 5 March 2010. -
MTN SA and Telkom in bid for Zimbabwe’s state-owned operator
ZIMBABWE’s government today confirmed that MTN SA and Telkom have placed separate formal bids for the state-owned mobile and fixed telecommunications companies NetOne and TelOne, respectively, according to State reports. -
Botswana Telecom, Zimbabwe’s PowerTel clinch deal
GABORONE - Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (BTC) has clinched a US$5 million deal with Zimbabwe’s PowerTel, aimed at boosting communication between the two neighbouring countries. -
Econet's Liquid Telecom to set up own fibre network
LONDON - Zimbabwe Econet Wireless's UK based Liquid Telecom is set to launch Southern African fibre network at “good prices the like of which have not been seen”, a report in Telecoms journal said. -
Zimbabwe inflation at -4.8 % y/y in January : CSO
HARARE - Zimbabwe's year-on-year inflation rate stood at -4.8 percent in January from -7.7 percent in December, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) said on Thursday. -
Zimbabwe mining stocks takes a huge battering
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange’s Mining Index fell 4.6 percent because some investors are wary of a new law that could force companies to transfer 51 percent of their shares to black Zimbabweans, Kingdom Stock Brokers Ltd. said
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Zimbabwean striker takes US citizenship, gets new contract
New England Revolution striker Kheli Dube returned from his offseason excursion to his native Zimbabwe to encounter a series of changes. -
Arsenal posts another set of impressive Financial results
LONDON - As Portsmouth goes into Administration, Man Utd and Liverpool struggle with piling debts, Arsenal have announced pre-tax profits of £35.2 million and a significant reduction in debt for the six months ending Nov 30, 2009. -
Tendulkar becomes first man ever to score 200 in ODIs
GWALIOR, India - India's Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to score a double century in one-day internationals on Wednesday. -
Chiyangwa and Peter Ndlovu to buy Premeir league club
PREMIERSHIP outfit Kiglon Bird is up for sale with business mogul Phillip Chiyangwa, in partnership with Warriors legends Peter Ndlovu and Edzai Kasinauyo, leading the race to assume ownership of the club. -
Former England player Alan Butcher appointed Zimbabwe coach
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Former England player Alan Butcher has been appointed Zimbabwe cricket coach. -
Essien and Co. to set up World Cup base in Zimbabwe
HARARE, — West African soccer kingpins and 2010 African Cup of Nations finalists, Ghana, could relieve Zimbabwe's desperate attempts to lure a World Cup qualifying team to camp in the troubled southern African country before the tournament swings into life in South Africa in June, a Ghanaian government official said this week. -
The mystery of Benjani transfers continues
LONDON - Zimbabwe striker Benjani Mwaruwari joined Sunderland from Manchester City on loan until the end of the season after the Premier League rubber-stamped the deal on Tuesday that was held up on transfer deadline day. -
Zimbabwe in a crashing defeat to South Africa
DURBAN, South Africa - A much improved second-half showing earned 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa a 3-0 win over Zimbabwe on Wednesday in their first friendly match of the year -
Liverpool wades into the race to sign Benjani
The Zimbabwe Mail understands Liverpool has entered the race to sign Zimbabwean International and Manchester City striker Benjani Mwaruwari following the collapse of a hostile persuit of Sunderland's Kenwyne Jones. -
Peter Ndlovu To Call It A Day
Harare - Controversial and legendary former Zimbabwe captain Peter Ndlovu is set to hang his boots on July 11 to concentrate on an “undisclosed” business concern.
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Shingai reveals she is taking a break from music to pursue an acting career
LOS ANGELES, US - Zimbabwean singer, Noisettes beauty Shingai Shoniwa is poised to strip off as she prepares to switch to theatre and big-screen roles. -
Michael Jackson's doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter
Prosecutors look set to seek a charge of involuntary manslaughter against Michael Jackson's personal physician Dr Conrad Murray over the singer's death. -
Tuku to premiere in fourth movie in 2010
Harare - Zimbabwean music superstar Oliver Mtukudzi said Thursday he will star in his fourth feature film in 2010 and announced plans to record an album next year featuring duets with musicians from other African countries. -
Tuku and son give superb show as health questions mount
MBABANE – Oliver Mtukudzi and his son Sam rocked House on Fire on Saturday and gave hordes of fun lovers a memorable time. -
Jacko's glove sells for $350,000 at auction
NEW YORK - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world tour fetched $225,000. -
Bold African fashion defies slowdown in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG - Designers defied the global economic crisis at this season's South African fashion week by showing off vibrant outfits with hints of tradition inspired by a golden era of African civilisation. -
Chris Brown pleads not guilty in Rihanna abuse case
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B star Chris Brown pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court on Monday to charges stemming from an alleged attack on his girlfriend, pop singer Rihanna. -
Madonna loses bid to adopt second Malawian child
LILONGWE (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Madonna will not be allowed adopt a second child in Malawi, the southern African country's High Court ruled on Friday. -
Malawi government backs Madonna adoption attempt
LILONGWE - Malawi's government supports U.S. pop singer Madonna's bid to adopt a second child from the southern African country, the information minister said on Thursday, a position likely to anger rights groups. -
Mel B flashes more flesh
LAS VEGAS - Mel B's husband begged her to wear the "tiniest thong" for her new stage show. The former Spice Girl is currently rehearsing for Las Vegas burlesque production Peepshow and was shocked when her spouse Stephen Belafonte urged her to flash more flesh.
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