Zimbabwe: Biti Wades Into Kingdom War
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Dumisani MuleyaFINANCE minister Tendai Biti has officially intervened in the "vicious corporate war" between Meikles Africa Ltd and Kingdom Financial Holdings Ltd (KFHL), which has drawn into its v (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Gukurahundi Artist Faces 20 Years in Jail
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaOwen Maseko, the artist from Bulawayo whose exhibition was banned by the Board of Censors last Friday and who is now facing criminal charges, has said his work actually promotes (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Attorney-General's Office Drafting New Electoral Act Bill
Friday 03-Sep-2010: A draft of the proposed amendments to the country's Electoral Law is being worked upon by legal experts in the Attorney-General's office, SW Radio Africa can reveal.The Attorney-General, Johannes Toma (By News Poster)... | Mozambique: Police Deny Calling Army to Deal With Unrest
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Maputo - Police spokesperson Pedro Cossa on Thursday denied rumours that the army has been called on to restore public order.According to Cossa "the army was called on to carry out the clean-up in the (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Regime Resumes Jamming SW Radio Africa Broadcasts
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Lance GumaRobert Mugabe's regime has resumed jamming news broadcasts from SW Radio Africa, despite the existence of the coalition government with the MDC, that is supposed to guarantee freedom of e (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (03-09-2010)
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Howzit
Foreign currency mid-rates updated.
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Please be aware that this Sunday there will be no posting as I have our regular local Royal British Legion meeting.
Thanks for understandi (By The BeardedMan)... |
The black capitalists - lessons from Zimbabwe - Black man: S.Africa will go the same way...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: [Liberals might be destroying the very things they want to protect. This is a brilliant article by a black guy, and it goes deeper than you think. This black man is ignoring the base ideology of Zanu (By Jan)... | Mozambique: IMPORTANT: Riots in Frelimo, communist area... spread by Cell phones...
Friday 03-Sep-2010: My friend with business interests reported that there were food riots in Maputo. The communists in Mozambique control the south of the country... and this is where the capital, Maputo is. This is the (By Jan)... |
Zimbabwe: Warriors Ready - Mapeza
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - Warriors caretaker coach Norman Mapeza believes his charges are ready for their opening African Cup of Nations qualifying assignment against Liberia and has expressed satisfa (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Metropolitan Bank Posts U.S.$1,15 Million Net Profit
Friday 03-Sep-2010: Harare - Metropolitan Bank of Zimbabwe recorded a net profit of US$1,15 million for the half-year period ended June 30 2010.The bank's chairman Mr Wilson Manase said in a statement that the bank's lar (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Changes to 'Secrecy Bill' Not Ruled Out
Friday 03-Sep-2010: By Wyndham HartleyCape Town - The government is prepared to entertain changes to the controversial Protection of Information Bill but has warned that this can be done only as far as "is practicable an (By News Poster)... | Mandiwanza's Bag of Mixed Fortunes
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Shame Makoshori and Dumisani NdlelaHarare - INDUSTRIALIST, Anthony Mandiwanza, the Barclays Bank of Zimbabwe Limited chairperson and Dairibord Holdings Limited chief executive officer, is celebrate (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: Punitive Laws Do Little to Stem the HIV Tide
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Priti PatelJohannesburg - SEX, drugs, rock 'n' roll with a reality show thrown in: sounds like the perfect cocktail for a media extravaganza. Well it was, just not in the way you may imagine. All o (By News Poster)... | South Africa: Govt Withdraws Special Policy for Zimbabweans
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Pretoria - Undocumented Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa will no longer receive special treatment following Cabinet's decision to withdraw the special dispensation policy for Zimbabweans.Cu (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Diamond Output to Surge
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Harare - Zimbabwe's diamond output from Marange fields could reach 40 million carats within the next three years, realising about US$2 billion per year, a Belgian diamond expert has said.Mbada Diamond (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (02-09-2010)
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: Howzit
This posting is/was late as I had a doctor's appointment earlier this morning, and then, at about 1030hrs, the internet, cable television and the telephone all died... Then, in ill-timed fit (By The BeardedMan)... |
Zimbabwe: Banned Bulawayo Artist to Face Criminal Charges
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Tererai KarimakwendaAn artist from Bulawayo whose latest work was banned on Monday because it depicts government troops killing villagers in Matabeleland province, is due to face criminal charges n (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Torture Trial Postponed
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Alex BellThe torture trial of a Norton MDC activist, that will see top ZANU PF officials face questioning, has been postponed until later this month.Mapfumo Garutsa was abducted in November 2008 an (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: MP Still Refusing to Leave Invaded Farm
Thursday 02-Sep-2010: By Alex BellAn MP in Somabhula who has snubbed a number of court orders telling him to leave the farm he has invaded, has this week ignored another eviction notice.Philip and Ellen Hapelt from Grassla (By News Poster)... | Swaziland: Growing Seed Security
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Mantoe PhakathiWindhoek - Farmer Obed Dlamini, like many of his colleagues from Swaziland, finds it difficult to find quality maize seeds each planting season. Not only are the seeds expensive but (By News Poster)... |
South Africa: 'Xenophobia Simmering Just Below Boiling Point'
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Kim CloeteCape Town - "Xenophobia is part of life. We do not live easy here. We only survive," says Somali shopkeeper, Abdinasir Shaikh Aden, looking tense.He paces up and down the central Cape Tow (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Govt Needs U.S.$200 Million for Election
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Golden SibandaHarare - GOVERNMENT will require US$200 million to hold elections next year if principals to the inclusive Government stick to the provisions of the Global Political Agreement, which (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: ZDTC Hailed
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Harare - MASHONALAND West Governor and Resident Minister Faber Chidarikire has hailed the construction of the Zimbabwe Diamond Technology Centre that is expected to create more than 10 000 jobs while (By News Poster)... | East Africa: Broaden COMESA Free Trade Area - President
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Tumeliso MakhuraneHarare - PRESIDENT Mugabe has urged the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa to broaden its Free Trade Area to take on board other regional blocs and move away from expor (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Mwanjali Gets Armband
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Petros KausiyoHarare - THREE months after leading the home-based Warriors to the African Championships of Nations finals, Method Mwanjali is bracing for his first major battle as the senior team ca (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Credit Facility Vote of Confidence
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Harare - The regional banking community was slow to back Zimbabwe's economic recovery, presumably wanting to see if it was sustainable and that political risk was minimal.More than 18 months of steady (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Indian Firm Plans to Re-Bid for Zisco Stake
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Harare - Indian steelmaker, Jindal Steel and Power Limited is mulling plans to re-bid for a controlling stake in the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company.According to the Economic Times news-paper of India (By News Poster)... | "Zimbabwe Today" by Robb WJ Ellis (01-09-2010)
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: Howzit
Foreign currency mid-rates updated...
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I have written many times about Mugabe's penchant for surrounding himself with people who are sympathetic to his thoughts and ideals, to hi (By The BeardedMan)... |
Africa: New Maize Types Answer to Food Woes, Says Study
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Jacob Ng'etichNairobi - A new study released on recently developed drought-tolerant maize varieties says that widespread adoption could boost harvests in 13 African countries by 10 to 34 per cent.I (By News Poster)... | So Called 'Implementation Matrix' Exposes Farce of Coalition
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Lance GumaTwenty-nine months after Zimbabweans rejected Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF's leadership in the March 2008 elections the same losers are making demands that are meant to paralyze the power sh (By News Poster)... |
Zimbabwe: Artist Owen Maseko to Fight Home Affairs Ban
Wednesday 01-Sep-2010: By Irene MadongoBulawayo artist Owen Maseko says he will fight a ban on his art work, which depicts the 1980s Matabeleland massacres carried out by troops loyal to Robert Mugabe.On Saturday it was rep (By News Poster)... | Domestic Violence - Women Turn the Tables Against Men
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: Harare - Cases of men who are bashed by their spouses and girlfriends in domestic violence are on the increase countrywide.Several men have been killed while others have been maimed after being attack (By News Poster)... |
Rhodesia: Something I told Black people once about Colonialism, which really made them think...
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: I once had the opportunity to discuss colonialism with two black Zimbabweans, and I made a point which really hit home to them.
I pointed out to them (and this is true for Apartheid South Africa t (By Jan)... | The Shocking things a Black man said about Whites ... and Zimbabwean democracy is based on one big false assumption....
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: I was chatting one day to a black Zimbabwean man who had done his own analysis of what was going on. He told me he has a little son and how he has realised that his baby boy has NO FUTURE if he does n (By Jan)... |
Zimbabwe: Government Makes Available U.S. $70 Million to Boost Economy
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: The inclusive government and the Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) on Monday unveiled a US$100 million joint loan facility to try to revive the country's economy.The US$100 million line of credi (By News Poster)... | Zimbabwe: Mugabe Vows No Reversal of Land Grab
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: By Alex BellRobert Mugabe has once again shown that he will not respect the rule of law, vowing over the weekend that the illegal land grab campaign will never be reversed.Mugabe was speaking at Sunda (By News Poster)... |
AfricanCrisis - The Suppression of Google Images search engine & Donations... by the ANC?
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: If there is one thing I watch like a hawk on my website it is statistics. I watch the statistics on my site a minimum of once a day, and very often 5 or 6 times per day. I am very familiar with the st (By Jan)... | Zimbabwe/Sudan: Sadomba, Mushekwi Shine
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: By Robson SharukoHarare - Zimbabwe international strikers Edward Sadomba and Nyasha Mushekwi gave Warriors' coach Norman Mapeza a timely boost, ahead of the 2012 Nations Cup qualifier against Liberia (By News Poster)... |
Africa: Old Mutual Africa Maps Strategy
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: By Albertina NakaleSwakopmund - Old Mutual Africa is hosting its 2010 Africa Operations Business Planning Conference.The conference started in Swakopmund on Sunday.Participants are drawn from business (By News Poster)... | Africa: African Food Security Hot Agenda Topic
Tuesday 31-Aug-2010: By Catherine SasmanWindhoek - More than 200 agricultural experts from around Africa and the world are meeting in Windhoek under the banner of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysi (By News Poster)... |