January 2010

E-mails messages – the only state’s evidence against Bennett

Published on: 27th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – MDC treasurer Roy Bennett’s lawyers have challenged the admissibility as evidence of e-mail printouts alleged to have been downloaded from arms dealer Michael Hitschmann’s laptop.
According to the State, the printouts were e-mail messages sent between Hitschmann and Bennett on the alleged common purpose plan to procure weaponry for the purpose of [...]

ZISCO’s revival imminent

Published on: 27th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – THE revival of the Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company is now imminent amid revelations that the short-listed bids of South Africa’s Arcelor Mittal and Jindal Steel of India are now in the President’s Office.
Zisco, potentially the biggest steel manufacturer in Africa, has for close to a decade been teetering on the [...]

Mugabe declares ZANU will not make any concessions to the MDC

Published on: 27th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Zanu-PF’s Politburo, yesterday, said the party will not make any more concessions in ongoing talks with the two MDC formations on issues outstanding in the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement until travel bans to the West on Mugabe and his wife are lifted.
The party’s supreme decision-making body said any [...]

Former Zimbabwe Attorney General’s unfair dismissal case thrown out

Published on: 27th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Former Attorney-General Mr Sobusa Gula–Ndebele yesterday lost his court challenge over the manner he was dismissed from office almost two years ago.
Mugabe fired Mr Gula-Ndebele in May 2008 after for being too sympathetic to the MDC.
Two months after that, Mr Gula-Ndebele filed a High Court application seeking to review the tribunal’s [...]

U.S. Donates Protective Clothing for Influenza Preparedness and Response to Zimbabwe

Published on: 27th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – Harare, January 27, 2010: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing 50,000 personal protective clothing kits for influenza preparedness for use by health care workers in Zimbabwe and throughout Southern Africa in the event of an outbreak of H1N1 virus.
The kits are worth approximately US$465,000. USAID is collaborating [...]

Zimbabwean survives Haiti earthquake

Published on: 20th January, 2010

Zimbabwe – Harare – A Zimbabwean woman working for the United Nations in Haiti survived the devastating earthquake that hit the Caribbean island last week, the local media reported Tuesday.
According to government reports, Lukonde Hatendi, a Zimbabwean, and another individual, were the only survivors in a building which had more than 200 people when the [...]

Zim launches economic development plan for women

Published on: 20th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – Government will today launch an economic development programme targeting women as it intensifies efforts to equip them with entrepreneurial skills.
Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, who will preside at the launch, on Tuesday said women would get loans to start businesses through a revolving fund.
“We are working on a micro-finance scheme, where [...]

Zimbabwe agriculuture minister says no to Land Audit

Published on: 20th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE -HARARE – IT is premature to carry out a land audit and judge new farmers’ production capabilities because they have been operating under harsh conditions charactersied by ‘illegal’ sanctions, Zimbabwe’s worst Agriculture Minister Joseph Made has said.
In an interview with Zimbabwe’s TV station on Tuesday, Made falsely misled the nation about the real causes [...]

Zimbabwe’s constitution outreach programme suspended

Published on: 20th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – THE constitution-making outreach programme has been indefinitely suspended following disagreements on the composition of the team that should collect ordinary people’s views.
The process has also been stymied by a funding crunch and at the time of writing it was not clear when normal business would resume.
Reliable sources in the Constitutional Parliamentary [...]

US will support restoration of Zimbabwe’s IMF voting rights

Published on: 19th January, 2010

ZIMBABWE – HARARE – UNITED STATES Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Mr Charles Ray, has said Washington will support a motion to restore Zimbabwe’s voting rights in the International Monetary Fund when the board of the multilateral lending institution next meets.
Ambassador Ray made the remarks in a brief interview after paying a courtesy call on Deputy Prime [...]

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