The head of Zimbabwe's state airline says pilots have ended their third strike in 10 months but that service has yet to resume because no one has booked a flight, according to AP.
Air Zimbabwe chief executive Innocent Mavhunga said Friday the (...)
Europe should not "give lectures to Zimbabwe about
democracy and elections," Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe told a
visiting EU envoy Monday, according to state television.
Nicholas Westcott, the managing director for Africa for (...)
President Robert Mugabe's plan to call an election in Zimbabwe unilaterally for March 2012 would be "illegal", and the vote cannot be held until reforms are carried out to make it fair, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Saturday, according to (...)
Polls must be held in Zimbabwe before the end of next March, President Robert Mugabe said Friday, in an apparent new bid to impose his will on the fraught election process, dpa reported.
The 87-year-old president told a meeting of his ZANU-PF (...)
Zimbabwe's government has given foreign companies including miners and banks a 14-day ultimatum to submit plans on how they propose to transfer majority stakes to local owners or risk losing permits, state media reported on Friday according to (...)
A raging house fire has killed one of Zimbabwe's main political brokers, raising questions Tuesday about the battle within longtime President Robert Mugabe's party over who will succeed the ailing 87-year-old leader, AP reported.
Gen. Solomon (...)
The head of Zimbabwe's stock exchange says hackers attacked its website and it has been shut down, according to AP.
Emmanuel Munyukwi, chief executive at the ZSE in Harare, said Friday that consultants reported the first attempts to breach the site (...)
Thirteen people died in eastern Zimbabwe when a minibus overturned after its tire burst, police said on Wednesday.
The accident took place on Tuesday after 19 people died in another
bus crash earlier in the week.
The latest incident involved a (...)
Eighteen people were killed when a commuter omnibus veered off the road and hit a tree, Zimbabwe state radio reported late Saturday.
The accident happened about 100 kilometres north of Harare, according to dpa.
Oliver Mandipaka, Zimbabwe's (...)
Zimbabwe's referendum for a new constitution may now be held by next January, an official leading the Constitutional Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) told state-owned media on Friday, according to dpa.
"We will report to Parliament by (...)
The Zimbabwean economy is expected to expand 9.3
per cent this year, despite instability in the country's coalition government, Finance Minister Tendai Biti told parliament on Tuesday according to dpa.
Presenting his mid-term budget, Biti said (...)
Zimbabwe's economy is on course to grow by 9.3 percent in 2011 due to a recovery in the key mining and agriculture sectors but wage increases for state workers will be a drag on the public purse, Reuters quoted Finance Minister Tendai Biti as saying (...)
Zimbabwean police have released four journalists
arrested for covering the eviction of a police officer, who was
reportedly sacked for having the prime minister's party's song as his
mobile phone ringtone, one of the four announced Saturday, (...)
Zimbabwe has been allowed to resume exports of its
controversial diamonds, in a move likely to prop up the African's
nation ailing economy, dpa quoted a senior government official as saying Friday.
"At last we can now sell our diamonds and (...)
Awwal 17, 1432 H / April 21, 2011, SPA -- The head of Zimbabwe's debt-ridden state airline says pilots have resumed flying, ending a monthlong strike over pay and allowances, according to AP.
Chief Air Zimbabwe executive Innocent Mavhunga says (...)
Akhir 30, April 4, 2011, SPA-- Zimbabwe's energy minister, a close ally of premier Morgan Tsvangirai, was released on bail Monday after a high court judge dismissed attempts by state prosecutors to keep him in jail before he goes on trial on (...)
Akhir 20, 1432, March 25, 2011, SPA -- A Zimbabwean cabinet minister was arrested on corruption charges on Friday, the latest sign of tensions between President Robert Mugabe and rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party ahead of possible (...)
Akhir 19, 1432 H/March 24, 2011, SPA -- The IMF has told Zimbabwe to contain public sector wage demands to avoid stoking inflation and reiterated it will not resume lending until Harare clears its arrears, a Finance Ministry official said on (...)
Akhir 05 , 1432 H. / March 10, 2011 -- Zimbabwe's energy minister, Elton Mangoma, was Friday indicted on charges of criminal abuse of office, dpa reported.
The charges against Mangoma relate to his allegedly ordering 6
million dollars of fuel (...)
Akhir 05 , 1432 H. / March 10, 2011 -- India's Essar Group has signed a 750-million-deal
for the takeover of the long ailing Zimbabwe Iron and Steel
Corporation (Zisco), local media reported Thursday, according to dpa.
The government agreed to (...)
Awwal 29, 1432 H/March 4, 2011, SPA -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has flown back to Singapore, for the fourth time in just over two months, for a follow-up health check after his cataract surgery, it was reported Friday.
According to dpa, (...)
Awwal 25, 1432 H/Feb 28, 2011, SPA -- Prison authorities in Zimbabwe have ignored court
orders for 12 activists accused of planning an Egyptian-style
uprising against President Robert Mugabe to receive medical treatment
for torture-inflicted (...)
Awwal 14, 1432 H/Feb 17, 2011, SPA -- Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday threatened to boycott presidential and parliamentary elections if rival President Robert Mugabe called them for 2011, according to Reuters.
Mugabe and his (...)
Awwal 09, 1432 H/Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi landed in Zimbabwe Saturday, hailing the African nation as a "good brother" to China, according to UPI.
"China regards Zimbabwe as a good friend, good brother and good (...)
Awwal 06, 1432 H/Feb 09, 2011, SPA -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi is to visit
Zimbabwe Thursday, an official at the Chinese embassy in Harare
confirmed Wednesday.
"He is coming for a two-day official visit and he will meet
several (...)
