OPINION
8 August 2008
Posted to the web 8 August 2008
As I breeze through to check in formalities at Accra international airport on my non-stop evening flight to Johannesburg, I cannot help but flashback 27 years ago to when I first started travelling
South African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to travel to Harare, Zimbabwe where he will meet with ZANU-PF and MDC leaders in hopes of solidifying a power-sharing agreement between the two political parties.
According to South African newspapers a
Mr Mugabe's stance could paralyse the talks between his Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, despite speculation that a settlement is imminent.
A source close to the negotiations said that the key question of dividing
8 August 2008
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YOUTH, National Service, Sport and Culture Minister Willem Konjore has sacked his personal assistant, a Swapo youth activist, because of irreconcilable differences.
Hennie Seibeb confirmed yesterday
HARARE, 8 August 2008 (IRIN) - Another diarrhoea outbreak in the middle-class suburbs of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is leading to growing calls for water treatment to revert to local authorities, after a decree a few years ago gave central
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's spokesman has called reports of a deal in power-sharing talks "nonsense", but both he and South Africa said negotiations over the country's crisis were advancing.
A day after Zimbabwe's two rival parties issued a
THE Ombudsman has raided Brimbank Council's offices after dozens of allegations of corrupt practices including bribery, intimidation and thuggery.
Investigators swooped on the council building in Alexandra Ave, Sunshine, early yesterday and took
Mexico City - A human-rights group on Thursday announced it was collecting legal evidence of politically motivated mass rape by Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's youth militia to build a case for prosecuting the men responsible.
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ANALYSIS
8 August 2008
Posted to the web 8 August 2008
BARELY 10 days after the presentation of the half year monetary policy statement presented last week, the situation on the ground is showing the Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono only attempted to
8 August 2008
Posted to the web 8 August 2008
THE government has instituted another audit into land utilisation by resettled farmers amid reports that it will repossess unproductive farms.
"As government, we have started looking at how our farmers