Sunday, April 21, 2013

Southern Africa Zimbabwe Extends Poll Funding Appeal to South Africa Angola

  • All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    POLICE will deal decisively with anyone involved in political violence regardless of political affiliation ahead of harmonised elections due this year, President Mugabe has said. Addressing tens of thousands of people gathered at the National Sports Stadium for the 33rd Independence Day anniversary celebrations yesterday, the President urged rival political party supporters to co-exist. He ...

  • Govt Mulls Mass Bus Transport System

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Government has adopted the mass bus transport system as the solution to meet growing public transport needs in urban areas, the Minister of Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Development Nicholas Goche has disclosed. Government wants excise duty on imported bus kits and spare parts reduced as an incentive to enhance fleet replacement and expansion. The new thrust is part of the new ...

  • Government Welcomes Wests Re-Engagement Efforts

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday welcomed re-engagements efforts by Western nations that bought into the bilateral dispute between Zimbabwe and Britain, saying they should realise Zimbabwe was their equal at international law. Speaking at the 33rd Independence Day anniversary celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe said the conciliatory moves should be coupled ...

  • Survey to Assist Policymakers Zimstat

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    ZimStat has said the Poverty Income Consumption and Expenditure Survey and the Poverty Datum Line analysis in Zimbabwe 2011/12 reports it has released are set to assist policymakers in coming up with appropriate measures towards poverty alleviation through the adoption of policies meant to address disparities unearthed. Addressing delegates who attended the dissemination workshop, ZimStat ...

  • Zimbabwe Celebrates 33rd Anniversary

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans thronged different centres countrywide to celebrate the country's 33rd Independence Day Anniversary with the main event being held in Harare at the National Sports Stadium. President Mugabe presided over the celebrations in Harare and presented the keynote address to the more than 60 000 people who thronged the event early morning to secure some seats. ...

  • Independence anniversary celebrated in Zimbabwe

    China Daily - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe lights the independence flame during a celebration activity marking the 33rd Anniversary of the country's independence at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, April 18, 2013. A celebration was held for the independence anniversary?on Thursday. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appealed for the end of political violence and a peaceful election later ...

  • Thousands Attend Uhuru Celebrations

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    HUNDREDS of thousands of Zimbabweans thronged different centres countrywide to commemorate 33 years of Independence and sovereignty with the main celebrations being held at the 60 000-seater National Sports Stadium in Harare. Thousands had to be locked out after the stadium was filled to capacity by mid-morning. The three main parties in Government were all represented at the highest level. ...

  • Zinwa Clarifies Position On Bulawayo Water

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Bulawayo Bureau - The Zimbabwe National Water Authority will not charge Bulawayo for the bulk water that the parastatal has been pumping to the city from Mtshabezi Dam during its trial period that began in January. Zinwa chief executive Engineer Albert Muyambo said the authority will only start billing the local authority when Zesa connects power to the dam. Water is being pumped from Mtshabezi ...

  • Southern Africa Zimbabwe Extends Poll Funding Appeal to South Africa Angola

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Harare - The cash strapped Zimbabwean government has extended its appeal for election funding to South Africa and Angola, other than the United Nations. The poll budget has been reduced from 132 million U.S. dollars to 100 million U.S. dollars following the acquisition of some of the required vehicles and equipment ahead of the March 16 constitutional referendum. Minister of Finance Tendai ...

  • Water Cuts Leave Harare Dry

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Water supply problems in and around central Harare have left residents and businesses without access to running water for almost a week, as the problems continue to dog the City Council. The Council has been repeatedly blamed for allowing the water situation in the capital to keep deteriorating, with the authorities blaming old infrastructure and a lack of government funding to make the ...

  • Political Parties in Govt Ambassadors Hail President

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Political parties in the inclusive Government and dignitaries yesterday hailed President Mugabe's calls for peace during the forthcoming harmonised elections saying this is vital for a free and fair election in Zimbabwe. President Mugabe made the call in his address yesterday at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. He ordered police to deal decisively with all perpetrators of violence ...

  • Zimbabweans Cry Freedom As the Country Marks 33 Years of Self-Rule

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Zimbabweans across the country were widely expected Thursday to take part in celebrations marking the country's 33 years of independence from white rule. Since the first celebrations on April 18th 1980, Independence has always been marked by ceremonies, debates and discussions, with people expressing diverse opinions about this grand event in their history. This year was no different and ...

  • Zim Bound Helicopter Donation to Remain in SA

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    A fleet of helicopters that were set to be donated to Zimbabwe's military by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), will remain where they are for now. The North Gauteng High Court in South Africa on Thursday upheld an interdict against the delivery of the helicopters, meaning the donation will not happen in the near future. The Court also ordered the government to pay costs for ...

  • Rough estimates Millions of Zimbabweans abroad

    Mail & Guardian - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Despite increasing political tensions between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe, the UK has been identified as a favourite destination by Zimbabweans who want to settle abroad permanently. ...

  • Zimbabwe Mugabe Marks Zimbabwean Independence as Elections Loom

    All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

    Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe marked the 33rd anniversary of his country's independence from the UK with a call to Zimbabweans to shun violence ahead of elections expected later this year. Speaking at a rally in Harare, 89-year-old Mugabe said Zimbabwe was now due to hold "harmonized elections" and he wished to urge the nation to "uphold and promote peace." ...

  • Bangladesh hit back in Harare

    Sportal - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    Bangladesh reached 1-95 at stumps on day two of the first Test against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday.The tourists looked relatively comfortable in reply to Zimbabwe's total of 389, losing just one wicket in 25 overs, with Shahriar Nafees the only man to depart for 29.Opener Jahurul Islam (38) and Mohammad Ashraful (23) were both unbeaten heading into the third day.Earlier in the day, ...

  • Tsvangirai Zimbabwe Independence Lacks Basic Freedoms

    VOA - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    WASHINGTON DC -- In his independence message, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said April 18 is a day when Zimbabweans feel proud of their tenacity and resilience as a people. The only tragic news, he said, is that independence did not come with basic freedoms as we had all assumed. He said: "We still have a huge deficit when it comes to respect for human dignity and human rights ...

  • Dynamos Beat Highlanders Win Independence Cup

    VOA - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    WASHINGTON DC -- Dynamost beat highlanders 1-0 on Thursday in an independence cup tie at the National Sports Stadium to lift the independence trophy for the seventh time since its launch in 1983. Dynamos scored in the ...

  • Bulawayo Fuel Station Gutted by Fire No Casualties

    VOA - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    WASHINGTON DC -- A fuel service station in downtown Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, was reduced to ashes late Thursday after it caught fire while taking delivery. Redan Service Station, located at the Main Street and 5th Avenue intersection, exploded into a fireball when two trucks unloading fuel caught fire that witnesses said was triggered by an ironsmith who was welding ...

  • Bangladesh fight back in 2nd Zimbabwe Test

    SBS - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    Captain Brendan Taylor scored 171 runs in Zimbabwe's total of 389 but Bangladesh hit back to be 1-95 after two days of the 1st Test in ...

  • Zim Mugabe warns against election violence

    Mail & Guardian - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    "The country is now due to hold harmonised elections, and I wish to urge the nation to uphold and promote peace," Mugabe told a rally in the capital to mark the 33rd anniversary of the former Rhodesia's independence from Britain. He told party leaders to avoid exhorting their followers to attack opponents and said he had ordered the police to get tough on perpetrators of ...

  • Zimbabwes President Mugabe in passionate plea for peace

    The Africa Report - Thursday 18th April, 2013

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Thursday made an impassioned plea for peace ahead of elections he wants held in June. Mugabe (89) who wants to stand for another term told thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Harare to celebrate the country's 33rd independence anniversary said political violence had soiled Zimbabwe's image. "We want peace, let the people vote in ...

  • Source: http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/213947189/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2

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