Leishmaniasis Treatment; China's National Health Plan; Zimbabwe Food Security; HIV/AIDS Spending In India
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:10:51 -0500
"A heating device that uses radio frequency energy to heat parasites and kill them could provide a new way to treat ... cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, military researchers...

West Indies v Zimbabwe live score
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:45 -0500
Back to top Umpires: N A Malcolm, S J A Taufel, R S Mahanama, C E Mack West Indies: Gayle (C), Barath, Chanderpaul, Deonarine, DJ Bravo, Pollard, Ramdin (W), Sammy, Miller, Rampaul, Roach Zimbabwe:...

Trio in Trouble Over Tusks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:54:49 -0500
Harare — POLICE last week swooped on three suspected ivory tusk dealers in the city centre and recovered five tusks worth over US$6 000. George Vushe (35), Tongai Matsika (28) and Christopher M...

Women Urged to Take Advantage of Laws
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:24 -0500
Harare — ZIMBABWEAN women should take advantage of the Government's indigenisation laws to empower themselves, Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has said. Addressing a gathering to commemor...

Black Mambas Ready to Strike
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:23 -0500
Harare — AFTER 17 years of trying to make a comeback into the Premiership, Black Mambas finally broke the jinx last week when they emerged winners from the Premiership play-offs. Mambas finishe...

Allocate Working Space to SMEs - Nyoni
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:22 -0500
Harare — LOCAL authorities have been urged to consider the allocation of working space to small to medium enterprises to enable them to set up factories and expand their operations. The call wa...

Govt to Review Tax Laws
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:21 -0500
Harare — Zimbabwe's mining sector has failed to contribute meaningfully to the country's economy in the recent years with Government now working towards reviewing tax laws to ensure maximum bene...

Chihupi Follows Dembo's Footsteps
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:20 -0500
The likes of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Dominic Benhura, Oliver Mtukudzi, Thomas Mapfumo, Daves Guzha, the late Safirio "Muka-dota" Madzikatire and the late Leonard Dembo, among others, were masters in th...

PSL Close to Rufaro Deal
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:19 -0500
Harare — THE Premier Soccer League, reeling under a financial deficit including a US$46 000 debt to the Sport and Recreation Commission, are on the verge of sealing a deal to lease Rufaro, which...

WMMI Needs to Refocus Business
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:19 -0500
When duty on imported trucks was twice what it is now, demand was still low. In any case, we doubt whether it is possible to increase duty on Sadc-made trucks without running foul of at least the spi...

Sculptor Pays Tribute to Girl Child Network
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:18 -0500
Sculptors like Dominic Benhura, Tago Tazvitya and Lazarus Takawira have hopped around the globe exhibiting their artifacts inspired by experiences at home and scooping prestigious awards in the proces...

Ministry Borrows Cash From Polytech
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:17 -0500
Harare — THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Public Accounts yesterday grilled the Ministry of Higher and Tertiary Education on why they borrowed US$950 and fuel coupons totalling 585 litre...

O-Level Results Ready for Collection
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:16 -0500
Harare — LAST year's Ordinary Level examination results are out. In a statement yesterday, Zimsec director Mr Happy Ndanga said the results had already been dispatched to regional offices acros...

Garbage Disposal - Corporates Must Chip in
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:15 -0500
opinion Harare — Green bomber flies buzz and summersault effortlessly on a huge mound of rubbish, an assortment of rotten food, empty cans and plastic that have been heaping in the alley for se...

Truworths Targets Chinese Products
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:14 -0500
Harare — RETAIL group Truworths Limited is targeting importing fabric and finished products directly from China to reduce costs. They intend to roll out the merchandise in their lower income st...

State Closes Case in Bennett Trial
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:12 -0500
Harare — THE prosecution yesterday closed its case in the terrorism trial of MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett and the defence immediately launched an application for discharge of the politician argui...

De Jonge Posts His Best PGA Finish
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:10 -0500
Harare — ZIMBABWEAN golfer Brendon de Jonge came out a credible ninth in a strong field at the Honda Classic tournament on Sunday to record his best finish on the PGA tour this season in the Uni...

Rautenbach Shines in SA
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:09 -0500
Harare — YOUNG Zimbabwean motor rally driver Conrad Rautenbach raised the country's flag high during the Total Tour Natal Rally in South Africa where he finished fourth at the weekend. Rautenba...

Angloplat Backs Indigenisation Policies
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:09 -0500
Harare — ANGLO Platinum, the world's largest platinum producer says it will go ahead with its planned commissioning of the R3,4 billion Unki Mine later this year despite reservations among some ...

ZSE Trading At Lowest Levels
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:08 -0500
Harare — THE Zimbabwe Stock Exchanged is currently trading at some of its lowest levels since re-opening in February last year, with the mainstream industrial index shedding off a cumulative 20 ...

Rhodesians Should Be Isolated
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:07 -0500
And this means the leaves waste away quickly too. In fact, the process from ripening to rotting takes a matter of days, especially when there is a lot of rain as there is these days. The challenge for...

Govt Cancels 199 Driver's Licences
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:05 -0500
Harare — GOVERNMENT has, with effect from today, cancelled 199 driver's licences issued at the Chiredzi Vehicle Inspection Department Depot between January and June last year as part of measures...

AFZ Gets U.S.$20,000 Medical Equipment
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:24:04 -0500
Harare — THE Air Force of Zimbabwe last Friday received medical equipment worth US$20 000 from a Chinese company Brownieget to help in its community assistance projects and the general upkeep of...

Prosecutors in Zimbabwe to reply to Bennett's application
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:33:48 -0500
Thulasizwe Simelane, Zimbabwe Zimbabwean prosecutors will this morning respond to Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Treasurer Roy Bennett's application for a dismissal of the case against him. Be...

Lost Jews 'found in Zimbabwe'
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:06:46 -0500
BBC News, Harare The Lemba people of Zimbabwe and South Africa may look like their compatriots, but they follow a very different set of customs and traditions.They do not eat pork, they practi...

People Must Help Their Former Schools
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:36 -0500
editorial Harare — THERE are many well-educated Zimbabweans who, over the decades, were privileged to attend some first class schools, or at least schools that were adequate and gave them the o...

Tobacco Selling Days Increased
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:34 -0500
Harare — THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board yesterday increased the number of selling days for tobacco by another day as a result of an improvement in deliveries to the two floors. Tobacc...

Does Motherhood Have a Shelf Life
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:34 -0500
Despite these medical warnings and social and cultural red tapes, an Indian woman, at the age of 70, became the oldest mother when she gave birth to twins on July 5, 2008. On December 26 2006, a 66-y...

Senate Passes RBZ Amendment Bill
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:33 -0500
Harare — SENATE yesterday passed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill after it had been on the House Order Paper for close to three months. The Bill was passed as amended by the House of...

Deadly Multi-Drug Resistant TB Case Reported in Epworth
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:32 -0500
Harare — ONE case of deadly multi-drug resistant tuberculosis has been confirmed in Epworth and two more people in the same area are suspected to be infected. Health experts say the disease has...

Wild Cheers As Floodgates Open
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:32 -0500
HUNDREDS of people thronged the Kariba Dam wall yesterday to witness the opening of the floodgates a spectacle that was last seen in February 2008. Increasing water volumes in Kariba Dam that led to ...

Three More State Varsities On Cards
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:31 -0500
Harare — Government is set to build three more State universities in the next five years in Matabeleland South, Mashonaland East and Manicaland. These provinces are the only ones without State ...

Typhoid Outbreak Claims Five
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:31 -0500
Harare — FIVE people, who died from what was initially believed to be malaria in Mabvuku, actually succumbed to typhoid fever, Harare City Council's health department has said. City health serv...

Donor HIV/Aids Funding Declines
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:30 -0500
Harare — HIV AND Aids funding from the donor community has decreased by more than 50 percent since 2006, the National Aids Council has said. Though the council refused to give possible reasons ...

Bleak Future for Winter Wheat Production
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:28 -0500
Harare — ZIMBABWE could be bracing for another year of food insecurity, amid bleak expectations for both the maize harvest next month and the forthcoming winter wheat production. A recent maize...

U..S Declares War Against Country
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:27 -0500
opinion Harare — It is a war. Last week United States president Barack Obama announced he was extending US sanctions on Zimbabwe for another year as his country continued with the "national eme...

Country Celebrates Women's Day
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:25 -0500
Harare — THE National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe in collaboration with the embassies of Canada and Spain, recently held a series of arts events as part of commemorations to mark International Women...

Softball League Off to Slow Start
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:24 -0500
Harare — HARARE Schools Softball League got off to a slow start last week with Tafara High 1 dominating the proceedings as they won their opening two matches in the Under-18 category. Tafara Hi...

Govt to Support SMEs' At Shanghai Expo - Charamba
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:24 -0500
Harare — THE Government has pledged full support to Small and Medium Enterprises to ensure their successful participation at the Shanghai World Exposition 2010 scheduled to run between May and O...

Unusual Visitor in Highfield
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:23 -0500
Harare — RESIDENTS of Highfield, Harare, yesterday woke up to find an unusual visitor in the suburb. People rushed from all over the suburb to catch a glimpse of a baboon that had strayed into ...

Minister Castigates Foreign Banks
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:22 -0500
Harare — YOUTH Development, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has castigated some foreign financial institutions for failing to financially support local busine...

Demo in Solidarity With Fired Council Worker
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:22 -0500
Harare — SOME Harare City workers yesterday besieged Town House demanding the immediate reinstatement of fired unionist Mr Cosmos Bungu. Mr Bungu was fired on allegations of absconding from wor...

EFE Securities Fraud - Former Boss in Court
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:21 -0500
Harare — FORMER general manager of EFE Securities (Private) Limited Nesbert Taurai Tsimba has appeared in court facing theft charges involving more than US$370 000 meant for buying stocks for th...

Civil Servants' Strike Called Off
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:21:15 -0500
Harare — Leaders of unions representing civil servants have called off their strike, ostensibly to give dialogue a chance. Yesterday, the Civil Service Apex Council said the strike -- which rec...

Moyo Remains Speaker of House, Says Court
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:56:39 -0500
Harare — Tsholotsho legislator Professor Jonathan Moyo's bid to nullify Mr Lovemore Moyo's election as Speaker of the House of Assembly failed after the High Court yesterday threw out the challe...

Another Call for South African Intervention as Zimbabwe Unity Gov't Woes Mount
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:08 -0500
StumbleUpon Both formations of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change will ask South African President Jacob Zuma to intervene in the latest dispute troubling the Harare unity government – th...

Iran Pledges To Stand With Zimbabwe's President Mugabe In His Fight Against Western Sanctions
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:05 -0500
StumbleUpon Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said his country will support Zimbabwe in the face of Western sanctions on President Robert Mugabe and hundreds of senior ZANU-PF officials and suppor...

UN Agency Commits US$21 Million to Zimbabwe Constitutional Process - Lawmaker
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:05 -0500
Co-Chairman Douglas Mwondzora of the Parliamentary Select Committee for Constitutional Revision said a contract with the United National Development Program has been signed and a referendum is possibl...

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Reform Legislation Passes Senate, Heads for Signature
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:03 -0500
Chief Senate Whip Obert Gutu of the MDC formation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the Reserve Bank bill passed without any amendments, sending the legislation to President Robert Mugabe for h...

Zimbabwe Police Fail to Enforce High Court Ruling Against Former Anglican Bishop
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:02 -0500
Sources in the authorized branch of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa said that the police on Sunday refused to enforce a High Court ruling which rejected a Kunonga appeal of an ea...

Faction of Zimbabwe Student Union Alleges MDC Role in Clash Over Constitution
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:12:00 -0500
The National Constitutional Assembly, aligned with the ZINASU faction alleging the attacks, issued a statement on Tuesday condemning such violence and pinning blame for the clash on the MDC formation ...

Zimbabwe Cricket Side at Disadvantage Against Windies With Jarvis on Injured List
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:11:48 -0500
StumbleUpon Zimbabwe Cricket fast bowler Kyle Jarvis has been sidelined in the squad’s West Indies tour due to a lower back injury with Zimbabwe and West Indies tied 1-1 in their ongoing series ...

Zinasu Factional Fighting Turns Ugly
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:12 -0500
The battle between two factions of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) turned nasty over the weekend with accusations that MDC youths allegedly assaulted leaders from one faction opposed to ...

Jonathan Moyo and Others Lose Case against Speaker of Parliament
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:07 -0500
High Court Judge Bharat Patel has dismissed with costs an application by Tsholotsho North MP Jonathan Moyo and three other legislators, who were seeking to nullify the August 2008 election of Lovemore...

The Forgotten Plight of Zimbabwe's Xenophobia Victims in South Africa
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:05 -0500
At least 1,500 Zimbabweans who fled their homes in the De Doorns farming area in the Western Cape, after they were attacked by South African mobs, believe they have been overlooked by authorities and ...

Diamond Mining Firms Face Stern Parliament Rebuke
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:17:00 -0500
Two state authorised diamond mining firms, who have been mining the controversial Chiadzwa alluvial fields, could face a stern parliamentary rebuke for avoiding two consecutive parliamentary hearings ...