Zimbabwe’s top legal mind Advocate Chikumbirike dies

Zimbabwe’s top legal mind Advocate Chikumbirike dies http://www.africalegalbrief.com/ Friday, 06 May 2011 07:51 The legal fraternity yesterday described prominent lawyer Mr George Charles Chikumbirike who died on Wednesday as a legal icon who contributed immensely to the development of law in Zimbabwe.He was 56. Mr Chikumbirike, who died at St Annes Hospital after a short illness, was arguably …

Zim’s balance of trade likely to fall

Zim’s trade balance likely to fall http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Roadwin Chirara, Staff WriterFriday, 06 May 2011 16:00 HARARE – Zimbabwe’s the trade balance is likely to deteriorate by more than three percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2011, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said. According to the Bretton Woods institution’s regional economic outlook sub-Saharan Africa, global commodity …

MDC -T pushing for diaspora vote

MDC-T Pushes For Diaspora Vote http://www.radiovop.com 06/05/2011 11:40:00 Harare, May 06, 2011 – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is pushing South African President Jacob Zuma, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) facilitator in the Zimbabwe crisis, to allow the Diaspora to vote in the next elections now thought to be held in …

White Farmers Refuse To Buy Cattle Owned By Zanu (PF) Official

White Farmers Refuse To Buy Cattle Owned By Zanu (PF) Official http://www.radiovop.com/ 06/05/2011 16:56:00 Gwanda, May 06, 2011 – Cattle buyers mainly white commercial farmers from Gwanda and Bulawayo refused to buy cattle belonging to former Matabeleland South Zanu (PF) chairman Rido Mpofu at a Cattle Sale here on Thursday. Mpofu is allegedly desperate for cash as …

ZESA fails to import power

Zesa fails to import power http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Oscar NkalaFriday, 06 May 2011 11:49 BULAWAYO – Zimbabwean businesses will continue to suffer from power shortages in the short–term as the country is unable to import power from the region as the entire southern Africa faces severe shortages, a top Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) official has said. John Chifamba, …

President hailed for Tokwe-Murkosi payment

President hailed for Tokwe-Murkosi payment Wednesday, 04 May 2011 22:31 Masvingo Bureau THE Masvingo provincial leadership has hailed President Mugabe and Government for putting pressure on Finance Minister Tendai Biti to release 12 million Euros to an Italian contractor to start work on Tokwe-Murkosi Dam. Work on the project in the drought prone Masvingo province …

Villagers Demand Compensation For Being Moved From Diamond Fields

Villagers Demand Compensation For Being Moved From Diamond Fields http://www.radiovop.com/ 04/05/2011 13:00:00 Mutare, May 04, 2011 – The remaining 40 families in Chiadzwa diamond fields are demanding US$50 000 per family as compensation before they are moved to ARDA Transau in Odzi area. Chiadzwa Community Development Trust (CCDT) chairman Malvern Mudiwa said the families had agreed not to …

ZESA lose $5 million to vandals

Zesa loses $5 million to vandals http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Lovejoy SakalaWednesday, 04 May 2011 06:44 HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) says it has lost equipment worth about $5 million between January 2010 and February 2011.Zesa spokeperson, Sherperd Mandizvidza said vandalism has impacted heavily of the power utility to expand its network.He said ZETDC …

Zim provinces face hunger

Zim provinces face hunger http://www.zimonline.co.za by Tobias Manyuchi     Wednesday 04 May 2011 HARARE – Four of Zimbabwe’s 10 provinces face food shortages this year with poor households in the affected areas expected to harvest food enough to last only about two months, according to the Famine Early Warning System and Network (FEWSNET). The US-funded early warning system on …

ZanuPF linked with major poaching syndicate

ZANU PF linked to Zim poaching syndicate http://www.swradioafrica.com By Alex Bell04 May 2011 Robert Mugabe’s party has been linked to a complex, international syndicate that is specialising in the trafficking and poaching of Zimbabwe’s wildlife. According to a report published on Tuesday by the Daily News newspaper, the ZANU PF officials are part of an “intricate web …