November 2008 News

Theresa Makone visits Leeds

Published: November 30, 2008

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Leeds(ZimEye)More than 150 people crowded thronged the Little London Community Center building on Saturday to hear the MDC MP for Harare North Theresa Makone who is currently visiting the United Kingdom.
Songs, ululation and dance was the order of the show, as the Movement for Democratic Change held its November 2008 Womens Assembly general meeting. Zimbabweans from all [...]


MDC councillor dies in gruesome murder in Murehwa

Published: November 29, 2008

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Murehwa (ZimEye) Found dead, strangulated, and mutilated. These are some of the words a doctor and the police have used to describe the death of Movement for Democratic Change councillor for Chinake, Aloys Chandisarewa Sanyangore.
A father of six, Sanyangore was an elderly politician who tirelessly served the MDC in Murehwa ward 16. On the 8th [...]


Zimbabwe parties agree on draft bill

Published: November 29, 2008

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BY Blessing Chapwati
 
HARARE (ZimEye)-Negotiating parties in Zimbabwe’s talks to form a power sharing government have agreed on a draft constitutional amendment but outstanding issues remain.
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) spokesperson Nelson Chamisa confirmed on Friday that an agreement had been reached but outstanding issues still remain.
 
“We have reached an understanding, an agreement on the draft [...]


Zanu PF shifts blame for Cholera epidemic to the West

Published: November 27, 2008

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By Tandiwe Jenje [Analysis]
HARARE (ZimEye) As hundreds of Zimbabwean citizens die of both hunger and the lethal sting of Cholera, Robert Mugabe’s government has begun to redirect the blame for the Cholera epidemic outside the nation’s borders.
“The situation is under control. There is no need to declare it,” Edwin Muguti told AFP, and blamed the [...]


ZCTU demands Unlimited Cash Withdrawals

Published: November 27, 2008

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HARARE(ZimEye) The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has declared that Zimbabweans should throng banks on Wednesday demanding unlimited cash withdrawal limits in order to get government to fix the one- year old cash crisis.
 
Lovemore Matombo, ZCTU president detailed to a press briefing on Thursday that the move was deliberated at the labour body’s General [...]


Botswana calls on SADC to isolate Mugabe

Published: November 26, 2008

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By Vusi Moyo & Tandiwe Jenje
 
Harare(ZimEye)The Botswana Foreign Affairs minister, Phandu Skelemani has called for Zimbabwe’s borders to be closed.
 
Speaking on BBC’s HardTalk programme today (Wednesday), Skelemani urged for isolation on Mugabe in order to press for his departure as Zimbabwe’s president. In an address to the SADC body, he stated,
 
“The rest of us should [...]


Gono blames banks, Stock Brokers, and ZSE for inflation

Published: November 25, 2008

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By Xolani Sibanda
Harare(ZimEye) ‘The fraudulent collaboration between some banks, Stock Brockers and the Zimbabwe stock exchange is the most inflationary vehicle’
This was said by Reserve Bank Governor Dr Gideon Gono in his monetary statement for the end of the year issued out on the 20th of November. Gono, who had been rumoured to be willing [...]


U.S to honor outstanding HIV and AIDS activists‏

Published: November 25, 2008

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Harare: November 25, 2008- In honor of World AIDS Day, U.S. Ambassador James McGee will present the annual Auxillia Chimusoro Awards at a ceremony to be held on Wednesday December 3, 2008 at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. The awards go to individuals and organizations that have excelled in mitigating the stigma surrounding HIV and [...]


No schools will open next year

Published: November 25, 2008

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By Xolani Sibanda
Harare(ZimEye)-Schools will not open for the new term next year unless government addresses the problems affecting teachers and every Zimbabwean’s, a highly placed source in the Zimbabwe teachers association has informed ZimEye.
ZIMTA, the teachers Trade Union which is speaking to rival faction Progressive teachers association, protests against mass resignations by teachers if government [...]


Africa Union draft decision against Zimbabwe’s government

Published: November 25, 2008

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By Vusi Moyo
Harare(ZimEye)The African Commission on Human Rights (ACHPR)’ Legal Secretariat has completed it’s draft resolution in the case brought before it against the Zimbabwe government challenging provisions of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA).
 
This was declared by Media Institute Of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe Chairman Loughty Dube, ahead of MISA [...]


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