Harare, Zimbabwe News

FURTHER details have emerged over Zimbabwe's controversial platinum deals and credit facilities with China which have now provoked a storm in government as the main political leaders fight to claim glory for the funding.

President Robert Mugabe on Thursday appealed to international investors to come to Zimbabwe, saying laws limiting foreign ownership of businesses had not been understood.

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HEADLINES author/source:Daily Telegraph published:Wed 8-Jul-2009 posted on this site:Wed 8-Jul-2009 The couple had been attacked three times in the last six months By Peta Thornycroft in Harare Bob Vaughan-Evans, a director of Zimbabwe's Commercial Farmers' Union, has been axed to death at his home.

A Zimbabwean teachers' union is threatening to boycott classes every Friday if a number of their grievances including low pay are not addressed.

Air Botswana has increased its flight frequency from Gaborone to Harare to three.

The Zimbabwean coalition government cannot afford to repay debts incurred when President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF was ruling on its own and will not repay those debts.

Johnnie Carson, the United States' most senior official focused on Africa, has been labelled "an idiot" by Zimbabwean President Mugabe, following an angry exchange between the two in Libya last week, state media reported today.

In this Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006 file photo miners dig for diamonds in Marange, eastern Zimbabwe.

POPULAR South African singer Penelope Jane Dunlop, also known as PJ Powers or Thandeka, makes a welcome return to Harare this week for a show series at Reps Theatre, performing a range of songs that have helped make her a household name in entertainment throughout Southern Africa during the past 25 years.

HARARE, Zimbabwe - Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe James D. McGee promised more United States support for the country's political and economic recovery Friday but said democratic reforms needed to be in place first.

The co-chairperson of the Parliamentary Select Committee on constitutional reform, Douglas Mwonzora, on Friday said comments made by Robert Mugabe that the new constitution must be anchored on the Kariba Draft, were just a reflection of Mugabea s personal view point.

PARENTS of pupils who fail to pay school fees and levies could lose household property and other valuables after schools in the capital set debt collectors on them to compel payments.

The case in Zimbabwe was dropped after it emerged police had no warrant to search his home.

A BURNLEY grandmother is spearheading a campaign to help people in Zimbabwe after returning from a fact-finding mission to the poverty-stricken country.

Zimbabwe's former finance minister Simba Makoni on Wednesday launched a new opposition party that promises to "clean up" the country's political landscape.

The latest Zimbabwean weekly The Sunday Mail carries a story telling the horrible stories of increased robberies threatening local people's daily life.

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announced the largest loan secured by the unity government since it was formed in February.

Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's former opposition party says it is considering "disengagement" from the unity government, but stopped short of withdrawing from its partnership with President Robert Mugabe.

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe is expected to declare through a proclamation a weekend or three days of national dedication for the country to celebrate new-found peace and unity, The Herald said on Saturday.