Robert Mugabe

MDC MPs Ejected From Swearing-in Ceremony as Zanu PF Appoints 'Unelected' Councillors

allafrica.com     03-Sep-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 3 September 2008 Violet Gonda ZANU PF once again proved it does not play by the rules when on Tuesday it unilaterally appointed non-elected councillors at a swearing-in ceremony in Makoni, Manicaland...                    

Funeral service for Zambian president begins

iht.com     03-Sep-2008   4 related          

The South African and Zimbabwean leaders were mourning with Zambians as they buried their president. South Africa's Thabo Mbeki and Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe were among those at the nationally televised funeral service...                    

Britain urges free and fair election in Zambia

reuters.co.uk     02-Sep-2008   9 related          

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Britain on Tuesday urged Zambian authorities to ensure a free and fair presidential election in November and to avoid a repeat of neighbour Zimbabwe's flawed polls. British Minister for Africa, Asia...                    

Dear Madonna: John McCain is not Adolf Hitler

dailyestimate.com     02-Sep-2008          

Kabala enthusiast and millionaire singer Madonna crossed the line by making comparisons between Hitler - the author of the Holocaust - and Republican John McCain. by Abraham Foxman Tuesday, September 02, 2008 Here we go...                    

Zimbabwe 'retains aid controls'

bbc.co.uk     02-Sep-2008   12 related          

The year's maize harvest is said to be the worst on record Aid agencies in Zimbabwe have complained that they remain subject to tight government controls despite the lifting of a ban on food aid. Hopes that the government...                    

Gold fundamentals Still Pointing Towards $2000+

goldseek.com     02-Sep-2008   3 related          

Confused about the latest sell-off in gold? Confused about the contradicting explanations coming your way through all kinds of financial media? Will this latest correction be proven temporary? Or did we just witnessed...                    

Power-Sharing Talks Falter In Zimbabwe, MDC Stands Firm

sptimes.ru     01-Sep-2008   23 related          

Reuters HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s main opposition party said on Sunday the latest talks on power-sharing with the ruling ZANU-PF that resumed on Friday in South Africa did not reach agreement. “All the negotiating...                    

Poisoned Dwarf sells soul for a dollar!

adscam.typepad.com     01-Sep-2008          

My mates over at the Tribble Agency, had an update on the WPP/Y&R fiasco in Zimbabwe that I wrote about a few weeks ago. If you remember, the Mugabe Ad Agency in Harare, which just happens to be run by Sharon Mugabe, a...                    

US Group Dru-Hill Not Coming As Suspected

allafrica.com     01-Sep-2008   2 related          

Posted to the web 1 September 2008 Sandra Mandizvidza US R&B group Dru-hill, whom Tichafa Matambanadzo aka Titch Mataz said was scheduled to perform in Zimbabwe last week, did not turn up. The group was probably never...                    

Country's Options

allafrica.com     01-Sep-2008   1 related          

Posted to the web 1 September 2008 Johannesburg A DECADE ago, Zimbabwe's inflation rate was 32% and a year ago it was over 7000%. The danger is that the talks that seem to be under way will yield a settlement that does...