"Made in Angola" to create competition

angolapress-en Saturday, May 19, 2012 11:32:00 PM CEST | info

Angola, Luanda The chairman of the Angolan Industial Association (AIA), José Severino, said Friday in Luanda that the “Feito em Angola” programme is a singular opportunity for Angolans to take the responsibility of placing their products in internal market competition....

Nyarota and Mbanga arrested

insiderzim Friday, May 18, 2012 9:41:00 PM CEST | info

Daily News editor Geoff Nyarota and his former business partner Wilf Mbanga were arrested for allegedly flouting investment laws and exchange control regulations when they obtained the operating licence to launch the newspaper in 1998. Read more......

Daily News editors arrested

insiderzim Friday, May 18, 2012 4:22:00 PM CEST | info

Three senior editors of the Daily News , Geoff Nyarota, William Saidi and John Gambanga were arrested together with reporter Sam Munyavi over a story that alleged that police vehicles had been used to assist people looting commercial farms in Chinhoyi. Read more......

Maritime security is a priority - Sisulu

iol Friday, May 18, 2012 12:01:00 AM CEST | info

Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says the SANDF will continue to protect and secure the country’s 3 000km coastline as part of its maritime security strategy....

Over 50,000 Angolan refugees live in SADC countries

angolapress-en Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:37:00 PM CEST | info

Angola , Namacunde - At least 54,000 Angolan refugees live in Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, amongst adults and children. This was disclosed Thursday in Namacunde district, Angola's southern Cunene province, by the representative for Southern Africa of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Sergio Calle Norenã....

Police spend R81m on trips

iol Thursday, May 17, 2012 10:44:00 AM CEST | info

Police officials splurged more than R80 million during the past financial year on trips overseas, the Police Minister revealed....

Zvobgo planned to ditch Mugabe for Tsvangirai two weeks before elections

insiderzim Tuesday, May 15, 2012 6:47:00 PM CEST | info

Masvingo Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front provincial supremo Eddison Zvobgo planned to ditch President Robert Mugabe and endorse Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai two weeks before the 2002 presidential elections in exchange for the post of Speaker of Parliament. Read more....

The US had it cut out for a Tsvangirai or Mugabe victory

insiderzim Tuesday, May 15, 2012 10:22:00 AM CEST | info

The United States already had it cut out for a Morgan Tsvangirai or Robert Mugabe victory in the 2002 presidential elections three months before the poll. Read more......

Pan African Business Forum endorses Dr Diamini-Zuma for AU Chair race

ghanaweb Monday, May 14, 2012 10:21:00 PM CEST | info

The Pan African Business Forum has endorsed Dr Nkosozana Diaminio-Zuma’s candidature in next month’s African Union Commission Chairperson race, saying her win would be victory for gender equality and a fresh awakening to Pan African sentiments. The Forum said in Accra at a press conference on Monday.......

Zvobgo said Tsvangirai was shallow and immature

insiderzim Monday, May 14, 2012 9:23:00 AM CEST | info

Masvingo kingpin Eddison Zvobgo told United States embassy officials that Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was “intense and passionate” but he was also “shallow and immature”. Read more......

Sars to crack down on businesses using loopholes

iol Sunday, May 13, 2012 6:54:00 PM CEST | info

Multinational companies were using “increasingly sophisticated” financial schemes, including transfer pricing, to evade domestic tax liabilities, Sars commissioner Oupa Magashula has warned MPs....

Dealing with Mugabe the consummate survivor

insiderzim Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:29:00 AM CEST | info

Although presidential elections were just a year away, the United States embassy in Harare was so convinced that President Robert Mugabe would not just go away and mapped out strategies to deal with him and recommended action that the new United States government under George Bush should take. Read more....

Zvobgo kicked out of politburo to protect Mnangagwa’s rise

insiderzim Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:44:00 AM CEST | info

Former Masvingo politburo member Eddison Zvobgo was forced out of the ruling party’s supreme body to protect Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy, political commentator Brian Raftopoulos said. Read more......

People of Bikita punished for Zvobgo’s sins

insiderzim Saturday, May 12, 2012 9:54:00 PM CEST | info

An advisor to the Movement for Democratic Change candidate for the Bikita West by-election told United States embassy officials that the violence in the constituency in the run-up to the elections was a reflection of a larger conflict between the Karanga and the Zezuru ethnic groups. Read more......

Zvobgo’s hospitalisation slows down bills

insiderzim Saturday, May 12, 2012 12:50:00 PM CEST | info

The hospitalisation of Masvingo legislator Eddison Zvobgo in October 2003 halted Parliament’s ability to pass bills for several weeks as he was chairman of the crucial Parliamentary Legal Committee. Read more......

MDC leaders planned to go into exile after presidential poll

insiderzim Thursday, May 10, 2012 8:32:00 PM CEST | info

After witnessing thousands of its supporters being barred from voting in the 2002 presidential poll, the Movement for Democratic Change decided that some of its leaders must leave the country to carry on the struggle but secretary-general Welshman Ncube was arrested near the border with Botswana. Read more....

Ncube says judge is a staunch ZANU-PF supporter

insiderzim Thursday, May 10, 2012 7:01:00 PM CEST | info

Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube said High Court judge George Chiweshe was not likely to release MDC members including national treasurer Fletcher Dulini- Ncube because he was a former military judge and a staunch Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front supporter....

US sponsors dinner to get MDC and ZANU-PF talking

insiderzim Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:14:00 AM CEST | info

The United States embassy in Harare supported a dinner hosted by then Industry Minister Nkosana Moyo to get the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change talking. Read more......

Ncube says Tsvangirai has provided fodder for criticism of MDC

insiderzim Thursday, May 10, 2012 6:14:00 AM CEST | info

Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube said careless statements by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai had provided rich fodder for criticism especially his remarks that President Robert Mugabe would be out of office by December 2000. Read more......

ZANU-PF not ready for a woman president

insiderzim Tuesday, May 8, 2012 4:10:00 PM CEST | info

Despite the meteoric rise of Joice Mujuru to Vice-President of the nation as well as of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, ZANU-PF is not ready to accept a woman as president, a cable released by Wikileaks says. Read more......

MDC victory in 2000 could have been destabilising

insiderzim Tuesday, May 8, 2012 10:05:00 AM CEST | info

A South African legislator Ebrahim Ebrahim told United States embassy officials that the outcome of the 2000 Zimbabwe elections in which the Movement for Democratic Change narrowly lost to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was a welcome result because a ZANU-PF loss would have been destabilising....

Jobless youth time bomb

thetimes-za Tuesday, May 8, 2012 2:05:00 AM CEST | info

A young person is three times more likely to be unemployed than an adult globally and if the disparity is not dealt with urgently economic protest will worsen....

Dabengwa was bitter that Mujuru never publicly supported Makoni

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 9:01:00 PM CEST | info

Dumiso Dabengwa, a former politburo member of the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front who left the party to support presidential candidate Simba Makoni, was bitter that his one-time comrade-in-arms Solomon Mujuru never came out publicly in support of Makoni. Read more......

Mujuru worked with Tsvangirai to marginalise Mugabe

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 5:12:00 PM CEST | info

Retired general Solomon Mujuru was working closely with Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai after the signing of the Global Political Agreement in an effort to marginalise President Robert Mugabe. Read more......

Conference gave Mujuru another chance to challenge Mugabe

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 5:12:00 PM CEST | info

Former army commander Solomon Mujuru who had been against President Robert Mugabe’s continued stay at the helm of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front since 2006 was to be provided another chance to challenge the octogenarian at the December party annual conference. Read more......

Mutambara and Tsvangirai enter into pact

insiderzim Monday, May 7, 2012 1:25:00 PM CEST | info

The smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Arthur Mutambara, which won only 10 seats in the 29 March elections but holds the balance of power, managed to squeeze a major concession from its bigger partner, the Tsvangirai-led faction, when it agreed to support Morgan Tsvangirai in the presidential elections run -off....

Investment Potential in Africa highlights need for sound public policy

myjoyonline Monday, May 7, 2012 2:38:00 AM CEST | info

The rise of the middle class and the increase of wealth in private hands in Africa signal great opportunities for growth for the continent and investors....

Four MPs loyal to Mujuru voted for Tsvangirai candidate

insiderzim Sunday, May 6, 2012 2:54:00 PM CEST | info

Four Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Members of Parliament who were affiliated to the Solomon Mujuru camp voted for the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai candidate for speaker, Lovemore Moyo, United States ambassador to Zimbabwe James McGhee said. Read more......