Detained freelance journalist Frank Chikowore's lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, has filed an urgent High Court application compelling the police to take Chikowore to hospital as he is complaining of abdominal and chest pains.

Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is using a network of informal detention centers to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch said today.

The Bulls turned around last week's shocking form to beat the Otago Highlanders 47-17 in the Super 14 on Saturday. Having lost 50-22 last week to the Wellington Hurricanes, the Bulls scored six tries to two against Otago at Loftus

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Zimbabwe to end harassment of media after an attack on Matthew Takaona, President of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), and called for an investigation into the abduction

The MDC said it rejected the partial recount of votes from March 29 elections, which began on Saturday, and said it would not accept the outcome.

PRESIDENT Mwanawasa has no intentions of taking over as mediator in Zimbabwe crisis, Information and Broadcasting Services Minister, Mike Mulongoti, has said.

Zimbabweans in the diaspora are finding creative ways to highlight their plight and to protest the electoral crisis that has continued back home.

A Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe, which was turned away from South Africa, is heading to Angola in hopes of docking there, the transport minister of Mozambique said on Saturday.

Soweto is internationally recognised as a home for all South Africans, African National Congress president Jacob Zuma said on Saturday. "I'm really happy to celebrate my birthday in Soweto," he said. Zuma arrived just after 1pm in Klipspruit.

Supporters of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF have set up a network of torture camps where they have been assaulting opposition activists, a leading rights group said on Saturday. The New York-based Human Rights Watch said that suspected supporters of

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Correspondence published by Zimbabwe's state media that was purported to be between British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) chief Morgan Tsvangirai is a hoax, the United Kingdom embassy said on Thursday.

President Thabo Mbeki must be relieved of his duties as mediator in the current impasse in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said in Johannesburg on Thursday. "We want to thank President Mbeki for all of his efforts, but President

Moroka Swallows coach Ian Gorowa and pivotal central defender Bevan Fransman will pay the penalty for their recent penalty protests in the controversial Premier Soccer League game against Kaizer Chiefs. One-game suspensions will sideline the two men for Monday's key

The JSE was trading just off its new record high by midday on Thursday as world markets and resources continued to add support. In the morning session, the bourse broke through Wednesday's record and hit a fresh high of 32

Building activity in South Africa continues to be negatively affected by the rising level of interest rates, high input costs and the slowdown in consumer demand. This trend will probably continue, as further monetary policy tightening is very likely, given

Transport workers in pay negotiations with South African Airways (SAA) said on Wednesday their 4 000 members would not take the decision to strike lightly. "We are not strike hungry here. We have made the sacrifice in terms of wage