The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission late last night started announcing the results of election to the new Senate, with MDC-Tsvangirai and Zanu-PF each taking five of the first 10 seats announced.
While we are quick to think of drought in terms of food imports to replace failed crops and dams and boreholes as the answer to resultant water shortages, one concern tends to be overlooked -- the risk of fire.
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has, with immediate effect, introduced two new bearer notes of $25 million and $50 million denominations while the cash withdrawal limit for both individuals and corporates has been doubled to $1 billion.
THE Movement for Democratic Change party has filed an urgent petition to the High Court of Zimbabwe to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release the results of the elections before the end of the deadline today, when it is
IT may not exactly resemble a roll call of the French chivalry littering the field of battle after Agincourt, but the number of political nobles at President Mugabe's court who have gone down to defeat in last weekend's general election
THE rand rallied to a one-month peak against the dollar yesterday, partly on signs President Robert Mugabe may yield power after 28 years of rule, a step seen as a prerequisite for a recovery of Zimbabwe's struggling economy.
HIGHLANDERS are not being intimidated by the presence of Green Buffaloes skipper Newa Mwewa who missed the first leg of their Confederations Cup in Lusaka a fortnight ago.
THE Zifa Northern Region Division One soccer league -- rebranded under the Savanna Tobacco brand -- roars back into life this weekend after a two-week break to make way for the elections.
THE ruling Zanu PF party on Friday decided President Robert Mugabe should contest a runoff presidential election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai if neither wins a majority in a presidential election.
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) today introduced a new Z$50 million note to deal with rampant shortages of cash in an economy that is also grappling with the world's highest inflation rate now standing at 165 000 percent.
ZIMBABWE'S liberation war veterans have accused the opposition Movement for Democratic Change of defying laws of the country by announcing the results of the harmonized elections before the electoral commission had made the official announcement.
Veterans of Zimbabwe's liberation war vowed to seize the remaining white-owned commercial farms if President Robert Mugabe loses the expected second round of a presidential ballot.
Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of two journalists working for international news media who have been held since a police raid yesterday on a Harare hotel being used by the foreign press.
The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the detention in Harare today of New York Times correspondent Barry Bearak and calls for his immediate release. CPJ is also deeply concerned about reports that Zimbabwean authorities have detained other foreign
THE Zambian government has put its security forces along the border with Zimbabwe on alert as the delayed announcement of results from Zimbabwe's elections continue to rattle nerves within the international community. The state of alert was a precautionary measure
Signs that Robert Mugabe might go down fighting, despite a humiliating electoral defeat, began to emerge Thursday when two foreign journalists were arrested for allegedly working without accreditation.
The politburo meeting has ended with the statement that Zanu-PF leader Robert Mugabe will definitely contest a presidential election run-off, should he have failed to defeat Morgan Tsvangirai in the first round. Press reports from Harare said the ruling party's
