MDC faction leader Professor Arthur Mutambara has rebuffed advances by the rival MDC-Tsvangirai faction over a coalition settlement that would have seen the former supporting the latter in the likely event of a run-off in the presidential election.

The just-ended harmonised poll presented very important lessons for the agrarian revolution and the envisaged presidential run-off offers the revolutionary masses of Zimbabwe a perfect opportunity to rise as one coalescent force to demolish all imperial aspirations as measured by

Police in Masvingo have ordered war veterans to leave white-owned farms which they had invaded over the past three days.

AN estimated 500 business leaders from the Common Market for East and Southern Africa are expected to attend a business forum in Victoria Falls when the country hosts the 2008 edition of the Comesa Summit scheduled for 5-14 May.

Zimbabwes's Ambassador to South Africa Cde Simon Khaya Moyo said yesterday the embassy will not issue statements or conduct interviews on the just-ended elections as that would be usurping the powers of legally constituted bodies.

The Pacific Eastern Region Division One high-profile clash between Air Zim Jets and Highway produced four goals in a thrilling draw at Danny Bismarck.

Equties rose at the start of the week, as the inflation outlook in the short-term has remained unchanged.

Hotel and Leisure group Zimsun is currently constructing a hospitality training academy in Equatorial Guinea, chief executive Mr Shingi Munyeza has said.

The business fraternity last week made the initial steps in the compilation of a "business manifesto" that is expected to be a key document in the turnaround of the economy in the aftermath of the landmark harmonised elections.

Harare giants Dynamos will have to race against time in working on their shortcomings before they engage African Champions League holders Etoile Sportive Sahel of Tunisia in the capital in two weeks time.

A Bulawayo woman who had unprotected sex with her lover knowing she was HIV positive has been spared jail after a magistrate slapped her with a wholly suspended five-year prison term, largely because he did not get infected.

This is the first of a two-part series in which ITAYI GARANDE examines Western, particularly British, reaction to the elections in Zimbabwe, and why they (the British) prematurely claimed victory over President Mugabe. This article is reproduced courtesy of www.talkzimbabwe.com.

A 50-year-old Mushumbi Pools man was attacked and killed by a crocodile while watering his garden along the banks of Hunyani River.

The Department of Foreign Affairs confirmed on Monday that the two South African technicians detained in Zimbabwe, appeared in court in Harare, where they were granted bail.

DURING last year's Group of Eight summit in Germany, I had a fierce argument with a fellow hack from Zimbabwe, who was unsurprisingly fed up with President Thabo Mbeki's quiet diplomacy approach towards the political and economic crises in his

ZIMBABWE's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, met African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma during a surprise one-day visit to SA yesterday.

THE High Court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to preside over the case in which the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC faction is seeking an order compelling the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to release results of the just-ended presidential poll.

The elections have come and gone, and what's left now is the determination of the winner of the presidential contest whether by a run-off or recount of the valid votes cast.

FIVE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission officials have been arrested on allegations of tampering with election results and prejudicing Zanu-PF presidential candidate President Mugabe of 4 993 votes cast in four constituencies in the just-ended harmonised elections.