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FRUIT Vendors -- Washing fruit and other food bought from vendors before eating it is one way to prevent the spread of typhoid.
 
Cholera fears in typhoid-hit Harare
30/01/2012
HARARE – City health officials and independent doctors have warned of a possible cholera outbreak in Harare, already grappling with a typhoid outbreak that has infected more than......
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Civil service strike off to slow start
24/01/2012
HARARE – A strike by Zimbabwean public workers to demand more pay got off to a slow start yesterday with nearly all government departments open for business, while many schools
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Solution lies in our own hands: Obasanjo
24/01/2012
OPINION: It might surprise many who know of my life in politics and international affairs, but in my heart I consider myself a farmer
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Harare fears typhoid epidemic
24/01/2012
HARARE -- A hotel worker is among 600 Harare residents infected with typhoid, amid fears the disease could quickly cascade into an epidemic similar to a cholera outbreak about four years ago that killed
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Mugabe is just a friend: Thai Minister
23/01/2012
JOHANNEBSURG – A newly appointed Thai minister has refused to step down after the US government blacklisted her over alleged business dealings with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s family
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Zim immigrants expelled
23/01/2012
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa last week expelled more than 600 illegal immigrants from Zimbabwe, a top official said at the weekend
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Zim faces civil service shutdown
20/01/2012
HARARE – Union leaders yesterday vowed to shut down the entire civil service for the whole week next week as they intensified pressure on the government to hike salaries and improve working conditions
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Mujuru inquest: gunshots claim corroborated
20/01/2012
HARARE – A second witness on Thursday told the inquest into the death of former Zimbabwe army commander Solomon Mujuru that she heard the sound of gunfire moments before she was alerted to a fire that destroyed a farmhouse in which
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Public service strike tomorrow
18/01/2012
HARARE – Zimbabwean civil servants go on strike tomorrow to press the country’s cash-strapped coalition government to hike salaries and
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Mujuru wife demands time to study report
18/01/2012
HARARE -- The inquest into the death of former army general Solomon Mujuru resumes today after it was temporarily called off yesterday to allow his widow, Vice President Joice Mujuru, time to study
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Mujuru inquest told of ‘gunshots’
17/01/2012
HARARE -- A security guard has told an inquest into the death of former Zimbabwe army general Solomon Mujuru that he heard what sounded like gunfire shots before he was alerted to a fire that destroyed a house
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US diamond bans counter-productive: Biti
16/01/2012
HARARE – United States sanctions against firms mining Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond deposits will hurt efforts to ensure transparency and end siphoning of revenue from the sale of gems from the controversial mines, Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said
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We are back!!
16/01/2012
Dear Readers -- The editor and the ZimOnline team wish to apologise to our readers that we have not been able to update your favourite news website with fresh news for some weeks now. This was due to a major technical fault with our content management systems that made it impossible for us to upload any new material on the website. The fault has since been rectified and we have resumed publishing today, while measures have been put in place to ensure this problem does not recur and that we are able to continue to provide you with the news and on Zimbabwe that you need to know. EDITOR
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War vets disrupt constitutional briefing
16/01/2012
HARARE -- War veterans at the weekend disrupted a press conference called by the country’s constitutional committee to brief journalists and civil society on progress in the drafting of a new charter for the country
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Ban appoints Zimbabwean to Sudan mission
16/01/2012
JOHANNESBURG -- United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has named Zimbabwean Raisedon Zenenga as his deputy special representative (political) in the world body’s mission in South Sudan
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Group quits KP over Marange gems
05/12/2011
HARARE – International trade watchdog Global Witness has pulled out of the Kimberley Process (KP) -- the international regulator organised to stop the trade in illicit diamonds -- as a result of the certification of the Marange diamonds
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Police chief rejects reform
02/12/2011
HARARE -- Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has dismissed calls for restructuring of the Zimbabwe’s security forces as part of a foreign agenda to destabilise the country
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Nando’s withdraws Mugabe ad
02/12/2011
HARARE – South Africa’s Nando’s fast food outlet on Thursday said it was withdrawing an advert mocking President Robert Mugabe as the last dictator standing following threats
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PM quits ‘hijacked’ marriage
01/12/2011
HARARE – Zimbabwean Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai has ended his controversial marriage to a Harare businesswoman that he said political opponents
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Tsvangirai marriage: Full statement
01/12/2011
Full statement by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai announcing his divorce from Harare businesswoman Lorcadia Tembo
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Mugabe advert irks supporters
30/11/2011
HARARE –Youths from President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party have called for a boycott of fast food outlet Nandos in retaliation for an advert flighted on South African television poking fun at the veteran leader
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Nationalisation: ANC wants more info
29/11/2011
HARARE -- South Africa’s ruling ANC party on Monday referred a report on nationalisation of mines back to drafters for more detail on
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Water shortage is national disaster: church
28/11/2011
HARARE - The Roman Catholic church’s human rights arm on Sunday urged Zimbabwean authorities to declare chronic water shortages in the country a national disaster, amid rising cases of typhoid in the capital Harare
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Zim economy to grow by 9.4%
25/11/2011
HARARE -- Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Thursday said Zimbabwe’s economy will grow by 9.4 percent next year, while inflation would remain in single digits as the country continues to recover from
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BAZ awards radio licences
25/11/2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s broadcasting regulator has awarded free-to-air national broadcasting licences to state-owned Zimbabwe Newspapers (Zimpapers) and to AB Communications, a private firm that critics say also has links to the government
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Amplats’ Zim empowerment deal
24/11/2011
HARARE – The world’s largest platinum producer, Anglo American Platinum (Amplats), on Wednesday said it will transfer 10 percent shareholding in its Unki mine
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We’ll punish gay people: Mugabe
24/11/2011
SHURUGWI – President Robert Mugabe has vowed to “punish severely” homosexuality that he said was un-Christian and un-African
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China funds Zim SMEs
23/11/2011
HARARE – The Development Bank of China will provide US$30 million to fund small and medium-scale enterprises in Zimbabwe as Beijing looks to strengthen ties with the resource rich African country
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Hunger continues to stalk Zim
22/11/2011
HARARE – More than one million Zimbabweans face food shortages between now and the next harvests beginning around March next year, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has said
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Reforms face further delays
18/11/2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s constitutional reforms could face further delays after a multi-party committee leading the drafting of the new governance charter said it was facing difficulties securing funds
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Journos released on bail
17/11/2011
HARARE – Two Zimbabwean journalists charged with defamation and theft of documents over a story involving a senior central bank official have been released on US$100 bail each
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Zim inflation eases to 4.2%
16/11/2011
HARARE -- Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate eased to 4.2 percent in October down from 4.3 percent recorded the previous month, the Zimbabwe National Statistical Agency (ZIMSTATS) has said
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PM taken to task over gay rights
15/11/2011
HARARE – Zimbabwean church leaders say they have asked Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to publicly clarify his position on homosexuality following his calls in recent weeks for the country to uphold gay rights
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Zim drafts code against violence
14/11/2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s political parties will be barred from showing their strength or popularity in a violent manner, while supporters will be banned from carrying weapons to
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Army chief accused of domestic abuse
14/11/2011
HARARE – The wife of Zimbabwe’s top military commander, General Constantine Chiwenga, has accused him of regularly battering her, while threatening to shoot her dared report
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai to call for peace
11/11/2011
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will today call on their followers to shun political violence that has resurfaced in many parts of the country ahead of elections expected next year
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Court won’t hear MDC bail appeal
10/11/2011
HARARE –Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to hear an application for bail by seven MDC activists, saying they should have first sought permission from
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Mugabe thanks China for support
09/11/2011
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday thanked his Chinese allies for helping defend his rule against Western countries that he says want to topple him.
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Parties to meet over violence
08/11/2011
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s coalition partners yesterday agreed to meet next Friday to discuss ways to end political violence that has resurfaced in many parts of the country ahead of elections expected next year
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MDC activists stoned, beaten
07/11/2011
HARARE – Hundreds of MDC supporters were injured when youths loyal to President Robert Mugabe stormed the venue of a political rally and beat up people gathered for the meeting, the party said on Sunday
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Police raid mdc headquaters
02/11/2011
HARARE – Anti-riot police yesterday raided the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) offices in central Harare, firing a volley of tear gas into the building and at pedestrians
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KP okays Marange diamonds
02/11/2011
HARARE – Global diamond regulator Kimberley Process (KP) has unanimously agreed to allow Zimbabwe to export diamonds from the controversial Marange fields
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