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Zimbabwe’s Labor Federation Demands 25% Cap on Income Tax Rate
Net News Publisher | 12 hours ago by Terry
Zimbabwe’s largest labor federation has called on the government to impose a 25 percent cap on income tax and a review of the 2010 tax-free threshold to match the average cost of living estimated at around $500 a month. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade U read more
Measles Outbreak Hits 340 Children in Zimbabwe
Net News Publisher | December 19th 2009 by Terry
Zimbabwe has been hit by a measles outbreak, with the World Health Organisation (WHO) reporting Saturday that more than 340 cases have so far been recorded in seven districts. WHO head in Zimbabwe, Custodia Mandlhate said most of the cases were among read more
Despots at Copenhagen
ThePolitic.com | December 17th 2009
When blogging, there are times when you wonder if an analogy or illustration may be over the top or so far out that it will result in a barrage of legitimate criticism and, ultimately, a retraction or correction. Then there are times when comparisons read more
Zimbabwe Leaders to Reveal Constitutional Commissions Next Week
Net News Publisher | December 16th 2009 by Terry
Principals to Zimbabwe’s global political agreement (GPA) have agreed on the composition of three out of the four proposed constitutional commissions and the members will be announced next week, one of the parties announced Wednesday. Prime Ministe read more
Tujuh Keajaiban Alam Dunia Versi Cable News Network (CNN)
Doktertomi.com | December 16th 2009 by Muh. Antar Temmangingngi
Grand Canyon Grand Canyon adalah sebuah jurang tebing-terjal, diukir oleh Sungai Colorado, di utara Arizona. Jurang ini merupakan satu dari Tujuh Keajaiban Dunia dan sebagian besar berada di Taman Nasional Grand Canyon; salah satu taman nasional per read more
Another Shopping trip to Copenhagen
3rdLiberation.org | December 16th 2009 by Musavengana Mhuri
Copenhagen Summit Robert “Geritric” Mugabe is on another jolly, this time he is in Copenhagen not with a few security staff (as we all know he needs them) but with a delegation of 90 people. One would ask why such a huge delegation? Whe read more
U.N.: Zimbabwe suspected of exporting 'Blood Diamonds'
Fashion Albedo | December 15th 2009 by lottie ntim
Though it's thousands of miles away[Zimbabwe] connect to what we go through todaySomeone tell Kanye West there's an opening for his comeback. A UN General Assembly meeting last Friday found several countries essentially chiming the lyrics of his hit read more
Zimbabwe - The Tyrant
The World Affairs Guide | December 14th 2009 by World Affairs Guy
This is another one of the world's sad stories. A country, prior to 2000 that was widely considered the bread basket of Africa with a vibrant agricultural sector. Now, the country is still plagued with widespread starvation, poverty and hyperinflat read more
Harare North: the story tellers task
Black Looks | December 14th 2009 by BlackLooks
George Orwell and Graham Green both saw the role of the writer as one who questions and critiques the establishment, the State etc – something which Robert McCrum [writing in the Guardian] fears has been lost to mediocrity and market leaving Br read more
ROBERT MUGABE RALLIES ZANU-PF PARTY IN ZIMBABWE
NIGERIA GENERAL DISCUSSION BLOG SITE | December 13th 2009 by Prince
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has urged his Zanu-PF party supporters to be defiant, saying the party is still a strong force. During a rally in Harare, he said the country’s unity government had a short life span and his own party read more
POLITICO.com: Ahmadinejad to get U.N. podium
The Inside Straight | December 12th 2009 by The OttO Show
Iranian Prime Minister Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe plan to address negotiators at international climate talks in Copenhagen next week. The three leaders are listed in a line-up of more read more
Also In Global Health News: Uganda Anti-Gay Bill; Zimbabwe Aid; M…
Information on HPV | December 12th 2009
Bloomberg Reports Uganda To Drop Death Penalty, Life Sentence From Anti-Gay Bill “Uganda will drop the death penalty and life imprisonment for gays in a refined version of an anti-gay bill expected to be ready for presentation to Pa read more
Women - Victims of Mugabe
Women of History | December 11th 2009 by Melisende
From Associated Press:Supporters of Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe used rape to terrorize the political opposition during last year's contested elections, international human rights activists said Thursday.AIDS-Free World, led by former UNAIDS en read more
Robert Mugabe Says Coalition Government has Stabilized Zimbabwe
Net News Publisher | December 11th 2009 by Terry
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said the coalition government he formed with former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who is now his Prime Minister, had brought some benefits to the country but warned that Western “sanctions” could derail pro read more
Brutal Legacy Of Robert Mugabe Never Ends!
The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues | December 11th 2009 by Fred Stopsky
Robert Mugabe was a fighter in the struggle to end colonialism in Zimbabwe and for those years he will be remembered as an individual who stood up for the rights of his fellow Zimbabweans. But, his legacy since assuming the presidency of the nation c read more
Expat Americanus
Memoirs of a Cipher | December 10th 2009 by Ayanna Nahmias
Cattle for wives. The plight of a daughter when an expat goes rogue. read more
Nationalisation
Accidental Academic | December 9th 2009 by Azad Essa
Now that the idea of nationalisation has risen from the dead like a movie monster, we need to talk about its meaning. Nationalisation is when the State takes ownership of assets from the private sector. Nationalisation is not State ownership, or part read more
Climate Refugees Could Number 1 Billion by 2050
Refugees United - Finding Family | December 9th 2009 by Refugees United
Climate refugees in central Zimbabwe. Photo via EcoWorldy While the disastrous consequences of climate change may seem a ways off for some in the developed world, the International Organization for Migration reported today that it has already driven read more
Zimbabwe Government Spends More on Foreign Travel Than Health Car…
Net News Publisher | December 9th 2009 by Terry
Zimbabwe’s coalition government is spending more on foreign travel compared to essential services such as medical assistance for civil servants, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Finance on Tuesday. Foreign travel by President Rob read more
International Anti-Corruption Day 2009: An Hour of Silence to Re…
The Kaufmann Governance Post | December 8th 2009 by Daniel Kaufmann
As Wednesday, December 9th dawns, there is a dim reminder that one is supposed to ‘celebrate’ International Anti-Corruption. ‘Dim reminder’ to ‘celebrate’ in quotation marks indeed, because unfortunately anti- read more
South African Development Community Ends Zimbabwe Economic Rescue…
Net News Publisher | December 8th 2009 by Terry
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has handed over the activities of the Zimbabwe Humanitarian and Development Assistance Framework to the Zimbabwean government, formally ending a year-long economic bailout program under which the 15-n read more
African Exchanges Attract Emerging Markets Investors: TradeInvest…
Business News about Nigeria, Africa, and Emerging Markets | December 8th 2009
Sub-Saharan African markets are attracting interest from foreign fund managers seeking to diversify risks in their global portfolio. Andre DeSimone, Executive Director at Kestrel Capital tells us why Africa’s stock markets continue to perform r read more
Urban refugees struggle to make ends meet in South Africa
Refugees United - Finding Family | December 7th 2009 by Refugees United
PRETORIA, South Africa, December 7 (UNHCR) - Telmore Mutinhima struggles to sleep on his grimy, threadbare mattress on an early South African morning. It’s his most treasured possession - it’s his only possession.There’s the odour o read more
Human Rights Ads (33): Band of Dictators
PAP Blog | December 6th 2009 by filip spagnoli
(source) More on Korea, Zimbabwe and Myanmar (aka Burma). More human rights ads. Posted in governance, human rights ads Tagged: ads, advert, burma, cuba, dictator, dictatorship, korea, myanmar, politics, tyranny, zimbabwe read more
Jacob Zuma Expected to Arrive in Harare for Mediation Talks
Net News Publisher | December 5th 2009 by Terry
South African President Jacob Zuma is expected to arrive in Harare on Sunday for talks with the three principals in Zimbabwe’s inclusive government in a fresh bid to meet a December 6 deadline set by regional leaders to force a quick resolution of read more
Frank Ellis Letter To BBC Radio 5
The Right Perspective | December 5th 2009
It would seem that more and more people are being made aware of the truth of post-Apartheid South Africa. I am sure that regulars at The Right Perspective are well aware of the horrendous crimes committed in that country on a daily basis. Not unu read more
Report: Rhino Poaching on the Rise
technica browser | December 4th 2009 by lindonlaco
Nearly all rhino poaching in Africa since 2006 occurred in Zimbabwe and South Africa, according to a new report compiled by environmental groups. read more
Petina Gappah wins Guardian award
Black Looks | December 4th 2009 by BlackLooks
Petina Gappah has won the Guardian First Book award with her collection of short stories on Zimbabwe. Reading the various reports and interviews in the Guardian I see that Gappah is doing her best to distance herself from the usual “naming read more
Telecoms operators in developing countries are always owned by te…
Developing Telecoms Watch | December 4th 2009 by Joe Willcox
Bouygues Telecom: eyed by Egypt's OrascomWhile the focus DevelopingTelecomsWatch is generally on communications sector businesses in emerging markets and developing countries, a battle between incumbent mobile operators and a proposed new entrant in read more
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