Tsvangirai has a bigger fight than just Gono

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has told the nation that there are now only two sticking points within the global political agreement, the appointments of Gideon Gono as central bank governor and Johannes Tomana as attorney-general. Full story

Haddon and Sly given two weeks to reach agreement with workers

One of Bulawayo's oldest supermarkets Haddon and Sly, which closed down and fired all its workers nearly four months ago, has been given two weeks to negotiate how it will settle the workers salaries that it owes. Full story

Stop speculation before it gets out of hand

Carmaker, Henry Ford, once said: "A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business." With our obsession to make money, most people would probably disagree with Ford. After all, anyone with money is revered and commands respect. Full story

Development activity slows down in Bulawayo

Building plans approved by the Bulawayo City Council has declined by half between February and April as people began to feel the pinch of using hard currency on a daily basis. Full story

KP team visiting Zimbabwe under pressure

A Kimberley Process Review team due to visit Zimbabwe in early June to carry out an audit of the diamond industry in the country will be under tremendous pressure to prove that the organisation, formed to stop the trade of "blood" or conflict diamonds, is not a toothless bulldog. Full story

UNDP scandal - tip of iceberg

A website run by United Nations Development Programme staff, who say they are committed to openness within the organisation, says recent reports that vehicles registered in the name of the UNDP were used to smuggle diamonds to South Africa are only the "tip of the iceberg". Full story

Coltart calls on private sector to help with education

Education Minister David Coltart has called on the private sector to partner the government in rebuilding confidence in the country's education system. Full story

Residents urged to shop around or demand salaries in rand

Bulawayo residents have been called upon to shop wisely and buy only from those shops that offer them a favourable South African rand-United States dollar exchange rate or negotiate with their employers to pay them in rands. Full story

Get own solution

The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome has been with us for more than two decades. But hundreds of Zimbabweans still die from the disease not because they cannot find medication but simply because they are in denial. Full story and comments

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Acrimony over

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today told the British Broadcasting Corporation that "acrimony is over" between him and President Robert Mugabe. He made the remarks ahead of a tour of Europe and the US to garner support for his country's four-month-old power-sharing government. He is to meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and United States President Barack Obama, among others. -4 June 2009

COMESA looking at aid package for Zimbabwe

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is preparing a financial rescue package for Zimbabwe to help the southern African nation to rebuild its shattered economy, reports said today. The 19-bloc is home to 400 million people, with a combined gross domestic product of US$350 billion. -3 June 2009

Nkomo ordered out

A High Judge today ordered Tuesday ordered the deputy sheriff to evict ZANU-PF national chairman John Nkomo from Jijima lodge where he as been locked in a dispute with Langton Masunda over the past five years. -2 June 2009

People still flocking out

The number of Zimbabweans entering South Africa illegally is increasing and many of them need health care, Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) said in Johannesburg today. "We do an average of 2000 consultations per month. It's not getting any better; it's been like this for quite some time. I would say it's actually increasing... Zimbabweans are still coming," it said. -2 June 2009

Zimbabwe needs $719 million aid

Zimbabwe needs $719 million in urgent humanitarian help in an attempt to emerge from a decade of economic collapse, the United Nations said today. Aid agencies initially put the country's humanitarian needs at $550 million. - 1 June 2009

Gono, Tomana should go

The Movement for Democratic Change today passed a resolution demanding the resignation of the central bank governor Gideon Gono and attorney general Johannes Tomana saying their continued tenure was sowing conflict and division in the new unity government. The resolution was passed at the end of the party's annual conference which was attended by more than 1 000 delegates. - 31 May 2009

No going back-Tsvangirai

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said his party was struggling to deliver quick reforms in a new coalition government, but vowed that the democratization process was irreversible. He told the annual conference of the Movement for Democratic Change: "The limitations are not a result of lack of commitment, but a result of the limitations you find in a marriage of convenience." - 30 May 2009

Zimbabwe could attract $16bln in mining sector

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said Zimbabwe could attract up to US$16 billion in exploration and mining investment if it corrects policies that have scared away foreign investors. "Government has a window of opportunity to prepare a conducive policy environment by mid 2010, that could see Zimbabwe's minerals sector attracting between $6 billion and $16 billion in exploration and mine development during the 2011-2018 period," Tsvangirai told the Chamber of Mines. -29 May 2009

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