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The recent "suicide" of a senior army officer in the wake of a break-in at a military armoury in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, is sowing fears that the missing guns may be used to fuel instability.
The number of Zimbabweans displaced after some of their shacks in an informal settlement outside De Doorns, a farming town about 140km from Cape Town, South Africa, were attacked and demolished by local South African residents, has risen to about 3,000, said the South African Red Cross Society.
Local farmworkers in De Doorns jeered and shouted obscenities this morning as they drove past a rugby field that has become the temporary home of nearly 2 500 Zimbabweans chased from the town's informal settlements.
Lawyers for MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett on Thursday accused the police of pulling a 'PR stunt' by displaying weapons in court unrelated to his case, saying they are trying to whip up public sentiment against him.
CIVIL servants have started getting their annual bonuses with the education sector and the uniformed forces receiving their 13th cheques this month while the rest of the civil service will get the extra cash next month.
A 24 year-old Zimbabwean man has been languishing inside an immigration detention centre in Portsmouth for over a year, awaiting deportation.
The MDC transport manager, who was severely tortured after he was abducted by state security agents last month, was finally allowed to apply for bail on Thursday, after serious charges laid against him were dropped this week.
The Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) on Wednesday reported that 7 students were arrested over trumped-up charges of possessing a gun on campus. The pistol was allegedly found in a hostel at the Great Zimbabwe University in Masvingo.
Some good news from Zimbabwe! Zimbabwe ratified the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development, this month, becoming the second country after Namibia, to accede to this important regional instrument for advancing gender equality and women's rights.
Air Zimbabwe should reinstate more than 400 workers it retrenched in August, the Labour Court has ruled.
MDC-T transport manager Pascal Gwezere, accused of breaking into an armoury at Pomona Army Barracks and stealing 21 firearms, has filed a bail application at the High Court.
THE World Food Programme has warned agents distributing its food in Zimbabwe to desist from interfering in the country's politics, ordering them to carry out their operations through Government structures.
PUBLIC Service Minister Eliphas Mukonoweshuro yesterday denied that his office ordered the Public Service Commission to release personal data of State employees to the World Bank, contrary to the instructions he gave in a letter to the PSC.
John Chirenje (38), the Harare man found guilty of producing uncertified maize seed as the legitimate article and which was recovered at a Tynwald house early this month, will spend the next three years behind bars.
Two hundred students will benefit from the Presidential Scholarship Programme and will undertake various degree programmes at the University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa starting next year.
THERE is a saying that goes, "Show me your friends and I will tell who you are".
ZIMBABWE is ready to receive investment across all sectors of the economy, and will remain an attractive investment destination in Africa, Zimbabwe's Ambassador to South Africa Simon Khaya Moyo, told South African investors.
The land issue is the very cornerstone of our political, socio-economic system in Zimbabwe. The primary objective of the liberation struggle was to address the historical imbalances and injustices brought about by the colonial system. The need to redistribute land to the majority black population was the major driving force for our quest for independence and self rule.
WE hail the City of Harare for acting timeously to restore road markings on the city's streets as the move is bound to go a long way in reducing the scourge of accidents this rainy season.
CHILDREN of Zimbabwe's music legends are billed to hold a gala in Harare next month, a first of its kind.
DYNAMOS coach Elvis "Chuchu" Chiweshe is rallying his troops to use their vast experience and bounce back from the nightmare of losing to little Kiglon, to beat leaders Gunners in the Super Sunday Showdown at Rufaro and take control of the CBZ Premiership campaign.
Banks have disbursed US$70 million to agriculture in the last two weeks as preparations for the current summer cropping season intensify.
AFRICA Land Fund has gained control of Ariston Holdings after buying Delta Beverages' 41 percent equity in the horticultural firm for about US$4 million.
The National Social Security Authority is working on extending accident insurance to the informal sector and domestic workers and introducing health, maternity and sickness schemes, the organisation's general manager Mr James Matiza has said.
ZIMBABWE will early next year have the privilege of hosting one of the most decorated karate instructors in the world -- S. Srinivasan of India.
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