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Heritage family bring reggae mission to Harare

Nice Up (Free subscription) | 20 hours ago

Morgan Heritage’s Una has confirmed that the top Jamaican reggae band is heading to Zimbabwe on December 5.

Pigs don't fly: Air Zimbabwe plane crashes into bushpig on runway

Times Online (Free subscription) | 32 minutes ago

It took a wild pig on the runway at Harare International Airport to reveal what many Zimbabweans have long feared: the country's Civil Aviation Authority and the national airline have gone the way of much of Zimbabwe’s other frayed institutions.

Watch South Africa vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI Live Streaming

India vs Australia 7 ODI Series, 2009 Live Streaming (Free subscription) | yesterday

Live Streaming South Africa Vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI Cricket Match, Benoni, Watch Online November 08, 2009 Watch Live Streaming South Africa Vs Zimbabwe 1st ODI Cricket Match, Benoni, Watch Online November 08, 2009 Zimbabwe cricket team is ranked the tenth in IOD by the ICC. The test coach is Walter Chawaguta. The last test match was played in Harare against India in 2005 September. If you are interested...

Zimbabwe: Children's parliament speaks out on rights issues

Unicef (Free subscription) | yesterday

HARARE, Zimbabwe, 6 November 2009 – The 17th session of the Children's Parliament, a programme of the Zimbabwe Youth Council,opened recently with the aim of spurring the government into action to ensure child survival and empowerment.

Air Zimbabwe Plane Smashes Into 5 Wild Pigs On Takeoff

HIT THE BOBBY STURGELL "EJECT" BUTT (Free subscription) | yesterday

http://blog.taragana.com/n/air-zimbabwe-plane-smashes-into-5-wild-pigs-on-takeoff-plane-damaged-but-passengers-unhurt-218771/ November 5th, 2009 Air Zimbabwe plane smashes into wild pigs HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s transport ministry says one of the national airline’s planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff. Transport Minister Nicholas Goche...

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Mann returns to the arms of his wife

The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday

The mercenary Simon Mann, 57, celebrated his freedom with his wife, Amanda, yesterday as he thanked people for the "warmth" shown since his release from a 34-year jail sentence for his part in plotting a coup. The Old Etonian and ex-SAS soldier was pardoned earlier this week after being jailed over a bungled coup in Equatorial Guinea and returned to the UK on Wednesday in a private jet....

Zimbabwe: Court Orders Urgent Treatment for Tortured and Detained MDC Employee

All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Pascal Gwezere, the MDC Transport Manager who was abducted at gunpoint from his house in Harare last Tuesday, has made another appearance in court. He first appeared in court last Saturday, four days after he went missing. He is being accused of undergoing military training in Uganda and stealing firearms from Pomona Army Barracks in Harare. He denies all the allegations.

Tsvangirai-Mugabe detente cautiously welcomed in Zimbabwe - Summary

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Harare/Maputo, Mozambique - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's agreement to end his boycott of the country's unity government was welcomed in the southern African country Friday, where many had feared a return to violence and economic c...

Zimbabwe proposes local ownership of foreign firms

Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government has proposed that Zimbabweans take 51 percent ownership of all foreign companies in the country, including mines and banks, according to a draft law seen by Reuters on Friday.

Zimbabwe: Summit Seeks to End Harare Crisis

All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Zimbabwe's feuding political leaders are in Maputo, Mozambique for a Southern African Development Community (SADC) defence and security organ summit that will seek to end the three-week impasse in Harare's fragile coalition.

Aaargh! Pigs on runways!

Mark Wadsworth (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

From The Metro : A plane from Zimbabwe's national airline collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff. Transport Minister Nicholas Goche said in a statement Thursday that the Air Zimbabwe plane was headed from Harare to Bulawayo when the crash occurred Tuesday. All 34 people on board were evacuated safely. Goche's statement says the plane was damaged in the crash. The plane's...

Air Zimbabwe plane smashes into wild pigs

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwe's transport ministry says one of the national airline's planes collided with five wild pigs on the runway in the capital during takeoff.

Pigs Might Fly - Zimbabwe plane crashes after run-in with wild pigs

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Harare - Two people were slightly injured after a passenger aircraft of Zimbabwe's state-owned airline crashed on take-off after colliding with a herd of wild pigs, officials said Thursday. Trsnsport Minister Nicholas Goche told the state-controlled ...

Man Nabbed Over U.S.$1

All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority official was arrested on the spot after he was allegedly caught red-handed pocketing US$1 that he had received from a kombi driver at a tollgate along Harare-Chirundu road.

Wild Pigs Ground Airzim Flight

All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009

Warthogs on Tuesday night grounded an Air Zimbabwe flight from Harare to Bulawayo after the MA60 aircraft struck the wild pigs on the runway as it prepared to take off.