Gov’t unveils $1.9 bln budget

The government has unveiled a 1.9 billion U.S. dollars budget, effectively making the use of multiple currencies official for the first time since independence.

The government has unveiled a 1.9 billion U.S. dollars budget, effectively making the use of multiple currencies official for the first time since independence.

Today, the MDC’s National Council met as we once again find ourselves at an historic crossroads in our decade-long struggle for democracy.
Throughout this struggle, the MDC has been guided by the principles of democracy and by the will of the people. This campaign is neither easy nor straightforward and often we have had to change [...]

The proposed government of national unity is not the solution to Zimbabwe’s deepening crisis, Botswana’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation minister said Thursday.

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U.S. President Barack Obama spoke by phone with South African President Kgalema Motlanthe and said Pretoria had an important role to play in helping resolve Zimbabwe’s political crisis, the White House said on Wednesday.

MDC’S REPONSE TO THE SADC COMMUNIQUE OF THE 27TH OF JANUARY 2009,TSWANE SOUTH AFRICA
We came to this summit with five {5} outstanding issues which are:
1. The Enactment of Constitutional Amendment Number 19
2. The definition of National Security Council legislation
3. [...]

Southern African leaders declared Tuesday that the MDC and ZANU PF parties had agreed to form a unity government, but the MDC said that was not the case.

An immediate outcome of the meeting last Monday was nationwide despair and despondency. On the street, the people have virtually given up any hope that the political process will deliver a solution. At the same time they are not looking elsewhere, just thinking about moving on to another country where sanity might prevail.
It is the [...]

Emily Lau, a Chinese Member of Parliament on Sunday called for the deportation of Robert Mugabe’s daughter Bona Mugabe at the University of Hong Kong, and said her father’s regime is “obnoxious”.

The U.S Africa Command (AFRICOM) is now operational,its responsibility is for executing military operations in Africa.