By Godfrey Marawanyika – HARARE — Zimbabwe on Wednesday held the first sale of diamonds from its Marange fields since international regulators partially lifted a ban imposed after the military violently seized control of the mines. About 900,000 carats valued at about 72 million US dollars were on sale, according to Abbey Chikane, the monitor from the international Kimberley Process which is charged with preventing trade in “blood diamonds”. Buyers from the United States, Israel, Russia, Lebanon and India were at the auction at Harare’s airport, some with pilots waiting to jet them out of the country afterwards. “Indeed it... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 11th 2010 |
Zimbabwean farmers supported by AfriForum, have today have won in the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, when the court ruled that the government of Zimbabwe is responsible for the wasted costs of an urgent court application erroneously brought against the farmers and AfriForum. The Zimbabwean government erroneously lodged the urgent application because the government apparently had been under the impression that the auction of properties in Cape Town, scheduled for 27 July and 10 August 2010, had been organised by AfriForum and the farmers. Although the farmers were the first ones to seize the properties, the auctions were organised by... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, August 11th 2010 |
By Ron Muvevererwi – Every nation on earth has emerged from conflict, war, oppression or a past legacy of injustice against its people or exploitation of its resources at one point in time. The historical unfolding of developments and effort to undo injustice in quest for freedom inevitably has given birth to the discourse of national historical ethos. At the heart of every country’s rare achievements are the drivers or champions who chose to step out of the comfort zone, deny themselves for a cause whose reward was insurmountable at a personal level. The quest for peace and equality among... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 10th 2010 |
By Kwapi V – There comes a turning point with every nation and civilization where the status quo has to be re-invented; for one society it was at the point when prisoner number 46664 was released from Robben Island and for another it was when a wall that stood between East Berlin and West Berlin was torn down; for a race it was that moment when a man said “I Have a Dream” and for a way of life it was when an openly gay man was elected into public office in the state of California. The precipice is that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, August 9th 2010 |
On 05 August 2010 we reported that there has been reports of a plane crash at Harare International Airport involving a Boeing 767 and that there were no injuries but just casualties. We also added that the information we had received was also still no convincing and that we were getting conflicting information. It has now emerged that the reported accident was a routine crash drill that the CAAZ was required to take and that reporting to news sources was also part of the process to see how they could handle such an incident. We do understand and stand by... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, August 6th 2010 |
