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 United Nations - OCHA IRIN Africa News
BULAWAYO, 24 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Divisions in Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) deepened on Monday when several senatorial candidates ignored an order by party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to boycott the election of a new senate.
BULAWAYO, 14 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Teachers in Zimbabwe have urged the government to provide free AIDS treatment after a survey revealed the profession was struggling with the highest infection rates in the country.
JOHANNESBURG, 13 Oct 2005 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is divided over participating in the upcoming senate elections, with MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai publicly disagreeing with the party's spokesman Paul Themba Nyathi and its national council.
www.irinnews.org /frontpage.asp?SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=Zimbabwe   (531 words)

  
 allzimbabwe.com
Zimbabwe's opposition leader said on Saturday his party had backed his controversial decision to boycott next month's senate polls, but a top-ranking party official said local groups might not fall into line.
Zimbabwe's surprise move to let the market set the rate for its beleaguered currency looks more like a desperate attempt to fill empty government coffers than a serious effort to secure vital inward investment.
ZIMBABWE were on Thursday drawn against Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana for the 25th edition of the MTN African Cup of Nations to be played next year in Egypt — a draw that looks a perfect platform for judging our pedigree.
www.allzimbabwe.com   (407 words)

  
 The Kubatana Trust and The NGO Network Alliance Project - an online community for Zimbabwean activists; information portal for the non-profit sector
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition does not agree with both of the constitutional amendment number 17 and its dictates, which include the senate, restriction of people’s movement and the nationalisation of all land.
Teachers in Zimbabwe have urged the government to provide free AIDS treatment after a survey revealed the profession was struggling with the highest infection rates in the country.
The experiences of Uganda under Obote and Amin and the last eight years in Zimbabwe are close enough to suggest that very similar forces were at play in bringing about the transitions from relatively coherent policy management to the politics of disorder and breakdown.
www.kubatana.net   (1162 words)

  
 Zimbabwe Post
Zimbabwe's ruling party has nominated veteran politicians as candidates for a controversial Senate poll to try to contain a power struggle over Presiden...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) -- Zimbabwe police have arrested one of President Robert Mugabe's closest relatives over accusations he was involved in smuggling of scarce flo...
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe went to Rome for the meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization this week.
www.zimbabwepost.com   (632 words)

  
 Zimbabwe Post
Zimbabwe's ruling party has nominated veteran politicians as candidates for a controversial Senate poll to try to contain a power struggle over Presiden...
HARARE, Zimbabwe (Reuters) -- Zimbabwe police have arrested one of President Robert Mugabe's closest relatives over accusations he was involved in smuggling of scarce flo...
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe went to Rome for the meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization this week.
www.zimbabwepost.com   (616 words)

  
 British colonialism, Zimbabwe's land reform and settler resistance
In July the US Senate Sub-Committee on African Affairs approved the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Act proposing partial sanctions and passed it to the House of Representatives.
Zimbabwe's chief industry is mining, contributing about 20 per cent of GDP, while agriculture dominates at 60 per cent.
ZIMBABWE'S Black majority gained independence from British colonial rule over 20 years ago, after a long war of African resistance.
home.clear.net.nz /pages/cpa/news/Zimbabwe.htm   (616 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Rhodesia : hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session ... March 5 and 7, 1979.
Rhodesia: hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session...
Find in a Library: Rhodesia: hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session...
Subjects: Zimbabwe -- Politics and government -- 1965-1979.
www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/654557dbeed5a458.html   (73 words)

  
 The Kubatana Trust and The NGO Network Alliance Project - an online community for Zimbabwean activists; information portal for the non-profit sector
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition does not agree with both of the constitutional amendment number 17 and its dictates, which include the senate, restriction of people’s movement and the nationalisation of all land.
Teachers in Zimbabwe have urged the government to provide free AIDS treatment after a survey revealed the profession was struggling with the highest infection rates in the country.
It is closely followed in the 167-country list by Eritrea (166th) and Turkmenistan (165th), which are other “black holes” for news where the privately-owned media is not allowed and freedom of expression does not exist.
www.kubatana.net   (1162 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral Parliament, formerly known as the House of Assembly.
Main article: Politics of Zimbabwe Jump to: navigation, search // Government According to Zimbabwes Constitution, the president is head of state and head of government, elected for a 6-year term by popular majority vote.
The Second Chimurenga was a conflict in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) between the white minority government of Ian Smith and the black nationalists of the ZANU and ZAPU movements, led by Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo respectively.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Zimbabwe   (6374 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral Parliament, formerly known as the House of Assembly.
Following the conference, held in London (1979-1980), Britain's Lord Soames was appointed governor to oversee the disarming of revolutionary guerrillas, the holding of elections, and the granting of independence to an uneasy coalition government with Joshua Nkomo, head of Zimbabwe African People's Union.
Zimbabwe is a landlocked country, surrounded by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zimbabwe   (1962 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert Mugabe, elected Prime Minister in 1980, revised the constitution in 1987 to make himself President, and in 1990 to abolish the Senate.
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral Parliament, formerly known as the House of Assembly.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zimbabwe   (1946 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: Zimbabwe
November 7: Divisions within Zimbabwe's opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change, have deepened over a planned boycott of senate elections.
September 26: Six of Zimbabwe's star footballers were on the run in Britain yesterday after failing to turn up for their flight home after a promotional match in Yorkshire last week.
19.09.05 Minister vows to rid Zimbabwe of 'filth'
www.guardian.co.uk /zimbabwe/0,2759,181131,00.html   (560 words)

  
 News24
Zimbabwe's main opposition party is to be investigated over $2.5m in illegal funds it is said to have received from Ghana, Nigeria and Taiwan, according to the state-controlled Herald newspaper.
Candidates in Zimbabwe's senate elections are due to register in special nomination courts, but it is still unclear whether the MDC will put their names down.
Zimbabwean MP Job Sikhala has backtracked on claims that the Movement for Democratic Change has received money from Ghana, Nigeria and Taiwan.
www.news24.com /News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/Home   (527 words)

  
 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral parliament, known as the House of Assembly.
Zimbabwe is a land-locked country, surrounded by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique.
Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status: Bulawayo (city), Harare (city), Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, and Midlands.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/Z/Zimbabwe.htm   (1583 words)

  
 Zimbabwe on Encyclopedia.com
The bicameral parliament consists of the House of Assembly and the Senate, both of whose members serve five-year terms.
The move appeared intended to disperse Zimbabwe's urban poor, a group that has strongly supported Mugabe's opponents, The action was widely denounced as a violation of human rights and even provoked defections from the governing party.
ZIMBABWE -- A white girl at the riding club in the capital, Harare, which was called Salisbury at the time, with two black horse grooms, 1967.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/Zimbabwe_History.asp   (2823 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe
Government yesterday dissolved the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) board with immediate effect citing non-performance and failure to steer the turnaround of the parastatal.
DIALOGUE between Government and stakeholders under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF) is the solution to addressing the social and economic challenges the country is experiencing, Employees Confederation of Zimbabwe (Emcoz) president Mr Mike Bimha said yesterday.
The prospects of Zimbabwe's economy bouncing back from its current crisis are likely to be dim if the results of a new survey of university and college graduates are taken into account.
allafrica.com /zimbabwe   (978 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral Parliament, formerly known as the House of Assembly.
In the aftermath of Mugabe's handling of the land crisis, which moved to redistribute land to blacks, Zimbabwe was suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations on charges of human rights abuses and of election tampering in 2002.
In particular the elections of 1990 were nationally and internationally condemned as being rigged, with the second-placing party, Edgar Tekere's Zimbabwe Unity Movement, winning only 20% of the vote.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zimbabwe   (1850 words)

  
 The Zimbabwe Situation
province which is regarded as one constituency for the senate election.
      Zimbabwe is a wasteland, a hole in the ground.
provinces out of the five constituencies in the provinces.
www.zimbabwesituation.com /oct25a_2005.html   (4573 words)

  
 Zimbabwe Election Support Network
The vision of ZESN is that of a Zimbabwe where the principles of free and fair elections are upheld in a transparent, credible and non-partisan electoral process.
Results of The 2005 Senate Elections and Gutu North Parliamentary By-Election
Its comments are confined to the aspects of the proposed constitutional amendments that have a bearing upon the electoral system of Zimbabwe.
www.zesn.org.zw   (618 words)

  
 Zimbabwe Post
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's arrival in Rome for the anniversary of the UN food agency has sparked criticism from the agency's US ambassador and Italian officials w...
Zimbabwe's main opposition party is in turmoil, divided over whether to boycott next month's Senate elections.
ZIMBABWE has defended its decision to briefly detain the US ambassador, saying the envoy was lucky to be alive after straying into a secure zone near President Robert Mug...
www.zimbabwepost.com   (643 words)

  
 allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dampened attempts by MDC leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to block members of his party from filing their nomination papers on Monday next week for the forthcoming Senate elections.
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president Mr Lovemore Matombo yesterday commended the Government for enacting the Labour Relations Act, saying the piece of legislation gave workers fundamental rights.
MEMBERS of Parliament are expected to serve the interests of all people in their respective constituencies regardless of their political affiliation, Speaker of Parliament Cde John Nkomo said yesterday.
allafrica.com /zimbabwe   (867 words)

  
 A New Zimbabwe - A New Beginning:: Chinja Maitiro Guqula Izenzo Change your ways!!!
This is the Offical mouthpeice and communication medium for MDC Zimbabwe.
Only comments and articles posted here on any issue especially the Senate issues are Official and should be picked up by Newspapers, Journalists, Students, Friendly governments, and all interested parties.
A New Zimbabwe - A New Beginning:: Chinja Maitiro Guqula Izenzo Change your ways!!!
www.mdczimbabwe.org   (76 words)

  
 modified - Zimbabwe 2005 Parliamentary Elections: Questions working people are asking AiDC
His proposed amendments are agreeable to MDC and the capitalists such as a Senate; simaltenous parliamentary and presidential elections; increasing parliament to 200 members; removing the 30 appointed members.
He has already given assurances that he will not use his 2/3 majority to create a new constitution but only amend it in consultation with MDC in Parliament; or to appoint his own successor.
Zimbabwe 2005 Parliamentary Elections: Questions working people are asking
www.aidc.org.za /?q=book/view/555   (76 words)

  
 Zimbabwe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral Parliament, formerly known as the House of Assembly.
Zimbabwe is now widely perceived as a country in dire need of outside help, though not necessarily failed state, as Rhodesia had been relatively successful economically.
Zimbabwe is divided into 8 provinces and 2 cities with provincial status: Bulawayo (city), Harare (city), Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West, Masvingo, Matabeleland North, Matabeleland South, and Midlands.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zimbabwe   (76 words)

  
 Political Science
With December 1, 2003, release, site will contain electoral statistics for Presidential, US House, and Gubernatorial elections, 1824+; Senate elections, 1908+; Presidential primary elections, 1912+; Senatorial primary elections, 1920+; House primary elections, 1968+; and Gubernatorial primary elections, 1919+.
As the working documents of government, the parliamentary papers encompass all areas of social, political, economic and foreign policy, showing how issues were explored and legislation was formed.
National Journal is an authoritative weekly magazine featuring in-depth coverage of federal government policy making, with emphases both on the executive branch and the legislative branch.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/polsci   (76 words)

  
 Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is a republic, with an executive president and a unicameral parliament, known as the House of Assembly.
The Republic of Zimbabwe is a country located in the southern part of the continent of Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo RiverLimpopo rivers.
Capital Controls in Zimbabwe currently combines the very worst in people government is the classic example of how badly a nation can be governed under the guise of Capitalism and Democracy.
www.infothis.com /find/Zimbabwe   (76 words)

  
 Hearing: SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINATION - PART I -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearing: SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINATION - PART I -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
foreign.senate.gov /hearings/2005/hrg050118a.html   (61 words)

  
 Latest News - Republic of Botswana
Zimbabwe's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Stan Mudenge said when the US Senate passed a bill to impose economic sanctions on his country Botswana and other SADC countries made representations against it.
Zimbabwe has thanked Botswana for resisting calls by the United States of America Senate to impose economic sanctions on it.
Mudenge expressed the hope that the SADC Trade Protocol would not disrupt the trade relations between Botswana and Zimbabwe but would use that as a model towards a free trade area.
www.gov.bw /cgi-bin/news.cgi?d=20010412&i=Zim_thanks_Botswana   (61 words)

  
 Sen. John McCain on Imus - Imus on MSNBC - MSNBC.com
MCCAIN:  No, I think their interpretation of “extraordinary” would be extraordinary, and we also agreed to sit down and discuss with one another if there is some controversy.  So, you know, I hope for the best, and at least we delayed this kind of a confrontation that would have stopped the Senate from functioning. 
MCCAIN:  Well, that’s what would have happened, because if you’d have said 51 votes change the rules of the Senate, then 51 votes would have applied to legislation or nominees. 
MCCAIN:  Well, you know Joe.  He never stops whining.  But actually, I think he’s not only gotten over it, I think he’s one of the more active members of the Senate.  And I admire him a lot. 
msnbc.msn.com /id/7992200   (3185 words)

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