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Text of report by influential, privately-owned South African daily Business Day website on 15 September [Editorial: "Zimbabwe's Deal"] OPTIMIST that he is, President Thabo Mbeki said of the Zimbabwe power-sharing agreement reached last week that it was "inevitable that it will succeed". As the broker of the deal, Mbeki can hardly be faulted for trying to sell it. But even he can't really believe there is anything inevitable about its success. Indeed, if Zimbabwe's leaders make this...
Text of report by South African newspaper Business Report website on 15 September [Report by Justin Brown: "Zimbabwe Deal To Open Investment Flow"] Johannesburg -Billions of rands in investment could flow into Zimbabwe's economy, especially in the mineral resources sector, after the political settlement reached last week between Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF. Eddie Cross, the MDC policy coordinator, said on Friday that the...
Text of report by London-based opposition newzimbabwe.com website on 15 September [Unattributed report: "Historic Power Sharing Deal Signed"] Zimbabwe's rival political parties signed a landmark power- sharing deal on Monday which will see President Robert Mugabe ceding some of his powers for the first time in nearly three decades of iron rule. Mugabe, main opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara -who heads a breakaway MDC faction -signed the...
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai Monday signed a power-sharing deal after months of debate and negotiations. Under the terms of the agreement, Mugabe will remain president and Tsvangirai, a former presidential candidate and leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Party, will become prime minister, CNN reported. Hundreds of jubilant observers cheered outside a Harare hotel as the longtime rivals attended a signing ceremony inside. The deal,...
Text of report by privately-owned Zimbabwean weekly newspaper The Standard website on 13 September [Report by Godfrey Mutimba: "Masvingo Teachers Demand Payment in Foreign Currency"] Struggling teachers in Masvingo have resorted to demanding payment in South African rand for extra lessons. The teachers make the demands to desperate students, who are keen to complete their studies ahead of the November examinations. The students, who lost close to "half a year's lessons" due to strikes,...
By Basildon Peta Southern Africa Correspondent Zimbabwe's political leaders will sign a historic power sharing agreement today which, in effect, ends Robert Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power. For the first time since white rule ended in 1980, the 84-year-old President will have to govern with a cabinet in which the combined opposition will have a majority of seats. Mr Mugabe and the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai, spent much of the weekend...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly has agreed to a power-sharing agreement naming opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai prime minister. South African President Thabo Mbeki, who had been mediating talks between Mugabe and Tsvangirai, said the two rivals Thursday night unanimously endorsed a final pact that is to be unveiled to the public on Monday, The Times of London reported. The power-sharing pact could end Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power and the political crisis triggered by...
Text of report by privately-owned weekly newspaper The Zimbabwe Independent website on 11 September [Unattributed report: "Harare on Cholera Time-Bomb"] Harare is sitting on a cholera time bomb that may detonate anytime after the failure by the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) to repair burst sewer pipes and restore normal water supplies, the Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) and the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) have said. The warning came...
Zimbabwe today looked to be on the brink of an historic power- sharing deal that could finally end Robert Mugabe's 28-year monopoly on power in the country. South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki announced the news and said a government of national unity would be announced on Monday. The announcement was given a cautious welcome in Britain by former Cabinet Minister and minister for Africa Peter Hain. He said the reported deal between President Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai...
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader has struck a deal to share power with President Robert Mugabe and bring an end to the political stalemate that has crippled the inflation-wracked African nation. Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai told reporters last night that the parties "have got a deal". He did not elaborate on the terms of the agreement, saying the mediator would soon give details. The mediator is South African President Thabo Mbeki, who confirmed later in the...
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The Grey Rhebok or Grey Rhebuck (Pelea capreolus), is a species of antelope endemic to South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Swaziland. They prefer grassy, mountainous habitat They are also known as the Vaal Rhebok or Vaalribbok. Rheboks carry a woolly grey coat to insulate them from the cold of their habitat. Only the males carry the straight horns. Males become extremely aggressive during the breeding season.
The Bokmakierie (Telophorus zeylonus), is a bushshrike and a passerine bird closely related to the true shrikes in the family Laniidae. This species is endemic to southern Africa, mainly in South Africa and Namibia, with an isolated population in the mountains of eastern Zimbabwe and western Mozambique. It is a species of open habitats, including karoo scrub, fynbos and parks and gardens in urban areas. The adult Bokmakierie is a 8.6-9.0 inch long bird with olive-green upperparts and a...
The yellow mongoose is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. A member of the mongoose family, it lives in open country. It resides from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. There are as many as twelve subspecies of yellow mongoose. In general, the yellow mongoose has lighter highlights on the underbelly and chin, a bushy tail. Southern yellow mongooses are larger. They have...
The yellow baboon (Papio cynocephalus) is a baboon from the Old World monkey family. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the chacma baboon but is smaller. Its muzzle is not as elongated. The hairless face is black, framed with white sideburns. Males can grow to about 33.07 in (84 cm), females to about 23.62 in (60 cm). It has a long tail that grows to be nearly as long as the body. The yellow baboon inhabits grasslands and light forests....
