Key evidence produced in the treason trial of Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was ”inaudible”, a government recording expert told the court on Wednesday.
The Zimbabwe government has banned motorists from carrying fuel in containers, a routine procedure in the southern African country where there are chronic fuel shortages, a newspaper said on Tuesday.
A journalist has filed assault charges against Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Botswana who he says attacked him over an article he wrote, police said on Thursday.
Human rights lawyers in Zimbabwe on Thursday expressed concern at the continued detention of opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai who has been in custody here for nearly two weeks.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Friday attacked whites in the country for refusing reconciliation and vowed his government would not tolerate any more protests from the opposition, state television reported.
Fear stalks Zimbabwe’s streets
More than 500 people are dying of Aids-related illnesses in Zimbabwe daily, according to the latest projections endorsed by the United Nations Aids programme, UNAids.
The state has opposed Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s bail application, as he readies to spend an eighth night in jail on Friday, but his continued detention without trial on treason charges has drawn no reaction from ordinary Zimbabweans, who live in fear of arrest and repression by the security forces.
About 90% of the estimated 2,3-million Zimbabweans infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), are unaware they have the virus, Health Minister David Parirenyatwa told a conference in Harare on Thursday.
South African Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota passionately urged the Zimbabwean Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) "to go back to the talks" with the ruling Zanu-PF government in that troubled country. He has also urged the MDC not to go to the streets in protest.