Reports

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 12 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Stakeholders and trade unions in Zimbabwe's education sector say proposals in the new Education Amendment Bill will cause a decline in standards, and…

Nic Dawes Johannesburg, South Africa - President Thabo Mbeki and Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe are locked in a high-stakes poker game over the conditions attached to a South African plan to stave off the collapse of the Zimbabwean economy. Each…

Johannesburg, 12 August 2005 Zimbabwe's current political and economic turmoil will be high on the agenda when the Southern African Development Community Council of Non-Governmental Organisations (SADC-CNGO) meet from 13 -16 August in Gaborone, Botswana, prior to SADC's 25th Summiton 17…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 12 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - The Zimbabwean government has dug in its heels over proposed constitutional amendments and challenged its critics to take their concerns to parliament. Human…

JOHANNESBURG -- The South African government was on Wednesday expected to issue a certificate confirming that food raised by local churches for victims of Zimbabwe 's urban clean-up campaign was not genetically modified (GMO), South African Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane…

HARARE - The African Union (AU) has begun pushing for talks between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, its first public bid to end Zimbabwe 's crisis but diplomats and opposition officials on Wednesday said Mugabe could…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 11 August (IRIN) Two trucks carrying 37 mt of food aid and another laden with blankets for Zimbabweans affected by the government's controversial cleanup campaign are expected to…

GENEVA - A senior United Nations human rights expert on Monday lashed out at African leaders for failing to speak out against President Robert Mugabe's demolition of thousands of houses in a controversial clean-up exercise. UN special rappourteur on the…

HARARE -- President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday said his government would buy more weapons from China and other Asian allies despite a crippling economic crisis threatening Zimbabwe with total collapse. Addressing thousands of mostly supporters of his ruling ZANU PF party…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 10 August (IRIN) African Union (AU) chairman Olusegun Obasanjo has appointed former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano as his "special representative" to Zimbabwe, according to official sources. However, AU spokesman…