Reports

JOHANNESBURG - The South African Council of Churches (SACC) says a multi-billion dollar rand loan to Zimbabwe will be unforgivable if the Harare authorities continued to inflict pain and suffering on their own people. The church leaders said this soon…

In the wake of the housing and business evictions that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Zimbabwe, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it will rent housing for more than 100 evicted families with disabled children…

Harare (dpa) - Members of Zimbabwe's armed forces have been given farm land and housing plots in a government effort to boost morale among troops, President Robert Mugabe said Tuesday at an address to mark Defence Forces' Day. In a…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 9 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Opposition parliamentarians and trade unionists in Zimbabwe are warning that a proposed Education Bill may be the first step in an attempt…

HARARE -- Zimbabwe government ministers have over the years built a notorious reputation of willfully ignoring the cries of the poor and powerless in society. Even in the face of strong popular rejection of their policies by the long-suffering Zimbabweans,…

By James Elder HARARE, Zimbabwe, 8 August 2005 - Barbara Fero has always been a survivor. Having overcome poverty to raise her nine-year-old disabled daughter after the death of her husband - all while living with HIV/AIDS - Barbara felt…

HARARE - President Robert Mugabe on Monday said he would rather speak to British Prime Minister Tony Blair to resolve the country's economic crisis, dampening South Africa's push for the veteran Zimbabwean leader to negotiate with the opposition Movement for…

[This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] JOHANNESBURG, 8 August (IRIN) The United Nations would like to launch an appeal to assist victims of the Zimbabwe government's controversial cleanup campaign as soon as possible. UN Resident…

Deportations to Zimbabwe are to remain on hold until October after asylum seekers' cases were adjourned at the High Court. Justice Collins adjourned the test cases being brought by the Refugee Legal Centre representing Zimbabwean failed asylum seekers. The lawyers were…

HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe on Monday blasted critics of the government's controversial clean-up exercise labelling them "hypocrites who speak in defence of slums." Mugabe was addressing about 8 000 people at the National Heroes Acre in Harare to…