Zimbabwe Travel News

It's a solitary summit, a lone volcano, towering above the surrounding landscape and visible for more than a hundred miles.

Today in Trinidad the Commonwealth leaders will for the first time in some years discuss whether or not they should allow their delinquent outcast Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe back into the 53-member club.

It's a victory for the rule of law and it has spared the South African government the embarrassment of being unable to sign the agreement Responding to an urgent application to halt the signing of the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments agreement Judge Roelof du Plessis congratulated both parties for reaching a settlement.

South Africa's President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president Thabo Mbeki's mediation role, his office said.

Tourism, once one of the cash cows of the economy, is on the mend. Recent figures show a dramatic turnaround.

Uncertainty over Zimbabwe's future political path and ongoing seizures of privately-owned commercial farms continue to scare off British companies from investing in the southern African country, according to United Kingdom ambassador Mark Canning.

The German government has sent a written protest to Zimbabwe over the attack on a German priest by soldiers over the weekend.

Phil Edmonds, right, the former England spin bowler turned miner, is said to be annoyed about the press his businesses get for operating in countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe, because other, bigger, companies operate in the same region and don't get so much stick.

President Mugabe yesterday said the Government will not nationalise foreign-owned companies, but will insist on the 51 percent local ownership on all companies according to the country's indegenisation laws.

Zimbabwe has hailed the just concluded fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation as "a very successful meeting", Wednesday's The Herald said.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai confirmed on Tuesday that he will attend a cabinet meeting following his party's decision to end its boycott.

The office of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday postponed a cabinet meeting normally held that day to Wednesday, citing fatigue from his trip to Egypt to take part in an African-Chinese summit, delaying formal reconciliation of unity government members.

AN airline has been criticised for not knowing what to do after one of its planes hit a bushpig on take-off. The Air Zimbabwe's MA60 jet was bound for the western city of Bulawayo but crashed after hitting the pig as it ran on to the runway.

'I have heard Africa described as the continent of abundant life and speedy death.

Windhoek/Maputo - Zimbabwe avoided suspension from the global certified diamond trade on Thursday after an international diamond watchdog decided to give the country more time to polish up its diamond dealings.

By Charles Mangwiro Regional leaders hold a summit in Mozambique on Thursday hoping to prevent the collapse of Zimbabwe's unity government, threatened by the most severe political standoff since it was formed in February.

There was panic and pandemonium amongst passengers when an Air Zimbabwe plane was forced to make an emergency stop on the runaway on Tuesday night, after it allegedly - hit a warthog' at the Harare International Airport.

A Zimbabwean deputy minister from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party who was arrested for allegedly stealing a cell phone from an ally of President Robert Mugabe has been cleared of the charges.

Zimbabwe's neighbours on Monday intensified efforts to break an impasse threatening a fragile unity government, as Congolese leader Joseph Kabila met with feuding leaders and a new summit was set for this week.

TEGUCIGALPA a ' Washington asked coup-torn Honduras' opposing political factions to be more flexible about ways to resolve the country's four-month-old crisis, as a delegation led by a senior U.S. official arrived Wednesday in hopes of spurring further dialogue.