Zimbabwe happy to host UN rights chief
Patrick Chinamasa, the Zimbabwean Justice Minister, says Zimbabwe is happy to host the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay "because we have nothing to hide in terms of human rights issues".Pillay arrived on Sunday in Zimbabwe on the first mission to the troubled southern African nation by the world rights chief.Chinamasa, quoted in the state Sunday Mail newspaper, said Pillay was first invited to Zimbabwe last year but couldn't make that trip."We showed our commitment by extending another invitation in February and we are happy she has accepted," he said.He said he was not concerned by submissions Pillay was expected to receive from rights activists and non-governmental organisations."We are happy we will be able to host her because we have nothing to hide in terms of human rights issues. We are not worried about what our detractors will say," he said.She will meet with Mugabe, political leaders and rights groups, said Chi...Read moreThere is no state sponsored violence - Chinamasa
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2012 May 21 | 820 Views
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2012 May 21 | 667 Views
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2012 May 21 | 569 Views
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2012 May 21 | 508 Views
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2012 May 21 | 347 Views
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2012 May 21 | 439 Views
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2012 May 20 | 540 Views
Thabitha Khumalo, the MDC-T deputy spokesperson who is pushing for the decriminalization of the prostitution had defended utterances made by MDC-T Senator Morgan Femai at a recent HIV and AIDS worksh...
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2012 May 20 | 1812 Views
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2012 May 20 | 976 Views
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2012 May 20 | 563 Views
ZAPU President, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa who is also the former ZIPRA military and intelligence supremo has lambasted top military chefs for continued meddling in the country's political affairs adding that...
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Up to now no one knows what exactly transpired on the fateful night.Theories have been propounded to explain the incident on the hot summer evening deep within the hinterland of Chipinge.But several s...
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2012 May 20 | 280 Views
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Navanethem Pillay, is expected to arrive in the country today amid reports that some non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have been commissio...
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2012 May 20 | 1182 Views
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Police in Harare have arrested four members of a five-man gang of criminals for printing and circulating thousands of counterfeit United States dollars.Law enforcement agents swooped on the suspects a...
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2012 May 20 | 801 Views
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2012 May 19 | 1845 Views
Two brothers are suspected to have taken turns to rape a 23-year-old woman who was a girlfriend of one of them.Police said on May 13 at Village 6, Nyakasikana, under Chief Chundu in Hurungwe, the com...
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2012 May 19 | 797 Views
An MDC-T government minister said yesterday the Chinese practice the darkest side of capitalism and has threatened that her party will urge Zimbabweans to boycott their products in protest.Over the la...
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2012 May 19 | 2299 Views
Maxwell Mutsetse (30) from Mutare faces jail after he was overheard commenting about the sexual prowess of the country's president Robert Mugabe, it was reported yesterday.Mutsetse allegedly told his ...
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2012 May 19 | 860 Views
Hundreds of Zimbabwean MPs will be circumcised by the end of next month to help popularise the latest HIV/Aids prevention method.The 175 lawmakers would also undergo HIV tests and counselling, Mr Bles...
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2012 May 19 | 637 Views
Gutu - MDC-T councillor for Ward 5, Gutu West Constituency, Maxwell Mazambani was on Thursday fined one goat by village head Chikanya for hosting party supporters and officials after the police had bl...
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2012 May 19 | 492 Views
Senator Morgan Femai of Movement for Democratic Change representing Chikomo has come up with some controversial suggestions on how to reduce HIV. He suggested that women should be made less attractive...
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2012 May 19 | 377 Views
President Robert Mugabe has warned miners who resist Government's Indigenisation programme saying they risk being thrown out of the country the same way white commercial farmers lost their farms durin...
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2012 May 19 | 1481 Views
The two controversial Dangamvura women who recently grabbed headlines after pouring hot chilli into the privates of another woman they accused of snatching their husband were last week found guilty an...
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2012 May 19 | 1032 Views
A four-year-old Epworth toddler was allegedly infected with HIV after being sodomised by a 19-year-old teenager early last month, the court heard yesterday.Addington Ngirazi, of Solani Epworth, was no...
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2012 May 19 | 1521 Views
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2012 May 19 | 672 Views
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2012 May 19 | 360 Views
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2012 May 19 | 553 Views
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2012 May 18 | 783 Views
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2012 May 19 | 1334 Views
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2012 May 18 | 1087 Views
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Transport Minister Nicholas Goche has accused local government authorities countrywide of "stealing" toll gates fees meant for rehabilitation of country's road network."Recently ZINARA allocated funds...
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2012 May 18 | 639 Views
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2012 May 18 | 3052 Views
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2012 May 18 | 358 Views
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2012 May 18 | 534 Views
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2012 May 18 | 378 Views
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2012 May 17 | 2415 Views
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