<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zimbabwe News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=261</link><description>News Feed for - Zimbabwe</description><item><title>Nqakula to head Zim support team</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96483057&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:10:00</pubDate><description>Charles Nqakula, former defence minister and current adviser to President Jacob Zuma, will lead a team to facilitate talks on the Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement, the presidency said on Thursday. Nqakula </description><source>Mail &amp; Guardian Online</source></item><item><title>Farmers protected from Zimbabwe deal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96572686&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:28:00</pubDate><description>Responding to an urgent application to halt the signing of the promotion and reciprocal protection of investments agreement (Bippa) Judge Roelof du Plessis congratulated both parties for reaching a settlement. </description><source>Times Live South Africa</source></item><item><title>Zuma quietly shafts Mbeki from Zimbabwe mediation role</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96570426&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:13:00</pubDate><description>For those of you who didnâ??t read the fine print this morning, President Thabo Mbeki has been quietly shafted once more by President Jacob Zuma, this time as mediator in the Zimabwean peace process. </description><source>Times Live South Africa</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe Vigil Diary â?? November 21, 2009</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96535059&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T04:36:00</pubDate><description>LONDON - Is it time to campaign for targeted sanctions against some MDC leaders? The question was discussed at the Vigil with some animation on the day President Zuma of South Africa was supposed to visit </description><source>The Zimbabwean</source></item><item><title>SA urged to shelter displaced Zimbabweans</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96516814&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:54:00</pubDate><description>JOHANNESBURG â?? South Africaâ??s municipal labour union on Wednesday called on President Jacob Zumaâ??s government to immediately provide shelter to more than 2 500 Zimbabweans left destitute by last </description><source>Zim Online</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe losing its women and children</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96409751&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T00:14:00</pubDate><description>The Multiple Indicator and Monitoring Survey (MIMS), which was conducted in May 2009, reported a decline in access to many key social services for women and children, particularly for the poorest populations </description><source>Afrol News</source></item><item><title>Global HIV Infections Down 17 Per Cent</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96410221&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:52:00</pubDate><description>A new report shows that global new HIV infection rates have fallen by 17 per cent and suggests that HIV prevention programmes are making a     difference beyond the natural course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. </description><source>Medical News Today</source></item><item><title>'Rights of SA farmers in Zimbabwe will not be violated'</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96579564&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:30:00</pubDate><description>In order to bring you the best possible user experience, this site uses Javascript. If you are seeing this message, it is likely that the Javascript option in your browser is disabled. For optimal viewing </description><source>SABC</source></item><item><title>Judge rules that SA farmers will not lose Zimbabwe land</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96577047&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T16:08:00</pubDate><description>South African farmers in Zimbabwe will not forfeit their land or investments as a result of a bilateral agreement still to be signed, a Pretoria judge ordered on Thursday. Responding to an urgent application </description><source>Business Report</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe agreement: AfriForum and govt settle</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96574788&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:48:00</pubDate><description>Menzi Simelane, and the outrageous happenings in the liquidations sector. PRETORIA (Sapa) - South African farmers in Zimbabwe will not forfeit their land or investments as a result of a bilateral agreement </description><source>Politicsweb</source></item><item><title>Old Mutual â??reviewing stakeâ?? in Zimbabwe gem miner</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96544281&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:54:00</pubDate><description>Old Mutual, the biggest insurer in SA, said yesterday it was reviewing its stake in scrap metal recycler New Reclamation Group, which agreed to mine diamonds from ZimbabweÃ¢â?¬â?¢s Marange deposit in </description><source>ZW News</source></item><item><title>South Africa's Zuma sending high-powered team to Harare to promote accord</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96543834&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:54:00</pubDate><description>Pretoria sources said the team to be sent to Harare by President Jacob Zuma includes trusted lieutenants who are Ã¢â?¬Å?as tough as nails' Blessing Zulu Washington - South Africa is expected to send a </description><source>ZW News</source></item><item><title>Diamond Network Blacklists Marange</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96414491&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T15:24:00</pubDate><description>THE Rapaport Diamond Trading Network -- an overseas-based global network of companies that supports the development of free, fair and competitive global diamond markets -- said yesterday it had banned </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Mugabe Faces Diamond Ban -- Again</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96567674&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:53:00</pubDate><description>Mines Minister Obert Mpofu says security troops are being withdrawn from diamond fields they have occupied after the beleaguered government was threatened with expulsion from the global diamond market. </description><source>OfficialWire</source></item><item><title>High Court rules ahead of Zimbabwe trade deal</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96564793&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:09:00</pubDate><description>Picture: Sunday Times. The High Court in Pretoria today ordered the South African government to honour a SADC tribunal finding that Zimbabwe's land reform programme was discriminatory, when it signs a </description><source>Business Day</source></item><item><title>Strengthen GMO Detection Capacity, SADC Urged</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96545706&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T14:22:00</pubDate><description>SADC must support and strengthen genetically modified organism detection laboratories to curb the influx of undesirable GMO products and enhance the capacity of the region to verify the GM content of </description><source>RBC Dain Rauscher</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Varsity Gets Heifers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96546423&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:40:00</pubDate><description>Harare Businessman and farmer Mr Temba Mliswa has donated 20 heifers and a bull to the Chinhoyi University of Technology for the institution to start a breeding programme at a farm allocated to it by </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: Ordinary Level Examinations Begin Today</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96546405&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:40:00</pubDate><description>Harare Ordinary Level examinations begin today amid reports that school administrators are making frantic efforts to convince teachers to invigilate without compensation after the school term closes on </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Mitchell and Mitchell Goes Into Liquidation</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96545723&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:51:00</pubDate><description>Zimbabwe: Martin Kadzere 26 November 2009 Harare â?? MITCHELL and Mitchell -- the exporter of horticultural produce -- is insolvent and its directors have filed an application for provisional liquidation. </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Medical aid, insurance differences</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96545698&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:30:00</pubDate><description>We recently signed up into one of the medical insurance schemes that have been opened here in Zimbabwe. I was extremely delighted to walk into a pharmacy and found out that I was able to get a prescription </description><source>Zimbabwe Herald</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe: U.S.$1,4 Million Mbanje Seized</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96545417&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:27:00</pubDate><description>Harare â?? POLICE have arrested seven suspected members of a drug trafficking syndicate, including two Mozambicans, and recovered 1 400kg of mbanje worth about US$1,4 million. Deputy chief police spokesperson </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Zimbabwe October inflation up on food prices</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96472621&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T06:54:00</pubDate><description>Zimbabwe's inflation quickened to 0.8% month-on-month in October from -0.5% in September, pushed up by higher prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, the Central Statistical Office said today. The </description><source>SABC</source></item><item><title>Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Backs SADC Parliament</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96541147&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T05:40:00</pubDate><description>Victoria Falls Zimbabwe fully supports the transformation of the Sadc Parliamentary Forum into a full legislative organ with commensurate authority, President Mugabe has said. The President, who was addressing </description><source>AllAfrica.com</source></item><item><title>Thabo Mbeki ends Zimbabwe role</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96537980&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T05:10:00</pubDate><description>Leaving ... Former President Mbeki RELATED STORIES SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday appointed a new team to monitor Zimbabwe's troubled unity government accord, ending former president </description><source>New Zimbabwe.com</source></item><item><title>Tsvangirai plane forced to land</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96537954&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=261</link><pubDate>2009-11-26T05:09:00</pubDate><description>Distress call ... SA Airlink plane like one above forced to return to Johannesburg Scare ... Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai RELATED STORIES A SOUTH Africa-registered plane carrying Prime Minister Morgan </description><source>New Zimbabwe.com</source></item></channel></rss>