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SA continues inhuman treatment of refugees

Webmaster — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:56:03 +0000

Allegations of inhuman treatment on asylum seekers are continuing here, a human rights organization being the latest to complain.

Source: The Zimbabwean

Deportation of Zimbabweans tearing families apart

Webmaster — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:07:05 +0000

(IRIN) – Doreen Sibanda, 27, was among the first undocumented Zimbabwean nationals to be deported in early October 2011 after South Africa apparently lifted its more than two year moratorium on expulsions imposed following widespread xenophobic violence in 2008.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=94057

Archbishop visits Zimbabwe amid church-state standoff

Webmaster — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:57:48 +0000

Ekklesia – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, will visit Zimbabwe in a show of support for Anglicans who are under siege from a renegade ex-bishop who plans to snub the leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion – writes Munyaradzi Makoni.

Anglicans in Zimbabwe are embroiled in a church property fight with former Bishop Nolbert Kunonga of the capital of Harare. Kunonga left the church in 2007 over what he said was its pro-gay stance.

Kunonga has formed his own church around a group of followers, claiming rights over church property, schools and hospitals. Kunonga is allied with President Robert Mugabe, who has maintained a tight grip on power for 30 years.

Dr Williams’ 5-13 October 2011 visit, which will include visits to Malawi and Zambia, will “show support to Anglicans in Zimbabwe in the face of ongoing persecution at the hands of an ex-communicated man who has nothing else to do than focus his attention on destroying what generations of Anglicans built using their own resources,” the Harare diocese said in a statement.

Kunonga called Williams “a British diplomat representing neo-colonial interests,” and said he has little interest in meeting with him.

“I can’t be in solidarity with him. He won’t solve anything,” he said. “Other people are seeing hope. They are seeing Jesus Christ coming.”

Williams has said he has asked for a meeting with Mugabe, whom critics accuse of using police and the courts to intimidate clergy, staff and worshippers.

Anglicans recognise another prelate, Chad Gandiya, as bishop of Harare. “Zimbabweans should know that they are not forgotten by the global church,” said Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of Cape Town, South Africa.

[With acknowledgements to ENInews. ENInews, formerly Ecumenical News International, is jointly sponsored by the World Council of Churches, the Lutheran World Federation, the World Communion of Reformed Churches and the Conference of European Churches.]

Poverty alleviation scheme targets kids

Webmaster — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:47:52 +0000

(IRIN) – Orphans and vulnerable children from more than 80,000 households in Zimbabwe are set to benefit from a three-year government and donor-funded programme to cushion them from the worst effects of poverty.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=93858

Zimbabwean man jumped in front of train

Webmaster — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:03:14 +0000

A coroner’s court has been told how a failed Zimbabwean asylum seeker, Alexander Muchero, took his own life by jumping in front of a train in Birmingham.

Source: Birmingham Mail

US$7m spent on refugees

Webmaster — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:02:31 +0000

The cash-strapped government of Zimbabwe has asked for US$7 million to cater for asylum seekers at its Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has confirmed

Source: The Zimbabwean

Gaddafi ’seen in Zimbabwe

Webmaster — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:20:36 +0000

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has fled Libya to Zimbabwe on a jet provided by Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe, it was claimed today, as rebels began the march on his home town.

Hunger spreading in south

Webmaster — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:54:22 +0000

(IRIN) – Tedius Bere, 31, from Chivi District in Zimbabwe’s southeastern Masvingo Province, recently travelled to the capital Harare to ask for his brother’s help to buy food for his family, whom he had left in Chivi with only enough maize meal for two days.

This report online: http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportID=93535

Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe land seizures ‘cost $12bn’

Webmaster — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:46:30 +0000

The seizure of most of Zimbabwe’s white-owned land has cost nearly $12bn (£7bn) in lost production since 2000, the Commercial Farmers’ Union says.

Source: BBC News

273,514 Zimbabwean permit applications adjudicated – Home Affairs

Webmaster — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 11:26:34 +0000

Speaking notes for the briefing to the media by Home Affairs Deputy Director-General, Jackie Mckay, Arcadia House, Arcadia, Pretoria, July 21 2011

Ladies and gentlemen of the media, in our weekly briefing today we will provide an update on our recent efforts to crack down on illegal immigration as well as an update on the Zimbabwe Documentation Project (ZDP).

Source:www.politicsweb.co.za