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A member of Israel's Diamond Exchange, David Vardi, was today expelled after attempting to smuggle illegal Zimbabwe blood diamonds worth about $200 000 into the country. Spokesman Assaf Levin said…

South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was today adamant that the 31 December deadline by which Zimbabweans should apply for regularisation of their stay in South Africa will not…

Two Israelis were caught at Ben Gurion Airport with Marange diamonds valued at $140 000 reports said today. The two were David Vardi, a trader on the Israeli Diamond Exchange,…

Attorney-general Johannes Tomana today said he would appoint a team of five lawyers to establish whether reports in the WikiLeaks amounted to any breach of the constitution. “The WikiLeaks appear…

Zimbabweans are remitting at least $490 million a year, enough to finance the entire budgets of the Ministries of Health and Education which account for nearly a third of the…

Zimbabwe's referendum on the new constitution can only be held in September or October next year which implies that elections cannot be held before that. President Robert Mugabe had said…

South Africa's Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma today said her department had already turned down more than 10 000 applications from Zimbabweans seeking to work, study or stay in South…

The United States today added attorney-general Johannes Tomana to its sanctions list because he has selectively prosecuted political opponents and their perceived supporters in an effort to undermine Zimbabwe’s democratic…

President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said their unity government was working well despite differences and urged their supporters to avoid violence.  "We are from different political…

Political analysts today said Zimbabwe could face renewed political and economic turmoil if it held elections next year as proposed by President Robert Mugabe and his party. "We are our…