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One would have thought the signing of the power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe would mean it was safe for 25 Movement Democratic Change supporters to gather in celebration at a shopping centre in Buhera. (AllAfrica)

President Robert Mugabe is expected to meet opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the next two days to try to break a deadlock over cabinet posts, a senior ruling party official said yesterday. The ZANU-PF official suggested Mugabe's patience was running out and a prolonged deadlock could endanger the negotiations. The two sides have failed to agree on sharing out cabinet posts since the outline power-sharing deal on Sept. 15. (AllAfrica)

TEACHERS living with HIV and Aids will benefit from a network to be formed under the auspices of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation this year. (AllAfrica)

SOME banks have for some time been subjecting customers to unfair treatment, levying unjustified and to a very large extent, extortionate service charges and fees. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE'S bid to reap rewards from the staging of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa continued to gather momentum yesterday with Zifa and the Premier Soccer League exploring ways in which the domestic game could be marketed extensively ahead of the global football showcase. (AllAfrica)

MISA-Zimbabwe notes current efforts by the Attorney General's Office to develop an Information Communication Technologies (ICT) Bill through the circulation of a questionnaire which, among other considerations, seeks to identify shortfalls in ICT related legislation in Zimbabwe. (AllAfrica)

SOME shops and garages, licensed to sell goods in hard currency, in Harare began trading with the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and the National Incomes and Pricing Commission closely monitoring the situation yesterday. (AllAfrica)

THE proposed extraordinary general meeting (EGM) by Kingdom Meikles Africa shareholders led by chairman John Moxon on October 23 to fire CEO Nigel Chanakira and two other board members could hit a snag as minority shareholders of the conglomerate are set to launch a massive legal challenge against attempts to remove the directors. (AllAfrica)

PEOPLE in the southern region of the country are facing starvation as food shortages have reached critical levels with villagers exchanging their livestock for maize and other basic foodstuffs. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Mugabe has denied a "deadlock" in the sharing of portfolios under an inclusive government with the two MDC formations. (AllAfrica)

KINGDOM Miekles Africa (KMAL) chief executive officer Nigel Chanakira has launched a major counter-attack against group chairman John Moxon whom he wants arrested on charges on externalisation. (AllAfrica)

SINCE taking an Eaglesvale High School student named Friday Kasteni to the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean, Zimbabwe's cricket selectors seem to have found it trendy to ring a surprise every time they pick a squad. (AllAfrica)

IT is around 3am and 30-year-old Kudzanai Toziva cannot endure anymore the excruciating pain in his body. (AllAfrica)

The banning of electronic bank transfers, otherwise known as Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) services, has thrown the operations of many companies, including Innscor, into turmoil. (AllAfrica)

The Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe Limited is considering re-modelling its subsidiary, National Glass Industries in Kadoma, which has been lying idle for years, as efforts to revive it intensify. (AllAfrica)

THE Senate is expected to resume sitting today while the House of Assembly will re-convene next Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

A BULAWAYO man was yesterday arraigned before the court for impregnating his 15-year-old sister in a sexual relationship, which spanned for several months. (AllAfrica)

THE Affirmative Action Group executive yesterday met Old Mutual bosses to consider the implications of the removal of Kingdom Meikles Africa Limited chief executive officer Mr Nigel Chanakira on the indigenisation and black empowerment drive. (AllAfrica)

JUST when we thought Kennedy Tsimba's rugby career was in the twilight zone, the 34-year-old flyhalf is riding on a wave of success in South Africa. (AllAfrica)

DYNAMOS continue to be masters of reproducing an anti-climactic script to their African Champions League campaign and on Sunday the 0-1 defeat to Cotonsport Garoua at Rufaro left the whole nation disappointed. (AllAfrica)

ECONOMISTS in South Africa say the country could afford a US$2 billion financial rescue aid for Zimbabwe's economy. (AllAfrica)

THERE are several issues fuelling immense growth in the financial services sector with the major factor over the past few years, and particularly in 2007 and 2008 being real time foreign currency transactions. (AllAfrica)

THE National Oil Company of Zimbabwe wants contracts with farmers interested in growing jatropha this year to boost the production of bio-diesel. (AllAfrica)

TWO Printflow Private Limited employees; who were last week jailed 18 months apiece for illegally possessing blank copies of birth certificates, passport application forms, Government receipts and other official documents; have appealed to the High Court challenging the sentence. (AllAfrica)

GOVERNMENT yesterday received 4 500 tonnes of maize from a local company, RAE Holdings, which will be distributed as food aid to needy people countrywide. (AllAfrica)

IN a case that has left the Zvimba community shell-shocked, an 18-year-old man repeatedly raped his three-year-old niece, in full view of her brother, until she died. (AllAfrica)

THE action was likely to begin all over again for Cara Black and Liezel Huber at the Kremlin Cup women's tennis tournament in Moscow, Russia. (AllAfrica)

CONFUSION and chaos reigned supreme in the Zifa Northern Region Division One soccer league at the weekend where events were characterised by the unavailability of match officials and the assault of a goalkeeper by players of the opposite side. (AllAfrica)

TEACHERS' unions have castigated members and school development associations demanding extra incentives, such as groceries and cash from pupils and parents in return for lessons, saying such behaviour demeans the profession as it is Government's responsibility to pay teachers' salaries. (AllAfrica)

FORMER national cricket team captain Tatenda Taibu yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates' Courts for allegedly assaulting a Zimbabwe Cricket manager over an outstanding salary. (AllAfrica)

HARARE Friday, October 03, 2008 (IRIN) - The joy Zimbabweans felt after the power-sharing deal was signed on 15 September is fast dissipating, and the deadlock between the ruling ZANU-PF and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is becoming part of a familiar political landscape, while the humanitarian situation worsens. (irinnews.org)