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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 16:07
Robert Mugabe has been threatening to unilaterally call for fresh polls without fundamental reforms. And attempts to resolve the dispute, largely led by South Africa, have foundered on the personal animosity between the two leaders Mugabe and Prime Minister...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - Fireworks are expected at tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting as the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC takes the electoral war to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF over a voter registration programme mired in controversy and renewed crackdown on pro-democracy groups. Matters...Read More
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Features » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:07
HARARE - Zimbabweans will soon troop to the polls for the umpteenth time in less than a decade-and-a-half to “choose” a new government. The new vote comes in the wake in which Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his band of democrats...Read More
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 14:03
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has denied that its popularity ratings have plunged, disputing an opinion poll which revealed that it suffered a slide. The MDC is facing a rough ride in the GNU, and its leader Tsvangirai...Read More
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Thursday, 02 May 2013 15:10
HARARE - Netherlands this week celebrated the Queen’s day and on the occasion the Daily News staff writer John Kachembere (JK) caught up with Barbara Joziasse ((BJ), Netherlands ambassador to Zimbabwe to discuss various issues concerning the relations between her country...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Friday, 26 April 2013 10:30
HARARE - The MDC became part of an inclusive government in 2009 after trouncing Zanu PF in the election of 2008 and since then, the party has exhibited a huge qualitative difference from Zanu PF. Only recently, the print and the...Read More
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 11:02
HARARE - Zimbabwe's economic growth vis-a-vis the poor and deteriorating business environment appears to be a paradox. Despite averaging a GDP growth rate of 7, 3 percent per annum between 2009 to date — ranking the country among the fastest growing...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Tuesday, 09 April 2013 11:11
HARARE - As the tenure of the GNU is about to end, it is clear that the said entity has failed to address the concerns of the students of Zimbabwe. The coming of the GNU on the political scene signalled disaster...Read More
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Monday, 08 April 2013 13:30
HARARE - The West and Zimbabwe have begun to re-engage on knotty issues ranging from diplomatic frictions to targeted sanctions on President Robert Mugabe’s regime following a 13-year-long hiatus. Representatives from all three parties of the Government of National Unity (GNU)...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Sunday, 31 March 2013 13:23
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe must prove to Zimbabwe and the rest of the world that he is prepared to see through the reforms that he agreed to at the consummation of the inclusive government. Mugabe agreed to a raft of...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Friday, 22 March 2013 11:02
HARARE - A war of words has erupted over election timing as parties in Zimbabwe’s shaky coalition government gird themselves for a winner-take-all poll. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came out guns blazing accusing Justice minister Patrick Chinamasa of jumping the...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Monday, 18 March 2013 09:53
HARARE - Whatever outcome of the constitutional referendum held on Saturday; one thing undisputable is the silent voter apathy that has crept in the Zimbabwean society. Opportunists and all those bitter about the whole constitution-making process in general and the holding...Read More
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Sunday, 10 February 2013 12:20
HARARE - Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has squarely blamed the coalition government for the appalling Zimsec 2012 ‘O’ Level results. There is consternation in Zimbabwe that nearly 82 percent of students have failed their basic school leavers’ exams. Although...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Friday, 18 January 2013 12:02
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have finally agreed on a draft constitution, setting the stage for a referendum and ultimately a watershed election to be held later this year. Principals in the rocky coalition government, who...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Wednesday, 16 January 2013 14:53
HARARE - Has there ever been an economic tragedy simultaneously so profound and so disregarded as Zimbabwe? The situation is so much more tragic because it has raised so little attention in the capitals of the world. No outraged editorials...Read More
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