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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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Tuesday, 30 April 2013 10:25
HARARE - South African leader Jacob Zuma is due in Harare after meeting Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday night, where the latter pushed for the convening of a mini-regional summit to speed up all outstanding reforms ahead of a...Read More
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:10
PRETORIA - A dagga bush is growing along the boundaries of the presidential guest house in Pretoria. And officials from a city improvement organisation say it is evidently being allowed to grow because the ground around it has recently been cleared....Read More
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Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:31
MASVINGO - A civil society worker who was facing charges of raping a deaf and dumb teenage girl at a local lodge was last week acquitted after the magistrate said the two had consensual sex. Jacob Tivenga, 48, an employee of...Read More
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Monday, 08 April 2013 10:19
HARARE - Over the years, it has become very clear that South Africa is the worst mediator on the continent. From Thabo Mbeki to Jacob Zuma, South Africa has not had much success with its mediation efforts because their policies are...Read More
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Wednesday, 03 April 2013 11:32
HARARE - With elections only a few months away, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is pinning hopes on South African president Jacob Zuma to deliver a credible poll amid heightening tensions. In an interview with his MDC newsletter, Tsvangirai said Zimbabwe could...Read More
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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:57
HARARE - South African President Jacob Zuma wants a Sadc team to be stationed in Zimbabwe as Harare heads for make-or-break elections expected as early as July. In a report to the Sadc Troika on politics, defence and security cooperation meeting...Read More
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Monday, 18 March 2013 10:13
HARARE - Police have swooped on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s communications office looking for “subversive” material and arrested several officials in a development which raises questions about the country’s stability ahead of elections. Hours after a largely peaceful referendum on a...Read More
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 12:05
HARARE - A special parliamentary committee is this week expected to endorse or reject Jacob Mudenda as the new chairman of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC). ZHRC is the first statutory body tasked with investigating rights abuses. Parliament’s Standing Rules...Read More
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 11:42
HARARE - EX-Zanu PF politburo member and leading lawyer Jacob Mudenda has been appointed to head the new Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission replacing Reginald Austin who resigned in protest late last year over poor funding and political meddling. Prime Minister Morgan...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Thursday, 14 February 2013 12:30
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe’s negotiators to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) have snubbed South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team. The meetings were supposed to tackle the contentious security sector and media reforms among other issues. On Sunday, representatives from...Read More
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Friday, 25 January 2013 11:38
MASVINGO - A civil society worker has appeared in court for allegedly raping a deaf and dumb teenage girl at a local lodge. Jacob Tivenga, 48, an employee of a Harare-based HIV/Aids non-governmental organisation (NGO), Thamaso, was allegedly given away when...Read More
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Friday, 28 December 2012 15:23
JOHANNESBURG - The South African government has sought to clarify remarks by President Jacob Zuma that angered dog lovers. Mr Zuma was quoted as saying at a rally on Wednesday that having pet dogs was part of white - not African...Read More
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Tuesday, 28 August 2012 11:09
HARARE - President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team jets in today for a crucial meeting with Zimbabwe negotiators drawn from Zanu PF and the two MDC formations over the deadlocked constitution-reform process. On Saturday, President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF insisted the amendments...Read More
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Sunday, 19 August 2012 15:43
HARARE - Regional body Sadc has recommitted itself to helping Zimbabwe come up with a credible constitution, followed by free and fair elections. In a communiqué issued yesterday after the Maputo Summit, Sadc said credible elections will enable Zimbabwe to achieve...Read More
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