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Saturday, 12 January 2013 10:19
HARARE - Whistle blower website, WikiLeaks, is on the verge of releasing millions more confidential US diplomatic cables with Zimbabwe bracing for a fresh potential fallout. The reports are likely to cause panic and tremors especially in Zanu PF where...Read More
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Saturday, 12 January 2013 10:19
HARARE - Zanu PF Masvingo Province has disowned former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) advisor and aspiring senator Munyaradzi Kereke, saying the maverick businessman was not in the party structures. This follows allegations that Kereke entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” with...Read More
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Friday, 11 January 2013 12:11
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s electoral body has defended its contact with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai saying allegations that he is meddling with the electoral process are dishonest. Joyce Kazembe, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy commission chairperson, said this after meeting Tsvangirai...Read More
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 12:19
HARARE - “Cost of living is so high, rich and poor they start to cry, now the weak must get strong, they say, ‘Oh ,what a tribulation!’ Them belly full, but we hungry; a hungry mob is an angry mob.” I...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:58
HARARE - Zanu PF and the two MDC formations in the fragile unity government have struck a deal on the stalled draft constitution raising hopes that a referendum can finally be conducted. The new deal addresses areas of conflict contained in...Read More
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:58
HARARE - Indigenisation and Youth minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has promised tough action against violence in his constituency saying Zanu PF must win freely and fairly. Kasukuwere, the secretary for indigenisation in the Zanu PF politburo, said this in the wake of...Read More
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Wednesday, 09 January 2013 09:50
HARARE - Mines and Mining Development minister Obert Mpofu’s appointment of handpicked Zanu PF officials as board members for sanctions-busting mineral agencies has been denounced as blatant crony capitalism. The State-run Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) is the sole marketing...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 11:37
HARARE - A surprise confession was made recently by Julius Malema. The former ANC Youth League president said that he was now an ordinary person and would no longer be “selling policies that are not sellable”. In order to avoid...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 11:11
HARARE - Since 2009, Zimbabwe has been making half-hearted attempts at democratisation following a disputed election the previous year. The piecemeal reforms so far are attributable primarily to the dearth of political will and lack of financial resources. Of the political...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:46
HARARE - Zanu PF says it cannot share goodies dished by President Robert Mugabe with non-party members, even those it wants to lure ahead of this year’s crunch general election. The $20 million presidential farming input scheme launched recently in all...Read More
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Monday, 07 January 2013 10:54
HARARE - Zanu PF celebrates 50 years this year with so many questions hanging over the deaths of some of its iconic members. Top of the pile is the death of former Zanla commander Josiah Magama Tongogara, whose widow recently cast...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Monday, 07 January 2013 10:32
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC and other parties are sweating over what they say is a covert military operation that could scupper prospects of a peaceful election. They have now demanded that a coalition government organ whose operations are...Read More
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Monday, 07 January 2013 09:15
HARARE - The festive season is a period marked by a hives of activities. Business tries to clear stock, ordinary people rushing to buy goods, state institutions are put to rest, and a spirit of togetherness and joy defines people’s faces....Read More
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Sunday, 06 January 2013 13:11
HARARE - The subsistence of political transitions are marked by political infighting, partisan positions and attempts to revert back to the old authoritarian rule especially if the undemocratic elements within the elite power arrangements read that a full scale democratic norm...Read More
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Sunday, 06 January 2013 13:06
MUTARE - Divisions within Zanu PF in Manicaland showcased yesterday when the party’s youths boycotted a provincial executive meeting in the city chaired by the former ruling party’s provincial chairperson, Mike Madiro. The youths snubbed the meeting citing the attendance of...Read More
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