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Wednesday, 24 April 2013 11:32
HARARE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has wished Zimbabwe a happy Independence and prosperity in the coming year. The 86-year-old British monarch sent the message to the people of Zimbabwe from Buckingham Palace on April 18, the day the southern African...Read More
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Features » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 10:20
HARARE - A dirty strip snakes into a rundown compound in Caledonia, a bustling settlement established to house victims of President Robert Mugabe’s Operation Murambatsvina (drive out trash) seven years ago. In this midst of extreme poverty, residents here, 20 kilometres...Read More
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Monday, 22 April 2013 11:23
MUSINA - There are more Zimbabweans than South Africans in this town according to the last official census in South Africa. Infact Musina, the busy border town between Zimbabwe and South Africa has assumed a Zimbabwean face. Several churches in the...Read More
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Monday, 22 April 2013 10:38
HARARE - Last Thursday Zimbabwe marked 33 years of self rule. As reported elsewhere in this edition, those in the Diaspora are agonising on the independence of Zimbabwe and as well as the opportunities that we missed as a nation...Read More
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Sunday, 21 April 2013 15:34
HARARE - It is official; Zimbabwe is now 33 years old. In 1980, I was 20 and a student in the United Kingdom so I did not witness first-hand the experience and real time excitement of independence. Notwithstanding, I...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:51
HARARE - Known for their reserved nature, apostolic sect women were swinging their hips to sungura maestro Aleck Macheso’s tunes yesterday, as Zimbabweans showed rare unity to commemorate the country’s 33rd independence anniversary. Donning snow-white long dresses and headgear, the women...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:45
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says Zimbabwe’s independence did not come with basic freedoms as generally propagated. “We still have a huge deficit when it comes to respect for human dignity and human rights because we take for granted the...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Friday, 19 April 2013 11:22
HARARE - Zimbabwe marks 33 years of independence today with the future of the country still in limbo despite the successful completion of a contentious constitution-making exercise in which citizens endorsed a new governance charter. The drums of war are already...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:07
HARARE - For many people around the world, a day like today — variously known as Independence Day, Freedom Day or National Day in different countries — is a very special and joyous occasion indeed. Be it in South Africa, the...Read More
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News » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Thursday, 18 April 2013 13:56
HARARE - Tomorrow, April 18 is an important calendar date for Zimbabweans as we celebrate 33 years of self-rule. There has been mixed reactions to this year’s Independence Day, with analysts and social commentators giving different views in interviews carried out...Read More
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Features » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 15:28
HARARE - Tomorrow, April 18 is an important calendar date for Zimbabweans as we celebrate 33 years of self-rule. There has been mixed reactions to this year’s Independence Day, with analysts and social commentators giving different views in interviews carried out...Read More
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Friday, 05 April 2013 11:02
HARARE - As Zimbabwe commemorates Independence Day in two weeks, veterans of the 1970s liberation war are still wallowing in poverty, a senior representative has said. While a few well-connected have benefited from President Robert Mugabe’s largesse programmes such as land...Read More
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