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Thursday, 02 May 2013 10:22
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has accused President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party of scuttling electoral reforms to buy time ahead of elections. Speaking at a public debate on elections organised by the Media Centre in Harare...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 15:26
HARARE - The servile media have upped the ante in propaganda over the past few weeks. To speak of “State-controlled media” is, of course, charitable when such media invariably serve the interests of a single political party. In recent weeks,...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 16 April 2013 10:43
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC wants regional bloc Sadc to force the country’s military bosses to declare they will accept this year’s watershed poll regardless of the winner. MDC spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora told the Daily News yesterday that his...Read More
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Monday, 08 April 2013 09:55
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has reacted angrily to claims by Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa that security sector realignment is not part of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). Mnangagwa, who is also Zanu PF’s secretary for legal affairs, made...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Wednesday, 27 February 2013 11:46
HARARE - With elections expected mid-year, Zanu PF and its agents have already stepped up the campaign of harassment. The signs are ominous. The current onslaught on civil society casts doubt on the prospect of free and fair elections. But generally...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 06 February 2013 12:26
HARARE - Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has wadded into a political storm with his stonewalling comments on military reforms. Addressing senior military personnel this week Mnangagwa, a potential successor to President Robert Mugabe, declared there will not be any security sector...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Thursday, 10 January 2013 12:21
HARARE - The year 2013 promises to be one in which the banking sector must brace for tough reforms that will leave its members with no choice but adopt measures that ensure both them and depositors are protected. When the Reserve...Read More
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News » Guthrie Munyuki, Senior Assistant Editor
Thursday, 10 January 2013 11:24
HARARE - The inaugural MDC secretary for security, Job Sikhala, who now leads the smallest faction of the popular party, has a lot of fire in his belly. He might have been relegated to the lower echelons of politics but he...Read More
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Business »
Wednesday, 28 November 2012 09:15
HARARE - ZIMBABWE’S policy to control interest rates and bank charges will result in increased financial exclusion as most banks will snub smaller depositors, said Kingdom Bank Limited (Kingdom) — a major player in the country’s financial sector. A fortnight ago,...Read More
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Saturday, 17 November 2012 14:46
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti’s banking reforms have attracted heavy criticism from bankers and market watchers who believe the new regulations will have negative consequences on the financial sector, particularly small banks. In his 2013 budget presentation yesterday, Biti proposed...Read More
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