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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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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:51
HARARE - A group of Southern African leaders on Friday called on Zimbabwean leaders to fully implement the power-sharing Global Political Agreement (GPA) before the country goes to a watershed election that is threatened by a chaotic mobile voter registration exercise....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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Monday, 29 April 2013 14:14
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today meets Sadc chairperson Jakaya Kikwete over Zimbabwe’s political problems, as preparations for a watershed election scheduled for later this year threaten to tear the coalition government apart. The meeting with Kikwete in Tanzania’s capital,...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 12:25
HARARE - Emerging film producer Porcia Mudavanhu believes she stands a good chance of landing an accolade at this year’s Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Gender Protocol Media Awards to be held later this month in South Africa. The awards, which...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:45
HARARE - Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube’s MDC has accused coalition government principals of sidelining his party and Sadc from the country’s election processes. The principals, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputy Arthur Mutambara on Tuesday...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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Opinion & Analysis »
Thursday, 11 April 2013 10:43
HARARE - In order to interrogate the process to having free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, one needs to appreciate what political transitions entail, the types of transitions and the one operating locally in the context of the Global Political Agreement’s...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:12
HARARE - The Sadc Parliamentary Forum (SPF) executive has insisted that Zimbabwe should hold free and fair elections. The call from SPF comes as the country prepares for a watershed election to be held during the course of the year. SPF,...Read More
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:21
HARARE - Observers from the Sadc Parliamentary Forum (SPF) left Zimbabwe yesterday morning after endorsing the referendum elections held last Saturday. They said they will be back for the harmonised elections expected later in the year. SPF, whose offices are in...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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Tuesday, 19 March 2013 12:25
HARARE - Regional MPs have given Zimbabwe’s referendum the green light, saying the process was “on the whole, a credible reflection of the will of the people of Zimbabwe”. In an interim statement to the media in Harare yesterday, the Sadc...Read More
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Friday, 15 March 2013 10:13
HARARE - Leaders of the 14-nation regional grouping Sadc want the bloc’s Tribunal to be a useless court that does not grant individuals access to appeal against their governments, a Zimbabwean minister has said. Deputy minister of Justice and Legal Affairs...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:06
HARARE - A SADC Parliamentary Forum (SPF) committee which arrived in the country on Sunday says it will dispatch more observers for Zimbabwe’s watershed general election set for later this year. SPF secretary-general Esau Chiviya told the Daily News that they...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Sunday, 17 February 2013 14:04
HARARE - One of President Robert Mugabe’s birthday wishes is to have rival-turned-coalition- partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai attend his annual bash. With relations seemingly thawing between the two former bitter rivals, who have tea every Monday, whenever time allows, there...Read More
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