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Monday, 06 May 2013 13:37
HARARE - For once Zimbabweans should be told the truth about the election dates because President Robert Mugabe is not being sincere when he declares that elections would be held next month. And the clock is ticking; next month is not...Read More
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Monday, 29 April 2013 14:03
HARARE - At least six out of every 10 households in Zimbabwe are living in dire poverty, a report by a government statistics agency has revealed. A recently released poverty assessment report by Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) shows poverty is...Read More
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Monday, 29 April 2013 13:45
BEITBRIDGE - From currency to television and radio, people in this poor southern region are likely to know more about South African affairs than the average Zulu. The cocky ones tell you they actually mistake South African leader Jacob Zuma as...Read More
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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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Monday, 22 April 2013 11:23
HARARE - Daily News journalists Talent Chapanduka and Gift Phiri (DN) talked to opposition Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) leader Simba Makoni (SM) about his expedition to South Africa to drum up political support. Below are the extracts from the interview. DN: We...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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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:18
HARARE - More Zimbabweans are sinking into poverty compared to the situation at the beginning of the decade, figures released yesterday show. According to the latest Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) survey for 2011/2012, cases of extreme poverty have however, reduced....Read More
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Monday, 25 March 2013 11:18
HARARE - Following the exposure of the Nieebgate Scandal by the Daily News, there has been a flurry of denials, deadly fight-backs, intimidation and threats on this newspaper’s investigative crew and editors but we remain unshaken. In investigating the Nieebgate Scandal,...Read More
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Sunday, 24 March 2013 14:20
HARARE - THE European Union is set to lift sanctions on all but 10 Zimbabwe Government officials in response to the “peaceful” referendum on the new constitution, officials said on Friday. The EU eased sanctions on Zimbabwe last month by lifting...Read More
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Sunday, 17 March 2013 13:28
HARARE - Zimbabweans began voting for a new constitution on Saturday that would clip presidential powers and pave the way for an election to decide whether President Robert Mugabe extends his three-decade rule. Mugabe, Africa’s oldest president at 89, has ruled...Read More
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Wednesday, 13 March 2013 10:40
LONDON - On a drizzly morning on February 26 last month, a Zimbabwean family gathered at a cemetery in Welling, about 16 km from London, to bury 31-year-old Thungamele Nxumalo, whose death 19 days earlier followed an all-too-familiar pattern. Nxumalo went...Read More
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News » Gugulethu Nyazema, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 13 February 2013 13:55
HARARE - Fun-loving Zimbabweans’ insatiable appetite for braai with lots of salt is legendary. But health officials are raising the red flag, warning gochi gochi or chisa nyama as some call it is coming at a heavy cost. The ministry of...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Thursday, 31 January 2013 10:38
HARARE - With the country’s political protagonists readying themselves for arguably the biggest elections since the 1980 independence polls, the generality of citizens are on the edge. The spectre of violence still looms large given the bloodshed that has characterised past...Read More
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Sunday, 13 January 2013 12:44
MUTARE - Patched and motionless,on the seals of cages that imprison them, their beautiful shiny black coats hide them in the shade — only to be betrayed by their emerald green eyes that pierce the distance beyond their wire-mesh confines. ...Read More
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012 11:47
HARARE - Disturbances in Gwanda in which alleged tribal skirmishes erupted over mine claims should be handled with great caution. Elsewhere in this edition, we report an incident in which some miners in Matabeleland allegedly clashed over gold claims along suspected...Read More
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