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Intolerance for Opposition
As political parties and the electorate brace for the 2018 general elections political intolerance continues to take center stage. In a democratic country where plurality should be welcome, political...
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What is wrong with Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe The Mugabe family has become the biggest accumulators, spendthrift and looters of the country’s natural resources while the ordinary people who should be benefiting are...
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Background to the NTA idea
PDP spokesman, Jacob Mafume HOPE is the PDP’s economic blueprint which proffers practical and sustainable solutions to the plethora of challenges that Zimbabwe is currently facing. Among them the...
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Q and A with CIZC Spokesperson
Q: From a civic society perspective, how does the current economic and political situation in Zimbabwe affect democracy and development? A: The economic and political situation in Zimbabwe has severely...
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Petition to parliament of Zimbabwe
Introduction We the undersigned church organisations hereby petition the two houses of Parliament to trigger the powers vested in legislature under Section 97 of the Constitution. More particularly,...
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Time to look beyond President Mugabe
We had very decent infrastructure by any standard, most of it inherited from the colonial regime which we managed to maintain for some ten years or so. We invested heavily in education and health. In...
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PDP Supports Themba Mliswa
In-line with the benchmarks we set as part of the political roadmap in ARREST, we have supported the efforts of nascent social movements like #tajamuka and #this Flag, Occupy Africa Unity Square,...
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ZANU (PF) reforms a pipe dream
Vince Musewe According to a recent note issued by the African Development Bank, “Zimbabwe continues to experience a decline in economic growth which is projected at 1.6% in 2016. This is the result of...
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Government/Renamo joint commission suspends its work
On Friday, the coordinator of the foreign mediating team, the Italian Mario Raffaelli, told reporters that the talks have been interrupted in order to allow the government and Renamo delegations time...
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Tsvangirai’s remarks on the occasion of the 17th anniversary celebrations of...
Today is a big day. It is a day to celebrate the 17th anniversary of this great people’s movement but given our current context of poverty and repression, this day is just going to be an occasion for...
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Aleppo is bleeding
The prophet Habakkuk laments, “How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen; to cry “oppression” in your ear and you will not save?” He voices the desperation of his age and every age...
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Peace, but not at any price, says Nyusi
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi Speaking at the opening in the southern city of Matola of a National Conference of Frelimo Cadres, held as part of the preparations for the 11th Congress of Frelimo,...
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Block Moyo’s wish on revoking Dombo’s degree
Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo I strongly believe that Zimbabwe is not yet ready to introduce the policy of upgrading the colleges to universities. Jonathan Moyo is dangerous man! He is known...
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The sugar rush in southern Africa
While sugar consumption is rising with increasing wealth and urbanisation, the prospects for export to the favoured European Union market look more fragile. In 2017 preferential trade access ceases,...
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What will be the key functions of the NTA?
Jacob Mafume – National Spokesperson The PDP’s ARREST, seeks to “arrest” the current political status quo of fatigue, fatality and hopelessness by clearly defining an alternative political model for...
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How Mugabe double-crossed Joseph Kabila & the DRC
Joseph Kabila On a trip to Harare six years ago, I asked a fixer to drive me around for sight-seeing (kankou in Japanese) in Harare. To impress, he drove me to the north side – a place with big...
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Who’s the tortoise now? – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
https://www.flickr.com/photos/zimbabwevigil/30015865346/sizes/m/ Today the tables have been turned. It’s poor Zimbabweans who emerge everywhere to sell handicrafts, wild fruit and vegetables, simcards,...
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Time is Running Out
President Robert Mugabe As a result perhaps, half of what is in our bank accounts in the form of US dollars, does not exist and the pressure on local Banks to pay out depositors in real convertible US...
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An Update on Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe
Area Outlook Situation Mazowe ward 12 Moderate On 23 September 2016, ZANU PF Councillor, Night Muzhira, dispatched a team into the ward that was compiling list of fertilizer beneficiaries. The...
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Progress in African governance over last decade
The 2016 Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), launched today by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, reveals that improvement in overall governance in Africa over the past ten years has been held back by...
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