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British Ambassador’s Zimbabwe Blues
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe (R) shares a joke with his vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa during Mugabe’s birthday celebrations at Great Zimbabwe in Masvingo, February 27, 2016. Mugabe marked his...
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Life beyond boundaries
The cries of children kicking a ball in a refugee camp, or even a besieged city, defy the expected. You might expect a person so physically handicapped they cannot bend enough to sit on a chair but...
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Clipboard: what’s on in Harare
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Belshazzar’s feast – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
‘His Excellency President Zuma brings with him a cloud of hope and integrity’ gushed Zanu PF, adding that Zuma was walking in Mugabe’s footsteps. They ignored the dark cloud of hopelessness in South...
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Zimbabweans in Diaspora can send emailed submissions
Dear Editor, Worried that those of us in the Diaspora may be left out in the ongoing public hearings electoral reforms, I wrote to the Clerk of Parliament, copying the Speaker of Parliament, the...
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ZLHR secures freedom for Anti-Mugabe graduate who demanded jobs
A university graduate Advance Musoki, a National University of Science and Technology (NUST) student graduate, who was arrested on Friday 04 November 2016 during the university’s graduation ceremony...
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Leaving the ICC may not save tyrants
In Nairobi, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe met the leader of Djibouti where Tokyo will have its first foreign base since 1945. Where is mass-murderer Charles Taylor serving his 50-year sentence for crimes...
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What are former farm workers doing 16 years after land reform?
Those who were once workers on white commercial farms are now carving out new livelihoods on the margins of the resettlement programme, often under very harsh conditions. Their challenges are barely...
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CiZC rallies CSOs towards National Convergence on Zim Crisis
The meeting was part of a series of meetings being held across the country as a build up towards a national convergence meant to deliberate on the Zimbabwean crisis and explore possible solutions to...
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An Update on Human Rights Violations in Zimbabwe
Area Outlook Situation Bikita ward 22 Tense ZANU PF candidate in the pending Bikita by-election, Beauty Chabaya called for a meeting at Mukute ward centre on 29 October 2016. At the meeting,...
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U.K. Increases humanitarian aid to Zimbabwe
HARARE, Zimbabwe —4.1 million people in Zimbabwe are expected to be unable to meet their food needs during the peak impact of the El Nino induced drought from January to March 2017. The UK was one of...
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Violence erupts after police ban MDC rally
Massive demonstrations, similar to ones held in Harare and Bulawayo, started after a Zvishavane police officer, identified as inspector Mhike, stopped a highly anticipated and publicised MDC-T rally....
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Mediators suggest truce following agreement on principles of decentralisation
The mediators’ proposals were given to the government and Renamo in late October when the fourth round of talks ended. No doubt these proposals will be the first matter to be discussed when talks...
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CSOs resolve to mobilise against bond notes
Linda Masarira The coordinating meeting was attended by representatives from 40 civic society organizations as well as social movements. The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has since May 2016 been...
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Diaspora Zimbabweans Want to vote
However, many people I have spoken to based in the Diaspora were not even aware that they could make submissions, hence my prayer that the media should play its role to publicise the opportunity to...
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Torture of injustice: 6 JULY 2016
Linda Masarira Every muscle in my face ached from the numerous slaps I had received from Kufankomwe the PDIO Southerton police station I later learnt. He was driving one of the police vehicles that...
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‘The endgame is nearer than it has ever been’ – Tsvangirai
Leader of the opposition party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), Morgan Tsvangirai, speaks to supporters during a protest against poverty and corruption, in Harare, Zimbabwe, 14 April 2016....
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Harare mayor apologises
Harare mayor Bernard Manyenyeni The city sincerely apologises to its customers who have been affected by the thick smoke. Our hearts are with the families staying close to the dumpsite whose health is...
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Zim court sets free arrested Zvishavane residents
The seven unemployed Zvishavane residents namely Lameck Sateko, Tobias Moyo, Clifford Mudzingwa, Trynos Shava, Tendai Tswana, Patrick Museva and Tapiwa Shava were arrested on Sunday 06 November 2016 at...
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Renamo attacks train in Nampula
According to the provincial police spokesperson, Zacarias Nacute, speaking at a press conference in Nampula city, the gunmen opened fire on a locomotive at about 01.00 in the Mutuali area, in Malema...
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