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Legal challenges, politics delay naming Zimbabwe’s Chief Justice
At his farewell party Wednesday night, the outgoing chief justice, Godfrey Chidkyausiku, was asked if he had any disappointments in his career.”Yes, there are times when things are not going the way...
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Armed police swoop on President Tsvangirai’s meeting
Morgan Tsvangirai The police’s attempted disruption of the meeting confirmed President Tsvangirai’s message during his provincial tours that though the country was independent, Zimbabweans did not...
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Tsvangirai invades Mugabe’s backyard
President Tsvangirai The bubbly crowd of opinion leaders in Zvipani poured their heart out to President Tsvangirai on issues such as violence and intimidation, the alliance of opposition parties, the...
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Zim court convicts pro-democracy campaigner Masarira
Linda Masarira Mbare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje convicted Masarira, who had been on trial since last year after she was arrested on 06 July 2016 together with nine other Harare residents and charged...
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Zim authorities renew onslaught against journalists
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers charged NewsDay journalists Richard Chidza and Wisdom Mdzungairi, the Editor of the daily newspaper and Alpha Media Holdings, publishers of the daily newspaper,...
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Clipboard: what’s on in Harare
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Genocide in the 20th Century
Eddie Cross But the Cambodian experience was different in that it was ideologically driven and executed by a small group of intellectuals trained largely in France. They held the view that the only...
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Trade on the Streets, and Off the Books, Keeps Zimbabwe Afloat
Zimbabweans waiting to withdraw money slept on the street in front of a Harare bank before it opened. Credit Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images On Robert Mugabe Road, around the corner...
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Soundings
That is what we do in Lent. The forty day preparation for Easter was an eastern idea which did not catch on in the western Church until the seventh century. Karl Rahner has taught us not to divide our...
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Are Zimbabweans worth dying for?
Has been missing since March 2015 … Itai Dzamara Whoever really knows what happened to Itai Dzamara is not saying but, knowing the nature of ZANU PF and its security apparatus, there is every chance...
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Fears of election rigging Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
It had been agreed that the process would be handled by the United Nations Development Programme but the bankrupt Zanu PF government suddenly announced it would itself pay for it. That Zanu PF is...
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Populist road to ruination
President Robert Mugabe In 2000, this lowly newspaperman secured a ringside seat to watch the unravelling of Zimbabwe. The invasions of white-owned farms by mobs led by war veterans was in full force....
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Tsvangirai engages opinion leaders, students in Ngezi, Chinhoyi
Morgan Tsvangirai There is a running trend of common issues that continue to emerge. These are fear and intimidation in rural communities, the coercion and abuse of traditional leaders, skepticism over...
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Underutilised land in Zimbabwe: not a new problem
There has been a long debate in Zimbabwe about whether the nation’s arable land is being properly used. After land reform, this has reached fever pitch, but it has a much longer history. In the early...
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Zim teenager, nine others charged for contravening POSA
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers arrested Evelyn Gumbochuma, a female teenager aged 16 years together with Morgan Ncube, aged 35 years, Elliot Mangombe, aged 45 years, Emmanuel Takutaku, aged 33...
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Tsvangirai praises govt on Matabeleland floods response
The statistics make for a sad reading that speaks to a national catastrophe: the floods have claimed six lives, 855 marooned villagers have been airlifted, while among those rescued were 86 terminally...
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Its done and dusted
The people’s leader arrived to a carnival atmosphere at the party office in Chinhoyi amid the reverberating sound of Jah Prayzah’s Mudhara Vachauya. It has been an enriching experience to listen to the...
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Count Down To International Women’s Day Commemorations
A CAAT leading a community accountability meeting in Gutu with duty bearers. Women remain at the centre of Heal Zimbabwe programming and have defied cultural norms and boundaries by taking a lead in...
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Human rights violations weekly update
Heal Zimbabwe observed 15 cases of human rights violations from the 18th February -3rd of March 2017 within 10 Districts which include Nyanga, Mwenezi, Muzarabani, Mutoko, Mudzi, Mount Darwin, Mazowe,...
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Zim man attacked with panga, hours after arriving in SA
Tony and Jean Densem (Netwerk24) However, there was no stopping the robbers, one of whom was armed with a panga, Netwerk24 reported. Tony Densem, 28, and his mother Jean, 58, were attacked about 03:00...
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