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Neopatrimonialism, clientelism and patronage: The Zimbabwe problem
It is being written in the context of a seismic shift in the political economy characterised by a burgeoning informal sector; socioeconomic regression manifest in dwindling capacity utilisation,...
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Dig Tsvangirai political grave, Mugabe
Tsvangirai attack … President Mugabe in Harare on Wednesday “These factional fights are giving currency to the opposition. To people like Tsvangirai; now they think Zanu PF is more divided than their...
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Leave Tsvangirai alone, Mugabe told
Mugabe must focus on his divided party … Obert Gutu Gutu was responding to Mugabe’s remarks Wednesday when he said divisions in his Zanu PF party were better than those in former Prime Minister Morgan...
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Politburo: Bob backs no one, but Croc mauled
Vice President Mnangagwa But in the one-upmanship contest between the group reportedly rallying behind vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa and the G40 faction said to back First Lady Grace Mugabe, the...
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President Tsvangirai invades Masvingo
Morgan Tsvangirai President Tsvangirai kicked off his Masvingo tour with a well-attended meeting in Bikita yesterday. Today, he will be in Gutu before proceeding to Chivi for further meetings and...
View Article3mln Zimbabweans fled the country, group
Speaking at a Transitional Justice Policy Discussion series meeting in Harare Wednesday evening, Reverend Ray Motsi, leader of the Memorialisation Thematic Committee of the NTJWG, said the legacy of...
View ArticleThe Association of Zimbabwe Offshore Financial Advisors launched
The purposes of the Association will include inter alia engaging with the Securities & Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZIM) and the other relevant organisations to ensure fair and proportionate...
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Famine as the price of socialist misrule
Not prosecuted for Gukurahundi … President Robert Mugabe IT is very possible that we shall soon be exhorted by the bleeding hearts brigade in OXFAM, SCF and the rest of the usual suspects to give...
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President Nyusi calls on OMM to promote peace
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi The President was addressing the opening session of the OMM Congress, which is taking place in the southern city of Matola. The OMM is affiliated to the ruling Frelimo...
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South Africa denies receiving Renamo invition to mediate
Afonso Dhlakama Renamo first raised the idea of President Zuma mediating in talks between it and the Mozambican government in December last year. In January, Dhlakama stated that he personally, and...
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OMM appeals to Dhlakama to abandon the bush
The appeal came during the Congress of the OMM which is being held in the southern city of Matola. The OMM is affiliated to the ruling Frelimo Party. According to spokesperson Xarzada Ora, the OMM and...
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Gun row dominates Kereke rape trial
On trial for rape … Munyaradzi Kereke And even more intriguingly, while Kereke – a former advisor to the central bank governor – claimed the gun was surrendered to the RBZ, the apex bank’s security...
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Company closures: Women hit hardest
Speaking up for women … Roselyn Nkomo Zimbabwe has struggled with an economic crisis that has lasted more than a decade with unemployment now estimated at more than 85 percent after thousands of...
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Clipboard – February 12 2016
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Hmmm, 15% VAT on imported food as hunger looms?
They are selling cows in drought affected rural areas for as little as 50 US dollars a head. Normally villagers can expect to realize 300 – 400 US dollars for a cow but not this year. Things are so...
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Who are you?
What a tonic it is to meet someone who thinks out their position and sticks to it whatever the surrounding weight of opinion! Where I live we are approaching an election and if you ask people it is...
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The children whose name is not Mugabe
Grace Mugabe It is in this light we should understand Grace Mugabe’s reaction to the alleged to bomb her family’s business and the ‘plot to kill Chatunga’. She reacted like any parent would. I must...
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SA-based group wants hassle-free business for Zimbabwean investors
Julius Shamu In an interview with The Zimbabwean, Julius Shamu, the president of the recently-formed Zimbabwe South Africa Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Zimsacci), said the group seeks also to...
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Let’s go bare hands, Saviour to ‘Croc’
Fighting mode … Saviour Kasukuwere Four activists, two of them said to be army officers, have since appeared in court over the claimed attack against the Mugabes’ Alpha & Omega dairy operation in...
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Mnangagwa called Grace a prostitute?
No love lost … Grace Mugabe and Emmerson Mnangagwa “I’m not Mugabe’s prostitute. How about you? Can you count your prostitutes? “Stop talking when you know there’s only filth behind you,” said Grace,...
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