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Reflections
Eddie Cross is MDC MP for Bulawayo South I went into the website of the Bank which has a credit rating of “B” and total capital of $5 billion but could find no mention of their extensive lending to...
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When I grow up
Patson Dzamara A few years ago I received a message from Mr. Nigel M. K. Chanakira asking me to meet him at his Karigamombe Office. I didn’t know what exactly we had to meet over. When I arrived at his...
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ZNLWVA leader’s bail ruling postponed
Mahiya The State is opposing bail on the grounds that Mahiya’s release might present a danger to him and affect public security safety and order. They further argued the 61- year- old’s release might...
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Build bigger barns
But it holds us back. If I don’t own something – a field or a house – I will not be interested in developing it. I will only put my money where I know it will bear fruit and benefit my family. If the...
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Mabvuku chess team wins 2016 Prince Edward chess festival
Round two gave the boys some momentum as they were faced with a mammoth task of playing against some of the former students Graffi Bester and Leeroy Mutukwa. Roy Mwadzura lost to Phillip on board one,...
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In Zimbabwe, Mugabe’s age has not come with wisdom
President Mugabe The mess that we have found ourselves in Zimbabwe is fresh evidence that sometimes age is nothing but just a number. For decades we have jubilantly exalted our president’s birthdays...
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The suffering people are the real heroes of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean have lived through numerous trials and tribulations, which they have been subjected to by the ZANU PF government since 1980, such that it is always a huge mystery as to how they have...
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Renamo attacks health unit in Niassa
The attackers ransacked the health centre, the police station and the residence of the head of the administrative post. During the raid, they stole property including medicines and police uniforms and...
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Rethinking Chinese engagement in Africa
The results have been published in a special issue of World Development, available free to download. As I reflected in a recent blog on The Conversation site, Chinese engagements are often not what...
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SA based Zim singer “King S” hopes for breakthrough
Solomon “King S” Simbi “Spreading music is a bit of a challenge in South Africa, especially as a foreigner. Doors are not that wide open though there are so many Zimbabweans living this side,” he said...
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ZANU PF’s persecutions and threats frightening visitors to Zimbabwe
Although, I was alone in the room where the news bulletin was showing on television, I felt so embarrassed as if I had just wet my pants in front of hundreds of people. What had ZANU PF’s persecution...
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RSF decries Zimbabwean government’s harassment of journalists
The harassment is related to a wave of anti-government protests that began several months ago and were sparked by revelations about the vast sum (more than 700,000 euros) that the state lavished on...
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Matemadanda arrested outside court
Victor Matemadanda Detectives from the Law and Order section arrested Matemadanda soon after Mahiya was granted bail after being picked up by the police last Wednesday and accused of insulting or...
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Zimbabwe’s threadbare theatre of reform
Complementing growing opposition activity, recent weeks have seen a rash of spirited and well organised protest campaigns, most notably #Tajamuka and #ThisFlag, and a widely observed “stay-away” from...
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Mujuru attends Mahiya trial
Former vice president, Joice Mujuru. Mujuru who now leads the newly-formed Zimbabwe people first party was greeted by other war veterans who had come to give their support to Mahiya who was arrested...
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Preparatory meetings begin for SADC ministerial meeting in Maputo
Officials will work through the week and, on Friday, Foreign Ministers will arrive to review the socio-political situation in the region since the organ’s last summit in South Africa in July 2015....
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US Ambassador Meets Dzamara family
Harry K. Thomas Jr. In his swearing in statement in his homeland, the US Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Harry Thomas Jr said something that made me instantly conclude that there was something special about...
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Zim authorities intensify crackdown against war vets
Beatrice Mtetwa Police arrested Matemadanda, the secretary-general of ZNLWVA and Nhando at Harare Magistrates Court, where they were following court proceedings for Douglas Mahiya, the liberation war...
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Diamond Prices Decline in July
PRESS RELEASE, August 2, 2016, New York … Polished diamond prices softened in July continuing the downtrend in the second quarter. Diamond markets were seasonally quiet with U.S. wholesalers taking...
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Unity is what will take us through
The two individuals who are pictured greeting are the MDC-T Vice President Advocate Nelson Chamisa and People First President Dr. Joice Mujuru. I was standing right next to them. It’s significance is...
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