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Why Mugabe has lasted this long
I heaved a sigh of relief as George Bush stepped down and Barack Obama was sworn in as the President of the United States. I had nothing against Bush. As…
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Mugabe and Zimbabwe one and the same thing- Chissano
Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano said seven years ago President Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe were essentially the same and could not be separated.
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Nkomo ill
Vice-President John Nkomo has been admitted to a South African hospital with a “life threatening” cancer-related illness, reports said today. Nkomo is reported to have collapsed at home in Harare…
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Protesters arrested
Police today arrested at least 13 members of a rights group protesting the detention of activists from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party. The protesters from Restoration of Human Rights had…
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Ordinary Zimbabweans not benefitting from economic growth- IMF
Although Zimbabwe’s real gross domestic product grew by an estimated 6 percent in 2009 and 9 percent in 2010, growth benefits have not trickled down to ordinary Zimbabweans because the…
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Zimbabweans are the unhappiest people on earth
Five years ago, Zimbabweans were said to be the unhappiest people on earth. The situation seems to have drastically changed, according to the latest poll by Gallup. Find out why…
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Zimbabweans now the happiest people in Southern Africa!
Zimbabweans are now the most likely people in Southern Africa to say they are finding it easier to get by, a survey by international polling agency Gallup says.
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Politics and growth
Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said Zimbabwe will achieve a 9.3 percent growth this year but added that political instability was keeping the nation from potential double-digit growth. He warned…
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What the GPA says about sanctions
Despite their differences, parties to the Global Political Agreement acknowledged that Zimbabwe was under sanctions, including targeted sanctions and vowed to fight for the removal of these sanctions to facilitate the country’s economic recovery. But none of the parties has control over the lifting of these sanctions. Here is what the GPA says about sanctions:
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MDC fair game to ZANU-PF
“Zvatinoona muchidhadhaira taifunga kuti makarongeka!” This is what a senior official of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front is reported to have told his Movement for Democratic Party counterpart when ZANU-PF started demanding that elections be held no later than 2011 and the MDC insisted that no date should be fixed until all the issues outstanding in the Global Political Agreement had been implemented.
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