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Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma’s statement on the power and fuel situation in Zimbabwe.

Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma today issued a detailed statement on electricity and fuel supplies in the country. Here it is in full.

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Charles Rukuni February 24, 2011

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Is Mugabe that naïve?

Heidi Holland's book: Dinner with Mugabe is fascinating. The book is supposed to be an analysis of how Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, a freedom fighter, turned into a tyrant. But…

Charles Rukuni February 24, 2011

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Britain did not believe SADC could solve Zimbabwe crisis- Wikileaks

Britain did not believe the Southern African Development Community could solve the crisis in Zimbabwe following the controversial 2008 elections and only agreed with the importance of the regional body one month after the signing of the Global Political Agreement, according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.

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Charles Rukuni February 24, 2011

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Fuel shortage due to fraud at NOCZIM

Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma today said Zimbabwe’s recent fuel shortage was due to fraud at the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe. He said NOCZIM had stolen $35m…

Charles Rukuni February 24, 2011

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African economies – like old soldiers – do not die

African economies - like old soldiers - do not die, do not collapse, but just fade away, according to Tony Hawkins, of the University of Zimbabwe. He was referring to…

Charles Rukuni February 23, 2011

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Britain behind Gukurahundi?

Bizarre as it sounds a former Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army fighter argued that it was Britain and not South Africa that was behind the Gukurahundi massacres in which thousands of…

Charles Rukuni February 23, 2011

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Have a laugh- A nation of poor millionaires

When you look back you can easily laugh it off now. First we were poor millionaires, then we became poor trillionaires and finally we could not even count the number…

Charles Rukuni February 23, 2011

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Is Zimbabwe sending troops to Libya?

Reports which remained unverified today said Zimbabwe could be sending troops to Libya to crack down on protesters there. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is under siege from protesters who want…

Charles Rukuni February 23, 2011

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Zimbabwe Diamonds- River Ranch went all out to kill The Insider story

River Ranch intensified its efforts to silence The Insider after it published a series of stories on its operations and raised questions as to why it was assisted by African…

Charles Rukuni February 22, 2011

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Did Bush try to topple Mugabe from within?

This was a question we asked two years ago when we could not get an explanation as to why African Management Services Company, a company owned by the World Bank…

Charles Rukuni February 22, 2011