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Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa said President Robert Mugabe cannot force cabinet ministers to attend Parliament but Parliament itself can by making sure that all members of the house, including ministers, obey legislative rules and procedures.

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Recent events in Zimbabwe beg us to ask this simple but powerful question. Are we too poor or are we too stupid? Why are we failing to find a solution to our problems? In 2008 former South African President Thabo Mbeki, at the cost of his own presidency, forced Zimbabwe’s political leaders to sit down and talk and they reached an agreement- though flawed- and Zimbabwe came back on track.  Does Zimbabwe need an outsider to tell it again what to do? Here is the third part of  my long essay which is also available as an ebook.

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This article by Project Syndicate was aimed at Europe and was entitled: Soccer Lessons  for Europe’s Economy. But going through it, I felt that Africa, and Zimbabwe in particular, could learn something by looking at how Germany made it to the World Cup and beat hosts Brazil and Argentina which had the best player in the world.

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Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo says the move by government to write off debt owed to local authorities by residents was not the cause of the current liquidity crisis in local authorities because the move actually saved them money.

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Those who were around a decade or two ago would  never have thought that First Lady Grace Mugabe and Women’s  League leader Oppah Muchinguri would one day sing from the same hymn. But it happened last Friday. The things that politics does!

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The leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Morgan Tsvangirai who is currently in Britain at the invitation of Chatham House says he will not die in office like President Robert Mugabe but at the same time he will not concede defeat in the 2013 elections.

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Senior Harare City Council officials have not been paid for the last four months according to Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo.

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Zimbabwe must open its borders and skies to capture a slice of the 300 million tourists inspired to travel for spiritual or faith-based reasons, Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi says.

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Poor countries export raw materials such as cocoa, iron ore, and raw diamonds. Rich countries export – often to those same poor countries – more complex products such as chocolate, cars, and jewels. If poor countries want to get rich, they should stop exporting their resources in raw form and concentrate on adding value to them. Otherwise, rich countries will get the lion’s share of the value and all of the good jobs.

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