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Following defeat in the July 2013 elections, Roy Bennett, the treasurer general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), made a direct call for the opposition party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai to step down and make way for new blood. Tsvangirai responded by dismissing Bennett’s remarks as ‘irresponsible’. Troubled by threats of violence against him and racist abuse, Bennett pulled back.

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Former United States congressman Mel Reynolds who was deported from Zimbabwe last month for violating the country’s immigration laws says he is in hiding in South Africa reports from the US said today but did not disclose his location.

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According to press reports, local authorities have started to demolish houses and other structures which, they say, have been or are being built illegally. In most cases, it seems, the structures are on stands which have been improperly allocated for residential purposes.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been under pressure to step down to save the party, yesterday said he will give way and pass on the baton once his time is up.

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Kwekwe Central Member of Parliament Masango Matambanadzo says government ministers must not sign contracts alone but must involve members of parliamentary committees and in cases of minerals, a Member of Parliament of the area concerned.

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President Robert Mugabe has threatened to deal with the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe saying he was not aware that there was such an organisation in the country.

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Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba said he was offered US$500 to kill the debate on corruption but he failed to trace the anonymous caller.

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A Zimbabwean legislator says the government should hang corrupt parastatal bosses like China does since it has adopted a Look East policy because they are not only killing the organisations that they work for but the State and the State is the people.

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A Member of Parliament told the House on Thursday that former Information Minister Webster Shamu was given a black VX8 by Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation chief executive officer Happison Muchechetere.

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The member of Parliament for Mbizo Settlement Chikwinya said on Thursday that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority boss Gershom Pasi earned $310 000 a month, more than what Cuthbert Dube and Happison Muchechetere combined earned.

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