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Harmless thunderbolts

Movement for Democratic Change spokesman Nelson Chamisa today the recent revelations by the WikiLeaks website, which showed that Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had been urging Western diplomats to main sanctions…

Charles Rukuni January 6, 2011

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Another twist to Marange diamonds- Israel in last ditch to get exports approved

Twists and turns continue in the Marange diamonds saga. Israel, which relinquished its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme at the end of December, is making a last ditch attempt to get the KPCS to allow Marange to legally sell its rough diamonds.

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Charles Rukuni January 5, 2011

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US and UN have never explained why they were interested in Zimbabwe’s other diamonds

Zimbabwe’s ambassador to the United Nations Chitsaka Chipaziwa last year said that the West was against the exportation of diamonds from Marange because what bothered them was not what Zimbabwe…

Charles Rukuni January 5, 2011

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Zimbabweans want elections now

A survey by AfroBarometer carried out in October last year shows that Zimbabweans want elections this year. Seventy percent of those polled said they wanted the elections this year with…

Charles Rukuni January 5, 2011

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Cost of living skyrockets

Zimbabwe's cost of living has just shot to $500 a month for a family of five. The Consumer Council of Zimbabwe today said the cost of living for December rose…

Charles Rukuni January 4, 2011

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Just added to our archives – Zimbabwe in end-game mode

Ten years ago, one of the country’s foremost economists predicted that Zimbabwe was in end-game mode. The crisis the country was facing he said would be resolved within a year…

Charles Rukuni January 3, 2011

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Entire liberation war history lost!

Twenty years ago we reported that 25 filing cabinets and 20 steel trunks full of ZIPRA documents had gone missing. Former ZAPU officials, including Dumiso Dabengwa who has now revived…

Charles Rukuni January 3, 2011

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Cholera outbreak

Authorities have today confirmed an outbreak of cholera in Mbare, one of Harare's oldest suburbs, with at least 20 households having reportedly been affected. An outbreak of the disease in…

Charles Rukuni January 3, 2011

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Just added to our archives – New church may have answer to Zimbabwe’s woes

Most Zimbabweans may be dreading 2011 because President Robert Mugabe has called for elections which no one wants because they mean violence and could reverse the gains the country has…

Charles Rukuni January 2, 2011

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Crocodile tears for Tsvangirai!

There has been an outcry in the Western media over the past two weeks that the release by Wikileaks of cables from United States ambassadors to Zimbabwe has done great…

Charles Rukuni January 2, 2011