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The government is so broke that it had allocated the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare only 13.1 percent of its budget and a meagre2 percent of its programme budget by the end of the first half of 2014.

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United States President Barack Obama’s strategy to deal with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is unconstitutional because the United States president cannot go to war without congressional approval, argues David Cole in an article in the New York Times Book Review.

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Over 500 000 people, or at least six percent of Zimbabwe’s rural population, will require food assistance between January and March next year, despite the country achieving its highest maize yield in five years, a report jointly authored by government has shown.

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Mugabe insists China trip was a success-President Mugabe yesterday insisted that his trip to China was a success. He did not go to China to look for budgetary support.“Ndinoda kuti ndikuudzei kuti rwendo rwatakaita kuChina was very, very productive. Izvi zvekunzi tingadai takauya takazadza mabox emari, aah hameno kuti manegotiations iwayo hazvisiizvo zvaanoitwa. You agree nenyika kuti tine maprojects akati neakati, neakati atinoda mari dzakati dzakati saka ndozvatinazvo. Tinoda kuti either you give us loans, soft loans dzisina interest yepamusorosoro or you come and join us toita joint venture. So the country yamuri kukumbira inouya as partner to you. Hamungopihwa mari hakuna nyika inongopa mari. Here and there you get a grant, yes we did get a grant, a small grant but we had commitments. Our roads yes, vachauya voita our roads, vachauya kuagriculture, vachauya kuzoshanda nesu kudiamonds,” Mugabe told chiefs according to The Herald.

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Two big power shifts are occurring around the world today. First, corporate power is growing relative to that of governments. Second, ordinary people are also gaining greater influence. What does it mean that these seemingly contradictory shifts are happening simultaneously?

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The Movement for Democratic Change has challenged Defence Forces chief Constantine Chiwenga over his statement that the army does not interfere in civilian life saying nothing could be further from the truth.

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Joice Mujuru is the only legitimate successor to President Robert Mugabe at the moment but she has been making so many goofs this year, as the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front heads for its elective congress, that this raises questions about her suitability to lead the nation.

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Zimbabwe is a free country and people are allowed to advertise on any equipment whether it is a vehicle or a bus because they pay for it, Transport Minister Obert Mpofu said last week.

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Right now, a long and complicated process is underway to replace the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in 2015, with new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These will set the parameters for international development for the next 15 years and every government, UN agency, large corporation and NGO, not to mention billions of citizens on the planet have a stake.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai today said despite the party’s dismal loss in Masvingo last year, the province will never be ZANU-PF again.

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