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They now all feign ignorance/innocence like two year old babies who have soiled their nappies and are surprised to see bee lines of dung flies following them everywhere.- T.H. Mudzingwa

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The Movement for Democratic Change today chastised its Members of Parliament following reports that they had asked that their sitting allowance be almost trebled from US$75 to US$200 and that they should be given the most expensive cars on the market saying the legislators must be alive to the plight of the people.

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The Movement for Democratic Change has called on its shadow ministers to compile a corruption index which will map out the scourge department by department and sector by sector and present their findings at the next cabinet meeting.

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President Robert Mugabe has called an emergency politburo meeting of his Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front tomorrow morning.

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A Zimbabwean academic based in Britain says boycotting the European Union-African Union summit set for Brussels in April because President Robert Mugabe has been invited would be both hypocritical and silly because Mugabe is no worse than other African leaders who will attend the summit.

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Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo is meddling with day-to-day operations of local authorities so much that he wants to prescribe how many teaspoons of sugar a Mayor may have in his tea.

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The greed being displayed by Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front leaders has forced us to revisit its leadership code adopted at the party’s second congress in 1984. That was 30 years ago today. Probably half of the leaders who were at this congress are still in power today. How do they sleep at night when they look back?

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The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation is famous for showing repeats. Perhaps this might be the right time to screen the series: Yes Minister, again.

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British Foreign Minister Mark Simmonds yesterday said sanctions on Zimbabwe had been effective and were an important tool in promoting democracy and reform in Zimbabwe.

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Government to raid foreign businesses – The government is to raid foreign-owned businesses operating in sectors reserved for locals to make sure they comply with the law, the head of the National Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Board said today. The companies were supposed to comply with the law which set aside 14 sectors for locals with effect from the beginning of this year. There have been conflicting reports about compliance with some reports saying the government had relaxed the law insisting that only new entrants should comply. President Robert Mugabe won last year’s elections on the back of indigenisation and consolidating land reform. NIEEB boss Wilson Gwatiringa said 578 foreign-owned businesses had so far received clearance certificates. The board received 1 311 applications. Those not compliant face fines or up to three months in jail.

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