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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai says although the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front stole the 31 July elections, it cannot rig the economy.
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The question about how many Zimbabweans are living in South Africa has vexed civil society, academics and even South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs for years. But there is still no solution. Nobody knows how many Zimbabweans are living in that country but the figure of three million is often bandied about.
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No judgement- South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal today reserved judgment in the appeal hearing that that South Africa was obliged under international law to probe alleged atrocities by officials in Zimbabwe. A lower court had ruled that the National Prosecuting Authority could prosecute Zimbabweans alleged to have committed atrocities if they ever set foot in South Africa. South African police argued that they could investigate a person involved in an alleged crime only when that person set foot in the country. To spend resources on an investigation where there were no prospects of a prosecution, such as if a foreigner might enter the country, would be wrong “because it would lead to nothing”.
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A British peer yesterday refused to disclose who had allowed a former Central Intelligence Officer to stay in the United Kingdom despite his admission that he had tortured and kidnapped people while working for the government in Zimbabwe.
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Small house after small house- President Robert Mugabe today said that his cabinet ministers have become so rich that they cannot stick to one wife. “Upfumi uhwu dzimwe nguwa ndihwo huri kutikataza. Small houses, small houses. Ndaiti kuCabinet: ‘Kukutarisayi imi mose, ndingati asina imomu small house ndiani?’ Let us not follow that. One man, one wife and your marriage will go a long way,” he said today at the wedding of his niece Shammah Chidhakwa.
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Zimbabwe has been a thorn in the flesh of the Commonwealth from the time it was Rhodesia under Ian Smith when he refused to grant majority rule but President Robert Mugabe did the unthinkable 10 years ago.
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Mount Pleasant ballot boxes used in the 31 July elections are to be opened today to allow an inspection to determine how many people actually voted and who won the elections for the House of Assembly.
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The overall human rights situation in Zimbabwe has remained stable in recent months but Britain remains concerned about the repressive laws and limited media freedom in the country, Britain’s under secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Mark Simmonds said on Monday.
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New economic blueprint-The ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front today adopted the new government economic recovery plan dubbed the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim Asset). The plan which covers the period up to December 2018 covers four clusters: food security and nutrition, social services and poverty reduction, infrastructure and utilities and value addition and beneficiation.
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