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In the 1980s, few elections had outside observers, but their presence has grown steadily since then, and today most have at least a few delegations and some have many. This year alone, the European Union (EU), African Union (AU) and Commonwealth Secretariat were all in Kenya, and the EU is planning to head to Mali and Madagascar later this year.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai today said the Constitutional Court had overstepped its mandate and had no power whatsoever to set an election date.

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South Africa’s Minister of Land Reform Gugile Nkwinti today said it was an honour to be linked to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe.

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South Africa’s private sector credit balances, comprising corporate and household credit, stood at nearly R2.5 trillion at the end of last month, according to figures released by ABSA yesterday.

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Zimbabwe, which is currently struggling to raise R130 million to finance its elections this year, lost $11.8 billion through illicit financial transfers between 1980 and 2009, according to a report released yesterday.

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South African consumers are under pressure. The Consumer Credit Index compiled by Trans Union, one of the global leaders in credit and information management fell in the second quarter of this year to 43.6 percent down from 50.0 a year ago.

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Tongaat Hulett, which owns Triangle Sugar Limited and half the stake in Hippo Valley, says in plans to stay put in Zimbabwe despite the noise about Zimbabwe’s indigenisation programme.

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The government has unveiled a plan to provide guarantees for housing loans for people earning above R3 500 up to R15 000 to enable them to obtain bonds from banks.

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The history of Kenya and Zimbabwe is incredibly similar. They were hubs of British power in East and Southern Africa. Nairobi was developed as the capital of East Africa and Harare, or Salisbury as it then was, as the capital of the Federation of Central Africa.

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I heaved a sigh of relief when Barack Obama was inaugurated as the first black President of the United States on January 20, 2009. I am a black Zimbabwean, but it was not the fact that Obama was black that excited me. It was the exit of his predecessor, George Bush.

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