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British author Gordon Thomas who claims that Britain’s military intelligence agency, MI6, stopped the delivery of Chinese arms to Zimbabwe is wrong. The arms were in fact delivered by a company owned by a former British army officer, who according to the London Sunday Times is “a pillar of the community in the peaceful Wiltshire village where he lives”.

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When ZANU-PF merged with PF-ZAPU in 1987 to form ZANU-PF a lot of people felt that ZAPU had been swallowed by ZANU-PF. For the enthusiasts here is the unity agreement…

Politics is likely to take a back seat this year and this could spur investment interest in Zimbabwe, which, because of the use of the United States dollar, is increasingly becoming attractive to both local and foreign investors, especially Zimbabweans in the diaspora.

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Zimbabwe’s judicial system will once again be put to test following a recommendation that Michael Banana, eldest son of former President Canaan Banana, should be brought to court to face a murder charge for shooting a love rival 21-year-old Donald Kalinda on August 18, 1988.

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On screen and during the campaign, ZANU-PF political commissar, Border Gezi, is portrayed as someone who will not let anything stand in the way to secure victory for the ruling…

Zimbabweans who reportedly went into jubilation following the death of Congolese President Laurent Kabila have been castigated left, right, and centre.

A charged with rape had this to say in his defence: “Your worship, there was a witch terrorising men in our area. The complainant entered into my house late at…

A Gweru cattle farmer, Paul Richard Friedricks, a director of Anchor Ranching was fined $7 000 for buying more than 1 000 bags of maize from communal farmers. Although the amount looks high, he was lucky because he could have been fined anything between $45 000 and $48 000 had the magistrate not found extenuating circumstances. 

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The popularity of John Nkomo, now Minister of Labour, Manpower Planning and Social Welfare  nearly cost him his political career and according to sources he was only saved by the personal intervention of President Mugabe and Vice-President Muzenda.

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The multi-million dollar military headquarters that was built for Six Brigade at Battlefields was taken over by Five Brigade because, it is claimed, the soldiers of Six Brigade were too young to live in comfort and had not played any meaningful role either in the liberation of the country or bringing about the peace that now prevails.

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