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Mugabe and small houses again

President Robert Mugabe today once again teased his ministers about small houses and said if he knew these small houses he would go and destroy them. Speaking at the wedding of former central bank governor Gideon Gono’s daughter, Praise’s wedding, Mugabe said: “If only we knew, those small houses perhaps we would go and destroy them. That should not be allowed. What do you want a small house for? What happened to your big house? You are married to one person and one person alone and if you had wanted you would not enter this type of union but have tried a traditional wedding….It is our concern that the youngsters of today, you do not consult with your leaders widely. Talk to the elders so that they give you an address before you do anything.”

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Charles Rukuni

The Insider is a political and business bulletin about Zimbabwe, edited by Charles Rukuni. Founded in 1990, it was a printed 12-page subscription only newsletter until 2003 when Zimbabwe's hyper-inflation made it impossible to continue printing.

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