The Insider

A gay Christian Zimbabwean who felt worthless was saved by the internet when he managed to communicate with a member of the British House of Lords on twitter and got connected to digital communities all over the world to talk about issues he faced.

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The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and the President of the Senate Edna Madzongwe yesterday warned government ministers and their deputies that parliament would take stern measures on those who continued to neglect their parliamentary duties including charging them with Contempt of Parliament.

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Makoni South Member of Parliament Mandi Chimene has asked what the point if being friends with China is if Zimbabwe does not copy the good things that China is doing.

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Mabvuku-Tafara Member of Parliament James Maridadi caused quite a stir in Parliament yesterday when he asked Transport Minister Obert Mpofu why Godwills Masimirembwa followed him wherever he went.

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While Malema's message resonated with his South African audience who went on to make his party the third largest in the country, nine months after its formation, it did not jell with Zimbabweans-the very people that he was saying had liberated themselves.

Instead Zimbabweans are whining day-in, day-out, about how the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front has ruined the country and why its policy of empowering locals is stifling foreign direct investment.

The country, they cry, can never recover as long as Robert Mugabe, who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, first as Prime Minister, then as President, is in power.

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Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi came for a roasting in the House of Assembly yesterday when it transpired that President Robert Mugabe’s extension of the term of the office of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission board was unconstitutional.

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Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu says the effectiveness of a government is judged by how it takes care of the weak- that is the poor people- so when making policies the government must make sure that they address issues that affect the poor.

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A Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front legislator Lillian Zemura says there would be no need for the Basic Education Assistance Module (BEAM), a programme aimed at assisting desperate children to go to school, if people were allowed to work for themselves.

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