The Insider

The government cannot protect tobacco farmers from makorokoza- unscrupulous people that take advantage of the farmers by duping them into selling their crop to them after claiming that they offer higher prices than the auction floors-because this will be very difficult to enforce.

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It looks like there is competition among our politicians to obtain doctorates. I have just noted that we now have Dr Joram Gumbo, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada, Dr Obert Mpofu, Dr Phillip Chiyangwa just to name a few. I remember that former deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe was going the same direction a few years ago but I have not heard her being called Dr yet.

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Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba said when Parliament buys cars for legislators they should only be given to those who come to parliament and contribute to debates.

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A member of the British House of Lords yesterday said two Movement for Democratic Change activists who were returned to Zimbabwe because it was safe were tortured to death at the airport within a few hours of being returned by the United Kingdom.

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The Member of Parliament for Masvingo West Ezira Ruvai yesterday called on the government to revive Mashava Mine because some of the workers there had gone for 10 years without receiving their full salaries.

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The Whistleblower versus Robert Mugabe and the United Nations, read the headline of the latest article on the Zimbabwe president. The article was written by Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. Bandow is a former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan…. These credentials, at face value, add credibility to what he writes.

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It’s illegal in Zimbabwe but it’s big business. The gay community is expected to spend more than US$200 billion on tourism this year according to FDI Intelligence and the world’s leading hotels are clamouring to lure them.

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Mutambara in trouble– Former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara is in trouble. According to The Herald he has been taken to court for failing to pay for furniture worth US$87 556.70 that he bought on credit from TN Harlequin. The furniture is reported to have been delivered to House Number 21 Steppes Road, Ballantyne Park, Borrowdale and was purchased on different dates in 2012. Although the paper said Mutambara had not responded to the claim, it shows what type of life our leaders live. US$87 000 worth of furniture alone? Maybe, I am just thinking like a poor ordinary Zimbabwean. Besides, he was using his own money and not the State’s. Was he?

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