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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who has been under pressure to step down to save the party, yesterday said he will give way and pass on the baton once his time is up.

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Kwekwe Central Member of Parliament Masango Matambanadzo says government ministers must not sign contracts alone but must involve members of parliamentary committees and in cases of minerals, a Member of Parliament of the area concerned.

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President Robert Mugabe has threatened to deal with the Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe saying he was not aware that there was such an organisation in the country.

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Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba said he was offered US$500 to kill the debate on corruption but he failed to trace the anonymous caller.

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A Zimbabwean legislator says the government should hang corrupt parastatal bosses like China does since it has adopted a Look East policy because they are not only killing the organisations that they work for but the State and the State is the people.

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A Member of Parliament told the House on Thursday that former Information Minister Webster Shamu was given a black VX8 by Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation chief executive officer Happison Muchechetere.

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The member of Parliament for Mbizo Settlement Chikwinya said on Thursday that the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority boss Gershom Pasi earned $310 000 a month, more than what Cuthbert Dube and Happison Muchechetere combined earned.

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Mugabe celebrates 90th birthday in Singapore -President Robert Mugabe celebrated his 90th birthday today but he was still in Singapore where he went to have an eye operation. His absence from the country on such an important day raised questions about his health with some reports bringing back whispers that he had probably not gone to Singapore for an eye operation but for cancer treatment. Former central bank governor Gideon Gono told United States embassy officials in 2008 that Mugabe had been diagnosed with cancer and had been given two years by his doctors. Mugabe has denied he has cancer saying in a televised interview before he left for Singapore that he was fit.

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Movement for Democratic Change Member of Parliament for Kambuzuma Willias Madzimure stirred a rare moment of unity in the house on Thursday when he urged legislators to stand up against corruption, forcing everyone to stand up to sing- Kune nzira dzamasoja- a liberation song that urged the guerrillas to be upright.

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While Zimbabweans are seeing doom and gloom and no prospects of economic recovery under the current regime, foreign investors see a fast-growing economy offering better returns than the developed and emerging markets.

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