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What you may have missed over the weekend

For most people the weekend is a time to relax. Others have no access to the internet. So we have decided to start this new briefing which will be published on Mondays to update you on what you may have missed on Saturday and Sunday. We could expand this to start on Friday afternoon if you say so.

Zuma chastises Zulu over Zimbabwe elections

SADC clears Zimbabwe elections

British paper exposes Mugabe’s rigging plan

Ambassador says Mugabe jibe at US is part of political process

Tsvangirai and Mugabe battle for Bulawayo

Mugabe blames Biti for the industrial decay in Bulawayo

What do we really mean by independent?

Tsvangirai descends on Bulawayo

Five more parties endorse Tsvangirai

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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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