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What you 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.

Saying of the week -No free elections even if postponed for 100 years

African Union to send 60 observers

Zimbabwe dollar coming back

Voting kicks off- updated

Tsvangirai wows Manicaland

Voting kicks off

MDC says the ZANU-PF manifesto is a suicidal note

Election results to be out by 5 August

Ridiculous news of the week

EU to lift sanctions if Africans say Zimbabwe elections are fair

God damn America for denouncing Mugabe

Access to Zimbabwe’s wealth forcing West to change stance on Mugabe

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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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