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Zimbabwe Zanu-PF Internal Fights Weaken Mutasa
INTERNAL fights within Zanu PF in Manicaland, which recently reached a boiling point, have severely weakened the most senior politician in the province, threatening his potential to further rise within the party, analyst have said. For decades, Zanu PF Secretary for Administration, Didymus Mutasa has been the godfather in Manicaland and his word was unquestioned. Anyone in the province who ...
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Zimbabwe Man Offered U.S$10 As Monthly Retirement Payment
AFTER 34 years of service in the construction industry, Vincent Muzivorwenyu retired to his rural home in Bikita, hoping that his pension contributions would take care of his needs. In February hope turned into despair for Muzivorwenyu: the Construction Industry Pension Fund told him that his money was ready. His bank account was credited with a "lump sum" of US$647. In addition, the ...
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Zimbabwe Government to Crack Whip On Telecoms Operators
GOVERNMENT is mooting a policy that forces telecommunication firms to share infrastructure in far reaching reforms set to remove the duplication in investments by operators. The move comes at a time when government's calls for infrastructure sharing had been ignored by the operators. Speaking in Bulawayo last week, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure ...
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Zimbabwe seeks Dubai diamonds deal
Zimbabwe's state-owned mining firm is seeking an agreement to distribute diamonds directly to Dubai without breaking rules against the sale of gems from its Marange fields, it has been ...
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Patrick Mkwamba Opens Up
HE travelled the length and breadth of Zimbabwe entertaining people. He is one of the country's celebrated composers and singers. The music history of the country cannot be complete without mention of Patrick Mkwamba. His booming voice was a force to reckon during his heydays. Who can forget lyrics such as "Inonzi bhonasi-ii. Wapenga nayo bhonasi . . . Jonasi atambira bhonasi yake. ...
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Caps United Should Evoke Spirit of 96
WHEN CAPS United players walk into the National Sports Stadium for the potentially explosive Harare Derby tomorrow, former skipper Silver Chigwenje wants the players to evoke the spirit of the 1996 championship winning side. Chigwenje, a former defender, led CAPS United to their first league championship title in Independent Zimbabwe before the side repeated the feat in 2004 and 2005. Back ...
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Athletes Prepare for Botswana Tour
ATHLETES from the country's 10 provinces are expected to converge at the National Sports Stadium today for the inter-provincial athletics competition. The one-day event starts this morning with 300 athletes expected to fight for honours in the track and field events. National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe president Tendai Tagara said they are using the event to finalise preparations ...
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The New Face of Hip-Hop
New kid on the block Timothy Makuviri, known in the music circles as Timz Carter, is set to set the hip-hop scene ablaze with his eagerly anticipated new album entitled "Rap Resurrection". The upcoming rapper has a story to tell and his eight-track album title says it all. "I believe hip-hop is not all about gangsters, swearing and rebellion. The true meaning of hip-hop has been ...
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Duo for Norway Exchange Programme
TWO Zimbabwean athletes, Loveness Murenga and Thubaelihle Sibanda, will leave the country for Olso, Norway, for the youth sport exchange programme in August. The two are from Mashonaland Central and Bulawayo provinces. They will stay in Norway in a deal brokered by the Sports Commission and the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. Mashonaland Central province ...
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Despite arrest Zimbabwes top rights lawyer wont relent
As Zimbabwe approaches watershed elections, a renowned lawyer at the forefront of defending human rights activists, vowed never to give up -- even after her own arrest earlier this year. Beatrice Mtetwa spoke to journalists in Johannesburg Friday at the screening there of a film about her fight for the rule of law in Zimbabwe. Mtetwa was arrested in March when she went to represent clients ...
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