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MDC-T Unleashes Wave of Violence
MDC-T has unleashed a wave of intra- and inter-party political violence in a bid to not only trash the political environment to abet its call for poll postponement, but to also provide fodder for its Western allies to discredit the poll. Harmonised elections are scheduled for July 31, with nomination courts for contesting candidates sitting next Friday. The terror campaign began last year, but ...
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Zimbabwe Why the Opposition Shouldnt Be Distracted By the Election Date
The MDC has been joined by SADC in calling for the election to be delayed slightly, but is this really a victory for the opposition? On 15 June, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe in Mozambique's capital of Maputo. The main issue discussed was the Zimbabwean elections, currently scheduled for the 31 July. The 31 July date was set by ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabweans Must Sort Out Election Row - AU
The African Union says it is up to Zimbabweans to resolve disputes over election dates. At a press conference in Geneva on Monday, the chair of the commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said that the primary concern is for the elections to be free and fair. President Mugabe proclaimed July 31 for harmonized elections in compliance with a directive from the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe to hold ...
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Zimbabwe MDC-T Legislators Disrupt Business
MDC-T legislators today temporarily disrupted parliamentary business in the House of Assembly protesting against a decision by the three political parties represented in parliament to indefinitely suspend portfolio committee business from this Friday. Parliament's life comes to an end on Saturday next week at a time most committees have run out of business. Chief whips from Zanu-PF (Cde ...
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Zimbabwe Premier League Action Returns After 2 Week Break
WASHINGTON -- Zimbabwe's premier soccer league action kicks off Wednesday, nationwide after a two week break. Log leaders Highlanders, topping the premiership grouping with 29 points hope to continue their dominance when they take on Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium Wednesday. Dynamos, who trail Highlanders by four points, play Buffaloes at Sakubva Stadium hoping to get maximum ...
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U.S. Demands Credible Zimbabwe Elections Smooth Transition
WASHINGTON DC -- The United States said Tuesday it is concerned that even if Zimbabwe manages to deliver a credible election, a smooth transition to a new dispensation may not be possible. Zimbabwe is poised for general elections anytime this year, whose scheduling has become a subject of bitter contestation between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party and its Movement for Democratic ...
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Mbizo Lawmaker ZEC Should Extend Voter Registration
WASHINGTON DC -- Mbizo lawmaker Settlement Chikwinya of the Movement for Democratic Change formation of Prime Minister Tsvangirai Tuesday has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking an extension of the on-going mobile voter registration exercise by two days so officers can mop up hundreds of people who have failed to register. Chikwinya told VOA Studio 7 he was forced to ...
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Chikwanha Time is running out for reforms in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's constitutional court had ruled the polls must take place by 31 July 2013, but the regional block SADC said at the weekend Zimbabwe should ask for the deadline to be postponed. DW spoke to Anne Chikwanha, a senior researcher at the South African Institute for International ...
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Senator Chris Coons on U.S. Involvement in Zimbabwe
Washington, DC - Good morning. Today, the African Affairs Subcommittee will focus its attention on Zimbabwe, a country with abundant natural resources, fertile land, and a capable, enterprising population. Zimbabwe should be driving growth and prosperity in southern Africa.Instead, in the 33 years since its independence, Zimbabweans' prospects have become increasing bleak, reaching a low ...
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Southern Africa Zimbabwe Poll Date in Flux After Regional Body Calls for Delay
JOHANNESBURG - Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair. President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime ...
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Is Nelson Mandela too soft on white South Africans Robert Mugabe says so.
In a new documentary, the Zimbabwean president says that Mandela 'was too much of a saint' and takes the famous South African to task for not doing enough for the black ...
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Harare Secures $144 Million to Tackle Water Woes
HARARE -- Water woes in Harare may soon be a thing of the past as the former sunshine city expects to receive within the next two weeks a $144 million loan from China to rehabilitate its ageing water treatment and distribution network. Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi told parliament’s Local Government Committee Tuesday that the city secured the funds from Chinese Export and Import Bank. ...
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Courage of Zimbabwe human rights lawyer captured in film | Rebecca Lowe
Zimbabwe human rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, as a young girl with her brother in Swaziland where she was born and raised Photograph: ...
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Zimbabwe election date tussle gets serious
Opposition politicians say President Robert Mugabe is using a constitutional court's call for an early date to achieve an unconstitutional ...
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Water Crisis Hits Gweru as Gwenoro Dam Runs Dry
GWERU -- The City of Gweru in Zimbabwe's Midlands province faces a critical water shortage as the city’s main water source, Gwenoro Dam, is running dry. Gweru’s Deputy Mayor Taurai Demo told Studio 7 the city’s main supply of raw water, is now just seven per cent full. Mr. Demo said as a result of the critically low water levels, council will have to decommission the ...
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A closer look at how Zimbabwes cattle bank works
MARONDERA, Zimbabwe -- HOW A CATTLE BANK WORKS:- The bank sends a veterinary official to inspect a farmer's cattle and assesses their monetary worth.- Based on that, owners can get loans up to the value of the cattle they are banking as collateral. -The bank pays 10 percent interest a year on the value of the cattle deposited, which can be paid out in cash or additional cows.- Owners ...
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Parties Opposed to Zanu-PF Crafting Zimbabwe Grand Coalition
WASHINGTON DC -- Five of President Robert Mugabe’s opponents are meeting in Harare today for the second time this month to try and form a grand coalition to challenge his 33-year stranglehold on ...
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Govt Urged to Improve Trade Infrastructure Links With SA
ZIMBABWE needs to further develop transport and trade infrastructure links with South Africa to maintain Africa's biggest economy as its single most important trading partner, research findings have shown. This came from preliminary findings of a research carried out by Dr Medicine Masiiwa who had been commissioned by Ministry of Regional Integration and International Cooperation to ...
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Gvt Urged to Support Diamond Beneficiation
A NUMBER of local diamond cutters and polishers have closed shop because they are not accessing the gems from miners, a latest report by a Portfolio Committee of Mines and Energy has said. In terms of the diamond policy adopted by the Government last year, a quota of locally produced diamonds should be made available for beneficiation by local cutters and polishers. The main objective of the ...
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President Zuma Attends SADC Summit in Maputo
President Jacob Zuma has today, 15 June 2013, arrived in Maputo in the Republic of Mozambique to attend a Southern African Development Community (SADC) Extra-Ordinary Summit. The African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government held their Summit in May 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and considered progress in the implementation of decisions made during the Organ Troika Summit held in Cape Town ...
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SADC Respects Zimbabwes Early Election Date - By Simukai Tinhu
On 15th the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe in Maputo. The main issue discussed was the 31st July election date set under the pretext of complying with the Constitutional Court's ruling that elections must be held by the end of July. The opposition and pro-democracy forces cried foul, and accused President Mugabe of subverting the ...
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Audit Highlights Funding Gaps in HIV Programmes in Zimbabwe
There are several funding gaps in the HIV programmes supported by Global Fund grants to Zimbabwe that, if left unaddressed, will disrupt life-saving interventions and other key programme activities. This is one of observations made by the Global Fund's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in a report on its audit of grants to Zimbabwe. The principal recipient (PR) for the grants is the ...
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My Song Outspoken on Miss Taken Identity
"Men don't love themselves": a bold statement from the Zimbabwean rapper and slam poet Outspoken. In this edition of My Song, he talks about how his track 'Miss Taken Identity' not only addresses society’s treatment of women, but reveals how he himself became a better ...
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Zimbabwe journalists suffer attacks ahead of elections
reported yesterday to be battling for his life in hospital. Three other attacks occurred ahead of the elections set for next month. Masvingo Mirror reporter Bernard Mapwanyire was manhandled by security staff acting for the Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T), the political party that supports prime ...
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Zanu-PF Elections Directorate Set to Finalise Candidates List
Zanu-PF'S National Elections Directorate will meet today to finalise the list of candidates who will contest primary elections on Monday next week before submitting it to the Politburo tomorrow for approval. Candidates who will emerge victorious in the primary elections will go represent the party in harmonised elections slated for July 31. Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo ...
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