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Articles Posted in the Politics Category
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MDC-T needs Zanu-PF: PM
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has conceded his party alone cannot guarantee the future of Zimbabwe without Zanu-PF and President Mugabe. The MDC-T leader, who has been primed by his handlers to call for security sector reforms, also said he would not fire any service men if he happened to get into power. Mr Tsvangirai [...]
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Riot police break up Zim PM meeting
Harare – Riot police in Zimbabwe blocked an address Tuesday by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, whose uneasy unity rule with President Robert Mugabe is set to end within months at the ballot box. “Riot police have just disrupted a community meeting I was due to address,” Tsvangirai tweeted on Tuesday night. “Their actions today show [...]
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Biti assassination claim pathetic: Zanu PF
ZANU PF has dismissed as “pathetic lies” allegations by MDC-T secretary general Tendai Biti of a security services plot to assassinate party leaders ahead of elections expected later this year. Biti, who is also Finance Minister, told supporters at a weekend rally in Chitungwiza that the party had been alerted to a Central Intelligence Organisation [...]
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Copac rolls out referendum campaigns
COPAC today officially launches a campaign to familiarise the people with the draft Constitution in various parts of the country ahead of the referendum slated for March 16. This follows the successful mobilisation of funds by Government from local sources. “The process is three-pronged. The first one is a publicity programme by Copac. Copac will [...]
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Zanu fears 2002 election report
Zanu-PF officials are anxious that a report by South African judges on Zimbabwe’s 2002 election could soon be made public, party insiders say. The report was prepared for former president Thabo Mbeki by Justice Sisi Khampepe and Justice Dikgang Moseneke after they were sent by Mbeki to observe the elections. Last week the North Gauteng [...]
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Mugabe cast in gold
President Robert Mugabe will receive a set of gold and platinum coins valued at about $800 000 as a birthday gift from the Zanu-PF youth league. A limited edition of the replica coins will be auctioned off at a fundraising dinner for Mugabe’s 89th birthday. An auction of the replicas was supposed to have taken [...]
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MDC-T probes Mutare nomination papers scam
MDC-T is investigating the case in which documents of aspiring MDC-T candidates seeking to contest in the party’s primary elections in the Chikanga-Dangamvura Constituency were allegedly dumped along the banks of Odzi River recently as candidates employ dirty tricks to outplay one another. Party provincial treasurer, Mr Brian James, confirmed the recent developments. “The matter [...]
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Heroes Acre not for sellouts: President
THE National Heroes Acre is not for sellouts, but patriotic Zimbabweans who sacrificed their lives to liberate the country from the colonial white regime, President Mugabe has said. He said the national shrine was sacred and only genuine revolutionary cadres would be interred there. President Mugabe made the remarks while addressing mourners at the [...]
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Professor Gordon Chavunduka dies
Professor Gordon Chavunduka, a former Vice Chancellor of the University of Zimbabwe and president of the Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers’ Association (ZINATHA) has died. A statement issued by his party late Friday afternoon said the 82 year old prominent sociologist had passed away in Harare on Friday. “Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course,” [...]
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Morocco minister won’t stop trial of YouTube rapper
RABAT – Morocco’s justice minister said he would not stop the trial of an outspoken rapper charged with insulting the authorities in one of his songs, despite an outcry from rights campaigners who say the case is an attack on freedom of expression. Human rights activists had expected this sort of prosecution would cease after [...]
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