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As elections loom, Zimbabwe crumbles

“It’s another year. Just another year.” That was the reaction of academic, publisher and raconteur Ibbo Mandaza answering a question about how he felt about Zimbabwe’s 33rd anniversary of independence on Thursday. “People are despondent, and there is no engagement … read more »

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Zimbabwe PM clashes with Mugabe over poll observers

HARARE — Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday challenged the claims of President Robert Mugabe’s supporters that international observers would not be allowed to monitor upcoming elections. With Zimbabweans set to vote on a constitutional referendum on Saturday and … read more »

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Mugabe deputy John Nkomo dies after cancer battle

Zimbabwean Vice-President John Nkomo died on Thursday after treatment for cancer in South Africa, President Robert Mugabe said, removing a potential successor to the ageing leader who has his own health problems. Nkomo, 78, was nominated for the joint number … read more »

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Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe a dictator, Says Kofi Annan

EVERSON MUSHAVA FORMER United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has rapped African politics that nurture the “Big Man” system, which he says has created dictators in the mould of President Robert Mugabe. Annan, a respected diplomat from Ghana, told the latest … read more »

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Zanu PF endorsed Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe for another term at 89

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe was at the weekend endorsed by his Zanu PF party structures to stand for another term in elections he wants held soon after his 89th birth day next year. The endorsement by six out the 10 … read more »

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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe urges for peace ahead of elections

HARARE – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday called for peace and tolerance among Zimbabweans as the southern African country heads for general elections next year. Opening the fifth session of the seventh Parliament, he said Zimbabweans must remain focused … read more »

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Why Mugabe Would Have Aging Cronies Die In Office

By Nkosana Dlamini Harare Zimbabwe could now have earned itself this not so impressive distinction of being a country that has witnessed the death of three sitting Vice Presidents in a single decade. Then Vice Presidents Joshua Nkomo died in … read more »

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‘Sanctions didn’t work’ – Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe on Thursday said sanctions slapped by the West on selected members and institutions of his administration, had failed and should be lifted. Last month the European Union promised to ease most of the sanctions only if … read more »

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Fit Mugabe returns from Singapore

Harare – Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe returned home from Singapore on Thursday, looking fit and defying reports that he was seriously ill. The 88-year-old leader bounded down the stairs of a white chartered plane, accompanied by his wife and was … read more »

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Zimbabwe Mujuru death: Many questions unanswered

Harare – An inquest to clear up the cause of a fire that killed an influential former general in Zimbabwe’s army has left many questions unanswered, amid suspicion he was assassinated. The last testimony to a commission of inquest on … read more »

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Zimbabwe: I heard ‘gunfire’, says Mujuru guard

Harare – A security guard at the late Zimbabwean general, Solomon Mujuru’s property, Clement Runhare, said on Monday he heard what sounded like gunfire two hours before he was alerted that a fire had broken out at the general’s house. … read more »

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Zanu-PF politburo declares cremated Patel a national hero

  The Zanu PF Politburo which met in Harare this Wednesday has unanimously declared the late, Kantibhai Gordanbhai Patel, whose nickname ‘PP’ which stood for People’s Person, a national hero. Zanu PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Rugare Gumbo said … read more »

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Zimbabwe VP questions husband’s death

Harare – Zimbabwe’s vice president is questioning how her power-brokering husband died – fueling suspicions the former army chief may have been killed. The state-run Herald newspaper on Wednesday quoted Vice President Joice Mujuru as saying she wants “satisfactory answers” … read more »

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Mugabe calls for peace

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Saturday urged the country’s political rivals to desist from violence ahead of elections whose date leaders have yet to agree upon. “Let’s urge our people,” Mugabe said at the burial of close aide Solomon Mujuru … read more »

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Zimbabweans mourn top power broker

Harare – Tens of thousands of Zimbabweans are attending a massive funeral for one of the nation’s main power brokers, whose death in a house fire has intensified political manoeuvring in long time President Robert Mugabe’s fractured party. Mourners thronged … read more »

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Mugabe aims to live to 100

Speculation about his health is greater than ever and new names are emerging as supposed front-runners in the race to succeed him, but Robert Mugabe is in no hurry to leave. The latest politician to be touted as Zimbabwe’s heir … read more »

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