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Zimbabwe: 2013 elections in danger over election observers

HARARE – Sharp differences among the main parties over whether or not to invite western election observers have set GNU partners on a collision course. The squabbles are set to place more potholes on the road towards elections as the … read more »

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Violence looms ahead of Zimbabwe election

The only peaceful, free and fair election in Zimbabwe was probably in 1980 when ZANU PF was confident that it enjoyed popular support which would result in resounding victory. Thereafter, we have had a litany of shameful and farcical formalities … read more »

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Has democratic change become ‘chimera’ in Zimbabwe?

By Mutsa Murenje (Johannesburg, South Africa) The first time I wrote about democratic government becoming chimera in Zimbabwe was in May 2011 and I wrote, then, from Ibadan, Oyo State, in Nigeria where I read for a Master of Science … read more »

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Robert Mugabe: Is The West Lusting For Him Again?

By Ugochukwu Ejinkeonye Two interesting incidents that played out on the international scene recently clearly underlined the profound confusion of values that has crept into Western policies and attitudes towards President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. Late in May, the United … read more »

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Zimbabwe Zanu-PF holds crucial convention

Harare – Loyalists of the Zimbabwe president’s party are gathering in the nation’s west to chart the path toward elections to end the nation’s fragile 30-month coalition. Rugare Gumbo, spokesperson for President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party, said the five-day convention … read more »

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Zimbabwe probes WikiLeaks cancer claim

Harare – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has set up a committee to probe revelations contained in the WikiLeaks documents that party officials told US diplomats that the 87-year-old leader had prostate cancer and would be dead by 2013, a … read more »

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Mugabe hints at WikiLeaks probe

Harare – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe may probe top party officials who said that he has prostate cancer in US diplomatic cables on the whistle blower website WikiLeaks, state media said on Wednesday. “The president was very clear that as … 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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WikiLeaks revelations disturbing – Zanu-PF

Harare – Revelations made by WikiLeaks about talks between members of Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF and United States officials are “disturbing,” a spokesperson for the party said on Thursday. The whistleblower website has released US diplomatic cables showing senior Zimbabwean officials … read more »

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Mugabe to table sanctions issue at SADC

Johannesburg – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will table the issue of the West’s economic sanctions at the SADC summit to be held in Angola next month, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported on Tuesday. This after more than 2.2 million Zimbabweans signed … read more »

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Zimbabwe voters roll ’100% perfect’

Harare – There was no other country in the world with a voters’ roll that was “as 100 percent perfect” as Zimbabwe’s, the country’s registrar-general has said, the state-run Herald newspaper reported on Saturday. Tobaiwa Mude-de said Zimbabwe’s electoral register … read more »

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African leaders to hold Zimbabwe talks

Harare – Southern African leaders meet this weekend in Johannesburg to lay out a roadmap to elections in Zimbabwe, amid warnings of rising violence and intimidation, officials said on Thursday. Leaders in the 15-country Southern African Development Community (SADC) are … read more »

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Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Launches Campaign Against Sanctions, Urges Boycott

Prime Minister Tsvangirai told reporters he boycotted the anti-sanctions rally because his attendance would have legitimized ZANU-PF’s ‘hypocrisy’ in failing to respect the terms of the Global Political Agreement. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Wednesday launched a campaign to collect the … read more »

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Zimbabwe polls in June, says Zanu-PF

Harare – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s party said on Thursday new polls will be held around June next year to succeed the shaky power-sharing government even if the constitution-making process was not done. “Our position is very clear, elections are … read more »

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