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8 hrs ago | News24

Diamonds disappearing from Zim

Teachers won't have any reason to underperform when they realise that government is taking them seriously, says Ace Moloi .

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12 hrs ago | Customer Interaction Solutions

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.

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17 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa

Zimbabwe PM: We will end police, military abuse

By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer They battle it out weekly on the Billboard charts, and now they're competing at the Billboard Music Awards.

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20 hrs ago | Mail & Guardian

Life under Zim's 'mutilated rule of law'

As Zimbabwe approaches elections this year a human rights lawyer has vowed never to give up -- even after her own arrest.

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21 hrs ago | News24

Tsvangirai party pledges trim army

A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers say.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Iol.co.za

Jailed for calling Mugabe 'a rotten old donkey'

A lecturer at a government university in Zimbabwe has been jailed for three months for labelling veteran President Robert Mugabe "a rotten old donkey," in the latest such case, lawyers said on Saturday.

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AllAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: DDF Repairs Roads in Preparation for Polls

The District Development Fund has started repairing access and feeder roads across the country in preparation for harmonised elections expected next month.

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Fri May 17, 2013

News24

Zim 'richest in sub-Saharan Africa'

Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is ready to win the presidency in upcoming elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation.

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KLFY-TV Lafayette

Zimbabwe PM: We are 'new broom' set to win polls

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

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The Miami Herald

Zimbabwe PM: We are 'new broom' set to win polls

Zimbabwe's prime minister says he is poised to win the presidency in upcoming elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation.

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WLNE-TV Providence

Zimbabwe PM confident he'll oust Mugabe in vote

O.J. Simpson's former lawyer said Friday he was surprised when the former football hero told him over dinner at a Las Vegas hotel that he and several other men were planning a "sting" to take back items he believed had... The organic food industry is gaining clout on Capitol Hill, prompted by rising consumer demand and its entry into traditional ... (more)

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News24

Polls: Zim media brace for fresh onslaught

Zimbabwean journalists are no strangers to harassment, but as fresh presidential elections near, there is a gloomy sense the media is being thrust back into the firing line.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Mail & Guardian

Security sector defies edict

Despite an official freeze on the hiring of public servants, Zimbabwe's police, army and intelligence services have commenced a secret recruitment exercise that is raising eyebrows as the country prepares for elections.

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Entertainment Weekly

Book Review: We Need New Names

Young Darling's world in Zimbabwe is a ravaged one, but her life there is rich despite the deprivation in We Need New Names .

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BBC News

Zimbabwe's surprising bid to preserve its colonial past

The Zimbabwean authorities are fighting to protect old farmhouses in order to preserve the country's colonial heritage - something that might come as a surprise given President Robert Mugabe's anti-Western rhetoric and the eviction of most of the country's white farmers.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Seattle Medium

South Africa: 'Free But Not Equal'

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - When international icon and former political prisoner Nelson Mandela was elected president of South Africa in 1994, it marked a watershed moment for the former minority-ruled country.

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SW Radio Africa

Influx of political parties ahead of Zim polls suspicious

There is potential for confusion in the forthcoming polls as 29 separate parties are set to contest, in a process that is currently marred by political bickering over funding and choosing the date for the election.

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MyEyeWitnessNews.com

'Dead' man wakes up during own funeral

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Friends and family members of a man who by all accounts had passed away were caught by surprise recently when he sprung to life and sat up in his coffin during the funeral, witnesses said.

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The Bearded Man

Wednesday, 15th May 2013

Constitution sails through Senate 28 parties to contest general elections MDC-T & ZANU PF argue over controversial Coca Cola advert South Africa prepared to help fund Zim polls Fully implement GPA before polls: Sadc Troika Tsvangirai struggles to register children Tsvangirai warns Zim security chiefs GNU paying lip service to peace ahead of poll - ... (more)

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Tue May 14, 2013

LewRockwell.com

I Destroyed My Country With Hyperinflation

The former head of Zimbabwe's central bank, Gideon Gono, wrote a book in 2008, Zimbabwe's Casino Economy .

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