Constitutional amendments, lies, and the power grab

Winning by deceit is never the end of the story.

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CAB3 Published as Act

Can a president who goes back on his word ever be trusted?

Can a president who goes back on his word ever be trusted?

Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.

Four in ten Zimbabweans have no trust in ZEC

Four in ten Zimbabweans have no trust in ZEC

Zimbabwe’s electoral institutions are facing a crisis of public confidence, with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission emerging as the least trusted institution in the country and nearly half of citizens expressing no faith in election results, a national survey on the Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amendment No. 3) Bill has found.

Alleged Russia recruitment suspect to represent himself as bail hearing delayed

Alleged Russia recruitment suspect to represent himself as bail hearing delayed

The bail hearing of a Hwange man accused of trafficking five Zimbabweans to Russia under the guise of offering them lucrative firefighting jobs has been postponed after he told a Harare court that he would represent himself.

6.9.2007 0:00

Tsvangirai piles on pressure

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Tsvangirai piles on pressure
HARARE
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has warned that the "end game" for President Robert Mugabe was drawing near.
Speaking at the end of a week-long visit to...
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Zanu chefs’ kids deported

BY WILF MBANGA
LONDON
Much to the chagrin of Mugabe's elite, the old adage that the pen is...
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Succession cat fight – Oppah vs Joice


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Zanu (PF) women's league head Oppah Muchinguri at the weekend threatened to push for the ouster...
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Corrupt cops harass commuter drivers


BULAWAYO
Police manning roadblocks here are reportedly demanding bribes of up to Z$1 million a day for...
6.9.2007 0:00

Poachers’ fire devastates Matopos

BY BAYETHE ZITHA
MATOBO
War veterans who were resettled here at the height of Zimbabwe's controversial land seizures,...

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Rushwaya rebuts allegations


Hitting back … Henrietta Rushwaya

BY OWN CORRESPONDENT
ACTING Zimbabwe Football Association chief...
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Shabane mine ‘being looted by Zanu’

Future viability in doubt amid allegations of asset stripping
BY TRUST MATSILELE
HARARE - Zanu (PF) members have...
6.9.2007 0:00

I was shocked. Me – a terrorist bomber?

, together with 40 other MDC activists, was arrested in a Zanu (PF) crackdown in March....

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No mining, no phosphate & no food

'We should have used foreign currency to import power … not fleets of the latest vehicles...
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Tsvangirai charged of “disorderly conduct” (06-09-07)

By Chief Reporter
HARARE – Morgan Tsvangirai, the leader of Zimbabwe ’s biggest opposition party, the Movement...
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PRESIDENT TSVANGIRAI ‘S ADDRESS TO THE MDC PARLIAMENTARY CAUCUS ON THE DEEPENING CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE

Honourable Members of Parliament,

On the 9th of July 2007, the MDC alerted the nation to...

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Zimbabwe dollar devalued (06-09-07)

THE minister of Finance Samuel Mumbengegwi yesterday devalued the local dollar by 11 900 % in...

6.9.2007 0:00

Heath Streak to retire

Former Zimbabwe captain and English cricket club's Warwickshire all-rounder Heath Streak will retire from county cricket...

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