Ever-expanding presidential term extensions are a desperate distraction from Zimbabwe’s misery

Ever-expanding presidential term extensions are a desperate distraction from Zimbabwe’s misery

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Councils should disconnect water to govt departments that don’t pay – Muguti

Local authorities should disconnect water supplies to government departments that fail to pay their bills, the Permanent Secretary for Local Government and Public Works, Tafadzwa Muguti, has said.

National Sports tragedy as fan killed after being run over by police water cannon truck

National Sports tragedy as fan killed after being run over by police water cannon truck

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‘Drunk’ Delta Beverages worker wins Supreme Court right to be heard

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NBS fined US$10,000 for defying court order over US$5m treasury bill

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Zimbabwe: Who Wants to Be on the Right Side of History?

Tendai Biti
Zimbabwe: Who Wants to Be on the Right Side of History?
While the world is preoccupied with the conflict in Iran, Zimbabwe is turning increasingly authoritarian, if that is possible to imagine....
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The $3.6 million Chivayo donation exposes the ease with which a parliament that may select our president can be capture

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Drone scheme to speed medical supplies to remote areas

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Mnangagwa pledges faster road rehabilitation, rural electrification

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says government is intensifying road rehabilitation and rural electrification programmes as part of...
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Vendors strike gold at Independence celebrations

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The E20 swindle: why pure petrol is actually cheaper than Zimbabwe’s forced blending

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Zimbabweans in UK to stage embassy protest over Mnangagwa term extension

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Zimbabwe Extends Company Re-Registration Deadline To 2028 As Firms Risk De-Registration

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Zimbabwe’s iconic stone birds were taken by colonialists. Finally, they’re all back home

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