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European economic crisis: Is it time to head home?

By Lance MambondianiEconomics, Personal Finance, Politics, Stock Market, World

AN EMERGING trend within the diaspora community in the UK points towards a gradual increase in the number of people who have, or are considering returning to Zimbabwe or emigrating to other countries as a result of the global economic … Read more

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Gay rights: Tsvangirai’s Nobel master stroke

By Mthulisi MathuthuPolitics, World
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IT was Professor Stephen Chan who not so very long ago wrote something to the effect that even though Morgan Tsvangirai is prone to gaffes, he is still capable of some strokes of ‘genius’. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than … Read more

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After Mugabe: remember the thunder amongst the clouds

By Mthulisi MathuthuPolitics, World
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WHILE Libya’s National Transitional Council may have achieved its broader objective through the toppling and subsequent killing of Muammar Gaddafi, it however remains clear that the real crunch time lies ahead and other democratic movements which are vulnerable to being … Read more

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Africa: brace for coming wave of imperialist aggression

By Psychology MaziwisaPolitics, World

CROSSFIRE or the act of crazy “rebels” – call it whatever you like – the fact is that Col Muammar Gaddafi was grotesquely murdered last Thursday by the United States acting in league with its French and British associates after … Read more

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Nehanda, Lobengula, Lumumba and Machel dictators too?

By Jonathan MoyoHistory, Religion, World
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THE indisputably barbaric killing of Muammar Gaddafi last Thursday by a high-tech US drone controlled by some freaky soldier in Las Vegas aided by a French jet fighter assisted by NATO special forces on the ground has been received in … Read more

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Zimbabwe: Senior SAG officials outline views

By WikiLeaks US Embassy CablesPolitics, WikiLeaks US Embassy Cables, World
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ID: 07PRETORIA1495 SUBJECT (C): ZIMBABWE: SENIOR SAG OFFICIALS OUTLINE VIEWS DATE: 2007-04-30 00:00:00 CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIAL ORIGIN: Embassy Pretoria TEXT C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 04 PRETORIA 001495 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT … Read more

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Baa Baa Obama’s black sheep

By Lenox MhlangaWorld
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ONE of the irrefutable, yet unwritten, laws of nature is that in spite of earth being so vast, there are some things that you can’t hide. The most powerful man in the world discovered this very recently when a relative … Read more

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Malema and battle for the soul of the ANC

By Daniel MolokelePolitics, World
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JULIUS ‘Juju’ Malema, born March 3, 1981, in the northern Limpopo province has suddenly become the new bold face of South African politics. The African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president has in the past five years experienced a meteoric … Read more

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Fewer truths than the saying ‘home is best’

By Lenox MhlangaImmigration, Travel, World

THOSE of you who have been ‘following’ me on Twitter and ‘liking’ me on Facebook will know that I have been in and out of Zimbabwe since Christmas Eve. Not being one who likes boasting, I have the privilege of … Read more

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ZimDakar: embassy in action

By Trudy StevensonPolitics, World
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AS TAXPAYERS, you must sometimes wonder what your money is paying for, especially in our foreign missions, far away from the eyes even of civil society look-outs! This article is a first attempt to answer that question from your mission … Read more

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