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Zimbabwe: expectations, anticipation and reality

By Gilbert MupondaBusiness, Economics, Money, Retail and Customer

AFTER being in the diaspora for seven years and following Zimbabwe’s progress, or lack of, through media reports, it has been a great challenge to reconcile my expectations with reality. Being away for so long results in a natural loss … Read more

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Time to break Europe’s strangehold on IMF top job

By Alex MagaisaEconomics, Money, Politics
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IT WAS not even possible to imagine, at the start of last week, that events in a luxury suite in a New York hotel would have profound ramifications on the politics of global finance and regulation. Yet the arrest of … Read more

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Diaspora inclusion: A proposal

By Jeff MadzingoPolitics

MY PRECEDING blog, Diasporas Inclusion: The Jangling Discords, attracted very interesting contributions from readers and I would like to thank everyone including those who wrote to me directly. Evidently, the Diasporas have overwhelming emotional desire for participatory inclusion in the … Read more

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World Cup 2010: I was there

By Lenox MhlangaFootball

THE World Cup is now approaching its climax. And who would have thought that Brazil, France, Italy and Argentina would bite the dust? In fact who would have thought that South Africa would pull it off? As for Brazil, I … Read more

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Women and the World Cup

By Lenox MhlangaFootball

FEEL it, it is here! The World Cup is well and truly underway in South Africa. It was surely a long wait but it was worth it. If you have not caught the football bug, then you must be dead. … Read more

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