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Press freedom a responsibility not a right

By Jonathan MoyoPolitics
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HAS Trevor Ncube’s floundering Zimbabwe Independent gone to the dogs to the point of unashamedly becoming a pathetic MDC-T pamphlet in a desperate bid to secure a good chunk of the dirty £3 million that the British government started smuggling … 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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Tough questions for MDC-T in Kinshasa

By Jonathan MoyoPolitics

IF regional leaders meeting this week in Kinshasa for their annual Sadc Summit want to be taken seriously about their respected role as the lead-guarantors of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed by Zanu PF and the two MDC formations … Read more

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Soros’ caveat on free markets

By Joram NyathiPolitics

“IF we increase our production capacity from the current 7% to about 25% or increase direct revenue to US$60 million from the current US$20 million, our workers would receive proper salaries.”   Finance Minister Tendai Biti made these comments ahead … Read more

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Whose budget is it anyway?

By Lance MambondianiPolitics, Stock Market

THERE have been so many developments in the last week it is almost difficult to catch up. The feuding political parties have finally agreed to form a government of national unity ending years of bickering.   The union, christened by … Read more

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