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The Interview with Tichaona Zindoga zanu-pf holds its 16th Annual People’s Conference in the ancient city of Masvingo next week and, with all logistics in place to hold the indaba, attention is on the issues that will be deliberated on and how the meeting pans against a background of a raft of issues that have […]
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RADAR — The Zimbabwe Independent has just called it “coalition impossible” — an allusion to that hackneyed “mission impossible” phrase. In many respects, the mooted coalition among Zimbabwe’s opposition parties is just that, due to a myriad factors. Yet it is not inconceivable.
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Bishop B. Manjoro Dunamis— Today I have a specific word for women. God has a purpose with women -faith women. You see a person of faith is driven by purpose. Master this key and your year will end differently, O hallelujah!
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Abel Zhakata Mutare Bureau— An idiom goes, love is blind. Some say when in love, the glare can be too bright it can blind a person. For others love is blind to reason and common sense. True that if you love someone you cannot see any faults in that person.
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Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa did not have a lot of fiscal space to make dramatic changes in his budget. He could not order significant tax increases because the economy would not stand these; and he could not make significant tax cuts because the Government still has to provide a lot of services to the people.
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Lloyd Gumbo Mr Speaker, Sir Bond notes came and were overwhelmingly embraced by Zimbabweans despite spirited attempts to cause their rejection by those who want the country to “burn” for political reasons. In fact, depositors are now desperate for the bond notes. As was announced by the Reserve Bank, the bond notes have the same value […]
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Joram Nyathi Spectrum— I WANT to believe a free and fair election should be one which reflects the will of the people, not the wishes of a political party. That means every political party wishing to contest in an election must appeal to what a majority of people who qualify and are willing to vote want.
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Christopher Farai Charamba Review Correspondent — Throughout history mankind has been led to do numerous acts in the name of religion. From the Crusades to the Spanish Inquisition; the modern day Jihad and even colonialism, all these atrocities were influenced by some kind of religious agenda.
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Arnold August Correspondent— FROM his high school days into the 1950s, Fidel Castro familiarised himself with the writings and activities of José Martí, among other 19th Century Cuban fighters for social justice and independence from Spain.
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Low maize stocks are available from traders. Acquiring maize from South Africa is a rigorous process with the National Biotechnology Authority and is posing serious logistical challenges. All imports are being supervised to prevent diseased maize being imported.
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George Monbiot Correspondent A wave of revulsion rolls around the world. Approval ratings for incumbent leaders are everywhere collapsing. Symbols, slogans and sensation trump facts and nuanced argument. One in six Americans now believe that military rule would be a good idea. From all this I draw the following, peculiar conclusion: no country with a […]
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Gregg Mills Correspondent— The developed world never loved us. According to a new report linking illicit financial flows (IFFs) to tax havens, the developed world, while preaching aid and investment, has received far more in financial flows than it has sent back.
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Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Syndication Writer As Zimbabwe continues to implement measures and policies that will promote the inflow of investment into the economy, it has become imperative that Government accelerates reforms to the ease of doing business as this has been a drawback in achieving that goal. Not only has the country been persistently ranked poorly […]
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The $2 bond notes have been accepted by just about everyone now, with the complaint going from “we will not touch them” to “the Reserve Bank has not issued enough”. But Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr John Mangudya has made it clear for months, as have all relevant members of the Government, that bond notes […]
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Freedom Mupanedemo Syndication Writer BY mid-morning on Saturday November 19, 2016 the Victoria Falls International Airport was already littered with a coterie of aircrafts – from wide bodied to small ones. The previous day, President Mugabe had set the ball rolling after commissioning the new-look world class airport and it was already humming with traffic, […]
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