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Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight from the country’s 44th Independence celebrations by derailing Harare’s ongoing Zimbabwe Structured Dialogue Platform on Debt Clearance by tasking its officials to bring into the fray issues to do with governance...

US onslaught on Zim continues

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's turbulent  politics by taking a ‘sabbatical’. The CCC has become nothing more than a playground for clueless political nonentities. Indeed, the CCC has not only been drowning in a sea of confusion,...

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Professors are a dangerous species

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Let us do money

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‘Grundnorm’ for youth essential

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Farewell Comrade

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Spanners, baboons and climbing mountains

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Defining the Zimbabwean war: The Second Chimurenga

This article is part of a scholarly paper written by Professor Charles Pfukwa. The Patriot...

Ngoda is our heritage

The story of ngoda (diamonds) in Zimbabwe never ceases to fascinate me. A few...

Let’s believe in ourselves

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Plot to derail debt restructuring talks

THE US has been caught in yet another embarrassing plot to grab the limelight...

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By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE was nothing surprising about Tendai Biti’s decision to abandon the opposition's...

Mineral wealth a definition of Independence

ZIMBABWE’S independence and freedom cannot be fully explained without mentioning one of the key...

Let the Uhuru celebrations begin

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