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  • Zimbabwes Tsvangirai says Mugabes Party is Dead

    HARARE Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday declared President Robert Mugabe's party "dead.rdquo; Tsvangirai said the African country's next elections will be a "formalityrdquo; and predicted a landslide victory. The lead vocalist is Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai. The backing vocals are from the leadership of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) ...

  • Chinese vice premier to attend AU special summit

    Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang will pay an official visit to Zimbabwe and attend a special summit of the African Union in Ethiopia from May 21 to 25, reported Xinhua. Wang will attend the special summit to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Organization for African Unity, the predecessor to the African Union. He will attend the event, to be held in the Ethiopian capital ...

  • In Zimbabwe Will Next Election Be More Peaceful

    Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton about Zimbabwe's upcoming presidential election and efforts to alleviate its international ...

  • Food and Nutrition Policy Welcome

    The launch of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy by President Mugabe on Thursday is a move in the right direction for the nation. Yet, the policy has placed a high demand on Government to ensure that practical action is taken for the country to become food secure. The policy and its implementation plan must be acted upon as soon as possible for the country to realise food security. Going ...

  • Ultimatum for Foreign Shops to Indigenise

    GOVERNMENT has given all businesses operating in reserved sectors of the economy under the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act a six-month ultimatum to apply for indigenisation compliance certificates. According to the Act, reserved sectors are agriculture (primary production of food and cash crops), transportation, retail and wholesale trade, barbershops, hairdressing and beauty ...


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Fighting Elegy (Kenka erejii) [DVD]

Fighting Elegy (Kenka erejii) [DVD]

Japanese B-movie maverick Seijun Suzukis films often mixed sex and violence in bizarre and intriguing ways. In Fighting Elegy, he again mixes the two, except this time its in an either/or proposition. The films hero, devoutly Catholic teenager Kiroku (Hideki Takahashi), is faced with sexual temptations and turns to increasing violence as a way to sublimate his adolescent carnal desires. So, ... ...

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  • Mutambara Hails Land Reform Programme

    Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has hailed the land reform for empowering Zimbabweans with productive land. He was speaking at the launch of the Food and Nutrition Security Policy in Harare on Thursday. The policy was launched by President Robert Mugabe. Prof Mutambara said the successful land reform was a revolution that created a new dispensation althoughthere was need to boost ...

  • Liberation Struggle to Shape Nations Destiny - President

    THE liberation struggle remains critical in shaping the country's future, the President has said. He urged Zimbabweans to appreciate the sacrifices made by freedom fighters in liberating Zimbabwe. The Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces said this during the pass-out parade of regular officer cadets(Course Number 3/29/11) at the Zimbabwe ...

  • Zctu Lays Into Mdc-t

    ZCTU says MDC-T's ministers and policy failures are at variance with the needs of workers the party claims are its bedrock, while a Church minister has accused the party of behaving like employers. While giving a solidarity message at the launch of MDC-T's policy conference in Harare yesterday, ZCTU secretary-general Mr Japhet Moyo -- who holds the same post MDC-T leader Morgan ...

  • Latest On Medical Tariffs

    GOVERNMENT is expected to impose medical tariffs for all consultations in two weeks time after service providers and medical aid societies failed to come up with an agreed tariff. Health and Child Welfare Deputy Minister Douglas Mombeshora said the ministry has already started working on the new tariffs that would be shared with the Zimbabwe Medical Association and the Association of Healthcare ...

  • VP Mujuru Consoles Msipa

    Vice President Joice Mujuru yesterday paid condolences to former Midlands Governor Cephas Msipa following the death of his wife Charlotte from diabetes last month. VP Mujuru met Cde Msipa at his son's home in Borrowdale, Harare, and described Ambuya Msipa as a soft lady and mother who supported her husband. She said her relationship with the Msipa family dated back to 1980. VP Mujuru said ...

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