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  • SA Zanu-PF Relations Strained Ahead of Poll

    Relations between the South African government and Robert Mugabe's ZANU PF are said to be under severe strain, with the former ruling party in Zimbabwe intensifying its anti-SA rhetoric. This historically loyal relationship has been steadily souring in recent months, to the point that ZANU PF loyalists have been calling for the SADC bloc to revisit Zuma's facilitation role in ...

  • Man Forced to Service Four Women

    Chinhoyi Bureau - A KADOMA man endured a hellish two days at the hands of four women who reportedly kidnapped him at gunpoint and locked him up in a room where they would take turns to be intimate with him before giving him trinkets and later dumping him on the side of the road, police have said. Before going on gruelling sessions of sexually satisfying the women, they would give him a meal of ...

  • Zimbabwe Mutasa On Indiginisation

    Zimbabweans living in the United States have appealed to Government to ensure they also benefit from the indigenisation programme that has seen many people venturing into areas previously dominated by foreigners. Speaking at the Zimbabwe Diaspora Engagement conference held in Washington DC on Monday, the diasporans said were eager to engage the Government on the matter. This comes at a time ...

  • Zimbabwe Civil Society Condemns Mobile Voter Registration

    Fifty civil society organisations have issued a stinging condemnation of the recently-completed mobile voter registration exercise in Zimbabwe - highlighting a host of serious problems and concluding that it has to be re-started since it comprehensively failed to reach all prospective registrants. In a joint statement, the civil society groups lists some key concerns about the process that ran ...

  • China vows continued support for Zimbabwe

    HARARE -- China will continue supporting Zimbabwe in its quest to fend off international threats on its sovereignty and economic prosperity, visiting Chinese vice Premier Wang Yang said ...


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The World According to Garp

For all the weird events that transpire during its 131 minutes, "The World According to Garp" is a strangely unaffecting movie. Interesting, yes. Original, yes. Often hilarious, yes. But, despite the fact that it sets itself up as a tragicomic social satire striking several specific targets, not much of it really stays with you after it's over. Instead, it just seems to waver between almost sitcom ... ...

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  • Chinese vice premier starts official visit to Zimbabwe

    Vice Premier Wang Yang arrived in Harare on Tuesday, starting an official visit to Zimbabwe, the first leg of his African trip from May 21 to 25 to boost China's relations with the continent.During his visit to Zimbabwe, Wang is expected to pay a courtesy call to President Robert Mugabe, hold talks with Vice President Joyce Mujuru and pay a courtesy call to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, ...

  • China Vows To Continue Support For Zimbabwe

    HARARE, Zimbabwe, May 22 (Bernama) -- China will continue supporting Zimbabwe in its quest to fend off international threats on its sovereignty and economic prosperity, visiting Chinese vice Premier Wang Yang said Tuesday. Yang is in Zimbabwe, his first foreign trip as vice Premier, to seek ways of strengthening bilateral ties between the two friendly nations, Zimbabwean news agency, AIM, ...

  • Zimbabwe’s Ruling Party Militias Spread Fear of Voting

    - For the last month Gibson Severe and his wife, Merjury Severe, known opposition supporters from Hurungwe district in Zimbabwe's Mashonaland West Province, have been hiding out in the country's capital ...

  • Few Winter Wheat Farmers Meet Planting Deadline

    Agriculture experts predict a very low wheat harvest this year due to the decline in winter wheat production as most farmers failed to meet this year’s planting deadline of May 15. The farmers could not buy inputs on time as they failed to access funds from banks and the government. Last week, the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe said banks were failing to lend the agricultural sector ...

  • Zanu-PF MDC Gear For Primary Elections

    WASHINGTON -- The Zanu-PF Politiburo is meeting at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Wednesday to try and finalize its long-awaited rules and regulations that govern the conduct of primary elections ahead of this year’s crucial polls. The delay in issuing the regulations, insiders say, is now causing serious friction within the party as aspiring candidates are said to be ...

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