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  • Tsvangirai Reads Riot Act to Aspiring Parliamentary Candidates

    The MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday read the riot act to aspiring parliamentarians from his party, warning them against polluting the primary elections with vote buying, intimidation and violence. The internal process to choose the makeup of the party team to contest the elections kicks off in Harare on Saturday, amid reports some of the candidates were determined to bulldoze their ...

  • When Bruce Conquered Rome

    WHEN the world tunes in tonight to watch the historic first all-German Uefa Champions League final, the clock will mark exactly 29 years from the day a Zimbabwean football star lifted the iconic silverware. That tonight's showcase game is being played in England evokes memories of that night in Rome, on May 30, 1984, when an English team, Liverpool, powered to glory and, in the process, ...

  • Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On Election Date Petition

    On Friday the Supreme Court reserved judgement in the case in which a Harare man was seeking an order to force President Mugabe to announce the date for elections. Last week, Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku agreed with Jealousy Mawarire, who approached the court through his lawyer Joseph Mandizha, that the matter was urgent and granted the order. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's ...

  • President Saluted for Stance Against Homosexuality

    PRESIDENT Mugabe should be saluted for standing firm against homosexuality that is being used by some Western countries as a condition to release aid to poor African countries, a leading Zambian pastor has said. Dr Bernard Nwaka, who is among guest speakers at the Celebration Ministries International's annual celebrations dubbed "Action Conference" made the remarks while ...

  • Veteran Nationalists Among Honorees At AU Golden Jubilee

    The African Union turns 50 on Saturday and several Zimbabwean veteran nationalists, including the late Vice President Joshua Nkomo and the late former Zanu national chairman Herbert Chitepo will be honored at the Golden Jubilee celebrations in the Ethiopian Capital Addis Ababa. The state controlled Herald newspaper said the national heroes will be honoured posthumously, together with other ...


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Idiocracy [DVD]

Idiocracy [DVD]

I had the interesting experience of seeing Mike Judges futuristic satire Idiocracy right after seeing Alfonso Cuarns futuristic thriller Children of Men, and Im not sure which is plausibly scarier. Cuarns film posits a near future in which women have become infertile and the wo ... ...

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  • ZEC Urged to Get Organised Ahead of Fresh Registration Exercise

    Zimbabwe took another step towards holding elections when President Mugabe signed the country's new constitution on Wednesday. The new constitution was a condition for the holding of elections under the Global Political Agreement, signed by the two MDCs and ZANU PF following the disputed 2008 poll. The new charter paves the way for crucial electoral processes to take place, including ...

  • Mangoma Acquitted for Wishing Mugabe Dead

    Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma has been acquitted in a case where the state was accusing him of insulting President Robert Mugabe and 'wishing him dead.' Mangoma had been on trial on charges of undermining authority of/or insulting Mugabe. The MDC-T deputy secretary-general was arrested in October last year, five months after he allegedly uttered the words ...

  • Tsvangirai Party Supporters Fight for Election Positions

    MUTARE -- Fists were nearly exchanged at the offices of the Movement for Democratic Change formation led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday during the verification process for the party’s primary elections to choose parliamentary and council candidates for this year’s polls. Aspiring candidates and their supporters almost exchanged blows as the situation ...

  • Zimbabwe activist says prisoners are denied HIV drugs

    HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.Douglas Muzanenhamo said in court documents Friday he was denied anti-retroviral drugs when detained for a month in 2011 on treason charges. He was acquitted of involvement in ...

  • Minister Charged With Insulting Mugabe Acquitted

    WASHINGTON -- Zimbabwean Energy Minister and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change deputy treasurer Elton Mangoma was Friday acquitted on charges of insulting President Robert Mugabe. Mangoma was arrested in October last year and charged with contravening Section 33 (2) (a) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. His purported crime? On May 18 ...

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