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  • Zimbabwean president rivals favour delaying polls

    Zimbabwean president and his main political rivals in the coalition government have agreed to file an application at the Constitutional Court, seeking extention of the general elections' date beyond July 31, 2013. The three leaders -- President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, and Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube -- met Wednesday at the State House and gave consent ...

  • Zimbabwean politics ripe for hactivism – will fruit be sweet

    pro-WikiLeaks hackers using the same tactics brought down some Zimbabwean government websites. These incidents make me wonder just how feeble the security is of many African governments and organizations. As the world becomes increasingly wired, and more people acquire the tools of hacking, the need for cyber security will become all the more ...

  • Only Zim Can Resolve Poll Dates - PAFL

    Pan African Forum Limited - a grouping of 54 African member states - has thrown its weight behind the position taken by the African Union that only Zimbabweans can resolve any contestation around the dates for the harmonised elections. The organisation that is headquartered in Kenya, yesterday said interpretation of election time frames and dates was the responsibility of the Constitutional ...

  • Zimbabwe Mudede Responds to Allegations On Alien Registration Challenges

    Registrar General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has dismissed recent media reports suggesting that aliens were being turned away from voter registration centres and referred to the army barracks at KGIV and police for clearance. In a statement to media houses, Mr Mudede said he wanted to correct the misconception that dozens of people were turned away at mobile registration centres. "People are only ...

  • Zimbabwe President Hails SMEs Urges Sector to Bank

    THE informal sector has created nearly six million jobs in the country and contributes US$7,4 billion to the economy, but the money rarely finds its way into the formal banking system, a Government commissioned survey has revealed. The scientific survey was conducted with the assistance of the World Bank and its data was validated by Zimstat. Launching the Finscope Zimbabwe 2012 Small and ...


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Thirteen Days [DVD]

Thirteen Days [DVD]

In a lean, tense two and a half hours, Roger Donaldson's Thirteen Days tells the story of the inner workings in the White House during the Cuban Missile Crisis, one of the most severe political moments of the 20th century and likely the closest the world has ever come to engaging in actual nuclear exchange. The script by David Self condenses and dramatizes some 23 hours of recorded mee ... ...

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  • India to play five ODIs in Zimbabwe

    India will tour Zimbabwe for a series of five one-dayers starting July 24 and ending on August 3, the BCCI has confirmed. It will be India's next international assignment after their tri-series in the West Indies that concludes on July ...

  • Cops Warn ZESA Officers On Corruption

    POLICE have warned Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company loss control officers to desist from corruption. Support Unit Assistant Commissioner (operations) Shadreck Mubaiwa said corruption was the height of moral bankruptcy. He was addressing eight loss control officers who graduated yesterday after undergoing a month-long training at the unit's Shamva Battle Camp. ...

  • ZITF Company to Build Hotel

    The Zimbabwe International Trade Fair Company plans to build a hotel and conference centre as part of initiatives to widen its revenue base. ZITF Company chairperson Mr Bekithemba Nkomo told the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Industry and Commerce that establishing the hotel was one of its long-term objectives. "Bulawayo City Council has already approved the plans. We hope there will ...

  • Car Imports Up 23 Percent

    Vehicle imports through the Beitbridge Border Post increased by 23 percent between January and May this year compared to the same period last year, the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has said. The increase is attributed to the price freeze of vehicles in South Africa and also the exorbitant prices of vehicles on the local market. Prices of second hand vehicles in South Africa have remained stable ...

  • Edward Chindori Chininga Dies

    Guruve South legislator (Zanu-PF) and former Cabinet minister Cde Edward Chindori Chininga has died. He was 58. Cde Chininga died on the spot Wednesday night after the car he was driving failed to stop at the T-junction of Raffingora and Mvurwi roads and rammed into a tree. He was travelling from Raffingora to Guruve when the accident occurred. Passengers in his car, whose number could not ...

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