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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 ...

  • Detained for Driving Vehicle With Voter Awareness Message

    A youth activist was on Wednesday arrested by police in Bulawayo after they saw him driving a vehicle emblazoned with messages promoting voter awareness, ahead of crucial elections. Liberty Bhebhe from the National Youth Development Trust (NYDT) was detained for two hours at the Bulawayo Airport where he had gone to transfer his name from the Nkulumane to the Umguza constituency. Our ...

  • Security Sector Under Pressure to Explain Illegal Political Plans

    The security forces in Zimbabwe are under pressure to explain why some of its members are planning to represent ZANU PF in the forthcoming elections, despite the new Constitution explicitly barring this. In a show of open allegiance to ZANU PF, some serving members of the military, police and CIO are looking to contest in that party's primary elections, which will determine who represents ...

  • Dairibord Bids for Cairns

    DAIRIBORD Holdings has joined the race to acquire a controlling stake in Cairns Holdings Limited, which plans to de-list from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to simplify the process of getting fresh investment. A total of four suitors are vying for a majority interest in Cairns and the others include local private company, Judah Holdings Limited and South African firms Vasari Global and Eastern ...

  • Political Will Standing in the Way of Zuma Recommendations

    A lack of political will has been described as the major stumbling block preventing Zimbabwe's coalition government from implementing political recommendations by the regional facilitator, Jacob Zuma. Zuma listed a number of key recommendations for Zimbabwe to implement, as part of a roadmap towards free, fair and credible elections. These latest recommendations were contained in ...


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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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  • Inclusive Govt Failed Dismally On the Economic Front

    The life of the inclusive Government, which came into being following an arduous stretch of negotiations, is set to end within the next 10 days and it is only fitting that the final Cabinet meeting should observe a moment to honour former SA president Thabo Mbeki for the huge role he played in facilitating this arrangement. The inclusive Government came at the height of economic challenges that ...

  • Dr Kereke Sued By Fertiliser Company

    WINDMILL Private Limited has taken businessman Dr Munyaradzi Kereke to the High Court for failing to pay for farming inputs worth US$103 457. Dr Kereke who operates Pamene Farm in Harare, received fertliser and pesticides worth US$110 370 from Windmill and failed to service the debt leaving a balance of US$103 457. Windmill, through its lawyers Scanlen and Holderness, has filed a lawsuit arguing ...

  • Dj Munya Alleged Accomplices Fail to Raise Bail

    TWO men alleged to be Star FM DJ Munyaradzi Milimo's accomplices in the murder of a Harare man, Mr Tinashe Magorimbo, are still in custody after failing to raise US$300 bail. Taurai Janhi and Mohammed Matare were granted bail on Tuesday by High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa. DJ Munya and the pair, who were still in their prison garb today, appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Donald ...

  • Defiant MDC-T MP Muchauraya Finally Granted Bail

    The MDC-T legislator for Makoni South, Pishai Muchauraya, has finally been released after spending more than a week in custody for allegedly threatening to kill Amos Kutiya, his political rival Geoff Nyarota's campaign manager. Muchauraya was sent to Rusape Remand Prison on June 7th after the State invoked a section of the Criminal Law to overrule an earlier court decision granting the MP ...

  • Four Investors Target Cairns

    FOUR potential investors have submitted bids to acquire a controlling stake in Cairns Holdings Limited, which would however first de-list from the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange to simply the process of getting fresh investment. The bidders are local companies Dairibord Holdings and Judah Holdings Limited and South African firms Vasari Global Limited and Eastern Trading Company Limited. Investors are ...

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