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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 ...

  • 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 ...


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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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  • 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 ...

  • Indian Firm Awarded Gas Tender

    The Government has awarded Indian firm Water and Power Consultancy Services the tender to explore for coal-bed methane in the Lupane area, Matabeleland North province. The tender for gas exploration, to be used in power generation, was floated last year. In 2007, the Government declared exploration of the gas a priority but to date no meaningful development has taken place at the project site. ...

  • Zanu-PF Cadres Huts Burnt in Suspected Arson Attack

    Musana - TWO huts belonging to Zanu-PF chairperson for Rutope District Cde Anatolia Muondoka in Musana Communal lands were burnt down by suspected MDC-T activists early Monday morning. Chief police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba confirmed the incident saying they were treating the case as politically motivated. "We are investigating this case of arson which we suspect ...

  • Zimbabwe Principals Meet Over Amendments Poll Date

    PRINCIPALS in the inclusive Government, negotiators to the Global Political Agreement and legal experts from all the sides met at State House yesterday to discuss issues surrounding the promulgation of amendments to the Electoral Act and proclamation of the election date. The meeting followed debate in Cabinet on Tuesday on the same issues. Presidential spokesperson Cde George Charamba ...

  • Zimbabwe Poll Date Case Urgent Says Govt

    GOVERNMENT yesterday filed an urgent chamber application to have the constitutional case it filed on Tuesday for the extension of the election date beyond July 31 heard on an urgent basis and the Constitutional Court will today hear arguments on the fresh application. Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa - through Government lawyer Mr Fred Gijima of FG Gijima and Associates - ...

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