Politics
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
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Botched US$87m Presidential Goat Scheme kingpins, Mpofu and Chimombe bought luxurious cars, houses using stolen funds
IT never rains but pours for fly-by-night businessman Moses Mpofu and Economic Empowerment Group (EEG) president Mike Chimombe, who are…
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South Africa elections: what are the issues, and will the ANC lose its majority?
South Africans go to the polls on 29 May in elections in which the ruling African National Congress party could…
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Two days of special voting are underway in South Africa
THE two-day special voting is underway in South Africa ahead of the May 29 general election. In a media briefing…
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Firebrand Human Rights Defender Masaraure Convicted: Awaiting Sentencing
By Lloyd Takawira Harare, Zimbabwe — Obert Masaraure, a prominent activist and leader of the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe…
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ZANU PF Political Commissar fired
ZANU PF President and First Secretary Emmerson Mnangagwa has demoted Mike Bimha from the position of party Political Commissar to…
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SA vs Israel: ICJ to hold hearings on SA’s request for additional measures in Gaza
Cape Town – South Africa’s request for the indication of additional provisional measures and the modification of provisional measures previously…
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Rerun, GNU will never happen — Mnangagwa
ZANU PF, which got a fresh mandate in the August 23-24 elections, will not entertain “any talk of a rerun,…
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Amnesty International concerned with clampdown on human rights under Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s first tenure has been characterised by a clampdown on human rights, a failure by the second dispensation…
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Zimbabwe’s reelected president says there’s democracy. As beating and torture allegations emerge
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Barely a week after being elected as a local councilor for Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Womberaiishe…
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Chamisa pin hopes on SADC, AU to Resolve Zimbabwe’s “Political Crisis”
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said it is hoping that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the…
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