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Mugabe a "common enemy"Mugabe a "common enemy"

A breakaway faction of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) said on Sunday it will not back main leader Morgan Tsvangirai in next year's elections. Read more
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Mbeki calls for "free and fair" elections in ZimbabweMbeki calls for "free and fair" elections in Zimbabwe

South African President Thabo Mbeki warned on Sunday that elections in neighbouring Zimbabwe next year must be "free and fair" Read more
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33 more shop managers arrested 33 more shop managers arrested

Another 33 shop managers were arrested in Zimbabwe at the weekend for overcharging or failing to display prices... Read more
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UK targets Mugabe, Gono in fresh movesUK targets Mugabe, Gono in fresh moves

THE United Kingdom is pushing for a full-scale debate on the Zimbabwe crisis at the forthcoming EU-Africa Summit in Portugal, the House of Commons was told last week. They were also told the British government would not welcome a visit by Gideon Gono, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe..... Read more
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Zimbabwe refugees flood inner citiesZimbabwe refugees flood inner cities

The river of Zimbabwean refugees, mainly fleeing the economic meltdown in their country, is bursting its banks in the middle of Johannesburg and Pretoria. In the vestibule of Johannesburg's Central Methodist Church there is a plaque in memory of those church members who died during the two world wars - and all around it, ironically, is a scene that seems straight out of the grainy black-and-white... Read more
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Zim: Mbeki feels confidentZim: Mbeki feels confident

An agreement which would allow for a free and fair election in Zimbabwe will be reached, President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.... Read more
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Zim journalist shot in JohannesburgZim journalist shot in Johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG - The editor of ZimOnline, an independent Zimbabwe news agency based in South Africa, was shot and seriously wounded this week in Johannesburg.... Read more
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Hundreds pray for scandal-hit ArchbishopHundreds pray for scandal-hit Archbishop

Hundreds of residents in Zimbabwe's second city thronged the cathedral on Wednesday for prayers in support of outspoken Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube who is being sued for alleged adultery."The purpose of the prayer was mobilising and giving moral, spiritual, mental and physical support to Archbishop Ncube," said Effie Ncube - no relation to the cleric - who is chairperson of The... Read more
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Mbeki - Zimbabwe mediation talks in troubleMbeki - Zimbabwe mediation talks in trouble

President Thabo Mbeki's effort to resolve the crisis in Zimbabwe is hanging by a thread because President Robert Mugabe is refusing to negotiate a new constitution with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) The new constitution is a key item on the MDC's negotiations agenda.Mugabe and the ruling Zanu-PF party are represented at the talks by Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche,... Read more
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Parliament debates nationalisationParliament debates nationalisation

Zimbabwe's parliament opens a new session this week to debate radical plans to nationalise foreign firms and a law empowering the house to name President Robert Mugabe's likely successor without a national vote.Mugabe, the southern African state's sole ruler since independence from Britain in 1980, will on Tuesday officially open the last session of the House of Assembly and the upper Senate... Read more
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