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/ 3 February 2006
In Zimbabwe’s capital and in need of a bath or a hot meal? Call a friend, though it’ll likely take several attempts to get through. Power and water outages have revived friendships and socialising in Zimbabwe, homeowners say. People see more of each other during outages that last several days, says businessman James Martin.
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/ 14 January 2006
Five top officials in Zimbabwe’s divided main opposition party filed a multimillion-dollar defamation suit against Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, their lawyer said on Friday. Tsvangirai gave notice he would defend the action, and has 10 days to submit a summary of his rebuttal before a date can be set for a hearing.
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/ 10 January 2006
A senior High Court judge urged Zimbabwe’s government to ease colonial era restrictions on the practice of witchcraft, state-run radio reported on Tuesday. Many in Zimbabwe retain strong beliefs in the healing power of spirit mediums along with the role of ancestral rites in the nation’s cultural life, Judge Maphios Cheda said on Monday.
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/ 10 January 2006
A senior High Court judge urged Zimbabwe’s government to ease colonial-era restrictions on the practice of witchcraft, state-run radio reported on Tuesday. Many in the country retain strong beliefs in the healing power of spirit mediums — known as n’angas, or witchdoctors.
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/ 24 December 2005
Sculptor Frank Bute camps in the gully of a foul-smelling stream beside a golf course in Harare, Zimbabwe. His market stall was demolished in a clampdown against traders earlier this year, and he and the other 700 000 people who lost their homes or livelihoods face a bleak Christmas.
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/ 2 December 2005
Zimbabwe’s finance minister announced the government’s annual Budget on Thursday, but the worst economic crisis since independence in 1980 left him little room to maneuver other than to juggle with numbers, analysts said. Herbert Murerwa predicted economic growth next year of between two and three percent, pinning his hopes on increased agricultural production.
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/ 27 November 2005
Embattled Zimbabweans showed little enthusiasm on Saturday for a new Senate, forming longer lines in some areas to buy scarce food supplies than to vote for a body criticised as a costly ploy to strengthen President Robert Mugabe’s grip on power. The election has divided the main opposition party.
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/ 26 November 2005
Election observers have predicted a low turnout in Zimbabwe on Saturday for a Senate vote amid apathy, a split within the opposition and concern the poverty-stricken country cannot afford the new Upper House of Parliament. The government estimates annual costs of the Upper House at about Z-billion (-million).
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/ 23 November 2005
A High Court judge and a businessman have claimed part of a Danish-owned farm south of Harare, the owners said on Wednesday, part of a stepped-up drive to seize white-owned land for black Zimbabweans. The two men arrived on Monday at one of Zimbabwe’s most productive dairy farms accompanied by police and supporters.
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/ 18 November 2005
Civic and human rights groups urged African leaders on Friday to pressure Zimbabwe to restore the rule of law and end human rights violations. An alliance of 25 groups said the Zimbabwe government mostly ignored calls by the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights to observe human rights.