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Augustine Chihuri

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/ 16 May 2008

Zimbabwe run-off poll set for June 27

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will return to Zimbabwe on Saturday after spending more than a month out of the country following disputed elections, a party spokesperson said. Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced on Friday that the run-off presidential election will take place on June 27.

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Africa
/ 29 March 2008

Mugabe: ‘This is a time to fight’

To Robert Mugabe, Saturday’s presidential election in Zimbabwe is not so much a vote as war. From his campaign slogan — Get Behind the Fist — to speeches invoking the liberation war against white rule, the president of Zimbabwe has defined his campaign to extend his 28-year rule as the final struggle against British imperialism.

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/ 28 March 2008

‘Mugabe will rule again’

It is a matter of hours to go before voting stations open for Saturday’s elections in Zimbabwe. The Mail & Guardian Online spoke to South African political parties and NGOs ahead of the controversial poll. ”Mugabe will rule again. It would be a miracle if he didn’t,” said the Inkatha Freedom Party’s Musa Zondi.

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Africa
/ 28 March 2008

Zim security forces on full alert ahead of polls

Zimbabwe’s security forces were placed on full alert on Friday to head off possible violence at this weekend’s elections as President Robert Mugabe’s opponents feared the outcome had already been fixed. With state media predicting a Mugabe win, human rights groups said there was no way the electoral process could be said to reflect the will of the people.

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/ 22 March 2008

Zim rights group: Defy your commanders

A rights group on Friday urged Zimbabwe’s security forces to defy commanders who have vowed they would support only President Robert Mugabe to rule the country after next week’s poll. ”Go against the orders of your commanders, lay down your arms and rally behind the people of Zimbabwe to foster reconstruction and development,” said the National Constitutional Assembly.

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/ 20 February 2008

Zim police ban weapons ahead of polls

Zimbabwe police have banned the carrying of weapons in public in the capital and the southern town of Masvingo to prevent violence in the upcoming joint presidential and legislative polls. ”Police will use their discretion on any tool that people will be carrying such as walking sticks for the elderly, the blind and disabled, said Harare police commander Isaac Tayengwa.

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/ 7 September 2007

Zim raises prices in bid to ease shortages

In a bid to ease widespread shortages of goods, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s government on Friday announced it was allowing retailers to raise prices by 20%. ”Effectively, the prices of all goods and services that have not been reviewed since June 18 2007 go up by 20%,” the government mouthpiece Herald newspaper said.

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