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/ 16 October 2008
Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai are like like sparring partners, throwing hard punches at each other, writes Charles Rukuni.
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/ 9 September 2008
Zimbabwe’s military leaders, through the Joint Operations Command, persuaded Mugabe to stay on to save their own interest.
World Bank and UN’s development programme help Zanu-PF top dog bust sanctions, reports Charles Rukuni.
The Zimbabwean government is abolishing executive mayorships in local councils. Its critics within local authorities say the reason is that the ruling party lost control of almost all urban councils when the opposition Movement for Democratic Change won most mayoral contests in the previous local authority elections.
The expense of Saturday’s election in Zimbabwe will be enormous, although quantifying exact costs in a country destabilised by hyperinflation and black-market rates is difficult. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission claims that it will spend US$5,75-million on salaries for officials who will man about 11Â 000 polling stations.