The contradictory legacy Robert Mugabe's left behind

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The streets of Harare remain the same: dirty, decrepit while people are looking for fuel and power, and hardly seem concerned that the man most of them knew as their ...

Gay Zim teacher forced to quit saddened by 'level of intolerance'

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Neal Hovelmeier was clearing out his desk at his cottage in Harare this weekend, shocked and hurt that his 15-year career at one of Zim?s top schools was over

Tension mounts as Zimbabwe prepares for opening of parliament

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Some fear that opposition MDC-Alliance MPs will lead noisy protests within the House of Assembly as they did last week when their 63 MPs were sworn into office. ...

Cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe fuelled by ineffective sewerage systems

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Cholera has erupted at the same time this year as it did in 2008, the dry season

Mnangagwa's victory was backed by God, says Mugabe

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Last month, Robert Mugabe said he never trusted Emmerson Mnangagwa, but now says Mnangagwa?s narrow victory at the polls was backed by God.

Mnangagwa answers burning questions on Mugabe, spy allegations and elections

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Shortly after results of the presidential poll, Peta Thornycroft interviewed Zimbabwean President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House in Harare.

MDC, lawyers to challenge Zim presidential poll results

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Zim election experts and several lawyers both here, and in SA, have their calculators out and are working around the clock preparing documentation.

Zim graveyard assistant becomes MP after winning parliamentary vote

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A humble graveyard assistant employed by his local municipality has beaten a veteran politician in Zimbabwe?s just-ended elections.

#ZimElections2018: Cops storm opposition MDC offices

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A lawyer in Zimbabwe says police are investigating opposition presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and others for allegedly inciting violence.

#ZimElections2018: Violent protests erupt as MDC Alliance protest election results

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Burning tyres, rubber bullets and tear gas, as well as a water cannon, were brought to the outskirts of the hotel complex as thousands of MDC Democratic Alliance ...

#ZimElections2018: Chaos as MDC Alliance protest election results

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Thousands of MDC Democratic Alliance supporters burned tyres and clashed with police after the release of some election results.

Zimbabwe elections seen as 'a break from the past'

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The 2018 Zimbabwe elections have been praised as a break from the past violent polls although some polling stations were so badly organised.

Chamisa accepts #Mugabe endorsement, slams 'fake news mercenaries'

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Opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa has accepted the support of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe but says Grace Mugabe should leave him alone.

#2018ZimElections: Chaos erupts over voters roll as rumours spread

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There are many rumours about the voters roll in Zimbabwe, some of them accompanied by astonishing statistics of shockingly sloppy data capture.

#2018ZimElections: Here's what you need to know

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Zimbabwe will hold its general elections on July 30, the first since the army forced Robert Mugabe to resign last November. Here are 15 quick facts about the elections: ...

#2018ZimElections: Gap between Chamisa, Mnangagwa breathtakingly close

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MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's popularity among voters has surged ahead and the gap between him and president Emmerson Mnangagwa is now breathtakingly close

Fears underlie calm before Zimbabwe elections

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This is the last weekend of rallies ahead of Zimbabwe?s three simultaneous elections on Monday July 30.

'New' Zanu PF shows itself ahead of Zimbabwe's elections

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As Zimbabwe prepares to go to the polls next month the ruling party appears to be firmly in control of every aspect of life in the country.

No forcing kids to attend political rallies, rules Zimbabwe High Court

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A judge has ruled that school children and their teachers should not be forced to attend political rallies - a popular feature of the Mugabe regime.

All is calm in Zimbabwe after rally blast by 'enemies'

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Calm continued in Zimbabwe after President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he believed his ?enemies? in the G40 faction had exploded a device to kill him.

Mugabe undergoes costly health check-up in Singapore

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Despite Zimbabwe?s chronic shortage of foreign cash, former president Robert Mugabe has undergone on a multi-million rand health check-up to Singapore.

Zimbabwe finally produces a checkable voters’ roll

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Finally, and for the first time since independence, Zimbabwe has produced a checkable voters? roll.

Zim's Election Commission fails to produce voters roll for upcoming

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Zimbabwe?s Election Commission failed to produce the voters roll in time for hundreds of candidates to be processed through nomination courts.

Zimbabwe’s ‘harmonised’ elections too close to call

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Zimbabweans are enjoying more political freedom than most can remember, but not everything is perfect.

Zim's new big Boeing fails to get off ground

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Aviation insiders in Harare say the new Boeing 777-200 bought for a new Zimbabwe airline company with state funds has returned to Malaysia without making a single ...