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Out of Africa: Hard knocks the spur for history-making Coventry
AFP, Published on 20/03/2025
» COSTA NAVARINO - Kirsty Coventry says she has "learned the best lessons by failing" and the Zimbabwean swimming great's mantra appears to have served her well after she became the first woman and African to be elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Understanding 'Animal Farm' in Zimbabwe
Oped, Published on 27/04/2024
» I began to notice Animal Farm references start to proliferate in Zimbabwe in 2008.
Zimbabwe ruling party eyes supermajority in votes without opponents
AFP, Published on 08/12/2023
» HARARE - Zimbabwe will hold nine by-elections on Saturday with opposition candidates largely absent as President Emmerson Mnangagwa cements his control over the mineral-rich nation.
New trade rep 'not blacklisted'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 18/09/2023
» The newly-appointed Thai trade representative, Nalinee Taveesin, on Sunday addressed media reports which cast doubt over her background and qualifications, saying all misunderstandings in the past have been cleared up.
Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa wins second term in disputed vote
AFP, Published on 27/08/2023
» HARARE - Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa won a second term in office, election officials said Saturday, but the opposition rejected the result of a vote that international observers said fell short of democratic standards.
Zimbabwe election 'fell short' of standards
AFP, Published on 25/08/2023
» HARARE: Foreign poll observers on Friday said Zimbabwe's presidential and legislative elections failed to conform to regional and international standards, placing in doubt the credibility of the tense vote.
Fraud fears on second day of Zimbabwe polls
AFP, Published on 24/08/2023
» HARARE: Zimbabweans queued at polling stations on Thursday as general elections stretched into an unprecedented second day, sparked by delays that fuelled opposition accusations of vote-rigging.
Zimbabwe votes in uphill election for defiant opposition
AFP, Published on 23/08/2023
» HARARE: Zimbabweans on Wednesday began voting in closely watched presidential and legislative elections after a campaign tainted by a crackdown on the opposition, fears of vote rigging and public anger at the economic crisis.
Zimbabwe and a dose of 'ruling party syndrome'
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 23/08/2023
» 'No one will stop us from ruling this country. You will be lost if you don't vote for Zanu-PF," said President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe. A bit more arrogant than the usual election pitch in most parts of the world, perhaps, but not unusual in Zimbabwe, one of the southern African countries suffering from "ruling party" syndrome.
Young Zimbabwean voters dare to hope for change of old guard
AFP, Published on 20/08/2023
» HARARE: Just days before a national election to pick a president and lawmakers, one word is on the lips of most young Zimbabweans: "change".