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Quota system an escape route for women MPs

THE new draft constitution could be a boon for some high profile women MPs.

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One step forward, two steps back for Harare

FOR Harare City Council it is always a case of one step forward, two steps back with their initiatives to bring normalcy in the capital always coming back to haunt [...]

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Sale of parastatals should always be above board

IN response to “Parastatals to cede stake in Chinese firms” (Zimbabwe Independent, September 5), state enterprises and parastatals are public assets which should not be sold-off willy-nilly.

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No surprises in trust fund looting spree

IN response to “Share ownership trust funds looted” (Zimbabwe Independent, September 5), I always expected the funds to be looted at some point but I am still shocked it has [...]

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Charity begins at home Mr President

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe should take a cue from the old adage that charity begins at home in as far as clamouring for democratic practices and reforms on the international stage [...]

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Income gap widening

IT is sickening how the bigwigs in the financial services sector have gleefully joined politicians in the affluence bandwagon at the expense of the rank and file employees.

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Biti lost the plot on draft constitution

WITH all due respect to Finance minister Tendai Biti, I wholly disagree with his interpretation of chapter 16 of the draft constitution. 

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Zim needs economic paradigm shift

DEPUTY Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara must be a frustrated man. His agenda of Public Private Partnerships or Private Finance Initiative, early in his deputy premiership seemed likely to deliver liquidity, [...]

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Stereotyping people always backfires

IN response to “Mugabe Jamaica comments ill-advised” (Zimbabwe Independent, September 14), my question is if Jamaica is a nation of lazy drunkards perennially hooked on marijuana why does such a [...]

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Tsvangirai must just shape up or ship out

PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is a public figure and his private life will have a bearing on how he performs on the political front. Therefore anything that generally concerns him [...]

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