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		<title>Time to Take On Pirate Stations</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/12/08/time-to-take-on-pirate-stations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AS &#8220;the centre of knowledge and wisdom&#8221;, the city boasts a strong arsenal of communicological smart tools of power in the form of radio and television and newspapers with which to shield its citizenry from rapacious, nefarious foreign propaganda exported to Zimbabwe in order to destabilise and confuse the mind for political gains.
Zimbabweans can therefore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Sanctions or Restrictions&#8221;: Zimbabwe&#8217;s &#8216;time is coming&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/12/08/sanctions-or-restrictions-zimbabwes-time-is-coming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Peta Thornycroft
One of President Robert Mugabe&#8217;s most successful recent propaganda campaigns is that &#8220;sanctions&#8221; are responsible for the pitiful state of the economy.
He and his colleagues call the sanctions &#8220;illegal&#8221; without explaining which country&#8217;s laws were broken when the EU and US first decided to punish those it believes are responsible for extreme political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wicked Irony in Politicians Painting Themselves Saviours</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/12/08/wicked-irony-in-politicians-painting-themselves-saviours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[THERE is something abhorrent and disturbingly ironic about the Gauteng legislature&#8217;s portfolio committee on health &#38; social development trying to take the moral high ground in answering the tough humanitarian question of what to do with Zimbabwean refugees at the Central Methodist Church (CMC) in downtown Johannesburg.
Removing children from the site seems to be their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Constitutional Reform: Should Govt Ministers Be MPs?</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/23/zimbabwe-constitutional-reform-should-govt-ministers-be-mps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Allen Choruma
ANALYSIS — As the country is currently engaged in a constitutional reform process there are heated debates going on what the new constitution should contain.
Of particular interest to me, among other issues, has been the debate on whether Government ministers should simultaneously serve as members of both the Executive and the Legislature (Parliament or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Approach to Zimbabwe Shameful</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/23/obamas-approach-to-zimbabwe-shameful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Stephen Gowans
Ottawa — Q: Is Obama better than Bush? A: It depends how you like your imperialism &#8212; with a white face or a black one.
US president Barack Obama&#8217;s speech in Accra, Ghana on July 11, 2009 was equal parts jaw dropping hypocrisy, outright fiction, sound advice for Africans if taken literally, and advocacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Madhuku should be guided by Kariba draft: Moyo</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/21/madhuku-should-be-guided-by-kariba-draft-moyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Takunda Maodza
THE National Constitutional Assembly and other non-governmental organisations have been challenged to constructively contribute to the contents of the Kariba draft if they are serious about assisting in the constitution-making process.
The NCA and its civil society partners have said they are organising their own constitutional convention to counter the ongoing constitution-making process.
In interviews [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A New Foreign Policy for Jacob Zuma&#8217;s South Africa</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/20/a-new-foreign-policy-for-jacob-zumas-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/20/a-new-foreign-policy-for-jacob-zumas-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:09:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[World]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Xolela Mangcu
Foreign policy observers awaited President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet announcement of May 10, 2009 with great anticipation. Given its seniority and high-profile nature the ministry of foreign affairs was arguably the most coveted government position. Eyes were set on either Tokyo Sexwale, a prominent businessman, or Lindiwe Sisulu, a close confidant who was named [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ZIMBABWE EDUCATION: Confronting a credibility crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/19/zimbabwe-education-confronting-a-credibility-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/19/zimbabwe-education-confronting-a-credibility-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Higher education qualifications in Zimbabwe are suffering a credibility crisis following the withdrawal of international recognition in some fields arising from plummeting standards, according to a series of working papers commissioned by the UN Development Fund.
The working papers, Comprehensive Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe, were prepared by leading academics. The reports in the series are aimed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biti’s ‘kiya-kiya’ performance treacherous</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/18/biti%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98kiya-kiya%e2%80%99-performance-treacherous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/18/biti%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98kiya-kiya%e2%80%99-performance-treacherous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Moyo
AS leaders of various sectors of the economy and other pundits lined up last week to offer their perfunctory statements hailing embattled Finance Minister Tendai Biti’s mid-term budget review delivered in Parliament on Thursday in a sitting whose attendance was unusually poor for the important occasion, it was instructive to observe that none [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion: Source for Social Stability or a Divisive, Disruptive Force?</title>
		<link>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/17/religion-source-for-social-stability-or-a-divisive-disruptive-force/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/2009/07/17/religion-source-for-social-stability-or-a-divisive-disruptive-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blog Manager</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thezimbabwemail.com/blog/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By Paul T. Shipale
Introduction &#8211; Can religion impede social change or help to produce it? Does religion contribute to social stability, or it is a divisive disrupting force? In the Namibian context, can church be infiltrated for politicking? Is the quotation, “Where Is Rev. Dr Sheyavali Heading To?” relevant? To answer these questions, let’s look [...]]]></description>
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