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Interview with Professor Welshman Ncube
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Author: Violet Gonda
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Date Written: 3 July 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: S W Radio Africa
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://swradioafrica.com
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Key Words: JOMIC, democracy, Global Political Agreement,
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Summary & Comment:
Hot Seat interview: Journalist Violet Gonda speaks to Joint Monitoring Implementation Committee co-chairperson, Professor Welshman Ncube. FG
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Zanu PF militias back in action in rural areas
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Author: Tichaona Sibanda
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Date Written: 2 July 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: Zimbabwe News
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://zwnews.com
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Key Words: Kariba, militia, constitution, MDC
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Summary & Comment:
Old habits die hard for ZANU PF. FG
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Police assault photogragher & WOZA protesters
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Author: MISA-Zimbabwe Alert
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Date Written: 25 June 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: Media Institute of Southern Africa; IFEX
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://www.ifex.org/zimbabwe
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Key Words: Zimbabwe, arrest, assault, WOZA, photographer,
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Summary & Comment:
MISA-Zimbabwe condemns the police’s arrest of a journalist doing his lawful, professional duties. Regis Nyandima, a photographer with The Herald, a state-controlled national daily, and several demonstrating members of WOZA were arrested. DN
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Gay-lesbian debate threatens to split Zimbabwe Christian Alliance
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Author: The Telegraph, Bulawayo
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Date Written: 15 June 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: The Telegraph
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Secondary Category:
Gender
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Source URL:
http://www.mask.org.za
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Key Words: Zimbabwe, gays, lesbians, church, constitution,
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Summary & Comment:
“We must give an opportunity for somebody to be wrong, even though they are sincere in their wrongness. We cannot be democratic if we do not acknowledge them. We need to appreciate them (gays and lesbians) as people, despite their attitudes,” says the Reverend Ray Motsi from the Baptist Church. Homosexuality is a crime in Zimbabwe, and President Ro . . .
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Red Cross feeding thousands of prisoners
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Author: IRIN
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Date Written: 8 June 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: IRIN News
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://www.irinnews.org
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Key Words: Red Cross, prisoners, food, disease,
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Summary & Comment:
Since the government embarked on the fast-track land redistribution programme, winter wheat farming has deteriorated, and the trend is set to continue this year because the new farmers are again poorly prepared. Prisoners are not receiving any food aid. FG
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Chipanga’s music banned
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Author: Correspondent
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Date Written: 8 June 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: Zimdaily
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://www.zimdaily.com
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Key Words: Mutare, music, ban, radio, Mozambique
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Summary & Comment:
The Zimbabwe government should aim at climbing out of the pit as there is no more room going downwards. Sinkingg as low as banning some music is a shameful sign of desperation. FG
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Journalists barred from Comesa summit despite High Court order
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Author: Alex Bell
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Date Written: 8 June 2009
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Primary Category:
Zimbabwe
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Document Origin: S. W. Radio Africa
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Secondary Category:
-none-
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Source URL:
http://www.swradioafrica.com
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Key Words: Comesa, MIC, journalists, observers
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Summary & Comment:
The harassment of journalists continues despite assurances by Prime Minister Tsvangirai that the situation has normalized in Zimbabwe. The leader, who is touring overseas countries, told Dutch TV that his main aim for the trip was for the international community to accept Zimbabwe, which has been in isolation for a decade now, as "a normal dem . . .
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