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by Patricia Mpofu HARARE - Education Minister David Coltart will meet union leaders on Thursday to try to avert a strike by teachers when schools open for the second term next week. Coltart -- who took the education portfolio after the…

I Context 1.1 Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of the region is now a net importer of food. It remains in crisis, with serious economic and social consequences. Hyperinflation, peaking at some 500 billion percent in September 2008 effectively destroyed the…

Key Points - Impending teachers' strike threatens recovery of the education sector. - Downward trend in reported cholera cases continues. - Food security situation for rural households improves as lean season ends. I. Situation Overview Recent developments in Zimbabwe's political and economic environment present opportunities…

by Nokuthula Sibanda BULAWAYO - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday blamed corruption and a break down in the rule of law for the country's economic and humanitarian crisis. Tsvangirai, who formed a power-sharing government with President Robert Mugabe last…

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Critical Changes Needed Before Resuming Development Assistance (London, April 29, 2009) - International donors should not resume development aid to Zimbabwe until the ZANU-PF element in the power-sharing government ends its ongoing rights abuses and backs serious reforms, Human Rights Watch…

Zimbabwe wins $400 million in credit lines - state media - Credit to be available to companies in coming weeks - Rights group urges end to abuses before aid resumes - Tsvangirai says rule of law key to business recovery By Nelson Banya HARARE, April…

by Andrew Moyo HARARE - Zimbabwe's labour movement on Tuesday called for an independent commission to lead the drafting of a new constitution for the country, rejecting plans by the government for Parliament to spearhead the writing of the governance…

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