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	<title>SW Radio Africa &#187; SW Radio Africa Zimbabwe&#8217;s Independent Voice</title>
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		<title>Lecturer jailed over Mugabe ‘donkey’ jibe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alex Bell 20 May 2013 A university lecturer in Masvingo has been sentenced to three months in jail, after allegedly calling Robert Mugabe a “rotten old donkey.” Chenjerai Pamhiri, who lectures at the Great Zimbabwe State University in Masvingo, was convicted last Friday for insulting the President and is being held in remand prison. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Foreign owned shops face closure after ultimatum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alex Bell 20 May 2013 Shops and other businesses owned by non-Zimbabwean nationals across the country could soon close down, in the wake of a six month ultimatum published by the government. A Government Gazette published last week Friday has given all businesses operating in ‘reserved’ sectors a six month ultimatum to comply with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New constitution binds ZEC to another 30-day voter registration exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nomalanga Moyo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nomalanga Moyo 20 May 2013 The mobile voter registration exercise ended Sunday amid an outcry from all corners of the country that the exercise was poorly conducted and dismally failed to meet demand. The just-ended 20-day programme, which was controversial from the start, ran from April 29th until May 19th with revelations that registration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MDC policy document can help party win crucial elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tichaona Sibanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tichaona Sibanda 20 May 2013 Veteran MDC-T activist Grace Kwinjeh said on Monday that her party has produced one of the best policy documents and it will resonate well with the voters in the forthcoming elections. Speaking on SW Radio Africa’s Election Watch program, the former deputy secretary for International Relations urged all party [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to hear petition on election date on Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tichaona Sibanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tichaona Sibanda 20 May 2013 A court application compelling President Robert Mugabe to announce the date for elections will be heard as an urgent matter in the Supreme Court this Thursday. This comes after chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku threw out Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s appeal against a High Court application made by a Harare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cathy Buckle&#8217;s letter from Zimbabwe &#8211; Give me something</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:54:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[18th May 2013 Dear Family and Friends, After a few days away, the item on the top of my shopping list was a can of Coke; not because I wanted to buy a tin but because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Flicking through the headlines of things that had happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MDC squandered too much of people’s goodwill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tanonoka Joseph Whande 20th May 2103 &#160; When the MDC was formed, it triggered a lot of enthusiasm, heavily laced with hope that, finally, a real chance for a change of government had arrived. After decades of misrule, economic ruin and political heavy-handedness, the people of Zimbabwe could not hide their merriment at the arrival [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cowdray Park residents battle ongoing water problems in the ‘Dry City’</title>
		<link>http://www.swradioafrica.com/2013/05/17/cowdray-park-residents-battle-ongoing-water-problems-in-the-dry-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Bell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Alex Bell 17 May 2013 Residents in the still growing Cowdray Park suburb of Bulawayo are battling with ongoing water shortages that have plagued the area for more than seven years. Thousands of people, allocated stands in the area, have been forced to add hours of queuing for water into their every day plans. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harare City Council needs $2.5 billion to address city’s water woes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nomalanga Moyo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Nomalanga Moyo 17 May 2013 The Harare City Council on Thursday revealed that it requires a staggering $2.5 billion to roll out a programme to address the city’s water problems. Speaking to journalists, Harare Mayor Muchadeyi Masunda said the programme would ensure that residents have uninterrupted supplies, during a week when most residents had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Election date will only be decided after voter registration</title>
		<link>http://www.swradioafrica.com/2013/05/17/election-date-will-only-be-decided-after-voter-registration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tichaona Sibanda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tichaona Sibanda 17 May 2013 The date for an election will only be decided when the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission completes its voter registration and inspection exercise, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said. The MDC-T leader said when the new constitution comes into effect, ZEC will have to roll out a 30 day voter registration [...]]]></description>
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