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Mugabe to outlast Blair! Just over half of the people interviewed in a survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) have said they want President Robert Mugabe to retire now and pave way for fresh elections. But The Insider has heard through the grapevine that someone has predicted that though under increasing pressure, Mugabe is likely to outlast his biggest adversary, British Prime Minister Tony Blair.Full story
Sold Zimbabwe is in its present state not because authorities have no solutions to the country's problems but simply because they don't have the will to solve the problems. Full story
Waste of time? The Ruvhuvhuto Sisters may sing, dance, tour South Africa and Europe, but that is not likely to bring tourists to Zimbabwe. That is what the South African media is saying, following the launch of the latest tourism promotion campaign aimed at the South African market. Full story
Was arrest of Kasukuwere another gimmick? The arrest of up-and-coming ZANU-PF stalwart, Saviour Kasukuwere for allegedly selling fuel at exorbitant prices made world headlines but several people have been asking why he was singled out. Full story
Why Moyo came in While Education and Sport Minister Aenias Chigwedere is fuming over the meddling by some of his colleagues into football whispers say Information Minister Jonathan Moyo has long had an interest in football but could not bail out the national team while Leo Mugabe headed the Zimbabwe Football Association because the two did not see eye-to-eye. Full story
The grass is not always greener When the Chronicle says it, no one believes it. It is brushed off as part of the paper's propaganda campaign to discredit anyone fleeing the economic crisis in the country. But reports that some Zimbabwean teachers who were recruited to Britain are doing menial jobs have now been confirmed by a British paper, the Evening Mail. Full story