ZANU-PF
Jun 30 2009, Robb

I chuckled out loud when I read the story that Mugabe’s mouthpiece had printed a retraction of a story about the MDC which was evidently a lie.

In Zimbabwe, Mugabe would prefer that every reporter is accredited - and if that accreditation is with a..

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