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	<title>This is Zimbabwe</title>
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	<description>This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 16:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Her name is Memory</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/968</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/968#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category>

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This is Memory. Her story was told in an article published yesterday by the Daily Mail. It&#8217;s title: How one woman&#8217;s extraordinary bravery is a haunting rebuke to a world that is ignoring Mugabe&#8217;s genocide. 
Her experience of torture at the hands of Zanu PF thugs is beyond ordinary imagination. Her lovely face, with its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Action heroes&#8217; - standing strong for June 27</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/967</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/967#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 14:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Action]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Run-off 2008]]></category>

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Sokwanele will be releasing regular e-card designs in the days leading up to the run-off election, now scheduled for June 27. We&#8217;d like to ask everyone around the world to join us and use them to help all Zimbabweans stay fully engaged with their hope and confidence for the future, especially after the swathe of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe&#8217;s run-off election set for June 27</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/966</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/966#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 10:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Via the SABC:
In an interview with Channel Africa, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe&#8217;s Electoral Commission (ZEC), Judge George Chiweshe, says the run-off election will now be held on June 27.
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, the leader since independence in 1980, and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, are due to square off again [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A 500mln bearer cheque (aka &#8216;bank note&#8217;) added to Gono&#8217;s portfolio of success</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/964</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/964#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Inflation]]></category>

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(Click on the image to enlarge). A new so-called bank note - which is actually just another of Gideon Gono&#8217;s funny-money bearer-cheques (printed with expiry dates) - has hit the streets. It has not yet been added to our display of Gideon Gono&#8217;s portfolio of past and current cheques, but I&#8217;m sure our readers will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links ~ 15 May 2008 (2)</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/965</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/965#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 16:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Zim veterans &#8216;recruiting youths&#8217;
Amnesty International has called on the Zimbabwean government to publicly denounce violence. They ask that the perpetrators of human rights abuses be arrested and that victims have access to humanitarian assistance. International human rights monitors should also be allowed to investigate the current human rights violations in Zimbabwe. They say that Zimbabwean [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Robert Mugabe&#8217;s Honorary Degree in Law&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/963</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/963#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Massachusetts (UMass) awarded Robert Mugabe an Honorary Doctorate of Law (yes, LAW) in 1986 and news today, reported in FoxNews, is that the UMass President, Jack Wilson, has recommended that the Board of Trustees revoke the honorary degree.
Last year Edinburgh University stripped Robert Mugabe of an Honorary degree they had bestowed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Gazette hacked</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/962</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/962#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 11:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
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Apparently the Financial Gazette was hacked last night. What&#8217;s more, Zimbabwe Metro report that some of the links - which were changed to read &#8216;Mugabe must go!&#8217; - redirected people to the Sokwanele website. Zimbabwe Metro also explains why the Financial Gazette, which is purported to be an Independent newspaper, would be singled out as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Business Watch : Week 20</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/961</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/961#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 09:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Business is in total survival mode as it attempts to ride the storm of the post-election debacle. The RBZ governer is becoming more and more threatening and authoritarian whilst the country does not hear a squeak from the Minister of Finance.
The daily limit of cash withdrawals remains at $5 billion despite the size of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links ~ 15 May 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/960</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/960#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 08:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Link Round-up</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Tsvangirai to return home
MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai will address his supporters at an opposition rally to be held in Bulawayo on Sunday. This will be the start of a nationwide campaign for the presidential vote in a run-off against President Robert Mugabe.
 Violence `Shocks` SA generals
According to sources, the delegation of SA generals has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No run-off election until August</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/959</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/959#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe Today report that they have advance notice that the election run-off date will be announced tomorrow, and that it will be &#8220;90 days after May 2, the date of the official announcement of the disputed results&#8221;.
Ahead of announcements expected in Zimbabwe&#8217;s state-run media tomorrow, I can reveal that the date of the much-anticipated Presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links ~ 14 May 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/958</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/958#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 13:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Link Round-up</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Southern African Summit On Zimbabwe Seen As Crisis Deepens
Leaders of the Southern African Development Community were expected to gather for another extraordinary summit on the crisis in Zimbabwe amid mounting pressure from the African Union and Western governments for the regional group to act decisively to tamp down political violence and press Harare to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement made by William Bruce Rogers and Annette Mary Rogers</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/957</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/957#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 12:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Farming/Land]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
This statement, made by Mr and Mrs Rogers, follows on from our previous post here.

STATEMENT MADE BY WILLIAM BRUCE ROGERS AND ANNETTE MARY ROGERS
On the day of the 6th May, 2008 at approximately 1300 hours I was visited by three men at our farm, Chigwell Extension Farm.
They told me that I had two minutes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truth and Justice SMS campaign</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/956</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/956#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 10:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
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Click image to enlarge. Via SWRA.
Update: Apparently there are a few technical problems with the numbers which are currently being resolved. Please keep trying and don&#8217;t give up.
Share This
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		<title>The &#8216;Art of Determination&#8217; : a photo newsletter</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/955</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/955#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 15:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Harare Internation Festival of the Arts]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/?p=955</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
I take real pleasure in being able to share this with you. My email inbox is usually filled to the brim with despair and pain, all of it real and all of it justified. Today, this small gem dropped in and lifted my spirits. It&#8217;s a photo newsletter and this edition focuses on the Harare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eye witness account</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/954</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This account was written last week. I have removed details that might identify people to prevent reprisal attacks. This was written by a Church Minister based in Harare.
Greetings in Jesus Christ&#8217;s name!
I write this to give you information and ask for your Prayer on the recent suffering that our very own brethrens in Mvurwi, namely, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Destruction of property and food</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/952</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/952#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 12:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hope</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[
It is well known now that the homes and possessions of many people in the rural areas have been destroyed. These images were uploaded to our flickr account yesterday and show some of the destruction (for more, visit this set here). These are from Maramba (above) and Uzumba areas (two images below).


But this is what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>702 Talk Radio are doing a &#8216;Zimbabwe Special&#8217; (12 May, 6am - 9am)</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/951</link>
		<comments>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/951#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: We have just learned that there was a technical fault today, and that this will happen tomorrow instead, at the same time. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

702 Talk Radio (South Africa) are doing a two hour special on Zimbabwe on Monday 12th May 6am to 9am. 
Zimbabweans who have DSTV can tune in on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Tsvangirai Press Statement: 10 May 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/949</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 10:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sokwanele</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday May 10th 2008
On March 29th the people of Zimbabwe won an historic victory.
That historic and resounding victory should have heralded a new and joyful era for all Zimbabweans. Instead Zimbabweans have endured confusion, pain, death and despair as the result of a violent onslaught against the people by Zanu PF.
As is now well documented, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Tsvangirai will stand in a run-off; outlines conditions that need to be met</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 09:33:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning&#8217;s press conference saw Morgan Tsvangirai confirm that he would face Robert Mugabe in a run-off, but he has conditions which he says need to be met. We heard the news via sms.
Arthur Mutambara was also at the press conference and said that national interests needed to be put before personal interests and that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MDC Press Conference - Saturday, 10 May at 10am (Pretoria)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 21:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[URGENT PRESS ALERT:  MEDIA CONFERENCE
MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE MEDIA CONFERENCE
MDC PRESIDENT, MORGAN TSVANGIRAI
SATURDAY 10 MAY 2008 
Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change party will hold a media conference tomorrow (Saturday) in Pretoria.
MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai will announce a decision regarding participation in a presidential run-off following consultations with Zimbabwean civic society.
Date:     [...]]]></description>
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