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	<description>This is Zimbabwe is Sokwanele's pro-democracy activist blog. It provides grassroots news and views from Zimbabwe.</description>
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		<title>Weapons delivered via the An Yue Jiang have allegedly arrived in Harare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been alerted to two reports via our comments today:
The first came from Tokunbo, alerting us to an article published yesterday in the Mozambican press. It&#8217;s in Portuguese - can anyone do us a rough translation of the key facts?
The second alert via Tara, to this article published today. The link to the article is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links ~ 16 May 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[POLITICS
With Zimbabwe Presidential Run-Off Date Set, Tough Campaign Looms
With June 27 set as the date for the presidential run-off, a new phase of campaigning is launched in a climate of continuing political violence. The MDC now face a six-week campaign under less than ideal circumstances due to the violence and intimidation of its supporters. Morgan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Her name is Memory</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/968</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Action heroes&#8217; - standing strong for June 27</title>
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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>
		<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>
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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>
		<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>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/963</link>
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		<title>Financial Gazette hacked</title>
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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>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/962</link>
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		<title>Zimbabwe Business Watch : Week 20</title>
		<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>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/960</link>
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		<title>No run-off election until August</title>
		<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>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/archives/958</link>
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		<title>Statement made by William Bruce Rogers and Annette Mary Rogers</title>
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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>
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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.
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		<title>The &#8216;Art of Determination&#8217; : a photo newsletter</title>
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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>
		<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>
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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>
		<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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