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With 17 months to the elections, the major political topic in Zimbabwe, Chris and Henry decided to take stock of what has been happening in Zimbabwe politically and economically. The state of politics is marred with factionalism and uncertainty. They discuss what is happening in ZANU -PF and opposition political parties. They then move on to the economy looking at what is happening with bond notes and policy inconsistency in Government. Chris put out an APB (All points bulletin) on Acie Lumumba who has been MIA for the past few weeks.
17 Feb 2017 English Explicit Zimbabwe News

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