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Rentals shoot up

By Peter Matambanadzo and Wenceslaus Murape
RENTALS are shooting up in Harare as some landlords cash in on the acute shortage of accommodation in the city. But tenants  have dismissed the increases as unjustified, saying they are not driven by economic fundamentals.
Generally, prices of most basic goods and services have remained stable since the adoption of multiple currencies in February 2009 and tenants wonder what is pushing rentals up.

In a survey recently, The Herald established that most tenants had no option but to pay the rents demanded as they risk being thrown out.
It appears there is no proper rent calculation method and estate agents contracted to manage properties on behalf of owners are reportedly

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Liberation movements forge closer Sadc links

SOUTHERN Africa’s former liberation movements have resolved to meet on the sidelines of annual Sadc summits, a  development that will see the parties return to the centre of activities of the bloc they created.
Since they started meeting in Tanzania in 2010, their meetings have been held a week before the Sadc summit and now the region’s two most important dates on the political calendar could merge as of 2012.

This was resolved at the second summit of leaders of MPLA (Angola), ANC (South Africa), Chama Cha Mapinduzi (Tanzania), Frelimo (Mozambique), Swapo (Namibia) and Zanu-PF (Zimbabwe) in Windhoek on Thursday.

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MANHERU: Burning Britain: New Rules to the Goose, Same Roles for Gander

Burning Britain: New Rules to the Goose, Same Roles for Gander…
The symmetry is striking. Revolutions in North Africa and the Middle East; Riots in Britain. Revolutionary Youths bloggers in North Africa and the Middle East; Destructive Yobs in Britain.