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Greetings from Bob and Grace

Posted by ZDN on January 12, 2010

For the delectation of our readers, here is the official Zimbabwe Presidential Festive Season greetings card. Note, Christmas is not mentioned anywhere. Click on the image below for a larger version. Such an unhappy-looking couple! Whatever it is that the First Shopper is wearing, could it possibly be her attempt at making us believe that she sews and crochets to make a living? Sure looks ...

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Lie-O-Meter – ZBC

Posted by ZDN on December 5, 2009

Week ending 4 December 2009 This week ZBC TV and Radio get the perjury prize for a change. Their whole week has been dedicated to shouting about how Minister Biti is 'witholding funds' for agricultural inputs. This, accompanied by threats that 'we cannot tolerate this any longer' have the ordinary folk wondering if Zanu-PF are actually trying to stir up the anger of the masses in order to c...

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Lie-O-Meter – State Witnesses

Posted by ZDN on November 27, 2009

Week Ending 27 November 2009 The vote for champion liars of the week was unanimous: the various state witnesses brought by AG Tomana before the High Court in the Roy Bennett treason trial. The lies and inconsistencies got to be so much that it elicited laughter from the courtroom, confirming the entire thing is just one big farce. Moving on, Moyo was back on form in the Zimbabwe Independen...

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Lie-O-Meter – Tafataona Mahoso (again!)

Posted by ZDN on November 20, 2009

Week Ending 20 November 2009 Well what do you know: Tafataona Mahoso is our lying champion for the second week in a row! We want to say good on you, but we're not sure it's something to be proud of. His rant in the latest Sunday Mail confirmed that he truly is off his rocker. His theme this week: sanctions (surprise, surprise). Taffy may be our champion of the week in terms of quantity of l...

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Lie-O-Meter – Tafataona Mahoso

Posted by ZDN on November 13, 2009

Week Ending 13 November 2009 This week in honour of Friday 13th, we wondered whether to rename the Lie-O-Meter. Perhaps it could be called the Mad-O-Meter due to the utterances of the state press which have become truly insane rather than just untrue. In particular we quote the discredited Tafataona Mahoso (judged 'unfit for office' in 2008 and fired from his post as chairman of the Medi...

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Lie-O-Meter – Zimpapers

Posted by ZDN on November 6, 2009

Week Ending 6 November 2009 The lies just keep on coming! This week it’s the trusty state media journalists who take the cake for most outrageous fibs of the week. Take the gem from the Herald, which lauds Gideon Gono as an economic saviour. Or the lie, again from the Herald, that the Americans admire Zanu-PF! Fancy that. They just keep getting more creative! So here we go – the lies...

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Gideon Gono’s diamond encrusted iPod

Posted by ZDN on November 5, 2009

Introducing the ZDN Humour Section. We believe there is too much doom and gloom about Zimbabwe online, so from time to time we'll be posting Zimbabwe related jokes and fun articles. What's on Gideon Gono's iPod? Does Gono even have an iPod? We don’t know! But we’re speculating that if he does its sure to be a diamond encrusted one VERY SIMILAR to the picture shown. If you've ever wond...

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Lie-O-Meter – Obert Mpofu is this week’s champ

Posted by ZDN on October 30, 2009

Week Ending 30 October 2009 Our Lie-O-Meter needle remains firmly in the 'pants on fire' zone as Zanu-PF ministers continue to concoct a whole host of lies. Minister of Mines Obert Mpofu, in a sharp suit and with a shifty expression, told a bunch of bare-faced lies on SABC3 this week. Mugabe used his forked tongue with the state-owned Herald, claiming that the MDC’s actions were driven by e...

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Lie-O-Meter – Zanu-PF are champions for the second week in a row!

Posted by ZDN on October 25, 2009

Week Ending 23 October 2009 The MDC’s withdrawal from Zanu-PF last Friday had our Lie-O-Meter needle spinning all week. Moyo, Charamba et al. had a field day cooking up all sorts of tall tales and juicy lies for us to sink our teeth into! Jonathan Moyo went to town in the (Gono-owned) Financial Gazette, spewing hate speech and racist rhetoric against white Zimbabweans, accusing Bennett an...

Lie-O-Meter – Zanu-PF are champions for the second week in a row!

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LIE-O-METER – ZANU-PF

Posted by ZDN on October 16, 2009

Week ending 16 October 2009 Charamba, Madala himself and lots of others have lied their heads off in public this week. And Moyo's hate speech against his critics reached new levels: “That language comes from mentally retarded sexists who treat women who spurn them as prostitutes.” Last Sunday, Jonathan Moyo bragged about the fact that he sees nothing wrong with being a political opport...