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Lies, damned lies and statistics
One of the country's leading asset management companies says the government and the International Monetary Fund, which say the country's gross domestic product is $5 billion, have got it all…
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More people believe Biti than IMF
More people believe Finance Minister Tendai Biti’s forecast that the Zimbabwean economy will grow by more than 9.3 percent this year than the International Monetary Fund’s prediction that the economy will slow down to 5.5 percent.
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Civil servants get 50% hike
The government has agreed to increase civil servants' salaries with the lowest paid now earning $253 a month up from $128. Tendai Chikowore, the chairwoman of Apex Council - an…
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Diamond boss says breakdown of KP talks disastrous
Debate about Zimbabwe’s diamonds continues almost a week after the breakdown of Kimberley Process talks in Kinshasa.
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Zimbabwe diamonds saga – the letter that sparked it all
Kimberley Process Certification Scheme chair Mathieu Yamba declared that diamonds from Marange Resources and Mbada could be exported with immediate effect on 23 June and those from other mines in Marange could be exported after verification of compliance by KP monitors.
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More than 130 000 Zimbabweans get permits
The South African government today said it had issued permits to 133 331 Zimbabweans enabling them to legally remain in the country. Some 275 762 Zimbabwean nationals registered to legalise…
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Policy paralysis
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said Zimbabwe's economic recovery was being affected by policy paralysis in the power-sharing government. He told members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, the…
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BSGR admits it was interested in Marange diamonds
BSG Resources, which is at the centre of a controversy between Core Mining and the government over the Marange diamonds, has admitted that it was indeed interested in the Marange diamonds and intended “to fully support Core in all aspects of its obligations in the Marange diamond project”, but pulled out when the stringent conditions it set were not met.
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MDC calls for Chihuri, Chiwenga to resign
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change today called for the resignation of defence forces chief Constantine Chiwenga and police commissioner Augustine Chihuri over their alleged partisanship. The call…
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Why Zuma might ditch Zimbabwe
President Zuma is frantically trying to get a solution to the Zimbabwe problem but last year his team was reported to be so frustrated that sources said they might advise…