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Calls for federation merely search for identity
Calls for a Ndebele nation will continue to linger on for years to come because this is essentially a search for identity rather than for secession, so said a political…
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Mutambara to stay put
Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara today said he is not quitting his post though he was replaced as party leader by secretary Welshman Ncube. "I have no intention whatsoever to…
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Ivory stockpile grows
Zimbabwe's ivory stockpile has rocketed to 42 000 kilos up from a previous record of 29 000 but the country cannot sell it due to a ban, reports said today.…
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Zimbabwe now in the morgue
Zimbabwe, under President Robert Mugabe, has descended from the intensive care unit into the morgue, according to the African Presidents Index compiled by the Nairobi-based East African Magazine which is part of the Nation Media Group. Mugabe was ranked 47 out of Africa’s 52 presidents and scored 22.62 out of 100.
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Mugabe should not ignore calls for a separate state
Calls for a separate state continue to be raised in Matabeleland. Six years ago, ZAPU-FP leader Paul Siwela said President Robert Mugabe should not to brush off these calls because…
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Parties condemn political violence
Zimbabwe's main political parties today condemned a spate of violent clashes among their supporters but they did not apportion blame on any party, saying investigations were still in progress. "We…
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Jonathan Moyo and the Dinyane coup
President Robert Mugabe’s spin doctor Jonathan Moyo was accused in 2004 of masterminding what became known as the Dinyane coup, in Tsholotsho. He took ZANU-PF chairman John Nkomo to court…
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Tourist receipts up by 24 percent
Tourism, which had become one of the country’s biggest foreign exchange earners before the land reform programme of 2000, is fast recovering but it could be slowed down by reports of invasions of tourist resorts around Harare by so-called war veterans.
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Zimbabwe licenses five private power producers
Energy and Power Development Minister Elton Mangoma today said Zimbabwe has licensed five independent power producers whose projects could double current electricity output to 4 450 megawatts. The projects should…
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Zimbabwe manufacturing still operating at less than half capacity
Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector which should be the backbone of the economy is still operating at less than half its capacity. It therefore contributed only 7.6 percent of the country’s export shipments which amounted to $2.2 billion.
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