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MDC squanders golden opportunity
This was our headline seven years ago. MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai had admitted: "When the MDC entered the political stage three years ago, many weary and drained people in this…
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Just added to our archives- Nkomo, Smith also named in BBCI scandal
It was not only President Robert Mugabe who was named as receiving favours from the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. The late vice-President Joshua Nkomo and former Rhodesian Prime…
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Hacked
Anonymous hackers today said they had knocked offline the website of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, the Zimbabwean government website and that of the Ministry of Finance to protest…
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Zimbabwe may be stuck with Marange diamonds for two years
Zimbabwe is not likely to be able to sell its diamonds from Marange legally for the next two years if it persists with its confrontational attitude towards the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, an industry insider, Chaim Even-Zohar says.
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Just added to our archives- Mugabe named in BCCI scandal
President Robert Mugabe has managed to maintain a fairly clean slate. There have been reports that he has amassed massive wealth and has secret bank accounts and mansions but no…
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Passport snub
Reports today said Zimbabwe had snubbed an offer by South Africa of a passport printing press capable of churning out 100 000 passports a day. The machine would have cleared…
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Anthrax epidemic was induced- Can Wikileaks shed more light?
In 1979-80, the final stretch of the liberation war which forced form Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith to the negotiation table that resulted in the country’s independence, some 10 000…
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Letter from the publisher- 20 years ago
Stories that were published by The Insider years ago are quite popular according to statistics from our own website stats page and from Google analytics. They show that 40percent of…
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Isreali dealer expelled over Zim diamonds
A member of Israel's Diamond Exchange, David Vardi, was today expelled after attempting to smuggle illegal Zimbabwe blood diamonds worth about $200 000 into the country. Spokesman Assaf Levin said…
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ACR’s Cranswick sobers up
African Consolidated Resources chief executive Andrew Cranswick has sobered up. His report for the six months to September appeared reconciliatory as it did not mention his long standing battle with the Zimbabwean government over the Marange diamonds for which the London-listed company is better known.
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