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Zimbabwe sugar output down 9 percent
Sugar production at regional agri-processing group Tongaat Hullet’s Zimbabwe operations went down 8.8 percent to 445 000 tonnes year on year on reduced deliveries from new fields.
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Twins with different fathers!
A New Jersey, United States, woman who sought maintenance from a man whom she thought was the father of her twin daughters got the shock of her life when she…
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Choppies targets 50 more outlets in Zimbabwe after exceptional results
Regional retail group Choppies now plans to open 50 supermarkets in Zimbabwe in the short to medium-term buoyed by ‘more than exceptional’ results since it entered the market in 2013.
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Telecel gets temporary reprieve
High Court Judge Nicholas Mathonsi today gave Telecel Zimbabwe a temporary reprieve to continue operating until its case is finalised. Telecel’s licence was cancelled by the Postal and Telecommunications Authority…
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Zimbabwe gets $99m loan from Brazil for agricultural equipment
The Zimbabwe government has secured a $98.6 million loan facility from Brazil to import agricultural equipment from that country but is struggling to pay farmers owed $29 million for grain deliveries for the 2013/14 season, Parliament heard today.
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Government takes over Air Zimbabwe’s $300 m debt
Troubled airline Air Zimbabwe is in talks with several potential strategic partners after government agreed to take over its toxic $298 million debt, transport minister, Obert Mpofu said yesterday.
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Judge tells ZANU-PF candidates for Harare East to fight it out
High Court Judge Chinembiri Bhunu has told two Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front candidates vying for the Harare East seat in the National Assembly to fight it out in the…
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Made says Zimbabwe will not declare national food disaster over drought
Agriculture minister Joseph Made yesterday said the government will not declare the drought that has ravaged mainly the southern parts of the country a national disaster and will instead import grain to avert hunger.
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Zimbabwe asks West for cash for first time in a decade
Zimbabwe has asked for financial support from the West for the first time in a decade at a meeting of Western diplomats and international lenders.
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Telecel takes government to court over licence
Telecel Zimbabwe, whose operating licence was cancelled last month over alleged non-compliance with the country’s regulations, has taken the state telecoms regulator to court, Parliament heard today.
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