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Zimbabwe narrowed its trade deficit to $2.87 billion in the first 10 months of the year from $3.8 billion in the same period in 2013, latest trade data from the national statistics agency shows.

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Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai today said Zimbabwe’s problems could have been solved in 2002 if the presidential elections of that year in which he was narrowly beaten by Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front leader Robert Mugabe had been declared not  free and fair.

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Delays in harmonising the country’s laws with the new Constitution has resulted in the slow progress in reviving a social contract between government, labour and business under the Tripartite Negotiating Forum (TNF), which is seen as vital to arrest the economic slide, a junior government minister said yesterday.

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Botswana retail group Choppies Enterprises will triple its retail outlets in Zimbabwe by adding 30 supermarkets in the medium-term, with plans to ultimately increase them to 60 in the long-term and fortify its presence in the country.

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Pretoria Portland Zimbabwe (PPC) chairman Todd Moyo faces boot from the PPC South Africa board at the company’s general meeting called for December 8.

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At least 86 European Union and African Development Bank representatives met the Zambezi River Authority officials last Friday to discuss the refurbishment and funding of the Kariba Dam wall which is experiencing some structural problems, an official said.

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Vice-President Joice Mujuru has rubbished claims that she was involved in an assassination attempt of President Robert Mugabe ad warned that she would take legal action to restore her good reputation, standing and dignity.

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned Zimbabwe to invest in capital generating projects to halt economic slide and to reduce recurrent expenditure which chews up over 90 percent of its income.

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