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Fighter chickens out
Zimbabwe's Ambassador to Australia, Jacqueline Zwambila, who said she was a fighter is seeking asylum in Australia because she fears for her safety if she returns to Zimbabwe. "I don't…
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MDC says Zwambila’s decision to seek asylum is personal
The Movement for Democratic Change says the decision by Zimbabwe’s former ambassador to Australia, Jacqueline Zwambila, to seek asylum because she fears for her life if she returns to Zimbabwe is personal.
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Diaspora bonds will not work
The government's proposal to tap into the Diaspora which remits about US$1.6 billion a year into Zimbabwe will not work because the Diaspora does not trust the government and does…
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Tobacco a threat to food security
Peasant farmers are increasingly switching from the main staple maize to tobacco farming because of better returns but this has also turned into a major threat for food security, reports…
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ZANU-PF blacklist- The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was today reported to have blacklisted 19 foreign-owned companies for defying Zimbabwe’s indigenisation laws. Under the law, companies should be 51 percent-owned by indigenous Zimbabweans by 1 January 2014. The blacklisted companies allegedly include Standard Chartered Bank, Metallon Gold Zimbabwe, Murowa Diamonds, Zimasco, Tongaat Hulett, Pannar Seed and Pioneer Hybrid Zimbabwe. The indigenisation laws were passed five years ago but foreign-owners believed that they would be amended if there was a change of government. Their hopes for a softening up were also raised when President Robert Mugabe moved the portfolio from the militant Saviour Kasukuwere to the soft spoken Francis Nhema. Even new Mines Minister Walter Chidakwa gave mining companies a glimmer of hope when he said he might give some concessions to mining companies if they refined minerals like platinum in the country. But all these hopes were dashed by Mugabe when he said there would be no exception to indigenisation. The case was sealed by Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa when he confirmed there was no going back on indigenisation.
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No progress
There was no progress at the pay talks between the government and civil servants today after the government sent junior officers who could not make any decisions. Civil servants want…
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Britain funds Zimbabwe food security programme
Britain's Department for International Development has set aside £30 million to address poverty and food security in Zimbabwe. The four-year programme will be managed by the Food and Agricultural Organisation…
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Mugabe invites Dabengwa back
President Robert Mugabe called on disgruntled war veterans to return to the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front fold in a move that seemed to be targetted at former politburo member…
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ZANU-PF blacklist
The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was today reported to have blacklisted 19 foreign-owned companies for defying Zimbabwe's indigenisation laws. Under the law, companies should be 51 percent-owned by indigenous…
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Waiting for Mugabe to die
President Robert Mugabe may be hoping around, looking healthy, assured of a new five-year-term at the helm of the country but the Voice of America already has his obituary.
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