News about Zimbabwe that you can use
The government’s emphasis on relatively small gestures from China was an indication of how desperate for international support the Zimbabwe African national Union-Patriotic Front had become, opposition legislator Moses Mzila said.
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It’s out. Movement for Democratic Change leaders, and those from civil society, deliberately get arrested in order to demonstrate courage and leadership to their benefactors and supporters.
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President Robert Mugabe put Zimplats under pressure seven years ago to release some undeveloped platinum claims so that he could conclude a deal with Russia to supply Air Zimbabwe with Ilyushin planes in return for Russian company Norilsk acquiring the platinum claims.
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Sanctions imposed on the leadership of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front were hurting the ruling elite so much that Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family obtained a United Kingdom student visa for one daughter by doctoring her birth certificate after the British embassy had turned her down.
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The chief executive officer of Imara Asset Management, John Legat, illustrated the appalling mismanagement of Zimbabwe’s parastatals eight years ago by comparing the national airline Air Zimbabwe with privately run, Ireland-based Ryanair.
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A United States embassy official described Zimbabwe’s Former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo as a political chameleon, a master at changing his spots, and a man driven by personal ambition.
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Air Zimbabwe was among the top parastatals that owed South Africa’s Transnet thousands of rands as the economic crunch hit the country which was crippled by a shortage of foreign currency.
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Former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo did not only have enemies in Zimbabwe but outside as well. Botswana celebrated his departure from government in 2005 claiming that he had spoiled bilateral relations between the two countries.
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The introduction of direct flights between Harare and Beijing and a cheap fare of only $450 did not boost the number of Chinese tourists to Zimbabwe though Beijing had designated Zimbabwe as a sponsored travel destination.
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