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No Zimbabwe-style land grabs
South African President Jacob Zuma today said that South Africa would not see land grabs like those undertaken in Zimbabwe. He also said that his African National Congress was 'in…
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Mugabe brushes off health reports
President Robert Mugabe today brushed off reports that he was in poor health. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said Mugabe flew back to Zimbabwe from Singapore today and was "in a…
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Mugabe sick again!
Reports today President Robert Mugabe had flown to Singapore to seek treatment. Information Minister Webster Shamu was quoted as saying Mugabe had gone for a review on the cataract operation…
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Mobile phone bosses arrested for externalisation.
At least eight business persons affiliated with mobile phone operators Econet and Telecel were arrested in one week in November allegedly for externalising foreign currency.
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First Lady goes “shopping” for a dairy farm
Although dairy farmers had gone largely untouched during the farm invasions of 2000 to 2002, reports in November 2002 said the First Lady Grace Mugabe was one of the high profile people that had started scouting for a dairy farm.
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First Lady eyes farm with 27-room mansion!
First Lady Grace Mugabe was reportedly one of the more high-profile beneficiaries of the fast-track resettlement effort. According to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks the First Lady was reported to have chosen a farm roughly 30 km northwest of Harare which had a new 27-room mansion, valued at over Z$100,000,000 (roughly US $1.6 million), fronted by a 2 hectare “well-manicured garden.”
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Tsvangirai to convene session on indigenisation
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said he will convene inter-ministerial talks on indigenisation which he says is discouraging foreign investment. He told business and labour leaders at an economic stakeholders…
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US officials given cold shoulder in Mujuru’s constituency
United States embassy officials deployed 11 teams to observe elections on March 29 and all reported that voting took place in a calm and orderly manner. Observer teams were generally well-received at polling stations and throughout the different constituencies, including ruling party strongholds, but they were given a cold shoulder in Mt Darwin Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s constituency.
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Government spending a nightmare
Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said that the government was on target to raise $2.7 billion in revenues but was struggling to put brakes on spending. "It is the expenditure…
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Mujuru and Mutasa clash over farm evictions
State Security and Lands Minister Didymus Mutasa’s efforts to evict the remaining white commercial farmers four years ago were met with stiff resistance from the country’s two Vice-Presidents, Joseph Msika and Joice Mujuru.
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