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Open for commerce
Finance Minister Tendai Biti today said Zimbabwe was open for commerce. He said there was a lot of mistrust about the Zimbabwe economy but the mistrust was out of ignorance.…
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MDC trumped in COPAC
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change may be using the constitutional drafting process to delay elections because it has realised that though it won more seats in the 2008 elections than its main rival the Zimbabwe African People Union- Patriotic Front most people do not share its views on the new constitution.
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Mugabe’s health worrying
South Africa's ruling African National Congress today said President Robert Mugabe's ailing health could jeopardize efforts to resolve Zimbabwe's political crisis. The ANC said in its official newsletter that its…
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Mobile boom
The number of people using mobiles phones in Zimbabwe has risen sharply, from 12 to 56 percent, since the inception of the coalition government two years ago, reports said today.…
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Kagame warned not to go the Mugabe way- Wikileaks
Rwandan leader Paul Kagame was warned eight years ago not to go the Robert Mugabe way when he won his second term of office as the country’s president but last year he contested the elections and won another seven-year term.
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Air Zimbabwe suspended
Air Zimbabwe has been suspended by the International Air Transport Association over a $280 000 debt, IATA said today. The airline said it was negotiating a payment plan with IATA.
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Gono on foreign banks
Central Bank governor Gideon Gono today said he will take punitive measures against foreign-owned banks that resist demands to transfer majority shareholding to locals. "In my next monetary statement, I…
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Zimbabwe third in asylum seekers in the UK
Zimbabwe has the third highest number of asylum seekers in the United Kingdom, after Afghanistan and Iraq, according to figures released this week. The figures were for the 10 year period from 2001 to 2010.
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Parties resume talks
The constitution drafting process resumed today after parties to the inclusive government reached a compromise on how to analyse views gathered from the public. “Everything has been resolved now,” Movement…
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Dead wood
Almost half of Zimbabwe's civil servants are either not qualified or are not working, reports quoting a World Bank report said today. The report said that 75 000 state workers…