Cranswick battles to keep ACR assets

African Consolidated Resources chief executive Andrew Cranswick has filed a motion with the Australian Federal Court to annul its bankruptcy ruling, a move that stops his trustee from pursuing his overseas assets including his stake in the London-listed company, reports from Australia said today.

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Britain planned investment ban on Zimbabwe after 2008 elections- Wikileaks

Britain planned to tighten sanctions on Zimbabwe including an investment ban immediately after the controversial elections of 2008. Although the Netherlands supported further sanctions, it felt hat an investment ban would be difficult to implement because Britain and the United States had too many investments in Zimbabwe.  Instead it urged creativity in pursuing these additional sanctions saying governments could, for example, use “moral suasion”.

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Twenty years ago- Kwidini’s hot dog

A dog, though man’s best friend, can also be his worst enemy especially when one is called one. But one dog, Ice Breaker, a greyhound, has catapulted David Kwidini from political doldrums back into the limelight since the start of the dog racing season on 28 December 1990.

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IMF on wages

The International Monetary Fund says Zimbabwe should put a tight lid on rising wage demands in the public sector where civil servants are demanding salary increases of up to 200…

Life getting better

Zimbabweans have for a change said life is getting better according to a poll by the international polling agency, Gallup, which was released today. And they are a rare exception…