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Today’s fact of life#43
Most of today’s successful companies started in garages. That’s right, aside from just Apple, other huge name companies started with humble beginnings. HP, Google, and Microsoft all were started in…
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Chiwenga tells wife you can have cars but not my cash or children
Zimbabwe Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who is involved in an acrimonious divorce with his common law wife Marry Mubaiwa is reported to have told her that she can have at least…
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Zimbabwe anti-corruption boss says we don’t want to be involved in political fights
Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission boss Loice Matanda-Moyo says her commission is not a political outfit and does not want to be used in any political fights. In any interview with the…
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Why are Zimbabweans complaining so much? The country is on the right track, Eddie Cross argues
Zimbabwean economist Eddie Cross has asked why Zimbabweans are complaining so much because as far as he is concerned the country is on the road back to prosperity and growth…
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Today’s fact of life#42
In Ancient Rome, urine was used as mouthwash. This is because urine contains a very high ammonia content, and ammonia is one of the most powerful and readily available natural…
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Zimbabwe MP says Finance Minister must be fired for incompetence
Marondera Central Member of Parliament Caston Matewu yesterday literally asked the government to either reshuffle or fire Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube for incompetence. He asked Vice-President Kembo Mohadi in Parliament…
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Dubai company to take over Zimbabwe’s best hotel on Sunday
Zimbabwe’s Meikles Hotel new owner, Dubai based Albwardy Investment, will take over ownership of the iconic hotel on Sunday, the company said yesterday. Meikles Limited sold the hotel as it…
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IMF says its staff monitored programme in Zimbabwe is now off track
The International Monetary Fund today said its staff monitored programme in Zimbabwe, adopted in May last year, is now off track. In a statement, the IMF said that Zimbabwe is…
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Zimbabwe to provide cheap loans to civil servants, garrison shops for army
Zimbabwe today said it will next month set up a savings fund to offer cheaper loans to civil servants to shield them from loans sharks. Government will inject start-up capital…
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Zimbabwe approves new maize, wheat, soyabean production plan
Zimbabwe today approved a new maize, wheat and soya bean production recovery plan aimed at boosting production and ensuring food self-sufficiency. The plan, an upgrade of the command agriculture scheme,…