News about Zimbabwe that you can use
The Movement for Democratic Change has called upon the government to intervene urgently to stop the wholesale dismissal of workers following a Supreme Court ruling that employers can fire workers on three months’ notice without any retrenchment package.
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Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has called on the media to leave him alone because he is not in the succession game at all.
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China, which has become Zimbabwe’s most influential political and economic partner, has told Harare to improve its investment climate and address a local ownership policy seen as detrimental to attracting foreign direct investment, a senior government official told Parliament yesterday.
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Zimbabwe’s state run logistics firm, Courier Connect says it urgently requires capital injection of up to $3.8 million to stay afloat but is failing to attract external sources of finance owing to a weak balance sheet as it does not own any immovable property.
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Semi-processed iron exporter NJZ Resources Africa says it has engaged a South African locomotive operator to boost rolling stock capacity after it secured orders from China, with the National Railways of Zimbabwe unable to meet its demand.
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The Zimbabwe government should release the $100 million loan facility allocated to small-scale miners last year by the Chinese company, Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group to boost the sector, Parliament heard today.
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Local banks are set to boost their underwriting capacity following the launch of a $32 million fund to finance projects in renewable energy, agriculture and small to medium enterprises, the fund managers said today.
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A company belonging to Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front Member of Parliament for Chegutu West Dexter Nduna was reportedly involved in a multi-million dollar road rehabilitation scandal in which it was paid $2.2 million but did not complete the job.
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The Deputy Minister of Mines, Fred Moyo, was taken to task over the supply of faulty equipment to Hwange Colliery by an Indian company in a $31 million deal, with several senators seeking clarification on what was being done and whether the company would be compensated for loss of production.
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Zimbabwe’s chiefs are exempted from paying toll gate fees but only if they are using their official vehicles, Transport Minister Obert Mpofu told the Senate last week.
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