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A Member of Parliament last week said the KFC franchise which reopened in Harare two months ago is importing sliced, peeled potatoes.

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There are huge deposits of limestone in the Mberengwa Mountain suitable for both soft cement and agricultural fertilisers and the Chinese are interested in exploiting the deposits, Deputy Mines Minister Fred Moyo said last week.

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Buhera South Member of Parliament Joseph Chinotimba says there is need to distinguish true war veterans from the rest because even sellouts during the Ian Smith regime were war veterans.

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Air Zimbabwe requires US$368 million for recapitlisation- The national airline Air Zimbabwe requires US$368 million to buy new aircraft and for operational costs, the acting chief executive Edmund Makona said today.  He said the airline requires US$330 to buy new aircraft and US$38 million for operations expenses, according to APA news agency.  The national airline has been paralysed by debts which amount to US$180 million according to Deputy Transport Minister Petronella Kagonye. She said the airline could not fly to London or Beijing because it owed US$32 million which had to be cleared first. Transport Minister Obert Mpofu said the airline was likely to resume flying to the two destinations as it was on the brink of signing a technical partnership to service the two routes. The airline has 10 aircraft but only two are said to be operational.

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Agriculture Minister Joseph Made says the government is not going to allow the importation of maize willy-nilly because its policy is to support local farmers to produce agricultural commodities the country needs first.

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The world’s poorest countries are losing at least US$1 trillion each year to criminals who siphon cash through money laundering, tax evasion and embezzlement, according to the latest report from  a non-profit organisation called One.

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Smuggling is so rampant in Zimbabwe that shoes that should sell for not less than $5 are going for $1, the Minister of Industry and Commerce Mike Bimha told Parliament.

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The lawyer for an alleged United States sanctions buster, C. Gregory Turner, who is accused of illegally lobbying for the lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe, says he would like President…

Three government ministries are currently involved in running Shabanie and Mashaba Mines making it difficult for any potential investor to know which one to deal with.

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South African journalist turned academic William Gumede says the choice of second or third generation leaders in liberation movements can be a bruising affair. This is quite evident in the…