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Retired judge George Smith says he is the legal advisor for River Ranch Limited, owners of the diamond mine of the same name near Beitbridge. Even his email address uses…

Johane Sango was one of the people who moved with Masiyiwa from Retrofit to Econet. Masiyiwa had paid for him to complete his high school, and he had joined Retrofit immediately thereafter in 1992. He recalls the difficult initial period.

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Diamonds in Marange were discovered by De Beers Zimbabwe in 2002 and not by African Consolidated Resources in 2006 as is now widely reported.

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Econet is now the country’s largest mobile phone service provider in Zimbabwe. Its founder Strive Masiyiwa had to go through a lot to establish the network. Here is the second part of this story.

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South Africa is not likely to follow the path of Zimbabwe but the economic meltdown and rising unemployment could fuel support for populist policies, an analyst for a London bank said two years ago according to a diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.

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This case study documents the story of Zimbabwean entrepreneur Strive Masiyiwa in his quest to obtain a mobile telecommunications license. First the Post and Telecommunications Corporation of Zimbabwe (PTC) and then the Ministry of Information, Post and Telecommunications of the government of President Robert Mugabe place obstacle after obstacle in his path, but Masiyiwa challenges their decisions and actions in the High Court and the Supreme Court. Throughout this five year process (1993-1998), he remains determined to obtain the licence through ethical means. A number of individuals and organisations impressed by his values come to his help and this assistance, along with the independence of the Judiciary, is instrumental in his firm being given the licence in July 1998. The case represents an in-depth study of a successful example of resistance to political corruption.

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Britain said yesterday Zimbabwe’s military should stay out of politics and should not interfere in the election process. This was said in the House of Commons by under-secretary of State for Africa and the United Nation Henry Bellingham.

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The story of Zimbabwe reminds me of something that a friend has repeatedly told me over the years. Pane munhu akanga akazvikiyira mutoilet. Aingozhamba achiti maiwe, maiwe, mutoireti muno munonhuwa.…

Zimbabweans are the unhappiest people on earth. Zimbabwe is the poorest country in the world. Zimbabwe is a failed state. Zimbabwe………This is what survey after survey has been hammering into our minds over the past five or so years. There appears to be competition amongst the so-called think-tanks to see which one can come up with the worst scenario about Zimbabwe.

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Debate about indigenisation in Zimbabwe continues. Some reports even say the policy has been abandoned. But throughout there seems to be an underlying current not to state what it really…