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Robert Mugabe Wikileaks cables – Part Eleven
President Robert Mugabe is a proud man who never admits mistakes so he is incapable of seeing the fault in his own policies, a Coca-Cola representative said more than a…
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Tsvangirai says “I will go it alone” if coalition fails
The Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai is ready to contest next year’ elections on its own if coalition talks fail, party secretary general Douglas Mwonzora says. He,…
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Bad debts from local authorities and parastatals responsible for ZIMDEF deficit
Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) recorded a deficit of $386 678 in 2016 compared to a surplus of $6.5 million in 2015, which it blamed on bad debts amounting to…
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Zimbabwe government departments tussle over control of million dollar tobacco tree planting fund
A tree planting programme targetted at offsetting deforestation caused by Zimbabwe’s growing population of tobacco farmers is in limbo as two government bodies tussle for control of a million dollar…
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Mutasa welcome to rejoin ZANU-PF says Mugabe spokesman
Troubled Zimbabwe People Fist elder Didymus Mutasa is welcome to meet President Robert Mugabe and to rejoin the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, Mugabe’s spokesman George Charamba said yesterday. He…
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Zimbabwe cotton seed farmers to get $40 cash per bale
Cotton farmers will receive $40 in cash per bale upon delivery while the balance will paid directly into their accounts, central bank governor John Mangudya has said. “The bank, in…
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Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund plunges from surplus of $6.5 million to $387 000 deficit
The Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) closed the year 2016 with a deficit of $386 678 compared to a surplus of $6.5 million recorded in the previous year on lower…
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Robert Mugabe Wikileaks cables – Part Ten
President Robert Mugabe at one time promised that he would step down before his 85th birthday to concentrate on writing but would not quit politics. But his 85th birthday came…
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Zimbabwe inflation does opposite of what Central Bank wants
Zimbabwe’s inflation dropped to 0.31 percent in June from 0.75 percent in May at a time when Central Bank chief John Mangudya is complaining that the country’s inflation is too…
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Zimbabwe War Veterans Minister blasts war vets leader as corrupt thief and “devil incarnate”
Zimbabwe’s War Veterans Minister Tshinga Dube has described a Bulawayo war veterans leader, George Mlala, as a “thief of the highest order and a devil incarnate”. Speaking in Mlala’s own…