The Insider

It was a bumpy ride. Fights galore. Weevils and gamatox. Assassination plots. But 90-year-old Robert Mugabe has survived it all and is riding high again. And it looks he will have the last laugh.

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Zimbabwe cannot establish international acceptability while President Robert Mugabe and his cohorts continue to hold on to power, Middle East publication Gulf News said today.

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Zimbabwe’s telecoms giant, Econet Wireless has signed a five-year deal with Swedish communications giant, Ericsson to supply services for its network upgrade programme which is expected to improve connectivity.

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An independent power producer, Co-Ash Resources has applied to set up a 1 000 megawatt thermal and gas-fired power station in Hwange, the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) has said.

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State-owned mining investment vehicle, Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) is seeking $54 million to restart its three mothballed gold mines, a report by a visiting British mission has shown.

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The biggest economic news of the year came almost without notice: China has overtaken the United States as the world’s largest economy, according to the scorekeepers at the International Monetary Fund.

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The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front central committee will now decide the fate of Vice-President Joice Mujuru as it has been given the task to amend the party’s constitution to allow President Robert Mugabe to choose his own politburo just like he chooses his own cabinet.

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With the rise of Asian economies and their desire to play a greater role on the world stage, it has been suggested that Africa should choose between keeping its partnerships with the West and embracing new alliances with the East.

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