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Minerals value slumps 8pc
HARARE - The total value of minerals Zimbabwe produced in the four months to April 2014 — excluding diamonds — declined by 8,5 percent to $596,4 million from $652 million in same period last year....
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Sudan death row woman 'forged papers'
KHARTOUM - The Sudanese woman freed from death row has been accused of forging official documents to leave the country, her lawyer has told the BBC. Meriam Ibrahim was detained on Tuesday, a day after...
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Land audit welcome
HARARE - It is very refreshing to finally hear some down to earth facts about land redistribution in Zimbabwe and Lands and Resettlement minister Douglas Mombeshora is to be congratulated in this...
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Keep the momentum
HARARE - Commendable efforts women are taking to maintain a foothold in the male dominated financial and economic sectors make it pertinent that they get collective support from their male...
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Maize producer prize hike imminent
HARARE - The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe (GMAZ) and the Commercial Farmers Union have signed an agreement to increase the maize producer price and also ban imports of the staple food. The...
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Writers to elect new board
HARARE - Writers will converge at the Zimbabwe Film and Television School of Southern Africa (Ziftessa) in Harare on Saturday to elect a new Zimbabwe Writers Association (Zwa) board. The writers’...
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Iraq rejects calls for unity govt
BAGHDAD - Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has rejected calls for a national salvation government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels. Such calls represented a "coup against...
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It is important to know your HIV status
EDITOR — You should seriously consider getting tested for HIV if you have engaged in behaviour that puts you at risk for contracting the virus. High-risk behaviour includes having unprotected...
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Reprieve for ex-ZBC boss
HARARE - At least two charges have been dropped against suspended Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBC) chief executive Happison Muchechetere. Muchechetere was initially answering to charges of...
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Jukwa plot thickens
HARARE - It would be an understatement to say the Baba Jukwa saga is shaping up to be the runaway news story of the year 2014. Just as one is tempted to think this mega political soapie would fizzle...
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Mugabe flies out again
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday flew to the Equatorial Guinea capital Malabo to attend the 23rd Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) while the country’s economic crisis worsens....
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Winter Jazz festival beckons
HARARE - This year’s Winter Jazz Festival starts tomorrow at Dandaro Inn at the Harare Showgrounds with organisers insisting that the annual event has not yet lost its sparkle. The festival, which...
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Savanna plans $2m Moza plant
HARARE - Cigarrette maker Savanna Tobacco (Savanna) plans to invest €1,5 million (about $2 million) in the construction of a packaging plant in Mozambique. The project is part of the manufacturer’s...
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MicInity descends on Mutare
HARARE - Reggae crooner Mike “MicInity” Madamombe will perform at Mutare’s Courtauld Theatre tomorrow night as part of his current nationwide tour. MicInity, who rocked Masvingo early this month, will...
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'Youths don't qualify for loans'
HARARE - Most youths will not benefit from government’s Youth Development Fund (YDF) as they do not meet the loan criteria, financial institutions said. The Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe...
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Zim FDI stagnant
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s foreign direct investment inflows remain stagnant, with the country receiving $400 million in 2013, unchanged from 2012, the latest United Nations Conference on Trade and...
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Zim snubs China's CMEC
HARARE - Zimbabwe has officially awarded the $1,3 billion Hwange Power Station (HPS) expansion tender to Sino Hydro Corporation (SHC) after cancelling an initial offer to China Machinery and...
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Govt must heed IMF warnings
HARARE - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week warned that the country is in a precarious position and this should be a wake-up call to the government, which went into a deep slumber after...
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'Election' results now out
HARARE - Ladies and gentlemen, the results of the “election” of July 31, 2013 are now out. The election results are not the fudged figures announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, but the...
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MDC moves to interdict Biti from Tsvangirai hearing
HARARE - The opposition MDC is moving to block attempts by ex-secretary-general Tendai Biti to haul its leader Morgan Tsvangirai before a disciplinary hearing by filing an interdict with the High...
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