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Govt's economic confusion
HARARE - Nothing illustrates more starkly the Zanu PF government’s ruinous policy confusion, and how bereft it is of workable economic ideas, than this week’s contradictory, Alice-in-Wonderland...
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Is Zim dollar on way back?
HARARE - There are renewed fears that the government may be considering re-introducing the discarded and much-derided Zimbabwe dollar after Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa...
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Zim cricketers' earnings revealed
HARARE - Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) player earnings for the forthcoming 2014-15 season can be revealed today by the Daily News, with three players – captain Brendan Taylor, his deputy Hamilton Masakadza...
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What excuses do we come up with this time around?
HARARE - When Afghanistan arrived in the country, two questions were asked by all cricket lovers. The first question was, how much preparation would we really get by playing a team such as Afghanistan...
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A football tragedy
HARARE - News that former Zimbabwean international and Kaizer Chiefs defender Zhaimu “Jimmy” Jambo has retired from football can as a surprise to many people yesterday. At the relatively young age of...
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Zinwa charges must be minimal — Chinotimba
HARARE - Joseph Chinotimba, the Buhera South Zanu PF Member of Parliament (MP), has queried why Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) was charging water that it gets from the Zambezi River’s...
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MPs grill Chombo over nepotism
HARARE - Ignatius Chombo, the Local Government minister, was yesterday grilled by Members of Parliament over allegations of interfering in the operations of local authorities and nepotism in the...
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Mnangagwa backs mandatory rape sentence
HARARE - Justice minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has backed harsh minimum mandatory sentences for rapists, but said the punishment should not apply in special circumstances. Mnangagwa told legislators...
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Mpofu fails to testify
HARARE - Former Mines minister Obert Mpofu failed to testify in Lovemore Kurotwi’s $2 billion fraud case yesterday, after the court said the State should first table its findings from an...
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Ex-ZBC boss seeks Con-Court referral
HARARE - Suspended Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) chief executive Happison Muchechetere has applied for referral of his fraud case to the Constitutional Court. Muchechetere is being charged...
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War veterans blight noble cause
HARARE - If there is one rallying purpose protagonists of the agrarian reform trot out more than any other, it is to prove that the indigenous people are as competent and adept in agricultural...
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Cabs secures $70m credit lines
HARARE – Old Mutual’s mortgage lending unit Central African Building Society (Cabs) has secured $70 million offshore credit lines. The funds are targeted at boosting the institution’s housing loans in...
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Algerian jet missing on Sahara route
ALGIERS - Algeria's national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara. Contact was lost about 50 minutes after...
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South Korea unveils $40bn stimulus
SEOUL - South Korea has unveiled a $40bn (£23bn) stimulus package to help boost the economy. The funds will be used to offer financial support to small and medium-sized companies, create jobs and...
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'Zim sold $500m worth of diamonds'
HARARE - Zimbabwe has exported close to $0,5 billion worth of diamonds in the year to June 30, 2014, a new Kimberley Process Certificate Scheme (KPCS) report has revealed. KPCS in a report released...
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Posthumous honour for Chiwoniso
HARARE - Late mbira star Chiwoniso Maraire will be the first artiste to be inducted into the Book Café Hall of Fame tonight. Chiwoniso’s posthumous honour, which comes exactly a year after her death...
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SA's Nampak to acquire Hunyani, merge Zim units
HARARE – South Africa-based Nampak Limited (Nampak) plans to wholly acquire Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed packaging firm Hunyani Holdings (Hunyani) and merge it with two other local units in a share...
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It beats me how this man functions
HARARE - 24 hours earlier, he had met a football supporters’ body aligned to Zifa president Cuthbert Dube and announced at the meeting that he would not fire the association’s board following the...
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Hospitals run out of drugs
HARARE - State hospitals have run out of vital medicines, with the institutions prescribing even basic drugs for purchase at private pharmacies. This comes as morale has reportedly hit rock-bottom...
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Petrol heads set for super-charged Telecel Drag Racing
HARARE - South African rail car driver Reg Murray will be the star attraction of the penultimate Telecel 2014 Drag Racing Series set for Donnybrook Racetrack tomorrow. Tomorrow’s event will see a host...
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