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'MDC statement naive'
EDITOR — The statement by Ncube-led MDC spokesperson Nhlanhla Dube disowning Edward Mkhosi and Siyabonga Malandu Ncube was immature and was written without due consideration. Firstly, it was not...
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Sikhala's MDC return non event
EDITOR — I was surprised when the beleaguered MDC said that the return of Job Sikhala to their party would strengthen them. Indeed, Jonathan Moyo’s equation is spot on — weak plus weak translates to...
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Zim snatches last-ball win
LONDON - Zimbabwe notched a thrilling last-ball victory against a spirited Netherlands in a World Twenty20 qualifier on Wednesday to stay in contention for the main round. Needing one run off the last...
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Tobacco sales hit $58m
HARARE - Zimbabwe has so far earned $58 million from 19 million kg of tobacco auctioned since the beginning of the 2014 selling season mid-February 19. Statistics from the Tobacco Industry and...
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Mnangagwa lauds Zec
HARARE - Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Justice minister, yesterday lauded the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for opening itself up for criticism in the wake of a controversial general election....
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HARARE - There are ominous signs that the indigenisation programme is beginning to unravel owing to lack of commitment, honesty and accountability on the part of those supposed to drive the programme....
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Zim: A case of misdirected docility
HARARE - Zimbabwe has become a very interesting case. I recall vividly — though I was young then — that liberation fighters, then widely known as comrades, would stress that the country was endowed...
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Chinamasa, don't throw baby with bath water
EDITOR — From the frying pan into the fire — this is the adage one can use to describe the clumsy manner in which the Patrick Chinamasa-led committee on State enterprises handled salary...
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Property rentals to remain subdued
HARARE - Property rentals in Zimbabwe are likely to remain subdued due to high tenant default levels, Zimre Property Investments Limited (ZPI) said. The listed realty group said the failure by tenants...
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French group grants CABS $10m loan
HARARE - Old Mutual’s mortgage lender Central Africa Building Society (CABS) has received a $10 million loan from a French financial institution, Proparco. The facility — with a five-year tenure — is...
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'Zim abusing, devaluing US dollar'
HARARE - Zimbabwe is abusing the United States dollar and has effectively devalued the currency due to distorted pricing bordered on the hyperinflationary period mentality, Finance minister Patrick...
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Comedy comes to Gweru
GWERU - Comedians Carl Joshua Ncube, Michael Kudakwashe and Nqobizita “Q the Boss” Siziba will descend on Gweru on March 28 for their maiden show in the city. Event organiser Muneer Walele told the...
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Dr Nero gig on cards
HARARE - Tryson and Suluman Chimbetu will participate in a memorial gig in honour of late dendera music icon Naison Chimbetu set for next month in the Harare Gardens. The duo who have in the past...
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Wene Music Awards names jury
HARARE - Book Café founder Paul Brickhill, Fred Zindi and Oliver Mtukudzi’s former manager Debbie Metcalfe, are part of the six-member Wene Music Awards Adjudication Panel unveiled by Rooftop...
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Byo poet releases anthology
BULAWAYO - Bulawayo poet Solwazi ‘Eternity’ Nkiwane, 24, has finally published an anthology titled Truth Be Told that she began working on at the age of 13. The 21-poem collection includes two pieces...
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Publisher hails Caine Prize workshop
BULAWAYO - Amabooks, the local publishers of annual Caine Prize anthology, regards the hosting of a workshop for the coveted literary prize as a big honour for Zimbabwe. The Caine Prize workshop,...
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Zoey's school of dancing folds
HARARE - Pole dancer Zoey Sifelani’s School of Dancing set up in Harare last year to mentor housewives on matters of the bedroom and physical fitness appears to have ceased operations. While the...
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'Chombo has overstayed'
HARARE - Ignatius Chombo, the fabulously rich minister of Local Government and National Housing is one of the few senior government officials whose assets have been publicly exposed. He was just...
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Cabinet acts on council bosses' salaries, perks
HARARE - Municipal bosses all over Zimbabwe were awarding themselves lowly basic monthly salaries, albeit accompanied by hefty benefits. In a salary schedule produced by the Cabinet Committee on State...
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Economy worsens, as Mugabe remains mum
HARARE - Zimbabwe is paying a heavy financial price as the economy slows down under President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF government, with stocks and bonds on an unprecedented plunge. The Zimbabwe Stock...
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