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Saturday, 12 January 2013 10:23
HARARE - A Harare magistrate has jailed a 24-year-old Chinese woman for three years for attempting to run over her worker with a vehicle following a labour dispute. Magistrate Esthere Chivasa sentenced Li Mengheng to four years in prison before suspending...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:23
HARARE - A Harare magistrate has freed a Chinese national accused of converting a family friend’s company shares into his name before stealing $70 million. Magistrate Tendai Mahwe yesterday ruled that the state was not ready to put Liu Cheng Hsiao,...Read More
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Friday, 07 December 2012 10:31
HARARE - Incoming Chinese leader Xi Jinping has some lessons for Zanu PF officials who are preparing to outdo each other in fawning praises at President Robert Mugabe at the party conference opening today. Reports say Chinese Communist Party chief Xi...Read More
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Tuesday, 04 December 2012 10:18
HARARE - A Chinese national who attempted to smuggle $9 000 worth of diamonds has appeared before a Harare magistrate. Li Bo, 58, who is employed by Zimbabwe Shuangfeng, was nabbed on November 5, this year at the Harare International Airport...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Thursday, 15 November 2012 12:43
HARARE - While conducting research on the Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua at the American Embassy Public Affairs library in 1999, I came across a very small book entitled Can Governments Learn? I said to myself, of course governments do learn,...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Monday, 12 November 2012 13:26
HARARE - Replacing gone dictator with another or one tyrannical regime with the other is far detached from embracing basic tenets of democracy that the right-minded paragons of egalitarianism desire. It is against this backdrop that the much media-hyped leadership change...Read More
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:15
HARARE - Sam Pa, a shadowy Chinese businessman, has denied bankrolling President Robert Mugabe’s feared secret police, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), claiming the money was for taxes and licence fees to the Zimbabwe government, Global Witness said in its latest...Read More
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Wednesday, 07 November 2012 10:11
HARARE - HIV and Aids activists have blamed the ministry of Health for challenges perennially faced by people on life-prolonging anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs. People on ARVs have repeatedly complained that shortages of drugs in public hospitals have constantly forced them to...Read More
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Thursday, 01 November 2012 09:45
HARARE - A Chinese national who allegedly converted a family friend’s company shares into his name before stealing $70 million has challenged his placement on remand. The man Liu Cheng Hsiao, 55, through his lawyer Musindo Hungwe yesterday challenged his placement...Read More
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Friday, 19 October 2012 11:55
HARARE - A chinese national who allegedly changed a family friend’s company shares into his name before stealing $70 million has appeared before a Harare magistrate. Liu Cheng Hsiao, 55, yesterday appeared before magistrate Don Ndirowei on fraud and theft of...Read More
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Business » Taurai Mangudhla, Business Writer
Tuesday, 18 September 2012 13:32
HARARE - A Chinese delegation has announced plans to invest $3 billion towards construction of a 1 200 megawatt (MW) thermal power station. The investment comes as other investors, including Essar Africa Holdings, have expressed interest to construct thermal power stations...Read More
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Business » Ndakaziva Majaka, Staff Writer
Sunday, 09 September 2012 13:48
HARARE - Expansion of Hwange Thermal Power Station (HPS) is stalling due to funding structure differences between the ministry of Finance and the potential Chinese investor. Tendai Biti, Finance minister, said funding for the expansion project was yet to be...Read More
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