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Monday, 13 May 2013 10:49
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC is considering clearing an expelled Chitungwiza councillor to contest in primary elections as reward for blowing the whistle on corruption in the municipality. MDC sacked all the councillors it had in the dormitory town...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 10:48
HARARE - The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says AfrAsia Kingdom Zimbabwe Limited (AKZL)’s banking unit Kingdom Bank Limited (Kingdom) is in a “sound financial position to continue normal business”. This comes on the back of media reports that Kingdom is...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 10:39
HARARE - Zanu PF has appealed for divine intervention to deal with endemic corruption, with a Cabinet minister telling church leaders on Friday that he is ashamed of the riches amassed by some of his comrades. Addressing an Apostolic Christian Council...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 10:35
HARARE - Poor funding by government is fuelling high incidences of cervical cancer cases and fatalities, a Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) official has said. Caz programmes general manager Junior Mavu said government should prioritise the preventable and curable disease that...Read More
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Sunday, 12 May 2013 12:11
HARARE - Buffaloes coach Saul Chaminuka says last weekend’s Castle Premiership defeat to Highlanders will not spark a slide at the Mutare side. The army side crashed to a 3-0 defeat to Bosso to see their five-match winning streak go up...Read More
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Sunday, 12 May 2013 11:39
HARARE - Struggling Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) is battling to protect some of its property over a $763 000 debt owed to Pioneer Motor Company. The government-owned transport company has approached the High Court, appealing against an order allowing Pioneer...Read More
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 11:44
HARARE - Oliver Mtukudzi says he has no interest in political activism in his music because he is engaged with other societal challenges. The 60-year-old, currently on the final leg of his two-month tour of the United States and Canada, says...Read More
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 11:31
HARARE - A scandal is brewing in Harare City Council after councillors and a top official acquired commercial pieces of land for a song. Councillors Girisoti Mandere, Thomas Muzuva and Masiye Kapare and director of Urban Planning Services Psychology Chiwanga have...Read More
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 11:01
HARARE - Cracks have emerged in new empowerment lobby group Zimbabwe Economic Empowerment Council (ZEEC) over the group’s position on government’s empowerment drive. The affirmative action outfit yesterday made a major somersault, denying reports that Indigenisation minister Savior Kasukuwere’s drive...Read More
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 10:53
HARARE - The European Union (EU) delegation in Zimbabwe has purchased 63 ambulances worth $2,8 million, which they will hand over to the Health ministry on Friday, the delegation head has said. Aldo Dell’Ariccia, the EU ambassador to Zimbabwe, yesterday said...Read More
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 14:36
LONDON - A fresh attempt to curb immigration is the centre piece the government's planned new laws, set out by the Queen at the state opening of Parliament. Access to the NHS will be tightened, landlords forced to check immigration status...Read More
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:45
HARARE - An iron curtain has been drawn across Zimbabwe as President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF erects an access denial policy to perceived foreign critics, analysts have said. Zanu PF negotiators — ministers Patrick Chinamasa and Nicholas Goche last week boycotted...Read More
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Wednesday, 08 May 2013 12:18
HARARE - The Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (Ucaz) will no longer receive any funds from Harare City Council (HCC) until the executive sends a suspended official home, mayor Muchadeyi Masunda has said. Francis Duri, who is secretary-general for the body...Read More
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 14:07
HARARE - Lupane State University registrar Jairos Makunde was yesterday sentenced to six months in prison which was wholly suspended on condition he paid $900 forthwith and the remainder by June 30 this year. Magistrate Don Ndirowei ordered Makunde to pay...Read More
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Tuesday, 07 May 2013 13:59
HARARE - There is unease in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC on whether to allow sitting councillors fingered in graft to run on the party’s ticket in the next election. While reports indicate the party is cracking over sitting MPs who...Read More
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