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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 10:59
HARARE - A High Court judge has dismissed an application to quash charges against a British-registered company, African Consolidated Resources Private Limited (ACR), accused of illegally mining diamonds in Marange. ACR is accused of fraud or alternatively contravening the Precious Stones...Read More
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Sunday, 12 May 2013 11:43
BULAWAYO - A storm is brewing over mining activities in the Gwayi Valley Intensive Conservation Area as conservationists blame government ministers for misleading President Robert Mugabe into granting mining rights to the Chinese without due consideration. A Matabeleland North-based conservation group...Read More
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Thursday, 09 May 2013 11:44
HARARE - The European Investment Bank has resolved to relaunch development activities with the private sector in Zimbabwe, after years of shunning the southern African country. The relaunch comes at a time the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe are engaged in...Read More
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 09:36
MASVINGO - A Chivi pastor who attempted to sodomise a teenage boy appeared before a Chivi magistrate yesterday. Tafadzwa Mutani,31, a Salvation Army pastor, was hauled before magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing charges of attempting to sodomise a 19-year-old boy (name withheld)....Read More
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Thursday, 07 March 2013 10:07
HARARE - It does not need a rocket scientist to revive government’s struggling parastatals, including national airline Air Zimbabwe (Airzim). This week, Airzim’s board — chaired by bank executive Ozias Bvute — told Parliament’s portfolio committee on State Enterprises and Parastatals...Read More
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Saturday, 02 March 2013 14:05
HARARE - Exiled Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga and a local car hire Auto Haus (Private) Limited (Auto Haus) are embroiled in a 4 million Rand car dispute with the South African Police Services (SAPS). The matter arises from the seizure of...Read More
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Wednesday, 13 February 2013 14:15
HARARE - A Masvingo man ran amok, hacking his elder brother with a machete, slicing off his tongue and private parts, before knifing his wife’s left breast over alleged infidelity in a horror case that has left many stunned. Ephias Chikumbo,...Read More
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Wednesday, 19 December 2012 12:57
HARARE - Last Friday, at about 4.30pm, I arrived at a hotel in Harare and proceeded to reception to check-in. After conducting the formalities at the reception, Adam Ndlovu, who was seated in the hotel lobby with Hwange coach Nation Dube,...Read More
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Thursday, 29 November 2012 09:42
HARARE - In the northern part of central Zimbabwe lies a town pregnant with history. A gateway to Harare and Chirundu and a provincial capital of Mashonaland West Province, Chinhoyi is an idyllic town not only significant in the country’s history...Read More
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Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:11
HARARE - New Dawn Mining Corporation (New Dawn) has raised over $2 million through a private placement. The gold producer intends to spend the money on buying ordinary shares in its Zimbabwean subsidiary Falcon Gold (Falgold). The share buy-back is expected...Read More
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Monday, 12 November 2012 14:02
HARARE - Zimbabwe is losing over $100 000 in revenue daily — approximately $36 million annually — due to failure by citizens to claim Value Added Tax (Vat) refunds from South Africa (SA), the Zimbabwe Cross Border Traders Association (ZCBTA) said....Read More
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Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:28
HARARE - Government should commercialise the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and subsequently list it on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange as a way of attracting foreign investors into the power industry, Zimbabwe Energy Council (Zec) says. Zimbabwe’s state-owned sole power utility, Zesa...Read More
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 11:01
HARARE - A couple who swindled a local electronic company of more than $93 000 deserve nothing less than jail, Harare magistrate Memory Chigwaza has said. Anna Mudyiwa and her boyfriend Kennedy Mukubvu will collectively spend the next six-and-half years behind...Read More
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Friday, 05 October 2012 15:23
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the picket by war veterans at his offices was politically motivated and said he will not be distracted in performing his national duty. He said the latest demonstrations, the 12th this year, was...Read More
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Monday, 01 October 2012 13:31
HARARE - The Common Market for East and Southern Africa (Comesa) economic bloc of which Zimbabwe is a member, said local companies should be innovative if they are to survive when its regional customs union is launched. Economic experts had argued...Read More
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