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Zimbabwe Diamond Mines Declare Dividends

Harare, August 25, 2010 – Zimbabwe government will receive US$30 million dollars in dividends from Canadile and Mbada diamond mines from their operations over the past year, figures released by the Ministry of Mines showed Tuesday.

Serious Poultry Shortage Hits Zimbabwe

Harare, August 13, 2010 - Zimbabwean retailers have imposed a limit on the purchase of chicken quantities as poultry producers battle to meet demand. ...
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91 Firms Withdraw From ISO Regulation, But SAZ Has No Teeth

Harare, August 12, 2010 - Despite the fact that 91 firms in Zimbabwe have withdrawn from the International Standards Organization (ISO) regulations, the Standards Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ) has no teeth, its boss, Evelyn Gahadzikwa, has confirmed....
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ZIA approves projects worth US$120m

HARARE - The Zimbabwe Investment Authority (ZIA) has approved projects worth US$120 million so far, Richard Mbaiwa, Chief Executive Officer, has confirmed....
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Zimbabwe Parastatal Firms Ordered To Reduce Salaries

Harare, July 22, 2010 - The government has given parastatals a three months ultimatum to reduce salaries for high earning managers and produce audited financial results after an investigation revealed that most state owned companies were flouting corporate governance laws. ...
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Zimbabwe Mobile Phone Firms Clash

Bulawayo, July 22, 2010 -The country's leading mobile network company Econet has filed a US $ 9 million High Court lawsuit against one of its main competitor, NetOne over unpaid fees. ...
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Foreigners Shun Zimbabwe Mine Entra

Bulawayo, July 21 2010 - Foreign exhibitors shunned the annual Mine Entra being held here, with some of them citing the controversial Indigenisation Law. ...
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ZESA Says Low Consumer Tariffs Affecting Operations

Gweru, July 16, 2010 - While Zimbabweans have been crying foul of being overcharged by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), the power utility shocked delegates at a business congress here when it said the payments from consumers was covering less than half of their operations and maintenance....
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Biti Revises Economic Growth Figure To 5.4 Percent

Harare, July 14, 2010 -Finance Minister, Tendai Biti on Wednesday revised economic growth figures downwards from the original 7 percent to 5.4 percent for this year in his mid-year fiscal policy review....
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Increase Tax Threshfold Or Face Strikes - Zim Labour Body

Bulawayo, July 13, 2010 - Zimbabwe’s labour body has called on Finance Minister, Tendai Biti to set the income tax free threshold at US$500 when he presents his mid-term budget on Thursday to avoid recurrent job boycotts by long suffering workers....
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Zimbabwe Gets US$50m

Harare, September 1, 2010 - Zimbabwe has received a US$50 million loan from the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) for industry revival.
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ILO Gives Zim An Ultimatum

Harare, September 2, 2010 - The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has given the Zimbabwean government a one year period to reform all laws that infringe the rights of workers and comply with international labour standards.

Mideast Talks Resume

Washington, September 2, 2010 - Israeli and Palestinian leaders have resumed direct talks today, seeking to clinch an elusive peace deal for the Middle East within a year despite deep scepticism and fresh violence.
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Zimbabwe Now Safe, Says SA

Cape Town, September 2, 2010 – The South African government says it believes some form of stability has returned to Zimbabwe and therefore, all Zimbabweans will now be treated like any other foreign national.

Govt bans Gukurahundi exhibition

HARARE, AUGUST 28, 2010 ---The government has banned paintings by prominent visual artist Owen Maseko on the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and Midlands in an unprecedented onslaught on freedom of expression.
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Lawyers seek postponement of ministers trial

Harare, August 27, 2010 - Lawyers representing four government ministers and top police chiefs have asked the attorney for a Norton resident who is suing them for damages to lump his claim together with that of other abductees who are also suing the same ministers and police bosses.

Harare man buys CD for US$ 200

Harare, August 28, 2010 - A Harare man left guests who attended a CD album launch on Thursday night at the Delta Gallery in Harare shocked when he bought a CD for US$ 200.
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Tsvangirai Laments Slow Implementation Of GPA

Harare, August 27, 2010 - The reluctance by principals in the inclusive government to fully implement the Global Political Agreement (GPA) is threatening the future of the nation, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said.
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Ministers In Trouble With Loan Shark

Harare, August 28, 2010 - Two Cabinet Ministers Nicholas Goche and Priscilla Misihairabwi – Mushonga are among the individuals who stand to lose properties after they benefitted from an illegal money lending scheme run by a controversial businessman, Frank Tawanda Buyanga.

Amnesty petition govt over fresh Murambatsvina

Harare, August 28, 2010 - Amnesty International has called upon the government to take immediate action to protect some 250 people who were forcibly evicted before their homes and possessions were set alight during a night raid by armed Zimbabwean police.
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