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The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of the country seriously threatens the future of the diamond industry's initiative to avert consumer boycotts of its gemstones.
The credibility of the world's "blood diamond" monitoring group has been damaged after its failure this week to suspend Zimbabwe despite overwhelming evidence of serious human rights abuses and smuggling in the Marange diamond fields in eastern Zimbabwe, Human Rights Watch said today.
Transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Ian Khama of Botswana after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday November 5, 2009:
IN a move with damaging implications for investment, Zimbabwe plans to grab a 51% stake in foreign-owned firms within 60 days of the gazetting of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act regulations, documents in the possession of the Zimbabwe Independent show.
The United Kingdom Border Agency has suspended scheduled deportation flights for failed Zimbabwean asylum seekers, following strong protestations by the MDC-UK.
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) last night ended its boycott of the new unity government but will give President Robert Mugabe a month to fully implement a power- sharing deal, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said.
Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital.
Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced that his party would end its boycott of the country's unity deal and give President Robert Mugabe's party 30 days to fulfill its commitments under their power-sharing agreement.
ZIMBABWE is presently saddled with a US$5,7 billion debt that is impacting adversely on the economy, but we need to handle the issue more soberly and ensure that we employ debt settlement strategies that will not prove costly in the end.
The MDC are saying that they are happy with the SADC Summit and that Mugabe has a 30 day deadline to implement the GPA.
The regional SADC Troika summit held in Maputo, Mozambique on Thursday toughened up its stance on Zimbabwe by giving all parties the 6th December as the deadline to implement all outstanding issues.
Pascal Gwezere, the MDC Transport Manager who was abducted at gunpoint from his house in Harare last Tuesday, has made another appearance in court. He first appeared in court last Saturday, four days after he went missing. He is being accused of undergoing military training in Uganda and stealing firearms from Pomona Army Barracks in Harare. He denies all the allegations.
A 79 year old widow has been given a month to vacate her dairy farm and home of 50 years, or face a jail term, after she was convicted earlier this year for failing to vacate her farm.
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has since the partial pullout of the MDC from government exhibited his usual intransigence to the full consummation of the global political agreement that gave birth to the inclusive government in February. The octogenarian leader has fallen prey to the trappings of power and those of Zanu PF to the extent that he has become a prisoner of hardliners in the party whose sole ...
WHEN the new Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) board was announced this week, it was remarkably the first time the name Joseph James was heard to many sports journalists. Yet 53-year-old James, a Bulawayo lawyer and past president of the Law Society of Zimbabwe, was thrust in one of the most powerful posts in Zimbabwean sports.
AS the country awaits the 2010 national budget economic analysts say focus should be on providing incentives to boost local manufacturing sector, realignment of tax rates and further tightening of government spending. Minister of Finance Tendai Biti, as per tradition, is expected to present the budget during the last week of November but disengagement by MDC -T from government activities might ...
AFTER Zimbabwe belatedly attained Independence in 1980, the country enjoyed economic recovery and growth for four years. However, thereafter for almost 25 years it has been in almost continuous economic morass, save for a few distressingly brief intermissions when some relatively minimum economic upturns materialised.
THE collapse of the inclusive government will deprive President Robert Mugabe of political legitimacy, derail the MDC's quest for political, social and economic development and at the same time worsen the living standards of the populace, political analysts have warned. The analysts say the partial withdrawal from the unity government by the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC three weeks ago would also ...
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) last week started buying bonds it had issued to gold miners in February this year after it failed to pay for deliveries made by miners. This is a surprise move especially at a time when the RBZ governor, Gideon Gono, had confirmed that the central bank had not been receiving fiscal support since the beginning of the year.
MWANA Africa has secured US$10 million funding for Freda Rebecca Mine from the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa. This loan facility is expected to enable Mwana to accelerate the implementation of the mine's refurbishment programme which is expected to spur the gold mining company's output to more than 50 000 ounces of gold per year.
THE parliamentary committee on public accounts has recommended to government to expeditiously reform the functions and operations of the Comptroller and Auditor-General's office for it to become more effective in fighting corruption. Tapiwa Mashakada, committee chairperson, on Tuesday presented to parliament the first report on the state of the office, and recommended the strengthening of its ...
MARCUS Garvey Records -- fronted by Shingirayi Sabeta of "Mau Mau" fame -- has released a 10 track album which "reinterprets" some of the popular songs of yesteryear. The album entitled Shasha Dzengoma is a product of the group Super Magamba which consists of lyricist Tarambanapo and singer Mushumi as well as featured artists such as Sabeta.
DESPITE the serious shakiness of the inclusive government, apparent from the onset, investors had begun showing renewed interest in the country since its formation. The main attraction has been the hope for an economic revival emanating from some good polices put in place by the government. A recent IMF report hailed the local fiscal authorities' strict adherence to cash budgeting as one of the ...
ELIZABETH joked with Emma about how the two of them will become the "widows" of the Big Brother House should Kevin be evicted -- with Kevin clearly still on a mission to develop a more personal relationship with Elizabeth and Emma having lost "partner" Jeremy at Sunday's eviction. Elizabeth and Kevin later noticed Emma moping on the couch and tried to cheer her up. She told them she would be fine ...
WHAT will a farmer do to have a successful crop, especially at a time when loans are hard to access? Farmers, both established and new, are faced with a challenge to raise funds to finance their crop after the Reserve Bank, which had become a perennial financer of agriculture, ceased quasi-fiscal operations to focus on its core business.
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