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* GODFREY MARAWANYIKA

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Glimmers of hope for Zim gold

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s gold mines are dusting themselves off after the unity government deregulated the industry, ending a two-decade state monopoly on buying the precious metal after years of plunging production.Gold remains one of Zimbabwe’s top exports, but output has…

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Telecom sale tests Zimbabwe’s privatisation plans

HARARE – The sale of Zimbabwe’s state-owned mobile phone operator NetOne – a first key test for the new government’s massive privatisation plan – is generating huge interest, the company’s CEO told AFP.’Since September 15, when the power sharing agreement…

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Zimbabwe inflation hits new record

HARARE – The annual rate of inflation in Zimbabwe had hit a new record of 2,2 million per cent, Gideon Gono, the governor of the central bank, said yesterday.”Statistics provided by the central statistical office [CSO] indicate that it is…

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Makoni’s plan to ‘heal’ Zimbabwe

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s former finance minister Simba Makoni pledged yesterday to heal the southern African country’s wounds as he unveiled his strategy to end President Robert Mugabe’s 28-year rule in polls next month.While the country’s main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai…

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Zimbabweans shun banks after cash shortages

HARARE – Kennedy Tsambo’s faith in Zimbabwe’s banking system finally hit breaking point over Christmas when he spent an ultimately fruitless three days queuing to withdraw cash in order to buy a bus fare home.”This was not a donation that…

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Zimbabwe faces fresh criticism

HARARE – The Zimbabwe government brushed off fresh criticism yesterday over its crackdown on the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, dismissing it as further evidence of mischief-making by the West.After a senior opposition figure trying to leave the country was…

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More opposition beatings in Zimbabwe

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s crackdown on dissent continued yesterday as an opposition activist was stopped from leaving the country at Harare International Airport and badly beaten, his colleagues reported.The attack on Nelson Chamisa, a spokesman for the opposition Movement for Democratic…

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Mugabe celebrates 83rd birthday

GWERU – Zimbabwe’s veteran President Robert Mugabe lavishly celebrated his 83rd birthday Saturday, with a warning to his opponents planning protests against a proposed extension to his rule.”Misguided youth and indeed adults who believe in violence and vandalism should understand…

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Zimbabwe braces for mass strikes

HARARE – The possibility of mass strikes loom on the horizon for Zimbabwe’s embattled economy as workers demand higher wages to cushion them against soaring living costs because of hyper-inflation and shortages of foreign currencies.Wage talks opened two weeks ago…

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Zim opposition head seeks unity against Mugabe

BULAWAYO – New Zimbabwean opposition leader Arthur Mutambara vowed on Sunday to unite his divided party against the regime of Robert Mugabe which he accused of creating chaos in the country.Mutambara, elected late on Saturday as president of a faction…

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Zim court scraps opposition challenge to Mugabe victory

HARARE – A Zimbabwe supreme court judge has stopped opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s bid to scrap President Robert Mugabe’s 2002 election victory, saying he found “no merits” in the long-running case.Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, asked the…

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