COPAC temporarily halts drafting of new constitution

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COPAC temporarily halts drafting of new constitution http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tichaona Sibanda14 June 2011 Any hopes of Zimbabwe having a referendum by September this year have been dashed, following COPAC’s decision to temporarily halt the drafting of a new constitution. Our correspondent Simon Muchemwa told us the delays in securing the $1.8 million to complete the exercise have forced …

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IMF team to assist govt on mid-term budget

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IMF team to assist govt on mid-term budget http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 12 June 2011 14:10 BY NDAMU SANDU AN international Monetary Fund (IMF) team will be in the country for a one week mission starting Wednesday to assist government to come up with a mid-year budget statement. The missions will be headed by Vitaliy Kramarenko. “The objective of …

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Biodiesel project faces collapse as RBZ pulls out

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Biodiesel project faces collapse as RBZ pulls out http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Sunday, 12 June 2011 14:13 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE AFTER almost five years of on-and-off operations, Zimbabwe’s giant biodiesel plant faces prolonged closure after the central bank pulled out of the project.Launched amid pomp and fanfare, the project was touted as the panacea to the country’s fuel crisis.The Reserve Bank …

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AG to challenge court on assets

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AG to challenge court on assets http://www.timeslive.co.za/ AG moves to stop auction of Cape properties, claiming Gauteng judge’s ruling was ‘null and void’Jun 11, 2011 3:19 PM | By HARARE CORRESPONDENT Zimbabwe’s Attorney-General (AG) says he will appeal the North Gauteng High Court ruling that went in favour of three Zimbabwean farmers in the case dealing with the …

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COMESA Launches Free Trade Area

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COMESA Launches Free Trade Area http://www.radiovop.com 2 hours 32 minutes ago Sandton, June 12, 2011-The Tripartite alliance comprising of Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), East African Community (EAC) and Common Market of East and Southern Africa (COMESA) launched negotiations for a Free Trade Area (FTA) between these two regions meant to bolster intra-regional trade, a communiqué released after the …

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Tobacco makes a recovery

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Tobacco makes a recovery http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Chief ReporterSaturday, 11 June 2011 12:25Highest sales in a decade HARARE – The bids of buyers and sellers echoed loudly across the massive Tobacco Sales Floor in Willowvale as 2,800 bales were sold. This has been widely acclaimed as a 10-year record. But before the disastrous land  “reform” engineered by …

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COPAC suspends operations over dual-citizenship stalemate

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COPAC suspends operations over dual-citizenship stalemate http://www.thezimbabwemail.com 10/06/2011 14:32:00    Staff Reporter HARARE – Zimbabwe constitution making body COPAC has suspended operations after a deadlock was reached following fundamental differences over the issue of dual citizenship between the MDC-T’s and the former ruling party Zanu PF. Zanu PF select committee co-chairperson, Paul Mangwana, who revealed to The Zimbabwe Mail that …

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Indigenization regulations “absurd” says Zimbabwe’s parliament

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Indigenization regulations “absurd” says Zimbabwe’s parliament http://www.monstersandcritics.com Jun 10, 2011, 15:07 GMT Harare – The Zimbabwean parliament declared Friday that regulations seeking to nationalize foreign-owned companies were ‘unconstitutional, unreasonable and absurd,’ and called for them to be repealed or revised. The law, which would force all foreign-owned companies to cede their majority stake to black Zimbabweans, was proposed …

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NEPAD and agriculture – Africa’s development plan bears fruit

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NEPAD and agriculture – Africa’s development plan bears fruit   Editor’s note: After years of talk NEPAD’s agriculture plan is finally taking root. Africa Renewal reports from down on the farm. By Ernest Harsch For most of the 1990s Sierra Leone was best known for its diamonds — and the devastating civil war they helped finance. …

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Zim to appeal SA ruling in favour of white farmers

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Zim to appeal SA ruling in favour of white farmers http://www.eyewitnessnews.co.za/ Eyewitness News | 4 Hour(s) Ago Zimbabwe’s attorney general on Thursday said the government will appeal against a ruling made this week in the North Gauteng High Court in favour of white Zimbabwean farmers. The ruling allows dispossessed Zimbabwean farmers to sell off Zimbabwean state assets in …

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