N Korea begs food aid from Zimbabwe

N Korea begs food aid from Zimbabwe http://www.theaustralian.com.au * Rick Wallace, Tokyo correspondent * From: The Australian * March 09, 2011 12:00AM NORTH Korea has resorted to begging for food from another impoverished global pariah — Zimbabwe. A diplomatic source in South Korea said Africa had become the focus of North Korea’s aid efforts, Seoul-based newspaper JoongAng …

Zimbabwe election report back in court

Zimbabwe election report back in court http://www.businessday.co.za ERNEST MABUZAPublished: 2011/03/08 06:28:27 AM THE Presidency, in its appeal against the Supreme Court of Appeal judgment which ordered it to hand over a report on the 2002 Zimbabwe election to the Mail & Guardian newspaper, argues that sufficient evidence was placed before the courts in justifying the refusal of access …

Zim Euromoney Conference – no time for mixed messages

Zim Euromoney Conference – no time for mixed messages By Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Political Analyst, London 08/03/11 How Zimbabwe will manage to lure investors at the Euromoney Conference which opened in Harare Tuesday, a day after Zanu-Pf youths reportedly seized a South African company’s project, EasiPark is mind-boggling. With the country short of US$10 billion for capital …

Politburo to endorse company seizures

Politburo to endorse company seizures http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Guthrie Munyuki, Deputy News EditorTuesday, 08 March 2011 18:52 HARARE – The Zanu PF supreme decision making body, the Politburo, will convene a special meeting on Wednesday to officially endorse the anti-sanctions campaign which seeks to seize companies owned by Europeans and Americans. President Robert Mugabe is expected to chair the …

Keynote address by PM Tsangirai at Euromoney Investment Conference

Keynote Address by PM Tsvangirai at the Euro Money Investment Conference   KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE M.R. TSVANGIRAI AT THE EURO MONEY INVESTMENT CONFERENCE, HARARE 8-9 MARCH 2011   Deputy Prime Ministers Professor Mutambara and Hon Khupe Government ministers here present Your Worship, the Mayor …

Govt tried to lure investment despite mounting violence

Govt tries to lure investment despite mounting violence http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell08 March 2011 The unity government is this week once again trying to lure international investment into Zimbabwe, despite mounting violence across the country and fears of worse to come. The three principals in the coalition government, Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara, on Tuesday launched …

Zim Euromoney Conference

ZIM EUROMONEY CONFERENCE 300 Business Tycoons Gather for Investment Conference http://www.radiovop.com 08/03/2011 16:45:00 Harare, March 08, 2011 – More than 300 business executives from South Africa, London and the United states of America (US) are gathered in Harare for a one-day investment conference organised by Euro money Conferences in London. The conference theme was: Zimbabwe – The Emerging …

Zimbabwe clinches US$500m Chinese cotton deal

Zimbabwe clinches US$500m Chinese cotton deal http://www.afriquejet.com Harare, Zimbabwe – China and Zimbabwe have struck a US$500 million cotton production and export deal, officials said Monday. Under the agreement, China Development Bank will advance the funds to a Chinese firm, Sinotex to finance cotton production in Zimbabwe through its venture with a local company. The Zimbabwean company, Cotton Company …

Ruling gives journalists a ray of hope

Ruling gives journalists a ray of hope http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Monday, 07 March 2011 10:28 BY JENNIFER DUBE A Harare magistrate says journalists who are challenging the constitutionality of Section 31 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, which has been widely used to arrest media practitioners have a strong case. The section deals with publication …

New farmers owe council US$200 000

New farmers owe council US$200 000 http://www.dailynews.co.zw By Midlands CorrespondentMonday, 07 March 2011 15:25 GWERU – Newly resettled farmers under the A2 model owe Vungu Rural District Council about $200 000 arising from unpaid  development levies since 2009, according to the council’s chairperson. Speaking on the sidelines of a belated provincial World Aids Day commemorations in Chiwundura recently, …