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Zanu PF supporters fume over Mugabe inputs scheme

by ...Agriculture (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

Zanu PF supporters fume over Mugabe inputs scheme http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Saturday, 26 February 2011 19:10 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE SENIOR Zanu PF officials are allegedly looting farming inputs distributed under President Robert Mugabe’s US$33 million inputs scheme while giving poor urban farmers fertiliser and maize seed in lunch boxes. The scheme, which the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development …

Zim needs to rethink empowerment – German Ambassador

by ...Indigenisation (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

Zim needs to rethink empowerment – German Ambassador http://www.thezimbabwean.co.uk Written by Fungi KwarambaSaturday, 26 February 2011 14:07… political risk too high, threats deter investment HARARE – Zimbabwe risks being further isolated and left behind the rest of Africa if it continues with policies such as the indigenisation drive, says the German Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Albrecht Conze.While he …

Euromoney to hold inaugural Zimbabwe investment conference in March

by ...Finance and Economics (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

Euromoney to hold inaugural Zimbabwe investment conference in March http://www.apanews.net/ APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Euromoney Conferences will hold its first Zimbabwe Investment Conference in Harare on 8-9 March, bringing together policymakers, businessmen, financiers and key international players, APA learns here Saturday. The organisers said the high-level conference would highlight Zimbabwe’s attractions as a destination for fruitful foreign direct investment. “This event …

ZESA increase blocked by government

by ...ZESA (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

ZESA increase blocked by government http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Tererai Karimakwenda25 February, 2011 Zimbabweans received some welcome news for a change this week when it was announced that the 30 percent increase in electricity charges, recently announced by the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), had been blocked by the government. ZESA had not made any consultations before announcing the massive …

War vets, soldiers fingered in violence report

by ...Constitution (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

War vets, soldiers fingered in violence report http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ By Chengetai Zvauya, Staff WriterFriday, 25 February 2011 18:12 HARARE – Notorious war veterans and the military are leading a violent crusade against opposition party supporters in the countryside, a new report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) shows. In its quarterly report which focused on politically-motivated human rights and …

Funding remains scarce for business

by ...Finance and Economics (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

Eric Bloch Column: Funding remains scarce for business http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 25 February 2011 09:17 IT is widely acknowledged that one of the many constraints upon Zimbabwe’s economic recovery is the lack of funding available to enterprise. Almost all businesses have a pronounced insufficiency of resources to finance operations in general and, in particular, to maintain and increase volumes …

GPA implementation first before polls

by ...Elections (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

GPA implementation first before polls –– MDCs http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 25 February 2011 07:32 Faith Zaba/Brian Chitemba/Paidamoyo Muzulu THE two MDC formations yesterday told South African President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team that the Global Political Agreement (GPA) should be fully implemented first before fresh elections are held to ensure intimidation and violence-free polls. Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC and smaller MDC …

Debt stalls Batoka station construction

by ...ZESA (archives) February 28, 2011No Comments

Debt stalls Batoka station construction http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ Friday, 25 February 2011 07:36 Paidamoyo Muzulu CONSTRUCTION of the Batoka hydro-power station, with a potential to generate in excess of 3 000 megawatts daily, has stalled because Zimbabwe is failing to settle a US$260 000 000 debt it owes Zambia for the shared Kariba infrastructure the country inherited at Independence. “The …

China drives Zim tobacco recovery

by ...Agriculture (archives) February 25, 2011No Comments

China drives Zim tobacco recovery http://www.zimonline.co.za by Tobias Manyuchi Thursday 24 February 2011 HARARE – Cash-rich Chinese merchants will snap up nearly half of Zimbabwe’s 2011 tobacco crop helping to drive up prices, while breaking the stranglehold of mostly European buyers accused of keeping prices down in past years, Harare tobacco authorities said. Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board …

Statement by the Minister of Energy and Power Development