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Mawere wins dual citizenship case http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Violet GondaSW Radio Africa26 June 2013 Zimbabwean-born businessman Mutumwa Mawere has won a landmark ruling on dual citizenship, that will have implications for tens of thousands of Zimbabweans in the Diaspora. The ruling also has far reaching implications for the electoral …
Can South Africa avoid doing a Zimbabwe on land? http://www.bbc.co.uk/ 24 June 2013 Last updated at 15:25 GMT By Pumza FihlaniBBC News, Eston, KwaZulu-Natal More than eight million South Africans depend on agriculture for their livelihoods Continue reading the main storyRelated Stories Apartheid’s roots: The Natives Land Act South Africa’s Jacob Zuma on …
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Mugabe dishes out equipment http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ June 21, 2013 in News PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has sourced about 50 graders, excavators and cranes that will be handed over to chiefs and provincial governors today in Harare as he steps up his party’s campaign ahead of crucial elections. Report by Brian Chitemba Traditional leaders will in turn pressuretheir subjects into …
Kasukuwere renews threats http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ June 21, 2013 in News INDIGENISATION minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday told parliament that any person who operates a business without a valid Indigenisation Compliance Certificate risks imprisonment of up to four months with effect from January 1, 2014, according to the newly gazetted Statutory Instrument 66 of 2013. Staff Writer The new regulations come …
Laying Ghosts to Rest: The Case of Trojen Nickel Mine Limited v Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe By Regis Chawatama The issue of corporate foreign currency accounts (FCAs) which were transferred from different banks to the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) in the year 2007 has been very topical for some time. These foreign …
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Zimbabwe’s Dual Legal System By Derek Matyszak20th June 2013 Zimbabwe is often stated to have a “dual legal” system, whereby traditional customary laws run parallel to the formal and statutory laws of the State. However, it now seems increasingly possible to say that another duality is emerging, the law as it is and the law as interpreted by …
Fund Zanu-PF or lose land, white farmers told http://www.news24.com/ 2013-06-20 13:04 Cape Town – Zimbabwe’s broke Zanu-PF has extended a begging bowl to white commercial farmers who survived the country’s chaotic land reform, ahead of elections expected this year, a report said on Thursday. According to News Day, Manicaland province governor Christopher Mushohwe is reportedly said to have …
Zimbabwe ‘Cattle Bank’ Takes Deposits That Moo Jun 18, 12:40 PM EDT BY GILLIAN GOTORAASSOCIATED PRESS Zimbabwe’s first “Cattle Bank” has just opened its books in a unique kind of banking where owners bring in their animals as collateral against cash loans. For many rural poor in this southern African country once wracked by world-record inflation, it’s the …
Communique on Extraordinary SADC Summit http://www.sokwanele.com/thisiszimbabwe/communique-extraordinary-sadc-summit/16062013 AUTHOR: SOKWANELE DATE: JUN 16, 2013 COMMENTS: 0 Section of the SADC communique pertaining to Zimbabwe: 8. On Zimbabwe 8.1 Summit received a progress report on the implementation of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) from H.E. Jacob Zuma, President of the Republic of South Africa and the …
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AfDB injects US$6 million into private sector http://www.thestandard.co.zw June 16, 2013 in Business THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has disbursed about US$6 million directly to Zimbabwe’s private sector this year, in a vote of confidence for the country’s revival programme. BY OUR STAFF Ebrima Faal, AfDB’s regional director said the lines of credit were in addition to those …