Zimbabwe has potential to reach US$100 billion economy—Makoni

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Zimbabwe has potential to reach US$100 billion economy—Makoni http://www.thestandard.co.zw April 28, 2013 in Business ZIMBABWE has potential to achieve a US$100 billion economy earlier than 2020, despite a ballooning external debt overhang and only requires right leadership and personality, a former finance minister has said. Report by Moses Chibaya The country’s external debt of over of US$10 …

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Indigenisation an elitist transfer of wealth: Biti

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Indigenisation an elitist transfer of wealth: Biti http://www.newzimbabwe.com/ 26/04/2013 00:00:00     by Staff Reporter MDC-T secretary general and Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, has dismissed the indigenisation programme as an “elitist transfer” of wealth which will not create any “new value” or achieve broad-based economic empowerment. Under the programme, which is being driven by President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu …

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Solidarity just isn’t enough for Chinese

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Solidarity just isn’t enough for Chinese http://www.theindependent.co.zw/ April 26, 2013 in Opinion The “Look East” policy is the panacea to the economic hardships caused by the illegal sanctions, Zanu PF chairman Simon Khaya Moyo recently declared. By the MuckRacker “We told them (the West) to go to hell with their sanctions. We have friends in the East,” …

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Game Meat Poaching Rife in Zimbabwe

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Game Meat Poaching Rife in Zimbabwe http://www.voazimbabwe.com/ Gibbs Dube25.04.2013 WASHINGTON DC — A Zimbabwean anti-poaching specialist says game meat poaching is now rife in the country due to increasing poverty levels. Bryce Peter Clemence, director of an anti-poaching training institute – Aggressive Tracking Specialists – said villagers in most parts of Zimbabwe are believed to be teaming up …

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African bank experts say Zimbabwe’s strategic food reserves are severely depleted

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African bank experts say Zimbabwe’s strategic food reserves are severely depleted http://www.washingtonpost.com/ By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, April 25, 3:00 AM HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe’s grain reserves are running dangerously low ahead of new but poor harvests caused by erratic rain, an independent continent-wide development bank said Wednesday. The African Development Bank said the strategic reserves have …

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Villagers forced to buy ZANU PF cards in exchange for food

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Villagers forced to buy ZANU PF cards in exchange for food http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Nomalanga Moyo24th April 2013 There are increasing concerns that ZANU PF is using the food relief programme to coerce villagers to take up party membership, amid a severe grain shortage in the country. Reports from the drought-prone areas of Matabeleland and the Midlands indicate that …

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Govt to seize land from third company

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Govt to seize land from third company http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Alex Bell24 April 2013 The government has stated its intention to seize land belonging to the agro-industrial group CFI Holdings, which will be the third company in recent months to be targeted by the state in this way. According to a Government Gazette published last Friday, over 1,000 …

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RG scraps fees for ID card replacement

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RG scraps fees for ID card replacement http://www.dailynews.co.zw/ Wednesday, 24 April 2013 11:29HARARE – The Registrar General’s office has scraped fees for national identification cards replacement, under a massive voter registration campaign in preparation of the watershed election. Co-Home affairs minister Theresa Makone said with immediate effect, documents lost through arson and  those forcibly removed from the owner through …

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Press Statement by the Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Theresa Makone

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Press Statement by the Minister of Home Affairs, Hon. Theresa Makone http://www.mdc.co.zw Tuesday 23 April 2013 Policy on civic registration of citizens in Zimbabwe Following complaints raised by colleague ministers and responses proffered by the office of the Registrar General, it was clear that there is need for the ministers of Home Affairs to come up with …

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Increased politicization of Grain Loan Scheme

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Increased politicization of Grain Loan Scheme http://www.swradioafrica.com/ By Hosia Beta The government grain loan scheme appear to be a whopping force to reckon as the nation prepares for elections later this year in Zaka district, 87 km south east of Masvingo town.The peasantry communities of Jerera area rely mainly on farming and support from breadwinners who live in …

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