Economy hurt by undertainty about indigenisation law

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Economy Hurt by Uncertainty About Indigenization Law http://www.voanews.com Peta Thornycroft | Johannesburg  February 08, 2011 Protests this week in Zimbabwe’s capital saw small Nigerian-owned shops looted by President Robert Mugabe’s loyalists, who say their demonstrations were in support of so-called indigenization laws. Politicians and economists say the uncertainty about the laws is harming Zimbabwe’s slow …

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Floods threaten crops across Southern Africa

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Floods threaten crops across Southern Africa http://www.timeslive.co.za/ Feb 7, 2011 3:01 PM | By Sapa Floods and heavy rain across southern Africa have damaged thousands of hectares (acres) of farmland and more may be hit in coming weeks, raising fears for food supplies, the UN food agency said Monday. With the rainy season still only …

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Mujuru to bring Zhuwao to book over invasions

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Mujuru to bring Zhuwao to book over invasions http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Monday, 07 February 2011 08:14 BY CAIPHAS CHIMHETE PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao will be told to stop invading tourism facilities or face disciplinary action at a proposed crisis meeting with Vice-President Joyce Mujuru, sources have said. Impeccable sources told The Standard last week that …

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Wetlands project row resurfaces

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Wetlands project row resurfaces http://www.thestandard.co.zw/ Monday, 07 February 2011 10:27 BY JENNIFER DUBE HARARE-based environmentalists are not happy that after “successfully” blocking construction at an open space in Borrowdale, the land developer has put up yet another notice expressing intention to revive the project. A Ukranian company, Augur Investments, is said to be considering building …

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‘Land reform a disaster’ War veteran speaks out

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‘Land reform a disaster’ – War veteran speaks     Wilfred Mhanda was a senior commander in ZANLA, the military wing of zanu-PF, and remains a respected figure in Zimbabwe. His fight for the liberation of Zimbabweans continues by lobbying diplomats to push for crucial institutional reforms. His is a view and a position  too …

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Tobacco farmer slapped with US$228 000 suit

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Tobacco farmer slapped with US$228 000 suit Herald, Thursday, 3 February 2011Court Reporter ZIMBABWE Leaf Tobacco Pvt Ltd has taken a Darwendale tobacco farmerto court in a bid to recover US$228 000 it loaned him under a cropinputs scheme. The company is suing Mr Robert Zhuwao owner of Cockington Estatesfor failing to settle a debt …

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Indigenisation in its present form is shameful legalized looting

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Indigenisation in its present form is shameful legalized looting By Clifford Chitupa Mashiri, Policy Analyst, London  06/01/11 Of all public policies adopted in post-independent Zimbabwe, indigenization as presently formulated is the most harmful, partisan and counter-productive of them all. It is very regrettable that selfish political expediency and greed rather than sound economic principles are …

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Mugabe support for sect land invasion

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Mugabe support for sect land invasion http://www.timeslive.co.za/ Feb 5, 2011 11:44 PM | By VLADIMIR MZACA The battle to lure the support of one of the biggest religious movements in Zimbabwe has resulted in President Robert Mugabe giving the Vapostori sect permission to invade a farm owned by a white commercial farmer in Matabeleland South. …

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