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3 hrs ago | ZWNews.com

Zimbabwe government passes law on 51% black ownership

HEADLINES author/source:Bloomberg It will effectively put a halt to any further investment in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe passed a law that compels all businesses with assets worth more than $500,000 to be 51 percent black-owned within five years, according to a copy of the law distributed by Harare-based Veritas Trust.

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Tue Feb 09, 2010

www.eyewitnessnews.co.za | HChigege

South Africans arrested for stealing diamonds in Zimbabwe

Two executives of a South African firm were arrested in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on charges of stealing diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields.

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www.telegraph.co.uk | HChigege

Black Zimbabweans to take control of white-owned companies

White-owned companies in Zimbabwe are to be forced to hand majority control to black businessmen in a move that could lead to chaos rivalling the seizure of the country's commercial farms.

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zimbabweonlinepress.com | HChigege

MDC-T councillors fight over posts

Harare councillors are allegedly employing dirty tactics to outflank each other to lead the standing committees in the city council.

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Sunday Times

Private schools spring up in Zimbabwe

"No disruption to learning" touts a newspaper ad for a new private Zimbabwean school, one of many springing up in living rooms, backyards and plots across Harare.

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www.postzambia.com | HChigege

Civil servants in Zimbabwe demand $630 as minimum monthly salary

CIVIL servants in Zimbabwe yesterday began a potentially crippling strike until the inclusive government pays them a minimum salary of US $630 per month.

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KXMB-TV Bismarck

Zimbabwean law to require black business ownership

HARARE, Zimbabwe White businesspeople in Zimbabwe who don'4 cede control of their companies to black partners could face jail under a law going into effect nex4 month.

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AllAfrica.com

Zimbabwe: Civil Service Strike Paralyses Govt

Government operations came to a halt on Monday as the country's civil servants went on strike demanding better wages.

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Mon Feb 08, 2010

Voice of America

Zimbabwe Consumer Council Says Cost of Basic Foodstuffs Rises in January

CCZ Executive Director Rosemary Siyachitema said retailers have lifted prices in expectation of higher salaries for state employees Gibbs Dube Washington Photo: AP A man checks his grain after receiving it through the charity organization, Oxfam International, at a distribution center in Chirumhanzi, south east of Harare The Consumer Council of ...

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zimbabweonlinepress.com | HChigege

SISTAZ open mic at the Book Cafe Harare

The energy levels could not be contained; they danced, sung and there was lyrical delirium from the sistaz on the 3rd Birthday Bash in January.

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www.earthtimes.org | HChigege

Zimbabwean mines minister in trouble over diamond mine partners

Controversy deepened Monday over the Zimbabwean government's handling of the Chiadzwa diamond field in the eastern Zimbabwe, with revelations of serious irregularities by the mines minister and the South African companies involved.

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Voice of America

Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai Urges Unity of Purpose in Reducing Foreign Debt

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the Zimbabwean Cabinet was deeply divided on the way forward regarding debt clearance and called upon his ministers to shun political divisions Ntungamili Nkomo Washington 04 February 2010 Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday urged the unity government partners in Harare to set aside their ...

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ZWNews.com

Men raid offices of diamond firm in Zimbabwe

HEADLINES author/source:Sapa published:Thu 4-Feb-2010 posted on this site:Thu 4-Feb-2010 Made off with computers and a new pick-up truck.

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Sun Feb 07, 2010

Pan-African News Wire

Racism and Illegal Anglo-Saxon Sanctions Against Zimbabwe

Racism and illegal Anglo-Saxon sanctions against Zim AFRICAN FOCUS By Tafataona P. Mahoso Zimbabwe Sunday Mail Professor Jonathan Moyo's intervention in The Herald of February 4 2010 suggests that the sanctions issue and the imminent change in the Anglo-Saxon strategy on Zimbabwe will render MDC-T dispensable and disposable in the eyes of its white ...

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sundaystandard.info | HChigege

Botswana recalls Zimbabwean diplomats

Botswana this week recalled two senior diplomats based in Zimbabwe as the diplomatic row over three Batswana rangers arrested for entering Zimbabwe illegally escalated.

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zimbabwenewsonline.com | HChigege

Witches use python to fly and cobra to spit drought

A young woman from Munyoro area of Mutare District on Sunday confessed to being a witch before a chief's court, claiming that she and her uncle had used two snakes .

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zimnewsintelligence.com | HChigege

Zimbabwe defence forces commander Chiwenga feared to be buying weapons

SHIVERS appear to be running down the spine of diplomats in Harare and well-informed Zimbabweans in general who have manage to evade government`s grip on information amid reports of massive weapon purchases by Zimbabwe's defense forces commander, Constantine Chiwenga.

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www.thevoicebw.com | HChigege

Police allegedly shoot fleeing illegal immigrant

Dukwi Police have seized a shotgun that was allegedly used to shoot and injure an illegal migrant who tried to elude a police raid at Kutamogore village.

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sify.com | HChigege

Zimbabwean President Mugabe pays 5,000 dollars a day to his guards

A recent report has revealed that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is so paranoid about his security during his foreign visits that he pays a special allowance of 5,000 dollars a day to his guards.

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Earth Times

Zimbabwe police 'snatch consignment of diamonds from central bank'

Harare- A 29-kilogram consignment of diamonds from Zimbabwe's controversial Chiadzwa diamond field has disappeared after being removed on Thursday night by police from the central bank, in violation of orders by the country's supreme court, lawyers said at the weekend.

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