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Posted by ZDN on December 7, 2009
PRESS STATEMENT After months of stress and the heart-ache of trying to load a lifetime’s work onto the back of dusty trucks, Mrs Hester Theron (79), a commercial farmer from the Beatrice district of Zimbabwe, has been given a glimmer of hope. On November 6, a Harare magistrate gave Mrs Theron a month to vacate her dairy farm, where she has lived for the past 50 years, or face a prison sent...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 25, 2009
Politics Zanu-PF pre-Congress provincial nominations reveal a widening rift within the party. Vice-president Joice Mujuru has been nominated to retain her position, representing a defeat for the man even insiders call 'the cruellest one' - Defence Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa. John Nkomo is set to become the second vice-president, replacing the late Joseph Msika. Nkomo's vacated post of Zanu...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 20, 2009
MDC Media Release The MDC is extremely concerned at the dragging of feet by Zanu PF and Professor Mutambara’s party in resolving the outstanding issues as advised by the guarantors. The deadline set by the SADC troika for the resolution of outstanding issues has once again been missed because of the intransigence, mischief and insincerity exhibited by the political players who are not taki...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on November 17, 2009
Politics The three principals in Zimbabwe’s coalition government met on Friday to negotiate a solution to outstanding issues threatening the power-sharing agreement. President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara face a 30-day deadline set by the SADC Troika. Botswana's President Ian Khama has again called for the holding of new ele...
Continue ReadingPosted by ZDN on October 14, 2009
Business South Africa’s largest food retailer, Shoprite, said it is no longer pursuing investment opportunities in Zimbabwe, citing political and economic “uncertainty.” Shoprite/Checkers planned to buy OK Bazaars, Zimbabwe’s second largest supermarket chain, despite the recent designation of the Meikles/TM supermarkets Group by Zimbabwe government interests. The Reserve Bank of ...
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