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Projected electricity growth doubtful

ZIMBABWE is unlikely to meet the projected electricity generation growth of 4,5 percent this year, with energy experts saying no new plants are likely to be commissioned before year-end. (more…)

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February 13, 2014

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Harare: city nurturing a disaster

HARARE’S aerial view stunningly flatters to deceive. From miles above the well-knit rooftops of hundreds upon thousands of houses, sprawling around the compact high rise buildings of the central business district, Harare exhibits an outlook of a well planned modern and expanding metropolitan. On a clear day, the city’s…

February 13, 2014

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702 developers in land scramble

HARARE has an astounding 702 housing cooperatives scrambling for land to parcel out to desperate home seekers, which could explain the mushrooming of illegal settlements throughout the city. The land scramble, coming at a time when the capital city has long run out of space for new housing, raises…

February 13, 2014

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Gono responds to Kereke’s challenge

THE feud between former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono and his former advisor, Munyaradzi Kereke, has taken a number of twists and turns since 2012 when it first broke out; starting as a verbal spat between the two, and degenerating towards the end of last…

February 5, 2014

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Mobile wars intensify

THE country's second largest mobile phone operator, Telecel Zimbabwe launched its mobile money transfer service Telecash in a move that is set to raise the stakes against the hugely popular Ecocash run by its rival, Econet Wireless. (more…)

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February 5, 2014

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Electricity generation key to platinum refinery

BILLIONS of dollars required to set up a local platinum refinery could go to waste if government, which has been pushing mines to fast-track the project, fails to assess the real implications of its political decision, analysts have warned. (more…)

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February 5, 2014

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Overspending destroying Zim economy

THE government is guilty of it. So are some parastatals and quasi State entities such as the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and the Public Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS), among others. (more…)

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January 29, 2014

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A FORTNIGHT ago, Mashonaland Central Minister of State for Provincial Affairs, Martin Dinha, found himself with no choice but to quote scriptures from the Bible to defuse a potentially volatile situation at the burial of a woman who was said to have developed medical complications while in the…

January 29, 2014

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Who owns Chisumbanje ethanol project?

GOVERNMENT has only 10 percent shareholding in the Chisumbanje ethanol project, way below the more than 51 percent a Cabinet committee had recommended.A Cabinet taskforce set up during the inclusive government had recommended that government’s interest in the joint venture in which the State, through the Agricultural Rural…

January 29, 2014

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Govt in shocking expenditure

THE cash-strapped government incurred a shocking US$500 million in unauthorised expenditures by its various ministries and departments in a clear indication that the 2013 National Budget sustained a higher deficit than initially projected. (more…)

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January 23, 2014

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