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  • Zimbabwe’s mines body rejects bid to control production

    THE CHAMBER of Mines of Zimbabwe, which represents companies including Impala Platinum, had rejected a proposal for the state to control mineral production and prices, a draft response from the industry organisation obtained by Bloomberg News ...

  • Naaz Confirms Tanganda Half-Marathon 2013

    THE sponsors of the prestigious Tanganda 21km Half-Marathon race have committed themselves to the race for the second year running. The event made a dramatic comeback on the national athletics calendar last year since 2004 with Olympians Wirimayi Juwawo and Sharon Tavengwa asserting their status as top long distance runners in Zimbabwe when they won the race in their respective categories. ...

  • Zim Boxing Act Shuts Doors for Women

    Paul Nenjerama, the president of the Zimbabwe National Boxing and Wrestling Board of Control (ZNBWBC) has revealed that the current boxing Act needs to be amended to make it gender sensitive. Nenjerama, whose board replaced the one headed by Richard Hondo in February, said the current ZNBWBC Act (1956), does not allow women in Zimbabwe to join the sport. Section 1 (c) II of the Act which was ...

  • Zimbabwe Zambia US envoys cycle for tourism

    THE United States ambassadors to Zimbabwe and Zambia will on Tuesday begin a three-day cross-border bike ride between the two countries to promote tourism. Ambassadors Bruce Wharton, the US envoy to Zimbabwe, and Mark Storella, Washington's man in Lusaka, will be joined by diplomatic staff and celebrities from both countries including comedian Carl Joshua Ncube, ZiFM DJ Lorraine Bgoya and ...

  • Finance Minister says an MDC-T Govt Would Push for Debt Cancellation

    WASHINGTON -- Finance Minister Tendai Biti says a government led by his MDC party would push for the cancellation of the country’s foreign debt. Assuming his party wins upcoming elections, Mr. Biti said a post-Mugabe era might bring support for debt cancellation, helping government create jobs and lift people out of poverty. Mr. Biti, the MDC-T secretary general, says the ...


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In "The Sweet Hereafter," writer/director Atom Egoyan takes us beyond the tragedy of death into the tragedy of living. He shows us how it isn't dying that hurts, but rather the pain of living in the hereafter of death, and dealing with the loss and grief that it brings. On a cold winter day in a small, isolated town in British Columbia, a school bus full of children slides off the highway and onto ... ...

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  • Children Living With HIV in Zimbabwes Rural Communities Lack Treatment

    WASHINGTON -- Most children living with the HIV virus in Zimbabwe’s rural communities are failing to access life-saving anti-retroviral drugs early because new technology that can detect the virus six weeks from birth is only available at central hospitals in the cities, preventing the country from attaining universal access in the treatment of minors living with the killer virus. The ...

  • Zimbabwe Launches Human Resource Website To Target Skilled Diaspora Community

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  • Zimbabwe Activists Urge Harare to Financially Support Human Rights Commission

    WASHINGTON -- Activists say it is a shame that institutions like the Human Rights Commission that were created to ensure rights abuses become are abolished in Zimbabwe, are not receiving budgetary allocations from the government to support their work. Last week commission chair, Jacob Mudenda, told a parliamentary committee their work was being compromised by lack of funds. Mudenda said ...

  • Zimbabwe mining chamber criticizes minerals proposals

    A conveyor belt carries ore extracted at Mimosa Platinum mine about 400km south of Harare, Feb. 16, 2012. Zimbabwe's mining chamber said tighter proposed state control over the sale of minerals would hit Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., slow down foreign investment and stunt growth in the industry. (PHILIMON ...

  • Electoral Body and Zimbabwe Gov’t Owe State Vehicle Firm Millions of Dollars

    WASHINGTON -- The government and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission owe the Central Mechanical and Engineering Department (CMED) more than $13 million, a situation the state-owned company said is untenable, especially as the country heads for national elections. Managing director Davision Mhaka says the government and ZEC should pay up if the CMED is to effectively participate in the ...

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