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  • Zimbabwe mines reject state control

    The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe, which represents companies including Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., rejected a proposal for the state to control mineral production and prices, a draft response from the industry organization obtained by Bloomberg News ...

  • Italian Embassy in Drive to Boost Business Ties

    Relations between Zimbabwe and Italy are set to further improve after the Italian Embassy in Harare launched introductory courses in the Italian language to interested Zimbabweans free of charge with a view to strengthening the growing business and cultural ties between the two countries. Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the first group of students in Harare last week, Italian Ambassador ...

  • Equities Hit All-Time High

    EQUITIES on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange hit an all-time high last Friday, helped by gains in blue chips while Delta Corporation ended at another record high after releasing impressive earnings. The industrial index hit a new record high of 210,29 points, after advancing 1,7 percent while the mining index rose 0,96 percent to 75,56 points on gains in Hwange Colliery Company and RioZim Ltd. ...

  • Zimbabwe Tsvangirai Vows to Undo Indigenisation

    MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has vowed to reverse Zanu-PF's indigenisation and economic empowerment drive if he assumes power, saying most farmers who benefited from land reform will be brought back to urban centres to work in the industries. He made the revelations while addressing an MDC-T star rally at Zimbabwe Grounds in Highfield, Harare, yesterday. The MDC-T leader, whose party ...

  • Zimbabweans missing after Egypt party

    Five young Zimbabweans have gone "missing" after celebrating the victory of the Egyptian revolution. The five opposition supporters are believed to be in ...


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The Scorpion King [DVD]

The Scorpion King [DVD]

One of the most important rules of the modern movie marketplace is that, to be truly successful, a movie must be able to continue life in sequels and spin-offs. Stephen Sommers' The Mummy (1999), a very loose action-adventure remake of the 1932 Boris Karloff classic, has proved to be exactly that, having spun off a sequel, 2001's The Mummy Returns, which grossed more than its predec ... ...

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  • House of Assembly Ratifies Law

    The House of Assembly has ratified the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons. The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons was signed in Kampala in 2009 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted on December 13 2006. In moving the motion on the ...

  • Confusion Over UMDP Leadership

    Confusion is reigning supreme in the United Movement for Democracy Party (UMDP), a new Gweru-based political outfit whose supporters think it is linked to businessman Mr Mutumwa Mawere, although he vehemently denies any involvement in the party. Although Mr Mawere, who claims to be a ruling African National Congress (ANC) party official has once again distanced himself from the party, some UMDP ...

  • Negative Zim Picture Must Change

    TOP industrialist Mr Anthony Mandiwanza is concerned about the "distorted" representation of Zimbabwe and posits that a strategic response is now needed to demystify the negative perceptions. In a recent interview, the former president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries said "some" misinformed statements about the country reflected ignorance and stereotype gripping ...

  • Security Reform Not GPA Issue

    The publication of American diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks exposed the sinister motives behind the American government's drive towards a programme of "reforming" (read weakening) the security sector in Zimbabwe to pave way for regime change in which the US government would install an MDC-T puppet regime. The cables made it clear that the so-called security sector reform is ...

  • Woman Scalds Hubby for Denying Her Conjugal Rights

    A Mwenezi polygamous man is recuperating in hospital after suffering severe facial and neck burns when he was drenched with hot cooking oil by his second wife for allegedly denying her conjugal rights on Monday. Zakaria Mukanganwi (29) of New Stands at Rutenga Growth Point is recovering at Neshuro District Hospital after his second wife -- Loveness Shumba (16) -- allegedly scalded him with hot ...

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