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  • Chinese Vice Premier Leaves

    Chinese Vice Premier Mr Wang Yang yesterday said his three-day visit to Zimbabwe was meant to consolidate the traditional friendship between the two countries for future co-operation. Speaking through an interpreter before his departure at Harare International Airport, Mr Wang said without friendship between the two countries there would not be any co-operation. Mr Wang arrived in Zimbabwe on ...

  • Concern Over Low Uptake of Youth Fund

    THERE has been a low uptake of the Youth Fund launched two years ago by Old Mutual as only US$2,7 million has been disbursed out of the US$10 million set aside to help young people in various empowerment projects. Lack of requisite skills have been cited as it emerged that out of more than US$4 million worth of projects approved, only US$2,7 million has been disbursed from the fund being ...

  • Mugabes under the spotlight – Zimbabwes first family filmed at home

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe with first lady Grace Mugabe at his 89th birthday celebration in February. Photograph: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP/Getty ...

  • Seed CO Profits Take a Tumble

    ZIMBABWE Stock Exchange-listed seed producer Seed Co's after-tax profits plunged 34 percent to US$12,6 million in the year to March 31, 2013, weighed down by a decline in sales. Revenue for the 12 months also took a knock at US$111 million, representing a 6 percent retreat on the previous year. In a statement, group secretary Mr John Matorofa said the intake rate of the Government's ...

  • Poultry Products Now Competitive

    The regularising of imports and removal of import duty on soya meal has resulted in the local poultry producers competing with the South Africa, Zimbabwe Poultry Association chairman, Mr Solomon Zawe, has said. Speaking at the ZPA annual general meeting in Harare on Wednesday, Mr Zawe said there has been a remarkable decline of imported poultry products on the market. He said Brazilian ...


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I Am Curious—Blue (Jag ärr nyfiken—en film i blått) [DVD]

I Am Curious—Blue (Jag ärr nyfiken—en film i blått) [DVD]

I Am CuriousYellow would mostly likely be a forgotten movieleft somewhere in the multitudinous ranks of 1960s experimental avant-garde films that mix sex and politicsif the U.S. Customs Office hadnt seized the first copy being imported by its distributor, Grove Press, into the United States in 1968. In its misguided attempt to protect decent American citizens from Swedish obscenity, the gov ... ...

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  • Philips to Invest in Zim Health

    Royal PHILIPS, the leading global healthcare and lighting company, has expressed its commitment to help improve health care infrastructure in the country. Debriefing journalists in Harare yesterday about their annual roadshow, the company's general manager in Africa, Mr Peter van de Ven, said technology enhanced lives as it enabled early detection of complications. This year's ...

  • Zimra Faces Internet Challenges At Beitbridge Border Post

    Beitbridge Bureau - The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has engaged their internet service provider to attend to the technical fault at Manica Transit Shed in Beitbridge where the processing of vehicle imports has been seriously affected by connectivity problems. The development follows an outcry by car importers forcing the parastatal to revert to calculating duty for vehicle imports at Beitbridge ...

  • The Case for Buying Local Goods

    AS we edge towards the Buy Zimbabwe Procurement Conference scheduled for Monday May 27, at the Meikles Hotel, the demand for decisiveness in taking practical steps to reduce the current unsustainable import deficit by, among other things, definitive local procurement quotas, has gained momentum On Wednesday, the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development held the last of its public consultation ...

  • Water Situation in Harare to Ease

    POTABLE water supply to all parts of Harare is likely to stabilise in another 10 months once work on the first phase of the African Development Bank funded Water Supply and Sanitation Rehabilitation Project (UWSSRP) is complete, a senior council official has said. Town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi gave the assurance after he confirmed that work had begun at Morton Jaffray Water Treatment Plant and ...

  • President Signs New Constitution Into Law

    Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has signed into law the country's new constitution which aims to bolster human rights and curb presidential powers. As a next step, lawmakers must set a date for general elections. "This is a happening of joy, great joy indeed," Mugabe said at the signing ceremony on Wednesday to loud applause from lawmakers. "We want now to build the ...

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