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  • Zimbabwe to institute compulsory infrastructure sharing

    Zimbabwe's government has announced plans to institute compulsory infrastructure sharing among telecommunication providers, in order to remove the duplication in investments, which saw an overinvestment in some areas of the country, resulting in environmental degradation while others have remained neglected. The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure ...

  • Bottled Water Must Meet Standards

    Many businesses and thousands of Harare families have installed large tanks which they fill with municipal water when they can but usually have to buy water from the scores of new businesses that truck water around the city. The city council is now worried about the quality of that water. If they could supply enough, even only every other day or twice a week, they would not have to worry. ...

  • Stop Infighting and Strengthen Party Structures Zanu-PF Urged

    Zanu-PF National Consultative Assembly member, Cde Soul Nzuma, has implored party supporters to concentrate on strengthening the revolutionary party rather than jostling for positions ahead of harmonised elections this year. Cde Nzuma said what was critical now was to ensure that members mobilised support so that the party's presidential candidate, President Mugabe, wins resoundingly. He ...

  • Zimbabwe DJ Munya Arrested On Murder Charge

    STAR FM DJ Munyaradzi Mlimo - popularly known as DJ Munya a- has been arrested on allegations of kidnapping and killing a man he suspected of engaging in an extra-marital affair with his wife. The DJ reportedly forced the man to drink poison. The radio personality was arrested last Thursday in Harare following the disappearance of the man, who was only identified as Magorimbo. DJ Munya was ...

  • 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 ...


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Coup de torchon [DVD]

Coup de torchon [DVD]

Director Bertrand Tavernier has described his Coup de torchon (Clean Slate) as a film about redemption through crime. Based on the 1964 pulp paperback Pop. 1280 by Jim Thompson, whose novels also provided source material for Sam Peckinpah's The Getaway (1972) and Stephen Frears' The Grifters (1990), Coup de torchon is a study in amorality disguised as ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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