Chiefs in Zimbabwe have always played a major role in politics, and this election is no exception
Mugabe’s appearance before the Mines and Mining Development Committee is now expected to be within the next two weeks
President Robert Mugabe was dismissed as leader of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday in a move to force a peaceful end.
Run down by poor management and government interference, the airline now finds itself insolvent, and failing to attract investment.
Politicians have unite to condemn Mines Minister Obert Mpofu’s favouring of SA firm and clandestine trade of Marange gems.
Zimbabwe’s mining minister vowed that the country "will no longer be begging" after the Kimberley Process approved sales of its Marange diamonds.
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/ 14 September 2011
Zimbabwe says it will not suspend any mining permits and exceptions may be made to laws requiring foreign miners to give majority stakes to locals.
Zimbabwe’s mines minister said on Wednesday the country was reviewing a Bill forcing foreign companies to sell stakes in their businesses.
Zimbabwe’s mines minister, who is on a list of officials close to President Robert Mugabe, has been kept from attending a conference in London.
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/ 29 January 2008
The Zimbabwean Ministry of Industry and International Trade will within the next 40 days open ”people’s shops” countrywide after the Cabinet last week approved the concept, the government mouthpiece Herald newspaper reported on Tuesday. The people’s shops ”will provide basic commodities aimed at the very low-income earners”.
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/ 17 December 2007
Zimbabwe has struck a deal to import crude oil from Equatorial Guinea and is planning to reopen a refinery to process fuel and ease acute shortages, state media reported on Monday. Crunch shortages of fuel, foreign currency and food are a sign of the Southern African nation’s deep economic crisis.
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/ 17 September 2007
The Zimbabwe government’s threat to take over companies defying controversial price controls is not a joke, Industry Minister Obert Mpofu was quoted as saying on Monday. Obert Mpofu told the ruling Zanu-PF party members meeting at the weekend in western Zimbabwe that the government had already started identifying companies it plans to take over.