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No Indigenisation Act amendments: Nhema

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HARARE – Indegenisation minister Francis Nhema insists that there will be no amendments to the Empowerment Act until deliberations are completed. He told Parliament’s Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment portfolio committee yesterday that amendments to the policy — compelling foreigners to cede 51 percent shareholding to locals — will only be entertained when Cabinet presents changes…

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CFI losses widen

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HARARE – Listed agro-focused concern CFI Holdings Limited (CFI)’s losses widened to $5,5 million in the half year to March 2014 from $1,76 million incurred in prior comparable year. The group said the depressed performance was on the back of rationalisation costs, working capital constrains, low capacity utilisation and heavy financing costs. During the period…

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D-day for ‘Baba Jukwa’

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HARARE – The High Court will today hear the bail application by Edmund Kudzayi, the incarcerated editor of the State-controlled Sunday Mail, a day after his elder brother Phillip Tawanda, also in detention, was advised to approach the same court for his liberty. Police arrested the 28-year-old “IT expert” on Thursday last week after mounting…

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GOtv plots comeback

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MAURITIUS – Multichoice Africa says it is working on bringing back the digital terrestrial television service GOtv which was switched off in January this year. The television service, launched amid fanfare in February last year by partners who include Multichoice Africa and Transmedia, was switched off over shareholder differences. Multichoice Africa chief executive officer Nico…

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Tsvangirai raps Zanu PF

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HARARE – Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday renewed his rivalry with President Robert Mugabe, telling councillors elected on his party ticket that the ruling Zanu PF was taking people for granted. With the country’s economy in free-fall, service delivery in most local authorities is failing, while council employees are the hardest hit as municipalities, both…

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Factbox: Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi

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HARARE – Here are some facts about Edmund Kudzayi, editor of the Sunday Mail, whom we will learn today whether he will be freed on bail in connection with accusations of insurgency, terrorism, banditry, sabotage, attempting to subvert a constitutionally elected government and failing to secure firearms. PERSONAL LIFE: — Kudzayi was born in Masvingo…

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I snubbed Gumbura’s wives — Mujuru

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HARARE – Acting president Joice Mujuru has said she snubbed five of jailed rapist Robert Gumbura’s wives who were seeking their husband’s amnesty. Mujuru told delegates at the National Women’s Constitution Conference yesterday that some of Gumbura’s wives visited her office to try and secure his release, but she refused to entertain them. Gumbura is…

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‘Macheso paternity results genuine’

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HARARE – Sungura artiste Alick Macheso’s claims that the paternity tests were rigged are baseless, the National Blood Transfusion Service Zimbabwe (NBTSZ) said yesterday. While acknowledging the musician’s right to query the paternity tests in writing through his lawyers, NBTSZ insisted they handled the paternity tests in a professional manner. “The paternity procedure carried out…

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Moyo fails to turn up

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HARARE – Jonathan Moyo, minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services yesterday, failed to appear before a parliamentary portfolio committee to answer questions about the arrest of the Sunday Mail editor Edmund Kudzayi and realignment of media laws. Moyo was invited by the Media, Information and Broadcasting Services parliamentary committee to give oral evidence. The…

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MDC vehicle wrangle case further deferred

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BULAWAYO – A magistrate here has referred the case involving MDC Bulawayo youth secretary and the party’s deputy president Thokozani Khupe’s chauffer both who allegedly assaulted a rival party member over party property to the High Court for hearing. Ousted Matabeleland North provincial chairperson Sengezo Tshabangu’s driver alleges he was assaulted by party functionaries who…

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