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Zim to keep foreign currencies in circulation till 2012

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

Zimbabwe said Monday it would keep foreign currencies as legal tender in the country until 2012, when it expects the economy to have recovered enough to re-introduce the domestic currency.

British Airways 'to resume Zimbabwe flights'

Zimbabwe airline in talks with SAA for partnership

Wed, Dec 16, 2009

Air Zimbabwe said Wednesday it was engaged in talks wi th the South African Airways (SAA) for a partnership allowing it to fly domestic

Zim clubs sign foreign players to beef up squads

Mon, Jan 04, 2010

Football - Zimbabwean football clubs, eager to break into the big league of the sport in Africa, are breaking with tradition and searching for talent on the wider African continent.

Zim telecommunication density rises sharply

Tue, Jan 05, 2010

As Zimbabwe's economy picked up last year, so did its telecommunications sector, a government study released Monday shows. It said more than four million people were connected to a telephone service, mainly mobile, at the end of 2009, compared to just one million at the start of the year.

CAF clamps two-tournament suspension on Togo

Sun, Jan 31, 2010

African Nations' Cup championships - The president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Issa Hayatou, on Saturday announced the suspension of Togo from the next two African Nations' Cup championships, citing the Lome's forceful withdrawal of its team from CAN 2010.

Zimbabwe bars foreign acquisition of oil companies

Thu, Mar 25, 2010

In the first enforcement of new controversial indigenisation laws, the Zimbabwe government announced Thursday it had barred two foreign companies from acquiring local asset of two multinational oil companies.

Angola seeks Zimbabwe military assistance

Mon, Apr 12, 2010

The Angolan government has embarked on seeking Zimbabwe's assistance in various military aspects, Angolan armed forces chief, General Fransisco Furtado said here Thursday.

IMF predicts zero growth for Zim in 2011

Fri, Apr 30, 2010

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has sharply down-graded economic growth projections for Zimbabwe this year, saying a variety of factors will limit this to just 2.2 per cent, down from the six percent earlier forecast.

US$1.7 billion diamonds to be auctioned

Mon, Jul 26, 2010

ZIMBABWE said Wednesday it will “immediately” auction a stockpile of more than 4.5 million carats of diamonds that it has been sitting on during the past nine months due to an international ban on trade in gems from the country’s controversial Marange fields.

Murdered Zimbabwe student was poisoned

Tue, Sep 21, 2010

Blantyre, Malawi - An autopsy carried out on the body of the murdered 25-year-old Zimbabwean accountancy student has revealed that she was poisoned, police have confirmed.

Zimbabwe makes more diamond discoveries

Sun, Oct 10, 2010

Harare, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's top mining official said Sunday there were reports of new diamond discoveries in several parts of the country. Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said there were reports of new diamond discoveries in three other provinces in the country, but did not give details, merely saying government was moving on the sites to secure them and prospect.