by AFP
Wed, Jan 25, 2012
Zimbabwe is set to raise registration fees for platinum mines to $2.5 million from the $300 it currently costs to discourage the holding of claims for speculative purposes, state media reported on Wednesday.
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by University News
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
The Zimbabwean government has relaunched student grants, to be financed from diamond sales, in an effort to resuscitate the tertiary sector. Companies have also pulled resources together to come up with student loans. The country's 2012 national budget has been lauded by lawmakers for prioritising higher education.
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by Special correspondent
Sat, Jan 14, 2012
KWEKWE As tales surrounding the discovery of alluvial gold in Kwekwe continue to unfold, reports have emerged the deposits were discovered by a leader of an apostolic sect through a vision.
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by SW radio
Fri, Jan 13, 2012
A group of commercial farmers whose properties in Zimbabwe were confiscated are due to appear in Chiredzi Magistrates' Court on Monday, facing the criminal charge of "illegally occupying State Land without a permit”.
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Mon, Jan 09, 2012
HARARE - Paragons of corruption and merchants of doom have nothing left to be ashamed of for they are now definitely convinced that time for their ill-gotten riches is nearing its end and for that reason are now determined to mercilessly exhaust remnants of Zimbabwe’s wealth leaving little amounts of wealth for future generations. A lot of political oratory has been uttered concerning
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by Special correspondent
Tue, Jan 03, 2012
Last fortnight, many supporters of the Oppenheimers’ diamond empire were in a flap. The Indian government had finally decided to clear trade in diamonds with Zimbabwe.
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by Staff reporter and agencies
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Tests have shown that stones which sparked a rush in Beitbridge recently were not diamonds but aquamarine stones, a Government minister has said.
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by Special correspondent
Mon, Jan 02, 2012
Zesa Holdings has completed upgrading its billing system under an initiative aimed at ensuring electricity customers receive accurate bills.
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by Reuters
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Zimbabwe is considering a ban on raw platinum exports in a bid to force miners to set up refineries in the country, but this move will not take place "overnight", a government official said on Wednesday.
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by AFP
Wed, Dec 28, 2011
Arda Transau - They used to live on one of the world's richest diamond fields, but now thousands of Zimbabweans await compensation after they had to make way for state-linked mining companies this year.
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by SAPA
Fri, Dec 23, 2011
The Rapaport Group of diamond traders on Thursday said it would boycott diamonds from Zimbabwe's Marange field, which has been widely associated with human rights abuses.
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