APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) The Zimbabwean government and the country’s largest foreign investor, Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (ZIMPLATS) have reached an agreement giving the mining firm until November to submit a revised plan to transfer shareholding to indigenous black Zimbabweans, APA learns here on Wednesday.
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Published September, 14 th 2011
Zimbabwe, South African miner in black empowerment compromise deal
Published September, 13 th 2011
High-level KP team to assess Zimbabwe diamond industry
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A high-profile team from the global diamond watchdog Kimberley Process is set to visit Zimbabwe this week to assess the state of the country’s diamond industry which has attracted negative publicity over alleged human rights abuses.
Published September, 13 th 2011
Zimbabwean arts centre receives award
APA- Harare (Zimbabwe)– A Zimbabwean arts and culture venue is one of the 10 recipients of the Prince Claus Awards given annually to individuals and organizations that excel in promoting cultural and social development through free speech and artistic expression.
Published September, 13 th 2011
Mugabe tells EU to back off from Zimbabwe
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) President Robert Mugabe has renewed his call for the European Union to keep off Zimbabwe’s internal politics, telling visiting EU External Relations chief Nicholas Westcott that Brussels had no right to lecture Harare on governance and rule of law.
Published September, 12 th 2011
S/African women’s and men’s hockey teams qualify for London Olympics
APA-Bulawayo (Zimbabwe) On Sunday, both of the South African men’s and women’s teams succeeded in qualifying themselves for the 2012 London Olympics, after they realized victories against Kenya and Egypt in the final of the African qualifying tournament played in Zimbabwe.
The game opposing the South African women’s team to the Kenyans in the African Cup qualifier tournament final took place at Khumalo Hockey Stadium in Zimbabwe’s second city of Bulawayo.
On the other hand, the South African male team won the game against Egypt by a score of 1-0 in the second final held at the same stadium on Sunday night.
Earlier was the game opposing Ghana to Zimbabwe which finished by an overall result of 4-3 at the expense of Zimbabwe after the Ghanaian team won the penalty shout out 3-2, putting the winning team at the third place. The match had finished at 1-1 in regulation time.
As to the men’s third place went to the Ghanaian team following a 5-1 defeat of Kenya while the men’s fifth/sixth place was shared by Zimbabwe and Morocco respectively after the sides finished 1-1.
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2011-09-12 10:27:19
Published September, 11 th 2011
Pakistan clinches ODI series against Zimbabwe
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Pakistan clinched the three-match One Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe with an emphatic ten wicket victory over the southern Africans in Harare on Sunday.
Published September, 11 th 2011
ZANU-PF should punish WikiLeaks “sellouts” – party official
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A senior official of President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF has called for stiff penalties for members of the party named in leaked US diplomatic cables, describing Sunday those calling for the resignation of the long-serving Zimbabwean leader as “sellouts” who should be severely dealt with.
Published September, 11 th 2011
Zimbabwe mulls ban on imported “tyres of death”
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwe is considering banning imports of "tyres of death" that do not conform to the local climate and roads, the government media reported on Sunday.
Published September, 10 th 2011
Zimbabwean officials to discuss power-sharing progress at Netherlands forum
APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A group of Zimbabwean officials are scheduled to participate in an experts meeting in the Netherlands next week to discuss the status of political reforms since the signing of a power-sharing pact among Zimbabwe’s main political parties three years ago, APA learns in Harare on Saturday.
Published September, 9 th 2011
Mugabe rejects request for Western observers in Zimbabwe polls
APA Harare (Zimbabwe) Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has turned down a request by the United Kingdom to allow British and European Union observers in the southern African country’s next elections tentatively set for 2012, state media reported Friday.
Published September, 9 th 2011
Three African countries owe IMF US$2 billion in overdue payments
APA Harare (Zimbabwe) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Friday that three African countries, Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe, were in protracted overdue financial obligations to the Fund totalling more than US$2.1 billion, some of which date back to the mid-1980s, according to an IMF statement APA received in Harare.
