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Insider - October 2008 |
UNDP investigator coming to Harare A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) special investigator, Frank Dutton, is coming to Harare this week to investigate allegations that UNDP vehicles were used to smuggle diamonds from River Ranch mine near Beitbridge into South Africa nearly two years ago. Full story
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AMSCO tight-lipped about its contract with River Ranch United Nations-owned African Management Services Company (AMSCO) terminated its contract with Zimbabwean diamond mining company River Ranch Limited more than a year ago but it has refused to disclose terms of its three-year contract. Full story
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Plan to revive ZAPU likely to flop Some disgruntled members of the disbanded Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) are planning to relaunch the party scuttling the 21-year-old unity pact with the Zimbabwe African National Union -Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) signed in 1987. Full story
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Bulawayo rejects special interest councillors Bulawayo city fathers have rejected the proposed list of special interest councillors arguing that the government was trying to sneak ZANU-PF activists, including those defeated in the March 29 polls, back into the MDC-dominated council.Full story |
Turk Mine stops production Turk Mine, about 55 km north of Bulawayo, has stopped gold production and has been placed on "care and maintenance" because it has not been paid nearly US$3 million it is owed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. Full story
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