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Zim: Local brands back for Christmas

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:39:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's traditional brands, which had been wiped out by a now-receding decade-old economic crisis, have bounced back and are competing for space in supermarket shelves overflowing with choice imports.
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AfriForum assist SA farmers in Zim

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:18:00 +0200

PRETORIA: AfriForum plans to assist a group of South African farmers with land in Zimbabwe this week to prevent a discriminatory investment agreement between the governments of South Africa and Zimbabwe, which is to be signed in Harare on Friday, 27 November 2009.
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SADC calls for reform of FAO

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:13:00 +0200

ROME: The assistant secretary-general of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Domingos Caholo, has called for an institutional reform in the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to ensure better implementation of its programmes.
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Zim: Retailers get into the festive mood

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:49:00 +0200

For Zimbabweans, Christmas has of late never been this merry: over the past decade, they have had to battle a hyperinflationary crisis that made it impossible to budget for festivities, while retailers shunned festive season indulgences for customers. Then there were empty shelves to contend with over the last two years.
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Chinese to boost agriculture in Mozambique

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:08:00 +0200

A Chinese centre for research and transfer of agricultural technology is set to open in Mozambique in early 2010. The facility will use China's farming expertise to boost the African country's agricultural productivity by improving cultivation methods and training local scientists and farmers.
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Retailers bring back credit to lure customers

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:27:00 +0200

Zimbabwe's retailers, which had withdrawn credit facilities due to a hyperinflationary crisis, have brought back the credit terms for retail customers.
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Lesotho: A mountain of challenges

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:30:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been feeding people in Lesotho since 1965, yet the tiny mountain kingdom is still not much closer to achieving food self-sufficiency. Time to overhaul the approach, aid agencies say.
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Zim: Kimberley Process ignores its own advice

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:45:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: Zimbabwe's rough diamond trade has escaped a six-month suspension by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) - an international initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds - after its own investigating team recommended earlier in 2009 that the country be temporarily barred from importing and exporting the gems.
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Zimbabwean diamonds face ban

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0200

Zimbabwe faces having its diamonds suspended from international trading because of alleged human rights abuses by government security forces in the country's diamond fields.
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Bidvest Namibia share-offer oversubscribed

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:34:00 +0200

Bidvest Namibia, the commercial services and fishing business, announced late last week that its public offer of 50 719 000 ordinary shares had been oversubscribed. Applications for 54 809 716 shares came in from 676 applicants.
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