By Aaron Mutara – The government indigenisation bill has discouraged investors to invest in the country because it recommends that investors cede 51 percent of there shares to the people. Currently the country is in turmoil and we need investors to boost our economy so that we can start producing and manufacturing for ourselves. The bill targets to empower the black majority and is spear headed by minister Saviour Kasukuwere. If foreign investors cede the 51 percent they will no longer control their companies because they will have the least number of shares. The current situation concerning investment in Zimbabwe... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 |
By Ronald Murevererwi – Zimbabwe joins the rest of the African continent in commemorating the day of the African in light of the innocent children who were brutally killed in Soweto during the apartheid in defence of their right to education through protest. This year’s commemorations come at a time when Africa stands as the continent with the highest number of children who are out of school at the backdrop of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) aiming to achieve free education for all children in Africa by 2015. As the continent is taking the centre stage culminated with the hosting of... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 16th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – The lobby group AfriForum will meet with a senior legal team this week to decide on legal steps against the South African government in response to the latter’s neglect to protect the lives and property of South Africans in Zimbabwe. On 9 June 2010, AfriForum served a lawyer’s letter to the Department of Trade and Industry to demand that the South African government should intervene urgently to protect citizens in Zimbabwe. There was no response to AfriForum’s letter to the Department was given time to midnight, 15 June 2010. This step followed after several South Africans farming... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, June 16th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – HARARE, — PAC has called for the release from detention of human rights activist, Farai Maguwu, and the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Kimberley Process A new PAC report about Zimbabwe’s contested diamond fields is about many things: smuggling and frontier hucksterism; a scramble fuelled by raw economic desperation and unfathomable greed; and heart-wrenching cases of government-sponsored repression and human rights violations. It’s a story about political intrigue, ambition and a complete disregard for decency or the rule of law. It is also a story of how the Kimberley Process – the international initiative created to ensure... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
Zimbabwe left the Commonwealth in 2003, and since then there has been little contact with it for ordinary Zimbabweans. In 2009, to celebrate its 60th anniversary, a “Commonwealth Conversation” was held in many member countries. The British Council organised the Commonwealth Conversation in Harare, at the University of Zimbabwe, so that for the first time since their country left, several hundred young Zimbabweans could talk openly about what the Commonwealth means to them. Below are some FAQs with the British Council Office in Zimbabwe: Why does the British Council continue to work in Zimbabwe? The purpose of the British Council... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
