http://www.voazimbabwe.com/archive/economy/latest/3152/3156.html The Voice of America is one of the world's most trusted sources for news and information from the United States and around the world. VOA is a multi media news organization using radio, television, and the internet to distribute content in 45 languages. http://www.voanews.com/img/voa/rssLogo_VOA.gif http://www.voazimbabwe.com/archive/economy/latest/3152/3156.html en 2012 - VOA 60 Mon, 28 Mar 2016 12:44:48 +0200 Pangea CMS – VOA The cabinet decision made this decision on Wednesday, which was announced by Indigenization Minister Patrick Zhuwao. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-tells-companies-failing-to-comply-with-indigenization-law-to-shutdown/3251360.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-tells-companies-failing-to-comply-with-indigenization-law-to-shutdown/3251360.html Wed, 23 Mar 2016 20:11:35 +0200 NewsEconomyPoliticsStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Thomas Chiripasi)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-tells-companies-failing-to-comply-with-indigenization-law-to-shutdown/3251360.html#relatedInfoContainer “Zimbabwe and South Africa used to be the leading countries in the construction of small dams. A lot of farmers used to irrigate their farms. That investment has since stopped in Zimbabwe … ” http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/water-forests-key-economic-empowerment-tools/3251709.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/water-forests-key-economic-empowerment-tools/3251709.html Wed, 23 Mar 2016 18:27:58 +0200 NewsEconomyFood and agriculturenoreply@voanews.com (Chioneso Jani)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/water-forests-key-economic-empowerment-tools/3251709.html#relatedInfoContainer Samuel Wadzayi, director of the Vendors Initiative for Social and Economic Transformation said his members will not heed calls by the Gweru City Council to vacate their current vending sites in the central business district. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-politics-gweru-vendors-human-rights/3247836.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-politics-gweru-vendors-human-rights/3247836.html Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:34:37 +0200 NewsEconomyHuman rightsPoliticsRadioZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Jonga Kandemiiri)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-politics-gweru-vendors-human-rights/3247836.html#relatedInfoContainer "I think there is a bright future for Cuba and I think people like us in Zimbabwe should also take lessons from that to see that it’s possible to resolve challenges and move forward." http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/us-president-barack-obama-cuba-raul-castro/3247812.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/us-president-barack-obama-cuba-raul-castro/3247812.html Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:32:47 +0200 AfricaUSAEconomyPoliticsWorldZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (VOA Staff, Marvellous Mhlanga-Nyahuye)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/us-president-barack-obama-cuba-raul-castro/3247812.html#relatedInfoContainer Speaking in a political panel, Nick Mangwana of Zanu PF and George Mkhwanazi of the People’s Democratic Party led by Tendai Biti, agreed that plugging diamond mining loopholes is an insurmountable task. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-diamonds/3244783.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-diamonds/3244783.html Sat, 19 Mar 2016 02:37:03 +0200 NewsCivil societyEconomyRadioStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Gibbs Dube)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-diamonds/3244783.html#relatedInfoContainer Zanu PF’s London-based Nick Mangwana and George Mkhwanazi of the People’s Democratic Party are among Zimbabweans calling for the punishment of people who looted diamond proceeds. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabweans-urge-govt-to-arrest-people-linked-to-15-billion-diamond-scandal/3243739.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabweans-urge-govt-to-arrest-people-linked-to-15-billion-diamond-scandal/3243739.html Fri, 18 Mar 2016 22:24:59 +0200 NewsCivil societyEconomyPoliticsRadioStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Gibbs Dube)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabweans-urge-govt-to-arrest-people-linked-to-15-billion-diamond-scandal/3243739.html#relatedInfoContainer Getting fresh money will also depend on Harare settling its $1,8 billion in arrears to the international lenders. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/imf-says-zimbabwe-/3243752.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/imf-says-zimbabwe-/3243752.html Fri, 18 Mar 2016 17:50:24 +0200 NewsAfricaEconomyRadioStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Blessing Zulu)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/imf-says-zimbabwe-/3243752.html#relatedInfoContainer "We are disappointed that a whole president will come out now and look around and say such a thing happened. He actually must consider resigning with his entire entourage of cabinet.” http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-mugabe-diamonds/3242403.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-mugabe-diamonds/3242403.html Thu, 17 Mar 2016 21:16:57 +0200 NewsCivil societyEconomyStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Gibbs Dube)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-mugabe-diamonds/3242403.html#relatedInfoContainer The World Food Programme says it needs 220 million dollars to provide assistance to an estimated 2,2 million Zimbabweans until 2017. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-food/3240810.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-food/3240810.html Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:55:10 +0200 EconomyFood and agriculturenoreply@voanews.com (Blessing Zulu)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-food/3240810.html#relatedInfoContainer “Look, I will never comment on the issue of diamonds. I am no longer the minister responsible. You must interview the minister of mines. I will never comment on that issue.” http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/former-mines-minister-obert-mpofu-refuses-to-shed-light-on-15-billion-diamond/3240766.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/former-mines-minister-obert-mpofu-refuses-to-shed-light-on-15-billion-diamond/3240766.html Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:25:59 +0200 NewsCivil societyEconomyStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Blessing Zulu)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/former-mines-minister-obert-mpofu-refuses-to-shed-light-on-15-billion-diamond/3240766.html#relatedInfoContainer The judge, however, said Mbada Diamonds could not resume mining operations since the company had not renewed its operating license. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-diamonds-mining/3240215.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-diamonds-mining/3240215.html Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:49:17 +0200 NewsEconomyWorldnoreply@voanews.com (Thomas Chiripasi)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-diamonds-mining/3240215.html#relatedInfoContainer The hard-hitting communique calls for “leadership renewal across the board and for increased political accountability.” http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-christian-denominations/3235077.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-christian-denominations/3235077.html Mon, 14 Mar 2016 22:20:37 +0200 NewsCivil societyEconomyHuman rightsStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Blessing Zulu)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-christian-denominations/3235077.html#relatedInfoContainer Richard Goto, a former worker at one of the closed diamond mining firms, says poverty is driving most people to engage in illegal diamond mining. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-villagers-vow-illegally-mine-diamonds-despite-police-beatings/3229326.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-villagers-vow-illegally-mine-diamonds-despite-police-beatings/3229326.html Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:16:03 +0200 NewsEconomyRadioStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Loirdham Moyo)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-villagers-vow-illegally-mine-diamonds-despite-police-beatings/3229326.html#relatedInfoContainer “We need to make friends, we don’t need enemies, especially if those enemies, or if you call them enemies, lend you money." http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-chinamasa-/3229393.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-chinamasa-/3229393.html Thu, 10 Mar 2016 21:14:26 +0200 NewsEconomyRadioStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Irwin Chifera)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-chinamasa-/3229393.html#relatedInfoContainer Chinamasa told a visiting IMF team in Harare on Wednesday that the public sector wage bill would be slashed from 82 percent of government spending currently to 52 percent of expenditure by 2019 http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-imf-wage-bill/3227848.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-imf-wage-bill/3227848.html Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:25:01 +0200 NewsEconomyPoliticsZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Blessing Zulu)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-imf-wage-bill/3227848.html#relatedInfoContainer Small to Medium Enterprises Minister, Sithembiso Nyoni, says the figures of companies that were registered shows that unemployment figures are not as high as it is being assumed. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/high-number-of-businesses-registered-shows-zimbabwes-unemployment-not-as-high/3226182.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/high-number-of-businesses-registered-shows-zimbabwes-unemployment-not-as-high/3226182.html Tue, 08 Mar 2016 18:56:20 +0200 NewsEconomyPoliticsStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Chris Gande)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/high-number-of-businesses-registered-shows-zimbabwes-unemployment-not-as-high/3226182.html#relatedInfoContainer About $600,000 is expected to be used for transport and other logistics while the remainder has been earmarked for purchasing sacks. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/government-hands-out-one-million-dollars-for-food-aid-but-none-of-it-will-buy-food/3223487.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/government-hands-out-one-million-dollars-for-food-aid-but-none-of-it-will-buy-food/3223487.html Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:42:04 +0200 NewsAfricaEconomyFood and agricultureStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Chris Gande)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/government-hands-out-one-million-dollars-for-food-aid-but-none-of-it-will-buy-food/3223487.html#relatedInfoContainer “These are words and sound bites of a hypocrite and a dishonest person. When I was in government I gave him the figures … I gave him the secret reports … the reports showed that diamond mines were producing over US$2 billion per year but we were getting nothing.” http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-economy/3220434.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-economy/3220434.html Sat, 05 Mar 2016 04:48:55 +0200 NewsEconomyHuman rightsRadioStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Blessing Zulu)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-economy/3220434.html#relatedInfoContainer Malvern Mudiwa chairperson of the Marange Development Trust, said the closure of diamond mining firms last week has created some problems for the community. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-economy-mining-firms-human-rights/3219943.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-economy-mining-firms-human-rights/3219943.html Fri, 04 Mar 2016 20:06:54 +0200 NewsEconomyHuman rightsStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Loirdham Moyo)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-economy-mining-firms-human-rights/3219943.html#relatedInfoContainer The army has been used to campaign and run elections and there has been heavy militarization of government departments and ministries. http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-army-/3219920.html http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-army-/3219920.html Fri, 04 Mar 2016 19:58:48 +0200 NewsEconomyStudio 7ZimPlus Mobilenoreply@voanews.com (Irwin Chifera)http://www.voazimbabwe.com/content/zimbabwe-army-/3219920.html#relatedInfoContainer