HARARE - First Lady Grace Mugabe has been fingered as one of the biggest beneficiaries from the diamonds from the controversial Chiadzwa fields after it emerged she is a shareholder in Mbada Diamonds. (Pictured: “The First Lady is one of the shareholders in Mbada Diamonds,” said an official from the ministry of mines. )
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Daggers and skullduggery are drawn for Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Arthur Mutambara (pictured), in the MDC formation that he leads, after eight provincial structures reportedly resolved to replace him with Professor Welshman Ncube as the leader of the party in its next congress penciled in for February next year.
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We understand COPAC officials are disgruntled over the daily allowances they get - $55 per day plus $15 for meals – giving a daily total of $70. This means that every two days the officials earn more than most civil servants earn in a month.
The Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) has announced that four new media houses have been granted licenses to operate in the country.
Both Chihuri and Temba Mliswa (pictured) are guilty of corruption. Mliswa is not the right person to point fingers at Chihuri, at the same time, Chihuri does not have the credibility to tell Mliswa off. - AK, Harare


Cape Town’s tourism industry is taking a longer-term view about the impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ on the city’s tourism prospects and is confident about future growth. This comes despite the fact that visitor numbers and bookings in Cape Town, though significantly higher than those for the same period in 2009, did not live up to short-term expectations for a mid-year ‘peak season’.
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BULAWAYO – Publishers ’amaBooks will be at both this year’s Cape Town and Jozi Book Fairs. The Cape Town Book Fair takes place at the Cape Town International Conference Centre from 30 July to 2 August, with the Jozi Book Fair following at Museum Africa in Newtown from 7 to 9 August. (Pictured: Some of the 'amaBooks titles on show.)
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