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First Bob Parsons Now Donald & Eric Trump In Zimbabwe Hunting Controversy?
Read more: First Bob Parsons Now Donald & Eric Trump In Zimbabwe Hunting Controversy?About a year ago, Bob Parsons (former Go Daddy CEO) found himself in a storm of controversy after posting footage (below) of his elephant hunt in Zimbabwe. As you can imagine, there was a lot of public outcry. PETA were very vocal about it and took action against the killing. They closed their Go Daddy account…
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Are We Going Down The Drain… Again? Part 2
Read more: Are We Going Down The Drain… Again? Part 2Following on from – Are We Going Down The Drain… Again? Part 1: Then there is another monstrosity in the form of the Zimbabwe National Road Agency, ZINARA. One is often reminded of another miscreation, the National Oil Corporation of Zimbabwe (NOCZIM) which, despite the glaring reality that we are yet to strike oil, that…
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Are We Going Down The Drain… Again? Part 1
Read more: Are We Going Down The Drain… Again? Part 1There are some of us who have entered 2012 with a sense of trepidation. They believe this is the year when a decadent earth will collapse into itself. I predicted the same for Zanu PF, but the earth? My bible says no one knows the day or the hour when the Son of Man will…
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Chief Forcing Me To Pay US$150 Plus a Goat For Claiming For My Asset
Read more: Chief Forcing Me To Pay US$150 Plus a Goat For Claiming For My AssetOne of our readers recently reached out to us with a problem he was/is facing. He wanted to share it with the world to see if anyone could offer him possible solutions. He sent through his story but we were not sure if it was a joke or something that really took place. We decided…
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Hwangwa on Zim: Tales of the Zimbabwean Dollar, Bad Memories For The Average Masses
Read more: Hwangwa on Zim: Tales of the Zimbabwean Dollar, Bad Memories For The Average MassesHARARE – By David Hwangwa The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Dr. Gideon Gono once revealed that he had nightmares over the zeros he had slashed on the Zim dollar. Tales of the dreaded Zim dollar evoke several emotions amongst the people. The majority would not even want to hear even the slightest mention of…
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Rethinking The Title Of Your Property In Zimbabwe
Read more: Rethinking The Title Of Your Property In ZimbabweBack in the infamous Zim dollar days, everyone wanted to put their property into company names. This way, the buyers avoided transfer fees and the sellers avoided paying capital gains tax. There were other reasons too, but these are probably too shady for a reputable agent such as myself to know about… It now seems…
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Hwangwa on Zim: Zimbabwean Youths As Pawns In The Political Warfare
Read more: Hwangwa on Zim: Zimbabwean Youths As Pawns In The Political WarfareAs youths we are pawns in the political field. We form 60% of the voting electorate yet we are hardly represented in parliament and government. There has been so much advocacy for women representation in government, i.e. in parliament and cabinet and the political parties have heeded this call with increased number of women in…
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Our Fiduciary Duty to YOU The Public
Read more: Our Fiduciary Duty to YOU The PublicOur what? Exactly! Who even understands big words like that? Not many, but it is my job to understand, and explain it to you so that you know what is expected of someone who presents themselves to you as an Estate Agent. Estate Agents in Zimbabwe are controlled by a very strict set of conduct…
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The Unemployment Challenge For The Zim Youth
Read more: The Unemployment Challenge For The Zim YouthYouth Manifestos for the upcoming elections Introduction The Zimbabwean youth make up about 60% of the active electorate and they are by far the most important age group that play a very important role in the society. Despite being the most important part of the electorate, the youth of Zimbabwe still have no active part…
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Reflections From The Diaspora December 2011
Read more: Reflections From The Diaspora December 2011Another Christmas has arrived and I’m compelled to reflect on how the past decade of political and economic meltdown has impacted on Zimbabweans. As I look to the future its had to predict what the future holds for us .The continued political uncertainty in the country coupled with the clouded socio~political environment in South Africa…