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Zimbabwe
Crisis Reports - No. 8 - June 2007
Institute
for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR)
June 2007
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In this
issue:
- Thriving
black market keeps economy afloat, by Norman Chitapi in Harare
- Doomsday
predictions premature?, by Florence Ushe in Harare
- SADC talks
hang in the balance, by Joseph Sithole in Harare
News
in Brief:
- The Minister
of Indigenisation and Empowerment, Paul Mangwana, has announced
that the government will force foreign-owned mining firms in the
country to cede a controlling share in their stock to indigenous
Zimbabweans before the end of the year.
- President
Mugabe has warned businesses to stop unilateral increases of prices
of basic commodities, saying his government might be forced to
nationalise all companies that engage in the practice. He was
speaking after the cabinet ordered retailers to slash the prices
of basic commodities by 50 per cent. Now a blanket freeze has
been imposed on the prices of all goods and services, and members
of the public have been urged to blow the whistle on retailers
who ignore the latest edict.
- Opposition
parties this week accused the government of attempting to rig
next year's elections even before a single ballot is cast, by
instructing officials to turn away thousands of opposition supporters
wishing to register for the polls.
- South African
president Thabo Mbeki will brief Southern African Development
Community leaders on progress in the talks between Zimbabwe's
main political parties during an African Union summit in Ghana
on July1-3.
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