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VIDEO: Scepticism over new Zimbabwe coins
2015-03-13 16:29:38| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Zimbabwean government has reintroduced its own currency, but people are reluctant to use it.
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Firewood fervor may turn Zimbabwe into 'outright desert'
2015-03-05 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Zimbabwe, home to more than 14 million people, is currently facing a severe economic crisis. Under President Robert Mugabes land distribution reforms, in the year 2000 all white-owned commercial farms were forcibly seized for redistribution to landless native Zimbabweans. In February this year, the BBC reported Mugabe had finally admitted his land reforms amounted to badly thought-out land policies. These reforms are thought to be the driving force behind Zimbabwes agriculture-based economys thunderous...
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Funding drought threatens Zimbabwe climate change response
2015-02-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Zimbabwe is struggling to pay for measures to cope with climate stresses and weather-related disasters, such as recent floods, amid domestic spending cuts and slow progress in accessing international finance. The budget for the Ministry of Environment, Water and Climate has been reduced to $52 million for 2015, from $93 million set aside for 2014. As this year began with floods that have claimed some 20 lives and washed away villages, the funding squeeze has raised concerns about the country's...
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Zimbabwe issues coins for Christmas
2014-12-19 18:54:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Special coins issued by Zimbabwe's central bank go into circulation in the run-up to Christmas, to help shoppers who usually get change in sweets.
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Zimbabwe: Villagers Target Tongaat Hulett
2014-12-04 08:16:24| Sugar Industry News
The ZANU-PF leadership here has unanimously recommended the acquisition of 29 000 hectares of sugar cane plantations under the control of sugar producer Tongaat Hulett in the Lowveld to resettle thousands of landless people.
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