JACOB ZUMA tells Mugabe: ‘SA businesses willing to invest if Zim cleans, murky investment policy and indigenisation law’

JACOB ZUMA tells Mugabe: ‘SA  businesses willing to invest if Zim cleans, murky investment policy and indigenisation law’

  PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday came face-to-face with reality after visiting South African President Jacob Zuma demanded more clarity on the country’s investment policy. Zuma said Mugabe government’s dithering on the easy of doing business, security for investors and indigenisation policy could prove costly for Zimbabwe. Mugabe has consistently scoffed at the suggestion by the West to improve the investment climate arguing it was part of a “regime change agenda against his administration”. But Zuma,…

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Zuma Denies Affair With South Africa Airways Boss

Presidential romance? … President Jacob Zuma with South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denied rumours he had an affair with the chairwoman of state-owned airline amid media speculation the relationship had led to the sacking of the finance minister. Zuma dismissed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on Wednesday. The minister had earlier rebuked Dudu Myeni, chairwoman of state-owned South African Airways and a close ally of Zuma,…

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Chinese President Xi Jinping In South Africa To Boost China-Africa Cooperation

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Wednesday for his second visit to the “rainbow nation” since becoming China’s head of state. Besides meeting with South African leaders in an effort to strengthen bilateral ties, Xi will also co-chair with his South African counterpart, Jacob Zuma, a summit on China-Africa cooperation in Johannesburg. The South African side gave Xi a grand welcoming ceremony on Wednesday, during which a 21-gun salute was sounded and the two presidents…

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Jacob Zuma Threatens Former President Kgalema Motlanthe

Jacob Zuma Threatens  Former President  Kgalema Motlanthe

Jacob Zuma Threatens  Former President  Kgalema MotlantheSouth Africa President Jacob Zuma has hit out at those who have called him a liability. An angry Zuma voiced his irritation at former president Kgalema Motlanthe’s recent utterances, News24 reported. “I have heard rumours that I have become a liability,” he said at the ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal conference in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday.”How can a member of the ANC be referred to as a liability… No member can be a…

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‘Zimbabwe- Trapped In A Time Warp With Negligible Changes Since Independence’-Eddie Cross

‘Zimbabwe- Trapped In A Time Warp With Negligible  Changes Since Independence’-Eddie Cross

Zimbabwe is an enigma to many. The country presents itself as a clean, modern State with friendly people, little crime and small pockets of prosperity and wealth. A small country blessed with a great climate, an abundance of natural resources that put us in the top league of countries In terms of the ratio between our population and our resource base. Underneath the veneer, is a less attractive Zimbabwe; we are a country caught in…

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‘President Jacob Zuma’s Cattle Enjoy A Better Life Than Many South Africans’-Mmusi Maimane

DA’s new black leader Mmusi Maimane has lashed out at the African National Congress and President Jacob Zuma, saying under Zuma’s leadership South Africa has experienced a massive decline in living standards, News24 reported. Maimane was speaking at the Eastwood Hall in Pietermaritzburg on Saturday as he concluded a three-legged schedule which began in KwaMashu Township, Durban, moved to Howick in the Midlands before concluding in Pietermaritzburg. “What we see is that Zuma has managed…

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1400 S.African soldiers ‘held hostage’ in Sudan to secure Al-Bashir safe return

1400 S.African soldiers ‘held hostage’ in Sudan to secure Al-Bashir safe return

The Sudanese government of president Omar al-Bashir literally held a gun to South Africa’s head to secure his safe return to Khartoum. Netwerk24 revealed that about 1 400 South African soldiers in Darfur were held “hostage” by Sudanese troops when the drama around Al-Bashir’s possible arrest in South Africa escalated. According to military experts, this effectively means Sudan blackmailed South Africa and the soldiers’ lives served as a guarantee for Al-Bashir’s safe return. Only after…

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Mugabe says Zuma assured the African Union of Al-Bashir’s safety from arrest.

Mugabe says Zuma assured the  African Union of Al-Bashir’s  safety from arrest.

  Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, a man traditionally known for his tough anti western stance, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC), understandably because his hands are tainted with the same blood that makes people like  Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir ,  a most wanted individual to face justice before the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity, addressed a few issue raised by journalists with respect to the Sudanese president. Robert Mugabe, admitted that President Al-Bashir…

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