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Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe is seen in this photo. Parliament has been told that foreign airlines are avoiding Zimbabwe's airspace, with the result that the country is losing potential revenue from overflying rights from these airlines. The Met Department is supposed to provide accurate and reliable weather conditions reports to these planes but has been unable to do this due to lack of funds. With the FIFA 2010 World Cup coming up, here is proof that the Inclusive Government continues to pursue skewed policies that ignore critical sectors with the potential to contribute to the country's revenue streams. As I have said before, it appears these people have no idea what they are doing. A little education is indeed a dangerous thing!! Harare, Zimbabwe, 07 December 2009 Priorities, priorities. Ministry of Transport Permanent Secretary, the "apolitical" Mr Mbiriri, last week told parliament that foreign airlines are avoiding Zimbabwean airspace like the plagu...

This is the Monomotapa Hotel in Central Harare. Hoteliers in Zimbabwe have just shot themselves in the foot, but this is only an indication of a deeper problem: the fact that Zimbabwe business people do not have confidence in the new government and are looking to make a quick buck while there is still hope So, you have probably heard by now that Zimbabwe lost a massive contract to host World Cup guests because our hotels decided to charge anything up to US$3000 per night for the service. The booking company took their business elsewhere and have now signed contracts with hotels in Botswana . But, the reason I am mentioning it is that, today, one of these hotel managers is quoted by the media as saying the move by the organisers to Botswana is "just a marketing gimmick, Botswana does not have the rooms"! What arrogance! So, they will come back anyway, because Botswana does not have the rooms? The man who is quoted also says the reason why the high rates were quoted was becau...