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Peach flavoured air freshener

The Body Shop bath bomb

Pantene hair mask

Lush Big shampoo

Mouth wash

Biore foam cleanser

Happy Bath Day body scrub

Uthena facial scrub

Shu Uemura Skin Purifier Cleansing Oil

Lush Strawberry Santa bath jelly

Pantene hair conditioner and shampoo

You must be wondering what's this topic all about. And HECK!! Has Cindy lost her mind showing me stuff in her bathroom that I don't need to know?? Oh well, now you know how bored I am.

African Consolidated Says Marange Decision Rescinded

(Bloomberg) -- African Consolidated Resources Plc said Zimbabwe’s High Court has rescinded a judgment that affirmed the company’s rights to the Marange diamond field that was seized by the government. The shares fell the most since May.

In September, High Court judge Charles Hungwe ruled that mining claims at Marange belonged to African Consolidated, known as ACR, and mining operations being carried out by the state- owned Zimbabwe Mining and Development Corp. in joint-ventures with closely-held South African companies Mbada Investments (Private) Ltd. and Canadile Miners (Private) Ltd. should be suspended.

“We will be appealing the judge’s decision to the Supreme Court, which has the effect of suspending the ruling so that existing orders still stand,” Andrew Cranswick, chief executive officer of Maidstone, U.K.-based ACR said in an interview from the town today. “ACR as a company remains ready and willing to reach a compromise settlement with government on the issue.”

ACR had its Marange mining license, known as a claim in Zimbabwe, confiscated by the government in 2006. At the time, the government didn’t give a reason for its decision. Mbada and Canadile sold 900,000 carats of diamonds at an Aug. 12 auction, raising an estimated $72 million, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Sept. 2.

The southern African nation’s state-controlled Herald newspaper today said Hungwe had reversed his ruling on Marange because its original license had been wrongfully issued.

African Consolidated shares fell as much as 20 percent in London and traded 16 percent down at 9.25 pence as of 10:38 p.m. local time, putting them on course for their biggest decline since May 11.

--Editors: Antony Sguazzin, Alastair Reed

To contact the reporter on this story: Brian Latham in Durban at blatham@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Antony Sguazzin in Johannesburg at asguazzin@bloomberg.net.

Rights Activists Slam Pretoria for Plan to Resume Zimbabwean Deportations

South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma gave assurances his government was not planning random deportations Human rights activists are slamming the South African government for scheduling resumption of deportations of undocumented Zimbabweans after a December 31 deadline for immigration compliance, saying the move was based on a false belief conditions in Zimbabwe have improved sufficiently in political and especially economic terms to allow for large-scale repatriation. Zimbabweans living in the country under an uncertain status have applauded the Pretoria government for promising to grant them permits to work, run businesses or study in South Africa. But the decision to resume deportations next January has been widely criticized. South African activist Braam Hanekom of the People Against Suffering Suppression Oppression and Poverty or Pasop said branding Zimbabweans as potential candidates for deportation could ignite another wave of xenophobic attacks against them. "An announcement of this nature can lead to people thinking that Zimbabweans do not have a right to be hear and lead communities to go on the witch hunt," Hanekom said. Chairman Solomon Chikowero of the Zimbabwe Diaspora Movement said that while the decision to give Zimbabweans proper permits is welcome, he is worried those working in the informal sector will not qualify for work permits, leaving them subject to deportation at any time. Under the new arrangement, the Zimbabwean government has agreed to issue all of its undocumented nationals in South Africa with proper documents, laying the groundwork for Pretoria to provide them with work, business and study permits. But some worry that the Zimbabwean government does not have the capacity to provide documents to the many thousands who need them in the next three months. South African Home Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma gave assurances Friday that government was not planning random deportations.

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Zimbabwean and SA Officials to Meet Over Deportations

Zimbabwe and South Africa will this week hold an urgent meeting to discuss the impending deportation of thousands of Zimbabweans following the scrapping of a special dispensation last week, it has been learnt.

The South African cabinet last week approved a proposal to scrap a special dispensation for Zimbabweans and gave the nod to resume deportations of people staying illegally with effect from the end of December.

South Africa Home Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa Sunday confirmed the upcoming meeting and said details of the meeting with representatives of Zimbabwean nationals living in South Africa would be released in due course.

“The meeting will be held this week. Since the announcement by the cabinet to document Zimbabweans living in South Africa, there had been a great deal of distortion and misinformation, particularly from NGOs and (so-called) immigration experts, aimed at sowing confusion among Zimbabweans in the country,” he said.

Mamoepa said the suggestion that Zimbabweans would have to return en masse to Zimbabwe to acquire the documents was “far from the truth”.

He said there was an agreement between Pretoria and Harare that Zimbabweans need to approach the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria or consulates in Johannesburg and Cape Town which will profile their details to enable them to be documented in South Africa.

The special dispensation implemented in April last year, allowed Zimbabweans crossing into South Africa the right to live, work, attend education facilities and access basic health care for a period of six months.

The special dispensation would come to an end on December 31.

NGOs advocating for refugees said the decision to withdraw the special dispensation would result in mass deportation for those who do not have the means to gain legal permit.


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I Always Remember You

Such a pity to return you guys. But there isn't a choice. I needed the cash -_-'' But anyway, took some photos of you guys so I definitely won't be forgettting you. Argh..  Now I wanna buy a new one. Call me materialistic or a showoff or whatever, these things are my dream!!

This post is so random even I want to -_-'' to myself. Cindy... You're down right lame.

Zimbabwe Refugees to Be Deported From South Africa

The South African government has decided to end special dispensation for undocumented Zimbabwean refugees and will deport those who do not have permission to stay by the end of the year. 


At least one group representing  Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa described the decision by President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet this week as "tantamount to a death sentence" for those who will be deported.

The South African Cabinet has decided that Zimbabweans must be properly documented to remain in South Africa.

It said that it has been in contact with the home affairs ministry in Harare to ensure that proper documentation is supplied to Zimbabwean nationals living illegally in South Africa.

A small percentage of Zimbabweans in South Africa fled from their country to avoid political persecution from President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF.

The Solidarity Peace Trust said recently it estimated there were about 1.5 million Zimbabweans illegally living in South Africa. 

Most Zimbabweans in South Africa say they left home for economic reasons as the economy collapsed over the last 10 years.

The South African government said the special dispensation had ended because the 18-month-old unity government had ended the Zimbabwe crisis.

South African government spokesman Themba Maseko said those who wanted to stay in South Africa must obtain documentation from Harare.

"Zimbabwe nationals who are working, conducting business or studying in South Africa, will be issued with a working permit, a business permit or a study permit respectively, provided they have valid Zimbabwean documents," said Maseko.

Maseko said the government was aware that some  Zimbabweans had illegally obtained South African identity documents, but that they would not be prosecuted provided they handed them in. 

"There will also be an amnesty for Zimbabweans, who may have obtained South African identification documents fraudulently, on condition that such documents are returned to the Department of Home Affairs with immediate effect.   Those who return the illegal documents, will be issued with the relevant permits," said Maseko.

Refugee rights organization Passop said deportations of Zimbabweans who had been allowed into South Africa without documentation since April 2009 was "tantamount to a death sentence."

Passop said it would try and meet with South African immigration authorities but if this failed it would reserve its rights to take action to oppose what it described as  "draconian tactics of deportation."

Zimbabweans began flooding across the border to South Africa after the Movement for Democratic Change nearly beat Mr. Mugabe's ZANU-PF party in 2000 elections. Those elections sparked violence against MDC supporters in most parts of Zimbabwe.

By 2007, with little food in the shops, and a worthless Zimbabwe currency, many more Zimbabweans fled to South Africa in search of work.

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Zimbabwe Gets a US$50 Million Loan From the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank)

Harare - Zimbabwe has received a US$50 million loan from the African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) for industry revival.

The government of Zimbabwe will contribute US$20 million to make the total loan facility reach US$70 million in the loan facility dubbed Zimbabwe Economic and Trade Revival Fund (ZETREF).

Addressing bank executives in the capital Harare at the Harare International Conference Centre (HICC) recently, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said the loan facility is being introduced to help small and medium enterprises who face difficulties to access loans adding that the loan will go a long way in financing the industry's resuscitation.

"The facility was established to curtail the challenges of high interest rates, unequal distribution of lines of credit between the capital city and the rest of the country, limited lines of credit and lack of financing within the economy," Tsvangirai said.

"While this facility represents a positive development, it alone cannot address economic challenges that face Zimbabwe," he added.

Gift Simwaka, an official with the Afreximbank said the bank is committed to help the country revive its economy.

"The African Export and Import bank remains fully committed to supporting Zimbabwe's economic recovery so that the country can quickly retain its position as an economic power house of the southern African region," Simwaka said.

"The purpose of the revival fund is to resucitate a broad range of firms  in the productive sector especially in agriculture and manufacturing by providing medium term funding.

"The purpose of the fund fits very well in the mandate of the Afreximbank," he said.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti who was present at the launch of the loan facility, said the formation of the unity government in February 2009 has seen the opening up of credit lines.

"The formation of the inclusive government in 2009 saw an improvement in inflows with disbursed lines of credit amounting to US$656 million being recorded in 2009.

"However, these disbursements, together with about US$200 millon that has come in this year, fall far short of industry's requirement," Biti said.

He added that the country is still in negotiations with several countries and financiers for "additional lines of credit."

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