Sikhumbuzo Moyo, smoyo@chronicle.co.zw GOVERNMENT has in terms of Section 38(2) of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13) proclaimed August 23, 2023 as a public holiday to allow Zimbabweans to freely exercise their right to vote in the harmonised elections. Citizens are voting tomorrow to elect the President, Members of the National Assembly and councillors who will preside […] …
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Monthly Archives: August 2023
Zimbabwe deports UK academic and regime critic Stephen Chan on election eve
‘If a few short tweets are destabilising the government, the government must be much weaker than it pretends to be’ …
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Kasukuwere withholds Chamisa endorsement, but says vote anyone but Mnangagwa
Out of the running for president, former Zanu PF politburo member reluctant to openly back opposition frontrunner …
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Deputy mayor’s car in armed robbery
Source: Deputy mayor’s car in armed robbery – The Southern Eye Beitbridge deputy mayor Agnes Tore MATABELELAND South police are holding four Beitbridge men accused of robbing a mine in Gwanda allegedly using Citizens Coalition for Change Beitbridge deputy mayor Agnes Tore’s car. It is understood the robbers got away with a laptop and lithium […] …
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Drunk, sleepy cop removed from guarding ballot papers at Mat North school
Senior officers battle for 30 minutes to rouse sozzled officer sleeping next to ballot papers …
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Harare throws fire tenders broadside
Source: Harare throws fire tenders broadside –Newsday Zimbabwe HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has come out guns blazing, accusing government of buying fire tender trucks at inflated prices after sidelining local authorities over their purchase. Last year, Local Government permanent secretary Zvinechimwe Churu wrote to all councils informing them of a government decision to acquire fire […] …
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Not free or fair? We don’t care: ED
Source: Not free or fair? We don’t care: ED –Newsday Zimbabwe Speaking during a rally in Shurugwi on Saturday,President Emmerson Mnangagwa said no one had the right to ask if the elections were free and fair. THE SEEMINGLY angry President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he does not care if the Wednesday elections are deemed not free […] …
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Community service for assaulting FAZ member
Source: Community service for assaulting FAZ member -Newsday Zimbabwe GUTU Magistrate Mitchell Panavanhu last week sentenced Goodson Matanda (51) to one year jail term for assaulting a Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) member Shamiso Madondo in June this year. Matanda will, however, do 315 hours after Magistrate Panavanhu suspended part of the sentence on condition of […] …
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Foreign media blackout unsettles US
Source: Foreign media blackout unsettles US –Newsday Zimbabwe US Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of African Affairs, Mary Catherine Phee THE United States (US) says it is unsettled that Zimbabwe has decided to block foreign journalists from covering the August 23 elections. Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of African Affairs, Mary Catherine Phee, said […] …
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Zimbabwe reaps fruits of transformed agriculture: U$2 billion splash on dam projects
Nqobile Tshili, nqobile.tshili@chronicle.co.zw THE Second Republic has invested US$2 billion towards construction of dams and rehabilitation of irrigation infrastructure countrywide since 2019 as the Government shifts towards climate-proofed agriculture to boost national food security and nutrition. The massive investments in the agriculture sector have enabled the country to shatter records through increased productivity, which is already […] …
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