Zimbabwe Situation

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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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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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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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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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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Source: News in depth: ‘Carrot and stick’: July Moyo uses fear mongering, cash in bid to win elusive constituency on August 23 – The Standard July Moyo recently donated exercise books, balls and bags of cement to Bvumira Primary School. (Pic: Act: SA) Fear pervades the peri-urban farming community of Matava in the Midlands Province’s […] …
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Source: Zanu PF pays homage to Tagwirei – The Standard Zanu PF held its last star rally at Tongogara growth point in Shurugwi yesterday, which many believe was meant to pay homage to the party’s chief benefactor, controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei. Apart from the rally, President Emmerson Mnangagwa also commissioned several projects in the area, […] …
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Source: Chamisa penultimate rally set for Bulawayo – The Southern Eye Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, returns to Bulawayo today to seek votes from the city’s residents ahead of the Wednesday  harmonised election. Bulawayo has remained an opposition stronghold for years, with Zanu PF failing to win seats in the city since […] …
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Source: Mthuli Ncube’s moment of truth – The Southern Eye Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s candidacy in Cowdray Park constituency in Bulawayo has revived debate on reports of systematic underdevelopment of the city and the whole Matabeleland region since 1980. Ncube, a past chief economist and vice president of the African Development Bank, is contesting for […] …
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Source: Zim produces US$1,1b gold – The Standard Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya Zimbabwe produced a total of 16 855kg or 594 543 ounces of gold in the first seven months of this year, translating to about US$1,1 billion in value, statistics from Fidelity Gold Refinery (FGR) show. Last year in the same period, […] …
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