Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Zimbabwe Opposition Writes To UN Explaining Decision To Boycott August 2023 Elections The People’s Patriotic Party, an opposition party in Zimbabwe, has informed the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, of their decision to boycott the country’s upcoming harmonised elections on August 23, 2023. The party claims that the elections will not be conducted in a fair and transparent environment. […] …
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Source: Gold Mafia: Ewan Macmillan Apologises To Family, Friends, Fellow Zimbabweans Ewan Macmillan, a businessman accused of gold smuggling and money laundering in Gold Mafia, a documentary by Qatar-based news network Al Jazeera, has apologised to his family, friends and fellow Zimbabweans. He claimed that he made the remarks captured in the documentary while under […] …
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Source: Masvingo to generate 22MW – The Southern Eye Masvingo has a demand of at least 23MW of electricity. MASVINGO province is set to launch hyropower projects on its two main dams — Tugwi-Mukosi and Mutirikwi — a senior government official has said. In an interview with Southern Eye recently, Masvingo Provincial Affairs and Devolution […] …
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Source: New faces for CCC in Gweru Urban – The Southern Eye Only two candidates from the previous council, Martin Chivhoko (ward 4) and Dani Ndaba (ward 14) have been retained to contest in the harmonised elections scheduled for August 23. The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has fielded more than a dozen new […] …
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Source: 19 ‘bogus’ lawyers face deregistration -Newsday Zimbabwe The scam was unearthed after Zacc received information from a person who was supposed to write a conversion examination. THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has unmasked a scam in which Council for Legal Foundation executive secretary Huggins Hardwork Duri was allegedly issuing certificates of competency to law […] …
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Source: Mnangagwa should be the last person to speak about patriotism! These days I am eagerly following a documentary on the NatGeo (National Geographic) channel entitled, ‘Hitler – The Lost Tapes’. Tendai Ruben Mbofana   This chronicles the heinous Nazi Fuhrer’s (Adolf Hitler) life history, through interviews with those who were close to him – […] …
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Source: Inflation spikes to 176% –Newsday Zimbabwe The Zimbabwe National Statistics (ZimStat) measures inflation using a “blended” average of both United States dollars and Zimdollar prices, which critics say distorts the true picture of inflation in the economy. ZIMBABWE’S annual inflation spiked to 175,8% this month, up from 86,5% in May, new data released by the […] …
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THE pensions industry’s asset base for the quarter to March 2023 increased by 299 percent to $488 billion mainly driven by growth in the value of quoted equities and investment property. The Insurance and Pensions Commission of Zimbabwe (Ipec), in its quarterly report to March 2023, said the real increase in industry assets was 113 […] …
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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent High Court Judge Justice Pisirai Kwenda has dismissed an urgent chamber application by George Katsimberis who was seeking to stop his fraud trial before Harare regional Magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro who he also wants excused from hearing his matter. Katsimberis had approached the High Court complaining that he is bound to […] …
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  Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi Victor Maphosa Mashonaland East Bureau Two men from Mutoko were arrested by the police after they allegedly kidnapped a four-year-old girl on her way from school, with further allegations indicating that they intended to kill her for ritual purposes. The two suspects are Pedo Samu (52) and Godfrey Gatsi (38). […] …
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