Zimbabwe Situation

Source: The Herald – Breaking news. Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare Magistrate Mr Noel Mupeiwa has acquitted City of Harare town clerk Hosiah Abraham Chisango who was facing charges of perjury and criminal abuse of office. Chisango was facing allegations of favouring Pokugara Properties by writing a letter authorizing the demolition of a showroom built […] …
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Source: The Herald – Breaking news.   Dr Machengete Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) is embarking on public sensitisation and awareness workshops on the Cyber and Data Protection Act (Chapter 12:07) to ensure personal data is protected from abuse or manipulation. The exercise, which will begin next […] …
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Source: The Herald – Breaking news. Conrad Mupesa Mashonaland West Bureau THREE mourners travelling from Kadoma for a relative’s burial who committed suicide by hanging, were on Saturday afternoon killed when a vehicle they were travelling in veered off the road near Kadoma. The accident, which occurred at the 137-kilometre peg along Bulawayo-Harare highway, resulted […] …
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Rutendo Nyeve, Sunday News Reporter THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is refining its auction system in a bid to close the gap between the official and parallel market exchange rates which have haunted the economy, the Governor, Dr John Mangudya has said. RBZ launched the Dutch auction system in June 2020 with the aim […] …
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Rutendo Nyeve, recently in Victoria Falls THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) is set to introduce the Informal Sector Scheme (ISS) — a social security coverage extension to cater for the informal sector which comprises 65 percent of the working population. NSSA through its social security division currently administers two schemes which are the Pensions […] …
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Bruce Ndlovu, Sunday News Reporter  RATHER than becoming a “cellphone politician” who interacts with his constituents from afar, prospective Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo who is also Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube has acquired a home in the constituency, as he seeks to forge closer ties with the people […] …
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Andile Tshuma, Sunday News Reporter THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has engaged the services of private operators to augment the shortage of ambulance vehicles at its emergency services department amid revelations that the city last got delivery of fire tenders in 1987. Speaking to Sunday News on Wednesday, Bulawayo Chief Fire and Ambulance officer, Mr […] …
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Johnsias Mutonhori, Midlands Correspondent THE Midlands Show Society of Zimbabwe has shifted the dates of the biggest annual event in Gweru – the Midlands Agricultural Show from its traditional dates in the middle of August to 20 July to accommodate the harmonised elections which are scheduled for August 23. Midlands Agricultural Show has normally been […] …
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Source: In Zimbabwe, announcement of election date triggers both hope and despair | AP News HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Munyaradzi Mushawatu, an electrician in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, was both ecstatic and jittery after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced recently that national elections would be held on Aug. 23. “I have voted in every election since 1990. I can’t […] …
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The discussion was about vaping. The presenter said it is a problem with young people. They see it as a substitute for smoking – not harmful to health and yet giving a kick like smoking. Besides, it is ‘cool’ and there is peer pressure to get into it. But, she said, it is now known […] …
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