Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Govt Rejects Legislators’ Call To Pay Farmers Exclusively In US Dollars   The Government has rejected calls by the opposition to pay farmers for their produce exclusively in United States dollars.Speaking during a Question and Answer session on Wednesday, Kuwadzana East MP Chalton Hwende (CCC) asked the Government to consider paying farmers in USD […] …
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Source: The stakes will be high in Zimbabwe’s elections The outcome of Zimbabwe’s elections will be crucial not only for the country’s 16m inhabitants but the whole region. After the general election in Nigeria in February, the next most significant election in Anglophone Africa will be in Zimbabwe in July or August. There is huge […] …
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Source: Zimbabwe releases more than 4 000 prisoners in presidential amnesty | News24 Zimbabwe has released thousands of prisoners. Jena Ardell, Getty Images Zimbabwe has released more than 4000 prisoners as part of an amnesty. The number represents about a fifth of the country’s total number of prisoners. The move has curbed overcrowding in prisons. […] …
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A recent investigative report by Al Jazeera has brought to light a web of gold smugglers allegedly aiding the Zimbabwean government in evading sanctions. The exposé has implicated high-ranking individuals, including diplomats, the President’s niece, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa himself. Piers Pigou, an expert from the Institute for Security Studies, says that this revelation sheds […] …
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Source: Announce election results in real time: MP – #Asakhe – CITE Legislators have urged Zimbabwe’s administration to use real-time technology techniques of declaring election results in order to avoid late pronouncement of winners. The demand comes at a critical juncture in the country’s political calendar, as general elections are set to take place in […] …
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Source: MPs push for Diaspora Vote – #Asakhe – CITE Opposition members in Parliament are still pushing for the diaspora vote, citing that Zimbabweans in the diaspora are working hard to rebuild improve the economy by bringing in foreign currency. As the August House debated the Electoral Amendment Bill, Harare North MP Allan Markham raised […] …
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Source: Amnesty beneficiary steals hat on way out of prison –Newsday Zimbabwe A PRISONER on parole almost forfeited his freedom after he was accused of stealing a hat from one of the inmates who benefited from the Presidential amnesty. Forty-three prisoners in Beitbridge, including one woman with a child, were released from prison in the […] …
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Source: I’m grateful to have been born and bred in Rhodesia! Ever since I started writing current affairs and social justice newspaper articles in 1989, at the age of 16 years, this is probably the most painful, frank and heartfelt piece I have ever authored. Tendai Ruben Mbofana It comes from a place of deep […] …
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  The price of platinum on the international markets continues to rebound, as traders worry about the projected platinum supply deficit in the second half of this year. (File Picture) Tapiwanashe Mangwiro Senior Business Reporter ZIMBABWE is expected to be the biggest beneficiary of platinum shortage later this year, with the global market projected to […] …
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Court Correspondent Four police officers were yesterday charged with fraud in court for being part and parcel of the syndicates that extorted a Chinese national of US$3 000. Lawson Muchongwe (34), Perseverance Chisango (31), Fredrick Moyo (32) and Weston Muzoriwa (36) stationed at different police stations appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi charged with […] …
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