Source: The Herald – Breaking news. Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter When political parties recall and replace parliamentarians, the old and new legislators should not both be able to benefit from the Parliamentary vehicle loan scheme, Progressive and Patriotic Citizens of Zimbabwe has petitioned Parliament. The petitioners argue that financial resources are being wasted because of […] …
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Zimbabwe Situation
Smuggled R300k car intercepted
Source: The Herald – Breaking news. The Toyota Fortuner worth over R300 000 that was intercepted by security agents after being smuggled into Zimbabwe via the Limpopo River on Monday Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau SECURITY agents on the border with South Africa have intercepted a Toyota Fortuner worth at least R300 000 smuggled into […] …
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Criminal Law amendment: The guilty are always afraid
Source: The Herald – Breaking news. Isdore Guvamombe If you are a law-abiding citizen of Zimbabwe or a bona fide organisation, why should you panic over a law that seeks to ring-fence the foreign policy of your country? Your own country? After all, when the law applies to you, you are presumed innocent until proven […] …
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Four more school children killed in accident
Crime Reporter FOUR school children died while 11 others were injured when a Nissan Caravan they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned three times last Friday along the Juliasdale-Nyanga Road. The Nissan Caravan travelling towards Watsomba had 30 school children on board when the accident occurred near the 26km peg along the […] …
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What We Have in Zimbabwe Isn’t Politics
Paul Bogaert What we have today in our country is not Politics. Politics is the election by informed citizens of representatives who will make informed decisions. Decisions based on debates about what is in the best interests of the people as a whole. What should our society’s rules be? How should we divvy up our […] …
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Diasporans Forgotten
The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few months away, and yet, nothing has been done to implement the voting of diasporans. It is a sad and contemplative […] …
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Mental Health Care is a Basic Need Too
As a Zimbabwean, I cannot help but feel a deep sense of sadness when I reflect upon the state of mental health in our society today. The truth is that mental health needs to be a much bigger priority for us all. This is not to say that mental health issues do not exist in […] …
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Progress on Bills 30th May to 1st June
Source: Progress on Bills 30th May to 1st June BILL WATCH 23/2023 Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume from Tuesday 6th June Status of Bills as at Friday 2nd June 2023 The following list summarises progress made by the National Assembly on Bills during its sittings on Tuesday 30th May, Wednesday 31st May and Thursday […] …
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Chamisa closes out Bulawayo big names
Vusumuzi Dube and Nqobile Bhebhe, Sunday News Reporters CONFUSION engulfed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) when all Bulawayo Members of Parliament and councillors who were not recalled had the shock of their lives yesterday when their names were missing on the hastily-arranged candidates’ list from the “stakeholders selection process”. Citizens for Coalition Change […] …
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Government orders baby powder off shelves
Robin Muchetu, Senior Reporter THE Ministry of Health and Child Care has ordered distributors and retailers of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder to remove the product from their shelves following revelations that the feed has a cancer-causing agent that can harm babies in the long-run. The announcement was made by the Secretary for Health and […] …
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