Zimbabwe Situation

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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Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent THE State has withdrawn armed robbery charges against freelance journalist, Xolisani Ncube, after conceding it had failed to prove its case against him. This prompted Harare regional magistrate Mr Clever Tsikwa to set Ncube free, at the close of the State case, due to lack of evidence linking him to the […] …
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  Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent Harare regional Magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has deferred to June 23 the trial of CCC members Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri who are accused of lying that they were kidnapped and dumped in rural Bindura at Muchapondwa Business Centre. The duo recently had their application […] …
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Source: 4 students arrested over Sikhala demo –Newsday Zimbabwe File pic: FOUR University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were yesterday arrested for staging a protest on Monday evening over the continued incarceration of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Job Sikhala and the “weaponisation” of the law against government critics. According to the Zimbabwe NGO […] …
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Source: Chinese national loses US$3K to conmen –Newsday Zimbabwe TWO Harare residents appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on a charge of impersonating police officers to defraud a Chinese national. Primrose Tarumbiswa and Prosper Chimbunu were granted $50 000 bail each and told to return to court on June 28. Allegations are that last week on […] …
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