Zimbabwe Situation

Asst Comm Nyathi Online Reporter A TOTAL of 175 drivers were arrested in an ongoing operation to enforce route permits and time tables on Passenger Public Service Vehicles, bringing cumulative arrests to 16 915. Police confirmed the arrests on their official twitter account on 17 April. The police launched to nationwide operation in February 2023 […] …
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Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter ZIMBABWE has recorded 26 new confirmed and suspected cholera cases during the past 24 hours, as the national recovery rate stands at 96 percent. The suspected cases were reported from Beitbridge (11) and Mutare City (two) while the other 13 cases were confirmed during laboratory tests. According to the cholera daily […] …
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George Maponga in Masvingo Six senior Bikita Rural District Council officials have been arrested for corruption over allegations of illegally taking a council loan amounting to nearly $US200 000 to purchase personal vehicles without Government approval as mandated by the law. The six, Anold Matuke, Bonface Norumedzo, Nomater Gezera, Morgan Madhura, Never Mavhuna and Philemon […] …
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1000: Thousands of people have gathered at Mt Darwin High School grounds for the 43rd Independence Celebrations. The Celebrations are running under the theme: “Nyika Inovakwa Nevene Vayo/llizwe Lakhiwa Ngabanikazi Balo”. 1004: Service Chiefs have arrived at Mt Darwin High School grounds for the 43rd Independence Celebrations. 1045: Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has arrived. 1046: Zanu PF Vice […] …
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Tendai Ruben Mbofana As Zimbabwe commemorates 43 years of independence today (18th April), the indifference, bordering on pure disdain, by ordinary citizens toward this day is quite obvious. But why? Why are ordinary Zimbabweans seemingly not too eager to celebrate our independence from colonial rule? In fact, why is the citizenry choosing not to stand […] …
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Source: Gold, the curse of Zimbabwe Can you imagine your pay being a fifth of the amount you need to survive, feed and educate your children? Gold smuggling in the beleaguered country involves a net of complicity where self-enrichment is the only goal, says the author. Image: Cynthia Matonhodze/Bloomberg These mid-April days it is cool […] …
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Source: Zim elections | Chamisa pours heart out to SADC team   Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa sat down for over three hours with a SADC delegation. SADC’s Electoral Advisory Council is in the country ahead of crucial elections later this year. eNCA correspondent Pindai Dube reports …
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Source: Feature: Brisk business for bicycle repairman –Newsday Zimbabwe Joshua Mupfeki repairing a bicycle at Zengeza 2 shopping centre in Chitungwiza JOSHUA Mupfeki, a bicycle repairer everyday endures cacophony at Zengeza 2 shopping centre in Chitungwiza, a dormitory town for Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital city. He has actually become accustomed to the noise, from foreign currency […] …
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Source: 2 CCC veteran MPs step down from race –Newsday Zimbabwe Trevor Saruwaka CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators for Mutare Central and Mutasa Central, Innocent Gonese and Trevor Saruwaka have stepped down from contesting in this year’s polls despite being nominated. CCC opted for a citizens-centric process to produce the party’s candidates as opposed […] …
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Source: ‘Good Samaritan’ up for culpable homicide –Newsday Zimbabwe The accused, Balamanja Made (31) was initially charged with murder before his charges were changed to culpable Homicide. A GOOD Samaritan who restrained a drunk Harare man from throwing himself out of a flat window, but tragically strangled him in an attempt to save him was […] …
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