Zimbabwe Situation

Source: We’re burying opposition-led councils: Chiwenga –Newsday Zimbabwe VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has said the ruling Zanu PF party is geared to end opposition dominance in urban councils in elections set for later this year. Chiwenga was speaking at the launch of the Presidential Title Deeds and Settlement Regularisation Programme in Epworth, Harare, […] …
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Source: ED challenger employing delaying tactics: Court –Newsday Zimbabwe Sybeth Musengezi A ZANU PF member, Sybeth Musengezi, who is facing fraud allegations for allegedly falsifying his residential address when he joined the ruling party, has been accused of employing delaying tactics to evade trial. Musengezi, who last week appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda for trial, […] …
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Source: AI red-flags growing Statelessness –Newsday Zimbabwe Isaiah Laiton, a former farm worker from Malawi, sits in front of his hut on a farm at the southern outskirts of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. HUMAN Rights watchdog, Amnesty International (Al) has warned over Zimbabwe’s growing Statelessness as it amplified calls for alignment of laws to allow thousands […] …
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Source: Media challenged to stick to ethical standards -Newsday Zimbabwe Misa advocacy officer Malvern Mkudu THE Media Institute of Southern Africa (Misa) has challenged the media to stick to ethical standards while disseminating information to allow citizens to make informed electoral choices. Media practitioners are mandated to give equal coverage to all political parties and […] …
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Source: Corruption watch: Gold Mafia: Uebert Angel’s PR disaster – The Standard Uebert Angel Uebert Angel is, easily, the man of the moment, for all the wrong reasons. He was recently outed by the Al Jazeera undercover investigative team for trying to aid gold and money laundering using his overestimated diplomatic immunity. Straight on camera, […] …
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Source: Exposed: Porous borders and graft fuel drugs, fake medicines smuggling – The Standard Vehicles coming from Zambia being searched at Kariba border post recently Zambian Johnstone Mwelwa* frequently drives into Zimbabwe for “business” via, Kariba or Chirundu border posts and he does so with ease. Due to his consistent travels through the designated ports […] …
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Source: CIO hit by resignations – The Standard The Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) has been hit by massive resignations with officers alleging that working conditions have deteriorated immensely. The CIO is superintended over by a State Security minister, but the position has been vacant since January last year when President Emmerson Mnangagwa fired Owen Ncube. […] …
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Source: Beitbridge bears brunt of cholera outbreak – The Standard Cholera claimed two lives in Beitbridge last week as the border town turned into a hotspot for the latest outbreak of the water borne disease. Beitbridge district medical officer Lenos Samhere confirmed the deaths. “One was picked up at the rank (Dulivhadzimo Bus Terminus) and […] …
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Source: Harare man breaches ED security – The Standard Man attempts to jump to the President A HARARE man was yesterday whisked away by state security agents and beaten up after he tried to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was delivering a speech in Epworth in the capital. Mnangagwa was in Epworth where he handed […] …
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Source: Dissolve into it The late Pianist Sviatoslav Richter explained his approach to playing music as being an ‘executant, carrying out the composer’s intentions to the letter. He doesn’t add anything that isn’t already in the work. If he is talented, he allows us to glimpse the truth of the work that is in itself […] …
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