Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Robert Mugabe: The greatest trick the devil ever played Robert Mugabe watches a video presentation during the summit of the Southern African Development Community in Johannesburg, August 17, 2008. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings The closest I have to feeling anything is quiet, seething rage. Rage that this man who killed thousands and destroyed so many livelihoods […] …
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Source: Anglican Bishop acquitted –Newsday Zimbabwe Anglican Diocese of Manicaland Bishop Eric Ruwona ANGLICAN Diocese of Manicaland Bishop Eric Ruwona has been acquitted of in a case where he faced charges of intimidating a witness who had reported him for corruption. Ruwona appeared in court on Wednesday alongside St Faith High School principal Daniso Muchicwa […] …
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Source: UZ student drags father to court over unpaid fees -Newsday Zimbabwe A University of Zimbabwe (UZ) final year student, Stanley Rusanga, has dragged his father to the maintenance court after he failed to pay tuition fees for his last semester. Rusanga said he was now on the verge of deferring his studies over outstanding […] …
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Source: High Court strucks off Mudzuri appeal –Newsday Zimbabwe Elias Mudzuri THE High Court has struck off the roll a case where former MDC T vice president Elias Mudzuri was challenging his recall from the Senate by party president Douglas Mwonzora. Mudzuri had cited Mwonzora and other senior party leaders Morgan Komichi, Paurina Mupariwa-Gwanyanya and […] …
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Source: Democracy, Security, and Elections in Nigeria and Zimbabwe – New Lines Institute In this episode of Contours, host Minna Jaffery-Lindemulder speaks with Carolyn Moorman of the New Lines Institute and Kwangu Liwewe of New Lines Magazine about upcoming elections in Nigeria and Zimbabwe. They discuss key domestic security and economic challenges in each country, […] …
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Source: AG’s office short staffed to work on Devolution Bill  – #Asakhe – CITE  The Attorney General’s Office is housed in the Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs. Not much progress has been made on the ‘eagerly anticipated’ Devolution Bill, which is still “sitting” at the Attorney General’s Office because there is not enough […] …
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Source: Concerns over inclusion of virtual courts in Judiciary Laws Amendment Bill. – #Asakhe – CITE  Pic sourced from DW. Given Zimbabwe’s existing digital divide, where technology is inaccessible to the majority of the population, concerns have been raised about the inclusion of virtual courts in the Judiciary Laws Amendment Bill. Concerns include whether people […] …
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Experts say a dilapidated public health delivery system and expensive private hospitals are prompting Zimbabweans to cross the border Source: Zimbabweans Flooding Zambian Hospitals for Medical Care Zimbabweans living on the border with Zambia are increasingly taking advantage of their neighbor’s superior health care. But Zambian officials say they are also draining resources as nearly […] …
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Source: Zimbabwe must address the demands of the sanctions issue: Akinwumi Adesina The President of the African Development Bank Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said Zimbabwe must address Human Rights, Rule of Law, abuse of central bank with quasi operations and more of its debt clearance program were to succeed. Akinwumi Adesina   Dr. Akinwumi Adesina said […] …
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Source: Zimbabwe’s President Shouldn’t Sign Repressive NGO Bill Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has vowed to “speedily” sign into law a bill that would severely restrict civic space, the operations of nongovernmental organizations, and the right to freedom of association in the country. Click to expand Image Zimbabwe’s president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, at the World Economic Forum in Cape […] …
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