Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Outrage as Zanu PF takes poll campaign to schools – The Standard SCHOOLS have become the latest hunting ground for votes for Zanu PF after it emerged that ruling party fanatics are invading learning institutions to force learners and teachers to attend their campaign meetings. Schools opened for the first term on Monday, but […] …
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Source: Zec fuels Zanu PF factional wars – The Standard ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission’s controversial preliminary delimitation report has created serious divisions in Zanu PF as one faction believes that there are manoeuvres to sideline its members, it has emerged. The delimitation report tabled in Parliament on Friday has been criticised by some shadowy groupings linked […] …
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Source: Chiwenga blocks NSSA boss appointment – The Standard ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has moved in to stop the National Social Security Authority (Nssa’s) rotational policy of filling the vacant post of general manager by blocking the recent appointment of Agnes Masiiwa. NSSA general manager Arthur Manase was suspended in July 2022 and senior executives […] …
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Source: Police crackdown on CCC, leaders arrested – The Standard Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) organising secretary Amos Chibaya and Budiriro legislator Costa Machingauta were arrested in Harare yesterday alongside 23 other party members while attending an internal party meeting held at the legislators’ residence. Anti-riot officers besieged Machinguta’s house, stopped a private internal party […] …
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Source: The Difficult Life Of Zimbabwean Immigrants In South Africa This week Operation Dudula announced its intention to camp outside schools in Gauteng to prevent undocumented foreign children and teachers from accessing education in the country. The targeting brought to light the typical problems faced by foreigners in the country, particularly Zimbabweans. Many Zimbabweans in South Africa are economic […] …
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Source: ZEC urged to fix constituency voter population – #Asakhe – CITE The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has been urged by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Analysis of the 2022 Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Preliminary Report on the Delimitation Exercise to ensure that each constituency or ward has an equal number of voters, as required […] …
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Source: Vic Falls in pursuit of total cleanliness – #Asakhe – CITE THE Pristine Victoria Falls Society has said awareness campaigns on the need to keep the resort city clean are bearing fruit with about 80 percent of businesses now meeting basic waste management requirements. Stakeholders in Victoria Falls in 2021 formed the PVFS, an […] …
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Source: CCC reiterates it will not impose 2023 candidates  – #Asakhe – CITE THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is working on a template that will allow citizens to choose their 2023 council and parliamentary candidates without being dictated to by the political party. This move was confirmed by CCC national deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos […] …
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Source: Lack of protection for LGBTQI people worsens intimate partner violence – #Asakhe – CITE LISA*, a lesbian, was severely injured in 2019 after her lover attacked her with a bottle. She needed a police report to receive medical help and opened a docket but decided to dismiss the assault allegations after receiving medical attention. […] …
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Source: Lithium ban: SARW calls for more reforms –Newsday Zimbabwe File picture: Lithium THE Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) says government should implement other measures to support its decision to ban lithium ore exports to lessen the detrimental effects the ban has had on artisanal miners. In an effort to boost investment in domestic processing […] …
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