Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Will it take one or two more generations for Zimbabwe to finally be free? The past few days have been quite encouraging for me – and, they have ignited in me a flicker of hope for the country that I love so much…Zimbabwe. Tendai Ruben Mbofana   Out of the blue, I received two […] …
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Source: Airports Company mulls solar power farms – The Standard The Airports Company of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is finalising a plan to install solar power plants at major airports in the country as part of a broad strategy that is meant to reduce electricity costs. ACZ has under its stewardship about 10 airports. The busiest ones […] …
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Source: African Sun embarks on US$11,5 refurbishment drive – The Standard AFRICAN Sun Limited (ASL) says it has invested in excess of US$11,5 million  in the refurbishment of its hotels  as it aims to  accelerate its contribution to the countries’ quest to attain a US$5 billion tourism economy by 2025. The refurbishments have been centred […] …
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Source: Chaos as Zanu PF heavyweights displace settlers – The Standard A Zanu PF MP, a top government official and a business mogul with links to the ruling party are accused of displacing villagers at two farms in Chegutu under controversial circumstances. One of the victims, a 66 year old woman, is said to have […] …
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Source: Govt dithers on free education –Newsday Zimbabwe Mthuli Ncube GOVERNMENT has started to sing a different tune on earlier promises to provide free basic education beginning next year, with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube saying the programme would need more time to implement. In 2020, President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law the Education Amendment Act […] …
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Source: Zim’s polio vaccination campaign bears fruit –Newsday Zimbabwe Cecilia Karume, a nurse aide at one of the busiest primary health care clinics on the outskirts of Harare, said a high turnout of children during the ongoing nationwide polio SIA vaccination campaign has seen her going beyond the call of duty. Karume works as a […] …
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Source: Pensioners join ED campaign trail –Newsday Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa SOME pensioners have launched a shadowy group in support of President Emmerson Mnangagwa named the Zimbabwe Pensioners Welfare Trust for Economic Development (ZPWT4ED). Former Clerk of Parliament Austin Zvoma, who leads the group, told NewsDay Weekender that the association had over 20 000 members […] …
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Source: ‘Disband current Zec secretariat’ –Newsday Zimbabwe Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) secretariat should be disbanded and new civilian staff employed before the 2023 elections to ensure the credibility of the electoral management body, independent election watchdogs have said. The opposition and other civic groups have previously raised concern over the […] …
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Source: ED rally ‘cancelled’ over poor turnout -Newsday Zimbabwe MNANGAGWA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday reportedly cancelled a planned address to Zanu PF supporters who had come to cheer him on at the official opening of the US$7,4 million Madokero Mall in Harare due to poor turnout. Sources said the planned rally was called off […] …
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Source: Give unto Caesar, churches urged –Newsday Zimbabwe THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has urged churches to comply with the country’s tax laws to boost economic activity and support the fiscus. ZCC secretary-general Wilfred Dimingu told NewsDay that if government orders taxing of churches, then the institutions of worship should comply. This follows calls […] …
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