Zimbabwe Situation

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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Source: Police block Chamisa’s tree-planting event –Newsday Zimbabwe CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere POLICE have blocked a tree-planting event scheduled for today by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Gutu, Masvingo province on the basis that an unnamed political party is scheduled to hold a meeting in the area today. Police officer commanding Masvingo […] …
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Source: Sikhala’s wife Ellen found guilty of reckless driving –Newsday Zimbabwe Job Sikhala’s wife (left) JAILED Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala’s wife, Ellen was yesterday found guilty of reckless driving by Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure. She was ordered to pay a $30 000 fine for the offence, submit her driver’s licence in seven days and […] …
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Source: Mass teacher exodus looms –Newsday Zimbabwe The offer for teaching job opportunities in the UK has also been extended to educators from Ukraine, Singapore, Jamaica, India and Hong Kong. In the UK, a teacher’s salary is pegged at £24 254 for a non-qualified teacher per annum, which is equivalent to about US$30 000 for […] …
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