Zimbabwe Situation

Source: Vultures could face extinction at Hwange National Park -Newsday Zimbabwe Hwange National Park VULTURES at Hwange National Park could face extinction within our lifetime, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has warned. The authority says vultures have rapidly become some of the most threatened families of birds in the Hwange National Park […] …
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Source: 2 Zimbos, 5 SA police crime gang nabbed in Jo’burg -Newsday Zimbabwe 2 Zimbos, 5 SA police crime gang nabbed in Jo’burg SOUTH African Police Service (Saps) have arrested two Zimbabweans and five Saps serving members who have allegedly been unleashing a violent wave of crime in Johannesburg’s Fordsburg area. In a statement, Saps […] …
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Source: ‘Mbare clinic delivering 500 babies monthly’ –Newsday Zimbabwe Jacob Mafume HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has ordered the City of Harare health department to use Carter and Pagent House as extensions to Mbare Polyclinic’s Edith Opperman Maternity unit to ease the plight of expecting mothers. Speaking during a tour of Harare polyclinics on Tuesday, Mafume […] …
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Source: Hurungwe man in court for insulting the President -Newsday Zimbabwe A Hurungwe man who was angered that his name was omitted from a list of Cotton Presidential scheme beneficiaries has appeared in court facing charges of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Farai Chikazhe (44) was granted $30 000 bail for insulting the President whom he […] …
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Job Sikhala Senior Court Reporter The trial of CCC legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole on charges of inciting public violence in Nyatsime in June was supposed to open yesterday, but both sought a postponement. Sikhala said he wanted to file a pair of applications to have the charges dropped and be given bail, and […] …
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Mrs Tatiana Aleshina and her husband at the Harare Magistrates Court Prosper Dembedza Herald Correspondent THE assault trial of Tendai Biti continued yesterday with the CCC legislator alleging that the complainant was responding to his submissions through a press statement. Biti is facing charges of assaulting a Zimbabwean investor Mrs Tatiana Aleshina at the Magistrates […] …
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Alexander Irvine (31), charged with attempting to defeat the course of justice, resisting arrest or assaulting a peace officer, arrives at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday. — Picture: Lee Maidza Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter ONE of the directors at Lanwood Trading Private Limited, trading as Megasave Wholesalers, appeared in court yesterday on allegations of […] …
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Lands, Agriculture, Water, Fisheries and Rural Development Minister Dr Anxious Masuka Rumbidzayi Zinyuke Senior Reporter ZIMBABWE is still on course to register a record wheat harvest and win self-sufficiency for this grain at long last, despite about one percent of the total crop having to be written off as a result of the early rains […] …
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Cde Patrick Chinamasa Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter ZANU PF has told the visiting Commonwealth delegation that the ruling party is more than ready to rejoin the bloc, but expressed disappointment at the slow pace of the process. Speaking after a closed door meeting with the Commonwealth delegation led by Professor Luis Franschesci in Harare yesterday, […] …
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Elton Manguwo SIXTY-NINE thousand farmers are set to produce sunflowers under a contract arrangement after the Agricultural Marketing Authority (AMA) struck a partnership deal with Zimgold and Agriculture Advisory and Rural Development Services (ARDAS). As the market regulator, AMA is facilitating the contract arrangement that will see 100 000ha being put under sunflowers, as part […] …
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