Zimbabwe Situation

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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Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins Business Reporter BANKS will from today start selling 4 500 smaller units of the Mosi-oa-Tunya gold coins, with the banking sector yesterday expressing their readiness to sell the bullion coins to interested customers. Last week, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) announced that banks would start selling the smaller denominations of the […] …
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Christy Kinahan Snr Crime Reporter Plans by an Irish drug lord, Christy Kinahan Snr, to start a new life Zimbabwe were blocked recently when he was reportedly denied residency after buying properties, with authorities arguing he was not a suitable person to live in the country. According to media reports, Kinahan had tried to establish […] …
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Mr Rockie Mutenha Edgar Vhera Agriculture Specialist Writer WHEAT farmers had by November 13 delivered 120 000 tonnes of wheat worth over US$25 million and $30 billion to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). GMB chief executive Mr Rockie Mutenha yesterday confirmed the deliveries saying 55 000 tonnes of the cereal were in the premium grade […] …
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First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa gives a motherly embrace to the impregnated 9-year-old girl in Bulawayo on Saturday. Herald Reporter THE nine-year-old Tsholotsho girl, who is admitted at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after it was discovered that she had been raped and fell pregnant, has given birth. Although hospital officials declined to comment, sources […] …
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Source: ED defends satellite project –Newsday Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said the recently launched Zimbabwe Satellite (ZimSat-1) project is meant to help the country overcome its economic challenges. This comes amid criticism that the country is prioritising space projects when the health sector is in shambles. But Mnangagwa, writing in his […] …
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Source: High Court blow for former judge Erica Ndewere -Newsday Zimbabwe Justice Erica Ndewere HIGH Court judge Justice Joseph Chilimbe has delivered a blow to former colleague, Justice Erica Ndewere on her application against the involvement of Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwana as she fights to keep her service vehicle. JSC had written […] …
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