Large contraband discovery at a farm in Musina …
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Judge dumps government farm seizure challenge, says too political for court
‘As a result, this court is prohibited from determining the application’ …
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Livelihoods analysis and agrarian political economy: a new podcast
At the end of last year, I had a great week at PLAAS (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies) at the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town discussing with a great cohort of post-grad students working on … Continue reading → …
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Mine duo in court over 2015 employee murder
The duo, it is alleged, then force marched Ndlovu into the kitchen accusing him of the mischief. …
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Kezi man strikes granny (68) to death
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Online Reporter A 28-YEAR-OLD Kezi man is on the run after fatally striking his 68-year-old grandmother with a log following a dispute over an undisclosed issue. Matabeleland South provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident which occurred in Gole Village. She identified the suspect as Mpumelelo Dube. Insp Mangena said Dube was […] …
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Zimbabwe contains measles outbreak
Thandeka Moyo-Ndlovu, Senior Health Reporter ZIMBABWE has been able to contain the measles outbreak after vaccinating nearly 2 million children aged between six months and five years as part of the response to the disease. A mass vaccination campaign, which began in August last year, saw 2,3 million children aged between six months and five years […] …
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Drug dealer caged 12 months
Tafadzwa Chibukwa, Online Reporter A SUSPECTED drug dealer from Mvuma in the Midlands province who was recently arrested during the ongoing crackdown code-named “No to dangerous drugs and illicit substances”, was sentenced to 12 months in jail. Innocent Jaison Chida (28) of Athens Mine, Mvuma was arrested following a tip-off. Upon his arrest, police recovered 582 […] …
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Zimbabwe’s skills flight crisis: UK work visas up 1,500%
Source: Zimbabwe’s skills flight crisis: UK work visas up 1,500% – Bulawayo24 News The number of Zimbabweans granted work visas to work in the UK has gone up by 1,576% since 2019, showing the extent of Zimbabwe’s brain drain crisis. The number of Zimbabweans who were granted ‘Worker’ visas to the UK grew from 499 […] …
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The next frontier for Zimbabwe’s lithium
Source: The next frontier for Zimbabwe’s lithium – Bulawayo24 News THERE has been a scramble for Zimbabwe’s lithium deposits by multinationals in the past five years. Exploration projects that kicked off in 2018 are now at advanced stages of implementation, and Zimbabwe is slowly turning into one of Africa’s largest producers of the mineral. Lithium […] …
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Chigumba resists political pressure over delimitation
Source: Chigumba resists political pressure over delimitation – Bulawayo24 News IN the days leading to 17 February when the final delimitation report was supposed to be gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba came under overwhelming political pressure, and had to make a tough choice: Take flight or […] …
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