President Mnangagwa Herald Reporter President Mnangagwa’s ED-UNZA scholarship trust raised over US$1,5 million and $19 million during a fundraising dinner held recently to support disadvantaged but deserving families with access to tertiary education. Known as the Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa University of Zambia Scholarship Programme (ED-UNZA), the funds will benefit both Zimbabwean and Zambian students in […] …
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Garwe warns land barons
Source: Garwe warns land barons –Newsday Zimbabwe Housing minister Daniel Garwe HOUSING minister Daniel Garwe warned land barons who are parceling out lands without following due processes. Speaking during an official handover ceremony of Millennium Heights Block 2, a project undertaken by West Properties , in Harare on Friday, Garwe said there will be strict […] …
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Man electrocuted trying to steal transformer oil, copper cables
Ivan Zhakata and Peter Tanyanyiwa A suspected thief trying to steal transformer oil and copper cables from a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company transformer in the Engineering section of Highfield, Harare, was electrocuted around 5am yesterday. The unidentified man was seen dead next to the transformer a few minutes after residents in the area […] …
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Zimbabwe’s human wildlife conflict compensation scheme met with scepticism
Source: Zimbabwe’s human wildlife conflict compensation scheme met with scepticism – The Standard Windas Sianene is grateful that he miraculously survived a crocodile attack soon after escaping from being trampled by elephants, but he says life has become a nightmare for him and his children. Sianene (43) from Binga had his left leg and arm […] …
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Scramble for Form One places… Government allays fears of shortage of vacancies
Nqobile Tshili/Flora Sibanda, Chronicle Reporters Government has said there are adequate Form One places to absorb all pupils that wrote the Grade Seven public examinations this year. The announcement comes as parents and guardians have started scrambling for Form One places for their children ahead of the 2023 Term One. Parents and guardians seeking boarding […] …
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Gwanda court construction on course
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Matabeleland South Bureau Chief CONSTRUCTION of the Gwanda Magistrates’ Court in Gwanda has gained momentum after the Government under the Second Republic allocated funds for completion of the project which is one of the priority projects under the 100-Day Cycle. Construction of the building began in June 2004 but work was suspended in […] …
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Sikhala court troubles mount as magistrate rejects lawmaker’s recusal request
The magistrate said Sikhala should give her a chance to weigh evidence during trial before concluding she is biased. …
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Why Citizens Coalition for Change MPs are taking US$40,000 parliament loan
‘The suggestion in some quarters that loans are donations is not correct’ …
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‘COVID-19 still a threat’
Source: ‘COVID-19 still a threat’ –Newsday Zimbabwe MEDICAL experts yesterday warned members of the public to guard against complacency during the forthcoming festive season to avoid another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The warning comes as a new Omicron variant has been detected in neighbouring Botswana, a COVID-19 strain that wreaked havoc across the world […] …
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Ex-minister appeal bid tossed out
Petronella Kagonye Fidelis Munyoro Chief Court Reporter Former Minister Petronella Kagonye can consider herself very fortunate to be serving an effective sentence of just 16 months for defrauding Potraz of the 20 laptops given to her for schools in her Goromonzi South Constituency, as both the High Court and now a Supreme Court judge have […] …
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