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House of Assembly Ratifies Law
The House of Assembly has ratified the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons. The African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons was signed in Kampala in 2009 and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted on December 13 2006. In moving the motion on the ...
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Confusion Over UMDP Leadership
Confusion is reigning supreme in the United Movement for Democracy Party (UMDP), a new Gweru-based political outfit whose supporters think it is linked to businessman Mr Mutumwa Mawere, although he vehemently denies any involvement in the party. Although Mr Mawere, who claims to be a ruling African National Congress (ANC) party official has once again distanced himself from the party, some UMDP ...
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Negative Zim Picture Must Change
TOP industrialist Mr Anthony Mandiwanza is concerned about the "distorted" representation of Zimbabwe and posits that a strategic response is now needed to demystify the negative perceptions. In a recent interview, the former president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries said "some" misinformed statements about the country reflected ignorance and stereotype gripping ...
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Security Reform Not GPA Issue
The publication of American diplomatic cables by WikiLeaks exposed the sinister motives behind the American government's drive towards a programme of "reforming" (read weakening) the security sector in Zimbabwe to pave way for regime change in which the US government would install an MDC-T puppet regime. The cables made it clear that the so-called security sector reform is ...
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Woman Scalds Hubby for Denying Her Conjugal Rights
A Mwenezi polygamous man is recuperating in hospital after suffering severe facial and neck burns when he was drenched with hot cooking oil by his second wife for allegedly denying her conjugal rights on Monday. Zakaria Mukanganwi (29) of New Stands at Rutenga Growth Point is recovering at Neshuro District Hospital after his second wife -- Loveness Shumba (16) -- allegedly scalded him with hot ...
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Mbanje Dealer Used It to Ward Off Evil Spirits
A MBANJE dealer's bid to make the court believe that he burnt the drug to ward off evil spirits that afflicted his three-year-old son failed to spare him from going to jail. Tafadzwa Chawatama (26) of Gukwe Village under chief Chinamhora in Goromonzi will spend the next 18 months behind bars after the court refused to buy his story. Magistrate Ms Georgina Ndava convicted Chawatama of ...
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Black Mambas Bite Buffaloes
Mutare - BLACK Mambas finally remembered how to win when they edged an out-of-sorts Buffaloes FC in a lifeless Castle Lager Premiership at Sakubva yesterday. Tsepo Ranthohoane's flashing header in the 40th minute and Nicholas Alfandika's 57th minute volley was all the Harare police outfit needed to secure the victory after going for the previous five league matches without a win. ...
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Zimbabwe Voter Registration Ends Amid Concerns
The mobile voter registration exercise ended countrywide last night with scores of people who failed to register calling for the extension of the programme. A new 30-day voter registration exercise has already been planned for but the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) insists funding of the process has to be released early to allow for voter education. Long queues were seen at registration ...
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Zimbabwe MP Urges People to Work Hard Castigates NGOs
Uzumba Member of Parliament Cde Simbaneuta Mudarikwa has encouraged members of his constituency to work hard and ensure food security rather than depending on donations. He was speaking at a conservation agriculture field day organised by the Cluster Agricultural Development Services recently at Chihwai homestead in Zanga Village. "Lets us emulate ants that work hard and source their own ...
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Zimbabwe Share Infrastructure Broadband Firms Urged
Africa's Carriers Carrier, WIOCC, believes there is a lot of broadband potential but urged players to share infrastructure so that they offer better services. Speaking during the recent broadband conference in Harare, WIOCC chief commercial officer Mr James Wekesa said sharing infrastructure helped avoid underutilisation of fibre. "(Local broadband players must) compete on services ...
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Zimbabwe Call to Support Local Farmers
Zimbabwean businesses should support local industries by buying local products instead of imports, a leading fast food chain operator has said. Mr Tawanda Mutyebere, the chief executive of Chicken Slice, said fresh farm produce by local farmers was healthier than imported GMOs. "We have seen the advantage of buying products from the Zimbabwean farmers. Our food is healthier, tastier and ...
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Zimbabwe Miners Bemoan High Royalties Levies
HIGHER rates of royalties for gold, diamond and platinum introduced by Treasury in January last year have increased the cost of mining operations, outgoing Chamber of Mines President Winston Chitando has said. Mr Chitando made the remarks in his opening address at the Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe's 74th annual general meeting held at Troutbeck Resort last week under the theme "Where ...
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Record Zimbabwe debts to Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea has emerged as one of Zimbabwe's main creditors following massive unpaid oil deliveries since the surrender of coup plotter Simon Mann from Harare to Malabo in ...
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US was against Zim unity govt
In a 2007 report from the US Embassy in Harare, a possible national unity government in Zimbabwe is described as "less attractive." President Robert Mugabe is called "the devil" and Morgan Tsvangirai is described as "a flawed ...
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Zim diamond certification scandal revealed
Zimbabwean diamonds worth US$ 160 million have been exported to India following a Kimberley Process certification by a South African businessman, although Zimbabwe diamonds are barred from such ...
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Zimbabwe war of appointments
President Robert Mugabe is accused of a rush of illegal appointments to Zimbabwean embassies, governor posts and other prominent positions to party followers and family members. The MDC struggles to reverse the ...
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Zimbabwe cracks down on the oldest profession
Harare, Zimbabwe - A woman dressed in a fake Burberry trench-coat struts along a pitch-dark stretch of this southern African city's red-light district. Sporting knee-high boots and red lipstick, Sharon opens her coat into the headlights of an oncoming car to expose body-hugging leopard-print lingerie, prompting the vehicle to screech to a halt. "Hi sweetie," she says to the ...
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Male Circumcision Could Save Zimbabwe U.S. $3 Billion
Zimbabwe could save up to US$3 billion in treatment of HIV and Aids and downstream costs if the country can scale up its Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC), a health official has said. Ministry of Health and Child Welfare, HIV and Aids and TB Specialist, Owen Mugurungi, said if the VMMC was to make an impact in the country, there was need for a rapid scaling up of the programme among ...
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Zimbabwe Resistance Hinders Circumcision Programme
PROMOTERS of the male circumcision programme need to go back to the drawing board after only 8% of the targeted people responded positively to their campaign. The government set an ambitious target to circumcise three million men by the end of 2015, in its bid to reduce HIV infections in the country. But to date, only 8% of the target population has been reached, less than two years before the ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabwes Chief Executives Fail to Pass On the Baton
ANNOUNCING the "shock" departure of then group chief executive officer Nyasha Makuvise last year, CBZ Holdings board chairman Luxon Zembe told analysts that while the group regretted his resignation, leadership was like a relay where one had to pass on the baton. "He [Makuvise] has worked well, we are proud and in fact, regret that a very good runner [is leaving] but in a relay, ...
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Latest - Dynamos Wins Derby
The much publicised Harare derby between CAPS United and Dynamos failed to provide the sparkle as a penalty by Devon Chafa made the difference for the defending Castle Lager Premiership champions at the National Sports Stadium this afternoon. Chafa beat Tafadzwa Dube in the 26 minute after Ronald Pfumbidzai was adjudged to have hacked down Clive Kawinga in the box. The penalty made all the ...
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Dead man Brighton Dama Zanthe suddenly wakes up at funeral in Zimbabwe
Brighton Dama Zanthe had been sick for some time before his 'death' last Monday, but the 34-year-old doesn't remember anything before waking up in the hospital after his funeral, newzimbabwe ...
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Zimbabwe Mining Companies Reject State Control Document
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (IMP) , rejected a proposal for the state to control mineral production and prices, a draft response from the industry organization obtained ...
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Zimbabwe PM vows to reverse Mugabes companies take-over drive
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai wrapped up his party's post-election plan meeting Sunday vowing to overturn President Robert Mugabe's controversial indigenisation drive if he wins upcoming general elections. He wound up the meeting with a rally attended by thousands of supporters of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) at a sports ground in Harare's working ...
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