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THE DISCERNING EYE WWW.NEWZIMBABWEVISION.COM TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT MUGABE’S CABINET RESHUFFLE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR MNANGAGWA AFTER REMOVAL FROM CABINET .   In an obvious flexing of the muscle and attempt to cement his control over Zanu pf and Zimbabwe, the Commander of the Defence forces of Zimbabwe, President Robert Mugabe, true to his word, followed up on his warning last week that he would reshuffle the cabinet, by actually doing so, yesterday….

  The president has reahuffled Zimbabwes cabinet in terms of Sections 100 (200) (c) and (d) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20), and re-assigned Ministers as follows; 1. Hon. Dr. I.M.C. Chombo, Minister of Finance and Economic Development. 2. Hon. P.A. Chinamasa, Minister of Cyber Security, ‘Threat Detection and Mitigation. 3. Hon. W. Mzembi, Minister of Foreign Affairs. 4. Hon. O.M. Mpofu, Minister of Home Affairs. 5. Hon. S.S. Mumbengegwi, Minister of Macro-economic…

Over 300 voter registration officers on the Zimbabwe Electoral Comission (Zec)-led biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise were left to unhygienic practices by Karoi Municipality in the most shocking of poor service delivery by a local council in Zimbabwe.   The high number of officers numbering approximately 300 registration officers set up camp at Chikangwe Hall but because no toilets had been put in place by Karoi council, they had to relieve themselves in surrounding bushes…

DRUNK drivers who are involved in accidents are getting away largely scot-free as police have been operating without breath test kits since 2010.   Standard police breathalysers cost as little as $6 per kit on online shopping site eBay.   The tests are needed to prove the level of alcohol in a person’s system at the time of an accident.   Without them, drivers have been successfully arguing in court that they were not drunk….

Self proclaimed supporters of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Gokwe Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena and Jones Musara have accused G40 rival Professor Jonathan Moyo of killing his daughter.   This is the second time the two have made the accusation on micro-blogging site Twitter. In September, the pair accused Moyo who is well known to be HIV positive of sacrificing his daughter in order to gain power through ritual practices.   However, in the latest…

Biker dies on the spot in road accident A biker died on the spot in road traffic accident along Borowdale road in Harare on Sunday night.   Cases of bikers being knocked to death are sprouting in Harare, a Dynamos supporter – Thulani Ncube – also died the same way in Waterfalls on Saturday afternoon.   In another road accident six people died in Seke road on Friday night when two kombis collided in a…

A ZIMBABWEAN man employed as a manager at a restaurant in South Africa died after a disgruntled subordinate he had allegedly fired for misconduct melted his face with sulphuric acid.   Ndumiso Luphahla (32) succumbed to the injuries on Monday last week a few days after being admitted to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Johannesburg following the horrific attack, allegedly at the hands of Maxwell Moyo.   Ndumiso was buried yesterday at Luveve Cemetery in…

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe reportedly confronted under-fire Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa during a tense briefing ahead of a Zanu PF youth league national assembly meeting in Harare on Saturday and openly told him to quit over allegations of fomenting factionalism and plotting President Robert Mugabe’s downfall. Mnangagwa, who according to sources at the meeting, sat stone-faced, is under growing pressure from his G40 rivals, who want him to step down on accusations of fuelling factionalism and…