AAG Alarmed By Flawed State Procurement Board (SPB) Tender Issue In Matebeleland

AAG Alarmed By Flawed State Procurement Board (SPB) Tender Issue In Matebeleland

  SECURITY Companies in the Matabeleland region have taken a swipe at the State Procurement Board (SPB) for allegedly clandestinely and deliberately awarding tenders for the provision of security services at Government departments and parastatals in the region to Harare based firms. A number of security companies in Bulawayo interviewed by Sunday Business expressed their dismay at the rate SPB was continuously overlooking firms from the Matabeleland region to offer security service provisions at Government…

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After Closing Down, The Police Training Depot, Chief Ndiweni, Closes GMB in Ntabazinduna

CHIEF Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna in Matabeleland North Province has allegedly directed the Grain Marketing Board to shut down its depot in his area, arguing that his people were not benefiting from the facility. Sunday News reported that the move comes barely a year after the traditional leader ordered the police and the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services to shut down their training depots in his area saying youths from his jurisdiction were not benefiting. He…

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Twenty-one ‘Female Sex Slaves’, Land At Harare International Airport From Kuwait

Twenty-one ‘Female Sex Slaves’,  Land At Harare International Airport From Kuwait

Twenty-one human trafficking victims landed at Harare International Airport on Friday evening and could hardly hold back their tears as they told of the trauma they experienced in foreign lands. The emotional women who had been stranded in Kuwait after falling prey to bogus employment agencies were repatriated back home courtesy of Young Women Christian Association. This was after government had failed to raise emergency relief action to repatriate those affected. Chairman of the parliamentary…

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(MDC-T) Senator Demands Clarity Over Egypt ( HIV /Aids) Discriminatory Varsity Scholarships

(MDC-T) Senator Demands Clarity Over Egypt ( HIV /Aids) Discriminatory Varsity Scholarships

MANICALAND Senator David Chimhini (MDC-T) has demanded policy clarification from the government over an advertisement for scholarships in Egypt, which he said discriminated against people living with HIV and Aids. The advert in question came out in several local newspapers and required testing for HIV for prospective students, who intended to study in the North African country. “I want to believe there is co-operation between our country and Egypt, but they advertised for scholarships, saying…

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Mugabe’s Cousin, Home Affairs Minister Chombo’s Threat Heralds Return Of State-sponsored Violence

Mugabe’s Cousin, Home Affairs Minister Chombo’s Threat Heralds Return Of State-sponsored Violence

The government has issued a chilling warning to the MDC-T over planned demonstrations against bond notes and this could herald a return to the dark days of State-sponsored violence. NewsDay Comment As the custodian of the rule of law, peace and stability in the country, Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo should know that demonstrations are provided for in the Constitution and anyone is free to protest against the government. Why the government intends to respond…

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Past Human Rights Violations: ‘Dialogue, Truth, & Forgiveness Are Necessary For National Healing’. Mphoko

Past Human Rights Violations: ‘Dialogue, Truth, & Forgiveness Are Necessary For National Healing’. Mphoko

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has challenged the nation to address past human rights violations through dialogue, truth telling and forgiveness for national healing to succeed. He said this would address the root cause of physical, emotional and traumatic experiences and mend broken relations. Presenting a topic at the National Defence College on National Healing, Peace and Reconciliation, VP Mphoko said threats to national security such as tribalism, politics, hunger colonisation, economic issues and mistrust needed…

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Mugabe, Downs Traditional Beer At His uncle Chief Gutu’s Tombstone Unveiling Ceremony In Gutu

President Mugabe yesterday bemoaned rampant corruption in rural and urban councils countrywide, saying the vice had reached alarming levels which threatened the country’s moral fabric.The President said it was shocking that corrupt councillors were cashing in on desperate home-seekers whom they fleeced of thousands of dollars through selling housing stands in undesignated areas or double allocations. He said that was supposed to stop forthwith. The President said this while addressing thousands of people at Chamisa…

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‘ Zanu-PF Is United With Democratic Processes, & Easily Corrects Wayward Behaviour,,..No Factions!’-Mugabe

‘ Zanu-PF Is United With Democratic Processes, &  Easily  Corrects Wayward Behaviour,,..No Factions!’-Mugabe

THERE are no factions in Zanu-PF but one united group that has vibrant internal democratic processes and the ability to correct wayward behaviour, President Robert Mugabe has said. Addressing Zanu-PF supporters at Chamisa Primary School in Gutu yesterday, President Mugabe said Zanu-PF is a united party that has a strong support base with strong values steeped in the liberation struggle. The President spoke after paying his condolences to the family of the late Chief Gutu…

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Fake Cop, Who Robbed, & Raped Two Women In Bulawayo Centenary Park, Is Jailed 44 Years

Fake Cop, Who Robbed, & Raped Two Women In Bulawayo Centenary Park, Is Jailed 44 Years

    A MAN who raped and robbed two women at Centenary Park in Bulawayo after pretending to be a police officer has been sentenced to an effective 44 years in prison. Ekem Ncube, 39, from Mahatshula suburb, raped the two women, one of them a Form Three pupil, in a space of three days in February. Bulawayo magistrate Mark Dzira yesterday sentenced Ncube to 40 years in jail for two counts of rape and…

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Zaka Villagers Shocked After Sibling Girls, Aged 2, 4 & 8 Are Axed To Death By Stranger

Zaka Villagers Shocked After Sibling Girls, Aged 2, 4 & 8 Are Axed To Death By Stranger

  A STRANGER hacked three children, all girls, to death with an axe in Masvingo, after wounding their mother and sending their father fleeing. Police are trying to find a motive for the gruesome killings in Zaka, shortly after midnight on Tuesday.  allegedly travelled some 60km to Zimhungu Village under Chief Ndanga where he slaughtered siblings Lettecia Dzinorumwa, 8, Margret, 4, and Loina, 2, with an axe. So excessive was the force he used, said the children’s grief…

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