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Gvt To Retrench Some Of Its 40 000 Soldiers, & 55 000 Police

Posted on December 18, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The government could soon retrench thousands of soldiers and police officers, as authorities embark on a staff audit of the security sector as part of efforts to reduce the civil service’s unsustainable wage bill. Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa told Parliament on Wednesday the rationalisation exercise was now being extended to the army barracks and police stations to ascertain their numbers. “We took a decision at Cabinet to do the audit and I think the only…

Kariba Dam Water Level Down To Only 16% And Still Falling

Posted on December 17, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Kariba Dam water levels have dropped to 16% despite the current rains falling throughout the country, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has said. Last month, the water levels in the dam that produces the bulk of the country’s electricity had dropped to 21% from 40% recorded in June before falling to the current 16%. ZRA indicated that only one-metre water levels were left to sustain the country until meaningful rains pound. Although the authority did…

‘Bulawayo Chicken Inn Roof(Opposite Tredgold Building) Collapses On Customers’

Posted on December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

AN undisclosed number of people were injured while having meals at a Chicken Inn fast-food outlet in Bulawayo when its ceiling collapsed on them yesterday. A witness, only identified as Ashley said she was inside the building when the accident happened at around 3pm, opposite Tredgold Building. She said she heard a loud bang and suddenly, everyone was screaming. “Some customers fled from the outlet. I saw blood on the floor as I fled as…

Tombs Bus Overturns On N1 Highway: 1 Dead And 8 Seriously Injured

Posted on December 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A Zimbabwean woman was killed while eight other people were seriously injured when a Tombs Motorways bus overturned between Makhado and Musina towns on Monday morning. The bus was travelling from Johannesburg to Chegutu. Makhado police spokesperson Constable Irene Radzilane said the incident occurred near Ingwe Lodge, 5km outside Makhado town along the N1 highway. She said the injured were taken to Louis Trichardt Memorial Hospital while the body of the deceased was taken to…

Chiyangwa Fights Attachment Of His Property Over US$4 Million Interfin Bank Debt

Posted on December 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) president and businessman, Phillip Chiyangwa, whose property is set to go under the hammer over a $4 million debt owed to the now-defunct Interfin Bank has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court, seeking to stop the sheriff from selling his property, pending an application for rescission of judgment. In his application filed on Monday, Chiyangwa urged the court to consider his matter as urgent, adding the sheriff…

Drivers Banned From Disembarking At Roadblocks To Stop Police Corruption

Posted on December 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

POLICE have been barred from asking motorists to disembark from vehicles at roadblocks to combat corruption this festive season. The announcement has been met with mixed views by motorists, especially commuter omnibus drivers, who claim police victimise them if they remain in their cars. National Police spokesperson, Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said: “Police have been directed to talk to drivers whilst they are in their vehicles and in full glare of the public….

Fake Degrees From Dubious Local And International Institutions Flood Zimbabwe

Posted on December 16, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Education-hungry and title-seeking Zimbabweans have been warned against acquiring educational qualifications from dubious local and international institutions as they will not be recognised in the country. The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (Zimche) yesterday said that citizens who wanted to further their studies must also stay away from online higher learning institutions as they will be wasting their money. Zimche chief executive officer Emmanuel Ngara told journalists at a press conference in Harare yesterday that…

Mugabe Reads Wrong Speech…Again!… At Victoria Falls Conference

Posted on December 15, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe came within a whisker of going through another script of a wrong speech at the just-ended Zanu PF conference in Victoria Falls over the weekend, before his alert lieutenants, led by Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa, immediately came to his rescue. By the time Mnangagwa and First Lady Grace Mugabe came to his rescue, the veteran politician had already read out the first paragraph of the wrong copy and critically, he seemed to have…

‘Controversial Zimbabwe’s Indigenisation Laws To Be Enforced From January 2016’

Posted on December 15, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has revealed having internal differences with his lieutenants on how to respond to Western imposed sanctions his regime blames for the country’s protracted economic ruin. The veteran leader said in his closing address during a Zanu PF annual national conference in Victoria Falls Saturday there were some within who preferred giving in to external demands. “The sanctions have made us tough; some have been crying sanctions, sanctions, we are…

Dramatic U-Turn As Jacob Zuma Appoints, 3rd Finance Minister In A Week

Posted on December 14, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma appointed Pravin Gordhan as finance minister on Sunday, in a dramatic U-turn that gave South Africa its third finance chief in a week after a selling frenzy in the markets. The shock announcement restoring Gordhan to the post sent the rand surging nearly five percent on Sunday evening, but failed to quell a tide of criticism of the president. “This is reckless by President Zuma, he is playing Russian roulette with the…

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