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Mnangagwa’s Ziscosteel ‘Lies’ Laid Bare With Essar Deal Collapse

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PUMPED UP and feeling anointed to succeed after the Zanu PF congress, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa toured the collapsed Ziscosteel in December 2014 and declared that the company – closed since 2009 – would soon resume operations. Addressing a campaign rally in his then Chirumhanzu constituency, the Midlands political godfather declared: “Very soon, production will resume at New Zimsteel (Zisco’s new name) and this will go a long way in reviving the economy.” The suffering…

‘European Union (EU) More Concerned With Zim’s Deteriorating Economy Than Political Hurdles’-Germany’s Ambassador To Zim

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

GERMANY’S ambassador to Zimbabwe, Ullrich Klockner, has said the European Union (EU) is more concerned with the country’s deteriorating economy than the political hurdles stalling re-engagement with Harare. Ambassador Klockner told NewZimbabwe.com Thursday that the re-engagement drive remained a “bumpy” ride. “It is a long way forward; it is a bumpy road. We are not sure that it will be successful,” he said. The EU imposed sanctions against Zimbabwe in 2002 over allegations of election fraud by…

Ziscosteel Workers Contracts, Terminated And Zim Gvt Takes Over Firm’s US$700m Debt

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

GOVERNMENT will, with effect from December 1 this year, terminate all contracts for Ziscosteel workers on three months’ notice and absorb its wage liabilities in a bid to attract investors to resuscitate the company, Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa has said. The development confirms the collapse of the Redcliff steelmaker’s much-vaunted takeover by an Indian company despite vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa insisting in February this year that plans to restart the closed company were at an…

Man Who Tied A Donkey To A Tree And Raped It, Sentenced To 12 Months In Jail

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

“I resorted to bestiality to quench my sexual appetite because I don’t have a girlfriend,” said Munyaradzi Chidhani, 24, drawing guffaws from the gallery. Mwenezi resident Magistrate Honest Musiiwa convicted Chidhani of Magodhonge Village under Chief Chitanga, on his own plea of guilty to bestiality. He sentenced him to 12 months in jail for the offence and suspended four months for five years on condition of good behaviour. The magistrate commuted the remaining eight months…

Vascoda Mugabe’s Foreign Travel Budget, Exceeded By 240%

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE government overspent by 25 percent in the eight months to August, with the cost of foreign travel skyrocketing, while revenue collection missed targets due to poor economic performance, a report by a think tank has shown. A frequent flier, President Robert Mugabe is regularly criticised by the opposition for spending millions travelling abroad at a time the Harare administration is struggling with its finances in a poor economy. The veteran leader’s foreign travel schedule…

‘Mugabe Is An Opportunist, Who Used Land Reform When He Was Losing Power’-Julius Malema

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CONTROVERSIAL South African politician Julius Malema says President Robert Mugabe is an “opportunist” who waited until he was losing power to implement land reform and South Africa under him would never follow the 91-year old’s method. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader was addressing students at the University of Oxford Wednesday. He said the EFF would continue the fight for the return of land to black Africans and the equitable sharing of South Africa’s mineral…

Whither Zimbabwe With Mugabe’s Self Imposed Lifetime Rule?

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The level of civilisation is generally depicted by how a government treats and cares for its weakest, sick, elderly , children, disabled, minorities, needy, prisoners and most vulnerable in society. Oppression, racism, marginalisation, inequalities, and injustices forced upon the people of the then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, by the white Ian Smith Rhodesian regime, were , justification for us to all unite and wage a protracted and painful liberation war of independance. In Zimbabwe, Mugabe and…

Two Police Officers And A Civillian Shot Dead By Poacher In Chipinge

Posted on November 27, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Two police officers and a civilian were shot and killed by a suspected poacher in Chipinge on Tuesday. The shooting incident occurred at plot number 34, Naffaerton in Chipinge on Tuesday the 24th of November 2015 at around 11.am. The two police officers killed are Sergeant Robert Shumba (39) and Sergeant Vengai Mazhara (35), while the civilian is Chaita Simango (22). The police officers were killed on duty while investigating a case where a suspected…

Bus Ferrying Blakiston Primary School Grade 4 Pupils Rolls Over 3times In Kariba Makuti Area

Posted on November 25, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A BUS ferrying Blakiston Primary School pupils from Harare for a field trip in Kariba was involved in an accident near Karoi on Monday morning, sending parents into panic, as social media networks broke the news.When NewsDay visited the school, restless parents and guardians were demanding clarification from authorities after learning of the news via several social media platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp. Blakiston-Primary-School-overturned-bus A school official, who declined to be named, confirmed…

French Millitary Plane Emergency Landing In Masvingo, Explained

Posted on November 25, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Sceptics had questioned the motive as to why it passed through Zimbabwe from South Africa en route to Zambia. The 10 military personnel from France—including one woman—aboard the flight, were not injured after one of the aircraft’s engines and a gearbox developed faults. They had to spend the night holed up in Masvingo before engineers, who were aboard the plane, fixed the problem and they proceeded to Harare at around 11am. Diplomatic sources said…

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