J.Nkomo Airport Substandard Despite US$25mln Upgrade’-Transport Minister Joram Gumbo

J.Nkomo Airport Substandard Despite US$25mln Upgrade’-Transport Minister Joram Gumbo

TRANSPORT Minister Joram Gumbo has lamented the state of Joshua Nkomo International Airport in Bulawayo, saying the facility is substandard despite a costly upgrade that has dragged on for over a decade. The project, which has so far gobbled up US$25 million, still needs in excess of US$13 million to complete outstanding work despite its commissioning in December 2013. The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe has said it is failing to raise the required US$13…

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‘UK Cops Seek Rapist Thought To Have Escaped To Zimbabwe’

‘UK Cops Seek Rapist Thought To Have Escaped To Zimbabwe’

BRITISH detectives trying to trace a care worker accused of raping a female patient at an NHS psychiatric unit are focusing their inquiries on Zimbabwe, it has emerged. A warrant for the arrest of Bester Mashayamombe, 51, was issued when he failed to appear before Plymouth magistrates on 7 October. The alleged attack happened at the Glenbourne unit in Plymouth, Devon. Mashayamombe, from the city, is also accused of sexual assault by touching. The BBC…

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‘The whole Country Is On standby. We Are Just Waiting For Him To Die’-

‘The whole Country Is On standby. We Are Just Waiting For Him To Die’-

Harare (dpa) – The broad avenues lined with lilac trees in the Zimbabwean capital Harare show no images of 91-year-old President Robert Mugabe, but his presence towers over the southern African country he has ruled for 35 years. “The whole country is on standby. We are just waiting for him to die,” said Evans, a taxi business owner. Complaints abound about Mugabe’s authoritarian rule, which is seen as having ravaged what was once one of…

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Parirenyatwa Should Return The Clandestinely Obtained PSMAS US$100k And Resign

Parirenyatwa Should Return The Clandestinely Obtained PSMAS US$100k And Resign

  Health and Child Care Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa should return the $100 000 advance payment that was unprocedurally made to him by Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) last year and resign from holding a public office, the society’s members and service providers have said. While investigations by The Herald yesterday showed that capitation no longer exists in the medical insurance industry, particularly with PSMAS which is sitting on debt in excess of US$140…

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Jonathan Moyo’s Daughter , Zanele’s Funeral ‘Unites’ Faction Riddled Zanu-PF

FIGHTING Zanu-PF factions yesterday buried their differences to give Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo’s daughter, Zanele Naledi Ntombizodwa, a big send off similar to one accorded to VIPs. Zanele, who was buried at Glen Forest cemetery in Harare, died in Cape Town, South Africa under mysterious circumstances and her father is disputing the date of death stated on her death certificate. Zanu-PF leaders, often in the news for their battles and from distinct…

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Jonathan Moyo Breaks Down At Daughter ‘Zaneles’ Burial

The wife of Minister of High Education Pro. Jonathan Moyo(centre) breaks down infront of her husband on his arrival with the body of thier daughter who died mysteriously in Capetown Pic Shepherd Tozvireva HIGHER Education minister Jonathan Moyo broke down while singing an emotional song for his late daughter Zanele during her burial in Harare yesterday. Moyo spoke at length about Zanele and how he was close to her and dedicated a song to her…

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Tsvangirai Comes Face To Face With (MDC-T) Faction Violence In Bulawayo

Tsvangirai Comes Face To Face With (MDC-T) Faction Violence In Bulawayo

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came face to face with violent clashes pitting youths aligned to rival factions as he visited the families of the late Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu in Bulawayo. Tsvangirai, who came under attack for snubbing Mahlangu’s burial two weeks ago, visited the late legislator’s maternal family, the Sangos in Luveve and that of his stepfather the Mugovas in Nkulumane. The party’s rival factions again divided themselves among the two families with…

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Chiyangwa Launches Bid For ZIFA Presidency

HARARE businessman Philip Chiyangwa has formally launched his bid for the ZIFA presidency, promising to bring light to a game that has been staggering in the darkness for years, restoring transparency and using it to bring smiles on the faces of millions of Zimbabweans. In typical Chiyangwa style, where glamour is never far away, his announcement was pregnant with his incredible tale of how he rose from a poor boy who used to roam the…

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Deceased 3 Yr Old Extra City Bus Accident Victim’s Leg Found After 12 Days

Deceased 3 Yr Old Extra City Bus Accident Victim’s Leg Found After 12 Days

A LEG belonging to a three-year-old accident victim has been found, 12 days after she was buried with the body part missing. The three-year-old girl was among four people who died on the spot when an Extra City bus side-swiped the trailer of a haulage truck before overturning along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway on September 30. The mother of the child, Praise Jamela, sustained severe injuries and is recuperating at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH)….

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‘I Exposed Mugabe For Not Paying Electricity Bills,’ Says Elton Mangoma

Former Energy Minister and the interim leader of the opposition Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma, says he must be commended for exposing a scandal at the state-owned Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) in which President Robert  Mugabe, cabinet ministers and Members of Parliament were not paying electricity bills at their private properties. The story was first published by a local newspaper, the Daily News, in 2012. In an exclusive interview with VOA, Mangoma refuted…

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