Police Offer US$10 000 Reward For Information On Itai Dzamara’s Whereabouts

Police Offer US$10 000 Reward For Information On Itai Dzamara’s Whereabouts

Police have offered a reward of $10 000 to anyone with information on the whereabouts of journalist-cum-opposition activist Itai Dzamara as investigations into his disappearance intensify. Dzamara went missing on March 9 in Glen View 7, Harare. Police have been submitting fortnightly updates on investigations into the disappearance of Dzamara to the High Court and working closely with human rights lawyers in compliance with a court order issued in March this year. In a statement…

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‘Mugabe And President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Shadowy Cash Deals’

‘Mugabe And President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Shadowy Cash Deals’

President Robert Mugabe seems to be increasingly relying on Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo for financial bailouts that are not always in the public domain, but have been filtering in the media of late. According to The Independent, Nguema has been bankrolling the Mugabe regime for sometime, often helping him out in critical times. There are reports that Mugabe and Nguema could have joint businesses in various sectors of the economy as they…

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China To Help Zanu-PF with resource mobilisation, Cadre Training & Winning 2018 general elections

China To Help Zanu-PF with resource mobilisation,   Cadre Training & Winning 2018 general elections

THE Communist Party of China (CPC) has pledged to help out Zanu-PF with resource mobilisation as well as cadre training in a move largely seen as designed to rescue the ruling party – which has been weakened by years of increasingly vicious succession fights and economic turmoil – win the 2018 general elections, the Independent reported. China has always supported Zanu-PF since the liberation struggle days in the 1960s and 1970s mainly for its own…

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Anti-Mugabe Demonstration To Impeach President Is Banned: Organisers To Defy ZRP

Anti-Mugabe Demonstration To Impeach President Is Banned: Organisers To Defy ZRP

Efforts by two non-governmental organisations to demonstrate at Parliament Building on Thursday with the aim of lobbying legislators to impeach President Robert Mugabe were quashed after the Zimbabwe Republic Police denied them permission to do so. However, the organisers are adamant that they will go ahead with their plans next week. The Democracy Advocate Trust (DAT) and Occupy Africa Unity Square had planned to call for Mugabe’s impeachment by Parliament over missing public funds, following…

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Vas Coda-Mugabe Ends Latest Visit To Zimbabwe And Jets Off To Equatorial Guinea

Vas Coda-Mugabe Ends Latest Visit To  Zimbabwe And  Jets Off To Equatorial Guinea

African Union and SADC chairperson President Robert Mugabe has left for Equatorial Guinea where he will attend an international conference on Africa’s fight against Ebola. He was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, cabinet ministers, service chiefs and other senior government officials. President Mugabe will be attending a two-day conference aimed at strengthening the continent’s fight against the dreaded Ebola virus. Running under the theme: ‘Africa Helping Africans in…

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Ministry of Information Media & Broadcasting Services To Be Replaced With Dpt In President’s Office’

Ministry of Information Media & Broadcasting Services To Be Replaced With Dpt In President’s Office’

The Ministry of Information Media and Broadcasting Services portfolio is set to be phased out and replaced by a mere department in the President’s office the Zimbabwean reported. President Robert Mugabe last week transferred Jonathan Moyo from the Ministry of Information to that of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development, leaving Public Service, Labour and Social Services minister Prisca Mupfumira holding fort in an acting capacity in a move described by observers as…

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Leading Economist Says Street Vending Is An African Problem Of Bad Governance

Leading Economist Says Street Vending Is An African Problem Of Bad Governance

HARARE: Street vending is not exclusive to Zimbabwe but is an African problem which speaks to poor governance of resources by both domestic and external actors, a local economist has said. In an interview with Newzimbabwe.com, Southern African Parliamentary Support Trust (SARST) executive director John Makamure said Africa’s resources are not contributing to the development of the region as the resources were being exploited by both domestic and external investors. Makamure said corruption played a…

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Makoni Says Charamba’s Comments ‘ Mugabe Doesnt Care About Dzamara’ Are Insensitive

Makoni  Says Charamba’s Comments ‘ Mugabe Doesnt Care About Dzamara’ Are  Insensitive

FORMER Zanu PF politburo member and cabinet minister Simba Makoni has lashed out at President Robert Mugabe over remarks made by his spokesperson that the veteran leader was not concerned by the disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara. Makoni, who is leader of Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn party, was part of the opposition leaders who gathered over the weekend to pray for the safe return of Dzamara. The journalist-cum human rights activist went missing about four months ago after…

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Uganda’s President Museveni, Begins Formalities To Extend His Rule To 35 Years

Uganda’s President Museveni, Begins  Formalities To Extend His Rule To 35 Years

President Yoweri Museveni has begun the formalities needed to run for re-election in Uganda’s 2016 elections, his spokesman said on Wednesday, a move that could see him extend his rule to 35 years. Don Wanyama, Museveni’s spokesman, said the veteran leader has paid 20 million shillings ($6,025) in fees to file for nomination as the presidential candidate of his ruling National Resistance Movement’s (NRM). The east African country is set to hold its presidential and…

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