Mozambican (33) Sentenced To 9 Yrs In Prison By Zim Court For Possessing Pangolin

Mozambican (33) Sentenced To 9 Yrs In Prison By Zim Court For Possessing Pangolin

CHIPINGE: A Mozambican national resident in the area was last week slapped with a mandatory 9 years imprisonment for possessing a pangolin, one of the endangered wildlife species in Zimbabwe. Blessing Aron, 33, who resides at Chimbanje village in Chipinge pleaded guilty of possessing the animal and told the court that he was not aware it is an offence in Zimbabwe as in his country it was legal to own one. But magistrate Tafadzwa Mhlanga…

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Zimbabwe Job Cuts Are A ‘Recipe For Arab Spring’, Style Uprising Warns Labour Union

Zimbabwe Job Cuts  Are A ‘Recipe For Arab Spring’, Style  Uprising Warns Labour Union

ZIMBABWE’S beleaguered workers have appealed to President Robert Mugabe to invoke his powers to end more job losses as he prepares to amend the country’s harsh labour laws. Speaking during a street demonstration in Harare’s CBD Saturday, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) leaders rubbished the proposed labour amendment law saying it sought to perpetuate the exploitation of workers. They insisted the law does nothing to free workers from capricious “capitalists” who are ensconced in…

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Mugabe – ‘Zimbabweans Aren’t Suffering & I Was “Devastated” By Mujuru’s Inexplicable Death’

Mugabe – ‘Zimbabweans Aren’t Suffering & I Was “Devastated” By Mujuru’s Inexplicable Death’

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe claimed Friday that no Zimbabwean was suffering as he revealed his row with liberation hero and former defence force chief, Solomon Mujuru, who was killed when an unexplained fire razed his farm house in 2011. Mugabe’s remarks during an address to the Zanu PF women’s league meeting in Harare raise new questions about Mujuru’s death and the veteran leader’s sincerity when mourning his passing. When burying the war hero at the Heroes…

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‘ZBC , Fires Almost Entire Mgnt Team, News Raders, Journalists & All Internal Security .’

‘ZBC , Fires Almost Entire Mgnt Team, News Raders, Journalists & All Internal Security .’

STATE broadcaster, the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday reportedly fired almost the entire management team, news readers, journalists and all internal security personnel. The engineering department was also reported to have been cleaned up in the job carnage. Other reports however said only between 50 and 100 workers had been fired and that letters of dismissal were still being dished out late last night. Some of the fired employees who requested anonymity told The Standard…

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‘Warning To Khama, The Zimbabwe Crisis Will Pull Down SADC Region’ – Eddie Cross

‘Warning To Khama, The Zimbabwe Crisis Will Pull Down SADC Region’ – Eddie Cross

I know everyone is fed up with the continuous state of crisis in Zimbabwe but that is no reason for not paying attention to its implications. In 1976 it was an intervention by the American Secretary of State that attempted to address the political, economic and social crisis in Zimbabwe, compounded at that time by a “low level guerilla war”. In 1980 it was the British, led by the Foreign Secretary, who attempted to address…

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Gvt To De-Register 30 000 Unregistered Vehicles, Leaving Only Properly Documented Cars

Gvt To De-Register 30 000 Unregistered  Vehicles, Leaving Only Properly Documented Cars

AT least 30 000 unregistered motor vehicles face imminent de-registration as Government moves to update the national vehicle population and ensure only properly documented cars use the roads. The Central Vehicle Registry’s records show that the country has 1,4 million vehicles, a figure that is cumulative from 1918 Government will soon publish a gazette outlawing at least 30 000 vehicles that have not been registered for the last two years and beyond. The move is…

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‘Prophets Makandiwa & Magaya Must Prophesy What Happened To Itai Dzamara’-Mnanganga

‘Prophets Makandiwa &  Magaya  Must Prophesy What Happened To Itai Dzamara’-Mnanganga

Zimbabwe’s Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa has slapped in the face Zimbabwe’s pentecostal prophets led by Emmanuel Makandiwa and Walter Magaya saying the “anointed” preachers must prophesy-out what happened to abducted democracy activist Itai Dzamara. Dzamara, a journalist and political activist, disappeared on the 9th of March 2015 and government’s notorious CIO has been blamed for it all. But Mnangagwa denied this saying government is also looking for what he said is a mere “answer”. Mnangagwa…

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UK Pressure Zim To Pay £25 Million Pensions To Its citizens ‘Civil servants’ In Rhodesian Regime.

UK Pressure Zim To Pay £25 Million Pensions To Its citizens ‘Civil servants’ In  Rhodesian Regime.

British lawmakers are pressuring Zimbabwe to pay £25 million in pensions to its citizens who served as civil servants under Ian Smith’s colonial regime. The money is said to be owed to about 2 000 former workers of the Southern Rhodesia government, including ex-military personnel who committed atrocities against the black majority during the liberation struggle. Conservative Party peer Lord Alastair Robertson Goodlad has been leading the lobby to push his government to engage Harare…

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‘Goodwill Zwelithini Cancels Visit To Zimbabwe Due To Gwanda Residents Backlash’

‘Goodwill Zwelithini  Cancels Visit To Zimbabwe  Due To Gwanda Residents Backlash’

ZULU King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu has reportedly cancelled his intended visit to Gwanda  this weekend amid a backlash from the Gwanda community. King Zwelithini was meant to attend a three- day jamboree, to be held in the mining town from Friday. The event is set to include about 102 gospel artistes jetting in from neighbouring South Africa to perform at a free-of-charge show to be held at Pelandaba Stadium and the official opening of a…

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