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Power Providers Seek Permission To Raise Electricity Tarrifs For 2016

Posted on December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

With many areas in Zimbabwe subjected to a total of 18 hours at a time without electricity due to ongoing power cuts, it certainly never rains but it pours for the suffering Zimbabweans who live destitute lives with 90% unemployment, Poor Service delivery in Health care, Housing, Roads, Education and unsurprisingly so, Electricity. The powerhouse of Zimbabwe’ electricity supply, the Kariba Dam almost running dry and e after ectricity generation at its lowest because…

Health Experts Warn That, ‘Gonorrhea Could Soon Become Untreatable’

Posted on December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Gonorrhea, one of the most common sexually transmitted infections (STIs), could soon become an “untreatable disease”, United Kingdom health experts have warned. The drug resistant bug was first identified in Leeds, the UK, in March this year and caused quite an alarm, as doctors and medical experts battled to contain it and curb its spread to other parts. Over the years, according to the Centre for Disease Control, gonorrhea has progressively developed resistance to the…

US$13,2m Needed Yet Only US$3m Allocated To Avert Prison Starvation

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Government allocated a paltry US$3 million for food at the country’s prisons in the 2016 National Budget, enough to procure food for just three months for the prison population of approximately 20 000. The resultant food shortages at the correctional institutions are a real threat to security at prisons, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs observed in its report on the 2016 National Budget. The committee said at least US$13,2m was…

‘Illegal Marange Diamond Fields Prospector’ Shot dead By Security, Christmas Day

Posted on December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ONE illegal panner was allegedly shot dead, while two others were injured when security guards manning diamond fields in Marange opened fire at them in the early hours of Christmas. Although Manicaland police spokesman Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa professed ignorance on the matter, saying he had not been in office, NewsDay is reliably informed that the police have since launched investigations into the matter, which took place at the diamond fields owned by Marange Resources. According…

Mahofa& Madiro Hospitalisation Raise Poisoning Fears At Zanu PF Conference

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ZANU PF has been rocked by fears of plots to poison officials in rival factions, as the succession conundrum within the ruling party turns nastier, NewsDay has learnt While officials denied any knowledge of such plots, reports claimed that Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa and former Zanu PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro were hospitalised on suspicion of food poisoning at the recently-ended party’s 15th national people’s conference held in Victoria Falls. Zanu PF…

Mudzi Teacher (45) Free On Bail For Rape, Returns And Murders His Victim (14)

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A schoolteacher, who was in July freed on bail for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl, reportedly killed the victim to conceal evidence. Bernard Chiwengwa (45), a teacher at Nyamhondoro Secondary School in Mudzi, reappeared in court facing a fresh charge of murder barely three months after his release on bail on rape charges. Chiwengwa was not asked to plead to the murder charge on his first appearance at Murehwa Magistrate’s Court on October 20. He…

‘We Can’t Sit On The Fence , While Zimbabwe Burns’- Analyst

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A political commentator Simbarashe Manhanga‎ has concurred with MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s remarks that citizens can not sit on the fence while the country is burning due to crumbling economy caused by President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF ‘s rule. “Tsvangirai was at a rally in Gutu (Dewure) recently and was quoted as having said “We cannot afford to wait for 2018 when the country is deteriorating economically like this. We need to take action…

Breaking News: Former Zinasu Now RTUZ President And Others Detained & Assaulted At Kuwadzana Police Station

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Newzimbabwevision is reliably informed that the former Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) President now the President of the Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe, ‘Obert Masaraure’ and other cadres were arrested yesterday. Their arrest comes a day after the Rural Teachers Union in Zimbabwe (RTUZ) issued a statement emphasising their anger at the ‘lack of clarity and certainty’ from the Zanu PF government on bonuses and threatening to demonstrate in January if the bonus issue…

No Christmas Pay For Civil Servants Shows Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Is Stone Broke

Posted on December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

HARARE – The festive season has become a ginormous nightmare for the majority of civil servants as President Robert Mugabe’s stone-broke administration is failing to pay them not just their promised end-of-year bonuses, but their December salaries as well. Under-pressure Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa, had the unenviable task of announcing on Christmas Day, of all days, that most public servants would only receive their December pay – which was supposed to have been deposited into…

5 Die In Gweru-Zvishavane Road Head On Collision

Posted on December 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Five people died while five others were seriously injured when a Nissan Sunny collided head-on with a Corsa Lite along the Gweru-Zvishavane Road, Saturday morning. Police officer commanding Zvishavane District, Chief Superintendent Edward Ncube confirmed the accident which occurred at the 80,5km peg along Gweru-Zvishavane road at around 6am. Chief Supt Ncube said the Nissan Sunny which had six people on board was heading towards Zvishavane while the Corsa with South African registration numbers was…

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