Zhuwao Warns, ‘Indeginisation Levy Will Go Ahead!’

Zhuwao Warns, ‘Indeginisation Levy Will Go Ahead!’

MUGABE’S NEPHEW, ‘ZHUWAO’, WARNS COLLEAGUES, PROPOSED INDEGINIZATION LEVY WILL GO AHEAD, AS HE RUBBISHES POLICY REVIEW SUGGESTIONS BY CABINET   Patrick Zhuwao the Youth, Indigenization and Economic Empowerment minister, who is President Robert Robert Mugabe’s nephew, yesterday warned his Cabinet colleagues “who dine and wine at embassies” that their endeavors to block his proposed indigenization levy were bound to fail.   Addressing a Zanu-PF provincial co-coordinating committee meeting in Chinhoyi, Zhuwao took a swipe at…

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Zanu PF Minister, ‘Nyasha Chkwinya’ Distributes Sex Enhancing Pills At Rally

Nyasha Chikwinya Women Affairs minister last Saturday brewed a shocker as she distributed sex-enhancing tablets at Zanu-PF campaign rally in Gokwe-Nembudziya where she emphasized on increased sexual activity among couples. Chikwinya who was the guest of honour at the rally, ordered youths to leave the meeting after her address and started distributing the pills to elderly men and women. After giving them instructions for use, Chikwinya started distributing the blue pills with the help of…

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Old Nic Mine Lift Operator Reduced To Pulp As, Cage, Jams Then Plunges 200 Metres

Old Nic Mine Lift Operator Reduced To Pulp As, Cage, Jams Then Plunges 200 Metres

A WORKER at Old Nic Mine in Bulawayo was crushed and reduced to a pulp when an underground cage he was operating jammed and plunged for about 200 metres. Dennis Gumbo, 53, was buried last Friday at his rural home in Mberengwa following his death on Monday last week at about 8PM. Gumbo’s body was retrieved at about 1PM the following day. Workers who spoke to The Chronicle said the cage Gumbo was operating was…

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‘ZNA Is A Professional Force, With Impeccable Integrity..??’-Brig Gen Sanyatwe

‘ZNA Is A  Professional Force, With Impeccable Integrity..??’-Brig Gen Sanyatwe

THE Zimbabwe National Army is a professional force with impeccable integrity and will not fiddle in civilian politics, a top army official said yesterday. Slating reports attributed to him on alleged military threats to ousted former Vice-President Dr Joice Mujuru, the Commander of Zimbabwe’s Presidential Guard, Brigadier-General Anselem Sanyatwe, denied ever making such inflammatory statements against the former VP. Brig-Gen Sanyatwe’s response comes in the wake of the People First’s statement at the weekend warning…

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Home Office Figures Show UK Blacks Are 3 xTimes More Likely To Be Tasered Than Whites

The numbers show the electric stun gun was drawn, aimed or fired 38,000 times in England and Wales over five years. In more than 12% of cases Tasers were used against black people, who make up about 4% of the population. Officers were accountable to the law each time their weapon was drawn, the National Police Chiefs Council said. The figures, covering the years 2010 to 2015, were compiled by the Home Office from all…

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Mugabe’s Spin Doctor ‘Charamba’s’ Threats Are Backward-ZANU PF Insiders

Mugabe’s Spin Doctor ‘Charamba’s’ Threats Are Backward-ZANU PF Insiders

ZANU PF insiders have reacted angrily to George Charamba’s threats to clamp down on the private media, saying President Robert Mugabe’s spin doctor was caught up in a time warp and should stop being a bully. Charamba told the state controlled Sunday Mail that the “private media has become an appendage of the opposition wishing ill of the ruling party”. As such, Charamba said, government was mulling tough media legislation to curtail press freedom. His…

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‘Grace, As First Lady Is In Power Already & Needs No Faction To Land Top Post’ -George Charamba

‘Grace, As First Lady Is In Power Already & Needs No Faction To Land Top Post’ -George Charamba

FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe is already in power and does not need to lead a faction in order to land Zimbabwe’s top job, a senior civil servant has said. President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson George Charamba confirmed to the State media at the weekend that “there are abrasive fights” for Mugabe’s throne within the ruling party. “The wife of the President is supposed to be the leader of G40. How does the wife of a sitting…

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‘Urgently Install Chiefs All Over Urban Zimbabwe’-Makokoba MP, Zanu PF Tshinga Dube

‘Urgently Install Chiefs All Over Urban Zimbabwe’-Makokoba MP, Zanu PF Tshinga Dube

Makokoba MP and War Veterans deputy minister and Tshinga Dube has  called for speedy installation of chiefs in cities to help police in handling crime and settling domestic disputes. Dube told members of his constituency last Saturday that chiefs would bring dignity to communities and enforce cultural practices and values. He said the chiefs  would also deal with people facing starvation. Already there are more than 200 traditional chiefs in rural areas. He said: “I…

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‘Donor Agencies Are Killing Business, By Feeding Starving Villagers’-Zimbabwe’s Millers Association

‘Donor Agencies Are Killing Business, By Feeding Starving Villagers’-Zimbabwe’s Millers Association

GRAIN Millers Association of Zimbabwe says donor agencies bringing food into the country to starving villagers are killing their businesses as customers are noticeably no longer buying indeginous products thus pushing the local food industry towards decimation. Chairperson of the association, Tafadzwa Musarara said this to NewZimbabwe.com at the side lines of the launch of humanitarian assistance programs to provide immediate support to people facing food insecurity by USAID and UK DFID last week. Musarara…

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Mujuru WarnsMugabe’s Zimbabwe National Army To ‘Back Off’ Civilian Political Processes

Mujuru WarnsMugabe’s Zimbabwe National  Army To ‘Back Off’  Civilian Political Processes

FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s People First (PF) political movement has warned army officers and securocrats to stay clear of civilian political processes and making inflammatory statements that could trigger civil unrest. In a statement yesterday, Mujuru, through PF spokesperson, Rugare Gumbo said recent threats made against her by Commander of the Zimbabwe Presidential Guard Brigadier General Anselem Sanyatwe should not go unchallenged, as they grossly violated provisions of the Constitution. “We were shocked to learn…

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