Messenger Of Court Blocked By Soldiers From ZBC Studio Access For US$300,000 Debt Collection

Messenger Of Court Blocked By Soldiers From ZBC Studio Access For US$300,000 Debt Collection

  BUSINESS came to a standstill for nearly three hours at ZBC’s Pockets Hill headquarters Friday morning when soldiers manning the gates refused the Messenger of Court access to the premises. ZBC premises around the country are guarded by the Zimbabwe National Army. The Deputy Sheriff and his staff wanted to attach the financially crippled State broadcaster’s property, including vehicles over unpaid water bills and other supplementary rates. ZBC owes Harare City Council more than…

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‘Cuthbert Dube Must Be Arrested For Milking (PSMAS) Dry’-Eddie Cross (MDC-T)

‘Cuthbert Dube Must Be Arrested For Milking (PSMAS) Dry’-Eddie Cross (MDC-T)

BULAWAYO South MP Eddie Cross (MDC-T) yesterday demanded the arrest of current and former Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) executives for milking the society dry and causing irreparable damage to the organisation.Speaking in Parliament yesterday, Cross said: “I am happy that President Robert Mugabe said there will be a Bill introduced to regulate medical aid societies. Recently, we heard that five PSMAS bosses were drawing $22 million and other various benefits and yet, even…

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‘People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Has Solutions For Electricity Crisis’-Tendai Biti,

‘People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Has Solutions For Electricity Crisis’-Tendai Biti,

FORMER Finance minister and opposition politician, Tendai Biti, has said his party has workable practical solutions for the current power crisis which has “de-urbanised” country’s cities and towns under the “tired” and “failed” Zanu PF leadership. Zimbabwe is experiencing increased hours of power cuts due to power utility ZESA’s failure to generate adequate electricity. On Thursday the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETD) said the country should brace for worsening blackouts due to electricity…

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‘Legislate A Ban Against Electric Geysers To Reduce Power Usage’-Energy Ministry

‘Legislate A Ban Against Electric Geysers To Reduce Power Usage’-Energy Ministry

ZIMBABWE has literally become a blackout nation as the country struggles with a crippling electricity supply crisis which has forced daily power cuts lasting as long as 18 hours in some areas. The country has, for years, failed to generate enough electricity to meet its needs forcing power utility ZESA to ration supplies as it does not have the money to plug the shortfall with imports. But the crisis has worsened in recent days after…

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‘2008 Election Violence?,..Aaaah I Was Not Involved!’-Jabulani Sibanda

‘2008 Election Violence?,..Aaaah I Was Not Involved!’-Jabulani Sibanda

Outspoken former war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda has denied widespread claims that he orchestrated the bloody 2008 election campaigns. At the time, Sibanda was a Zanu PF member. In a question and answer interview excerpts gleaned from the Zimbabwe Independent, Sibanda said no genuine war veteran participated in violence. He blamed the violence on a “Third Force”. “When I was national chairman of war veterans in 2008, there was no genuine war veteran who was…

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Bright Xsmas?….’We Don’t Think So!’-ZESA Announces 18HR/ Daily Power Cuts

Bright Xsmas?….’We Don’t Think So!’-ZESA Announces 18HR/ Daily Power Cuts

Zimbabweans should brace for 4AM and 10PM daily electricity cuts, ZESA Holdings has announced. The country is experiencing serious blackouts blamed on breakdowns and repairs at the power plants. Bulawayo suburbs will be without power between 4AM and 10PM for the better part of the week. The load shedding schedule published by Zesa Holdings subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, indicated that most of Harare’s suburbs will be without power between 4AM and…

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‘ Violet Makoto Collapsed In Ntabazinduna, And Blamed It On Heat And Hunger’

‘ Violet Makoto Collapsed In Ntabazinduna, And Blamed It On Heat And Hunger’

Forestry Commission Spokesperson, Violet Makoto caused a stir today when she collapsed during a media tour and blamed the move on hunger. Makoto, a former ZBC presenter in Bulawayo collapsed at Ntabazinduna in the presence of is the current Minister of Water, Environment and Climate,  Oppah Muchinguri  and her immediate boss deputy general manager, Abedinico Marufu. “It’s true that Violet collapsed in a dramatic manner.  She caused panic among the touring party including Muchinguri. “After…

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‘1.5 Million Zimbabweans Need Food Aid’-UN World Food Programme

‘1.5 Million Zimbabweans Need Food Aid’-UN World Food Programme

VILLAGERS in some parts of the country are skipping meals and foraging for wild fruit as food stocks run out after a poor harvest blamed on drought and controversial land reforms. “Even if the children complain of hunger there is nothing we can do about it,” says Rabian Chidamba, 40, a mother of four who lives in Musana district northwest of Harare. She has cut the family’s meals to two a day as she ekes…

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