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‘Call To Arms’- Tsvangirai Urges Supporters To Register As Voters Ahead Of 2018 elections

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has ordered party structures to mobilise supporters, especially the youth, to register as voters in preparation for the 2018 elections. The party, which claims to have been cheated of victory in past votes, has boycotted recent by-elections and ruled out participating in any future polls unless and until the Zanu PF government implements key reforms to make the contests fairer. On the ground however, the former premier is actively preparing for…

Supreme Court Ruling:- Zimpapers (Herald, Sunday Mail, Chronicle Publishers) Fires 100 Employees

Posted on August 8, 2015August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE Zimpapers group has fired 100 employees, taking advantage of the recent Supreme Court ruling allowing companies to dismiss workers on three months’ notice in a development that has seen more than 18,000 people lose their jobs. The dismissed workers go home with just pay in lieu of the three months’ notice as well as cash for the seven days worked in August. Listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and majority-owned by the government, Zimpapers…

North Korea Sets Clocks Back By 30 Minutes To Create Own Timezone And Break From ‘Imperialism’

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

(CNN)North Korea is its own world in many ways. Now, it is getting its own time zone to match. State news agency, KCNA, has announced that North Korea will set its clocks back by 30 minutes to “Pyongyang time” on August 15–the 70th anniversary of liberation from Japan. That will reset the time to GMT+08:30, as it was before Japanese colonization. “The wicked Japanese imperialists committed such unpardonable crimes as depriving Korea of even its…

Human Rights Activists Meet, The Missing Activist Itai Dzamara’s Family To Offer Moral Support

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Human rights activists on Thursday met with the abducted journalist and democracy rights activist Itai Dzamara’s family to console them five months after he disappeared. Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights communications officer Kumbirai Mafunda. Kumbirai Mafunda posted on facebook that August is the month when Zimbabwe is supposed to honour and celebrate the exploits of its heroines and heroes. “We found time to join the Dzamara family at a peaceful vigil at the Africa Unity Square…

‘After Diamond Plunder, ZNA Partners Russian Prospectors, To Angle For US$5 billion Platinum Mines’

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FOR those of you who, like me, with a deep interest in the subject of political economy, will remember the phrase ‘resource curse’. A quick reference to Wikipedia will tell you that the term “was first used by Richard Auty in 1993 to describe how countries rich in natural resources were unable to use that wealth to boost their economies and how, counter-intuitively, these countries had lower economic growth than countries without an abundance of…

‘President Alassane Ouattara Blocked Me From Entering Ivory Coast After Landing’-Mugabe

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe said that African leaders have refused to recognize his leadership on regional bodies at the prodding of the French government. Mugabe told the central committee of the ruling Zanu-PF party on Friday that he’s been snubbed by regional leaders while serving as rotating chairman of the African Union and the Southern African Development Community. In Ivory Coast, a former French colony, President Alassane Ouattara blocked Mugabe from entering the country after his…

‘Being A Minister Doesn’t Mean You Own That Ministry, You May Be Replaced Tomorrow’-Mugabe

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CABINET ministers and senior Zanu-PF officials must be content with their positions since they serve at the mercy of the party and can be redeployed or replaced at any given point when the need arises, President Mugabe said yesterday. As such, he said, officials were being deployed to serve the people. President Mugabe, in his capacity as the Head of State and Government and First Secretary of Zanu-PF, is empowered to appoint both Cabinet ministers…

Psychologists Brought In After Milton High School Seniors, Bully, Stone, & Injure Several Form1s

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is investigating a case of bullying that occurred at Milton High School recently, a senior official has said. Bulawayo Provincial Education Director, Dan Moyo, said his office will engage psychologists to help those children found guilty of the offence. “The matter is still under investigation. I’m yet to receive a report from our investigation team. However, in most cases we normally engage psychologists to counsel the pupils,” said…

Full Statement By Dr Patson Dzamara On His Missing Brother Itai Dzamara’s Birthday

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Today Itai Dzamara turns 36. Although I am happy to have shared the same womb with such a phenomenal man, today is not a happy day. His birthday is a stark reminder to us that he is not here for us to share this time as a family. However, we remember Itai today and we celebrate his life even though he is still in the hands of evil men and women. We have faith that…

Dzamara Family Hold Vigil At Africa Unity Square On Itai Dzamara’s Birthday

Posted on August 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The family of disappeared journalist-cum activist Itai Dzamara held a vigil at Africa Unity Square in Harare today to mark his 36 birthday. Itai’s wife, Sheffra and children Nokutenda and Nenyasha and his brother Patson lit candles. Patson said ‘we celebrate his life even though he is still in the hands of evil men and women’.- Source-bulawayo24

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