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‘Thomson Kachingwe’, Thomas Mapfumo’s former manager dies in Canada

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Zimbabweans based in Canada are currently raising funds to repatriate to Zimbabwe the body of Thomson Kachingwe, a former manager of chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo who passed away in Toronto on May 31. The body of the veteran 61-year-old music personality is expected to be flown to Zimbabwe next week. Kachingwe, who managed the Blacks Unlimited soon after independence, chauffeured reggae legend Bob Marley after his historic performance at Zimbabwe’s independence celebrations held at…

Jonathan Moyo, and Saviour Kasukuwere in deadly Zanu PF , Mugabe succession feud

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

As Zanu-PF’s deadly factional and succession wars continue to rip the former liberation movement apart, it has emerged that supporters of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa are ratcheting up the pressure on senior party officials Jonathan Moyo and Saviour Kasukuwere, including allegedly frantically trying to convince President Robert Mugabe to drop them from Cabinet. Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday claimed that there was a renewed effort to see to it…

Zanu-PF Hurungwe West winner, Keith Guzah ,scandal and dispute with Mliswa deepens

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The damaging claims that Zanu-PF winning candidate for Hurungwe West Keith Guzah may not have been registered to vote in the constituency in last week’s by-elections – which could see him losing his parliamentary seat – has taken a new twist. The ruling party is now shifting the blame for the debacle to the beleaguered Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), accusing the Rita Makarau-led electoral body of sleeping on the job and doing a shoddy job…

After Prophet Walter Magaya, Mugabe also attacks the Apostolic Faith

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe has attacked members of the Vapositori (apostolic sect members), for refusing to take their children to school and hospitals, citing it as one of the country’s major draw backs. Speaking at a ceremony for the official opening of the junior Parliament and the swearing in of the junior president in Harare yesterday, Mugabe said that members of the Vapositori were not forthcoming on the issue of education and medical treatment. “Yes then,…

Dzikamai Mavhaire & Olivia Muchena booted out of Senate in more Zanu-PF purges

Posted on June 21, 2015June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FORMER Energy minister Dzikamai Mavhaire and ex- Higher Education minister Olivia Muchena have been booted out of the Senate as Zanu-PF continues its purges against allies of ousted former Vice-President Joice Mujuru, The Standard reported.Mavhaire and Muchena’s recall from Parliament was announced by President of the Senate Edna Madzongwe. “I would like to inform the Senate that on June 11, I was notified by Zanu-PF that both Calisto Dzikamai Mavhaire [Masvingo Province senator] and Olivia…

Triangle, woman pregnant by disapora hubby’s brother, buried newborn baby alive

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHIREDZI: A Triangle woman was made pregnant by her husband’s brother and then killed the newly born baby by burying her alive to conceal the adulterous relationship, a local court heard last week. Josephine Tambudzai, 27, from Triangle, pleaded guilty to infanticide when she appeared before Magistrate Geraldine Muto. She was sentenced to 24 months in prison but 15 months were suspended on condition of good behaviour. Prosecutor Doubt Phiri told the court that on June…

Kasukuwere awarded Brainworks gvt advisory, $100m deal , without tender

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRIVATE equity group, Brainworks Capital, expected to earn a healthy $100 million when it was contracted to advise the government in its bid to force foreign mining companies to comply with the country’s indigenisation laws. The company was awarded the deal by a department in the empowerment ministry then headed by Saviour Kasukuwere without going to tender. “It’s not our duty to know whether there was supposed to be tenders or not,” Brainworks’ chief executive,…

Two Zanu-PF, Matebeleland MPs, fight Plumtree businessman over mine

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

TWO Zanu-PF legislators in Matabeleland South are fighting to reverse a ruling barring them from conducting mining operations at Ndabankulu Mine in Kezi after the High Court ordered them to suspend mining activities after businessman and Plumtree Chiefs Football Club director Lovemore Sibanda accused them of grabbing the mining claims while he was in the process of registering them. MPs Madodana Sibanda of Gwanda North and Soul Ncube of Matobo South and their supporters are…

Mugabe, Jonathan Moyo pressure Tomana over marriage to 12 year olds utterances

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe has piled pressure on under fire Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana who suggested that girls as young as nine could consent to sex and married at 12. Mugabe said child marriages cause irreparable damage to the growth of young people. Last week, Tomana sparked outrage when he said girls as young as nine could consent to sex and married at 12. On Saturday, Mugabe said government could soon outlaw any marriage with a person…

’15 foreign trips since January-Mugabe runs Zimbabwe via social media’-Chamisa

Posted on June 21, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Opposition MDC-T MP Nelson Chamisa has claimed that President Robert Mugabe is running the country through WiFi. Mugabe has made 15 foreign trips since he returned home from a one-month vacation in the Far East in January. Chamisa said Mugabe’s travels are worrying. “In as much as we have to be techno savvy as a nation embracing ITCs, it is unacceptable to have a Wi-Fi government governed by WhatsApp and Twitter hoping to deliver services…

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