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Welshman Ncube: Myanmar dictatorship fall new hope for Zimbabwe

Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

photo-The Lady … Myanmar pro-democracy leader and Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi OPPOSITION MDC leader Welshman Ncube has said Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi’s electoral triumph and the prospect of democracy in Myanmar gives Zimbabweans hope that “people power will always prevail in the end”. “Having suffered under the dictatorship of President Robert Mugabe for the last 34 –years, your victory is a reminder to the people of Zimbabwe that people…

Affirmative Action Group (AAG) Petitions (Nust) To Increase Enrolment Quota Of Female Students From Matebeleland.

Posted on November 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

BLACK empowerment lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), has petitioned the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) to increase the enrolment quota of female students from Matebeleland. The country’s second oldest state university, situated in Bulawayo, has come under fire in the past for discriminating against pupils from Matebeleland in its student recruitment policy. In a letter addressed to the university’s vice chancellor, dated 4 November 2015, AAG’ secretary for women affairs, Mrs…

Honey Bird Kop Farm, A Top Zapu Member’s Farm Has Been Invaded By Zanu Supporters

Posted on November 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A top Zipra ex-combatant, John Gazi has had his farm invaded by Zanu PF supporters on the outskirts of Bulawayo. The invaders claimed the farm is too large for Gazi. The Zanu PF supporters began allocating each other portions of the 1 000-hectare Honey Bird Kop Farm, about 40km along the Bulawayo-Plumtree road, on Tuesday and continued with the exercise yesterday. A Mangena, who was leading the pegging exercise, said Gazi was lucky to have…

Patrick Zhuwao Says ‘Only My Boss, My Uncle President Robert Mugabe Can Stop Me From Implementing The Indigenisation Policy’

Posted on November 12, 2015November 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

YOUTH minister Patrick Zhuwao says only “my” boss President Robert Mugabe will stop “me” from implementing the indigenisation policy. The dreadlocked minister, who is also Mugabe’s nephew, said this Wednesday evening at a media cocktail he organised to “clear” the indigenisation “myths” to journalists in Harare. Zhuwao said no amount of pressure was going to stop him from empowering “my” people through the controversial indigenisation law. The minister is under fire from the opposition and…

Joseph Kabila Prepares To Takeover African Union (AU) Chairmanship From Mugabe

Posted on November 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has arrived in Harare for a one-day working visit in his capacity as African Union (AU) First Vice Chair. Mr Kabila is expected to deliberate with the AU Chairman, President Robert Mugabe current issues and situations prevailing on the African continent. The meeting is in preparation for his take-over of the continental chairmanship in January next year. President Kabila, who is being accompanied by Zimbabwe’s…

11 Million Eastern & Southern Africa Children Face Hunger, Disease, & Water Shortages, Because Of Worst El Nino Weather In Decades,

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

AT least 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease, and water shortages as a result of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the United Nations children’s fund said. Severe drought and floods are causing malnutrition and increasing children’s vulnerability to killer diseases such as malaria, diarrhoea, cholera, and dengue fever, Unicef said on Tuesday. “The consequences could ripple through generations unless affected communities receive support,” it said in a…

Chyangwa Promises To Help Source Loans & Residential Stands For National Team Players If He Takes Charge Of Zifa

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ASPIRING Zifa president, Philip Chiyangwa, has promised to use his Zanu PF and business links to source for loans and residential stands for national team players if he succeeds in taking charge of the country’s football mother body. Chiyangwa, a property mogul who once claimed to own nearly a fifth of Harare’s land, was speaking to StarFM radio Monday afternoon. He boasted about what he claimed to be an impeccable history if it came to…

Mliswa Says Mugabe Must Act, Speak The Missing Dzamara Issue

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

YOUTH Advocacy for Reform and Democracy founder Themba Mliswa says they have put the Itai Dzamara issue on the agenda of “our” end of November congress with the aim of pressuring government to search and find the missing journalist-cum-human rights activist. The firebrand former Zanu PF Mashonaland west provincial chairperson said they want President Robert Mugabe to respond to the Dzamara family letter which was handed over to the aging leader in August. In the…

Corporal Punishment Of Juveniles Is, Primitive, Unconstitutional, Traumatic, Inhumane, Cruel, Physical & Psychological Torture.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHIEF Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku on Wednesday reserved judgement in a case in which lawyers are seeking the outlawing of judiciary corporal punishment on grounds that it violates and degrades male juveniles. The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), which is represented by Tendai Biti in the case between the juvenile and the state, argue that Section 353 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act is unconstitutional and is an attempt by the State to drag…

UK :Vapostori Parents Jailed After Baby Dies Because Of Extreme Religious Beliefs

Posted on November 11, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

AN ’emaciated’ baby died after her parents left her in the care of a churchgoer with ‘supernatural healing powers’ because their extreme religious beliefs banned modern medicine. Brian Kandare, 29, was jailed nine and half years and Precious Kandare, 37, was sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting the manslaughter of eight-month-old Rebecca, who died from pneumonia in January last year. She stopped breathing at her parents’ Apostolic Church of God, where a 20-strong congregation…

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