Catholic Senators Celebrate Mass In Zimbabwe’s Parliament

Catholic Senators Celebrate Mass In Zimbabwe’s Parliament

Zimbabwe’s most senior catholic is the president Robert Mugabe, a man who has even travelled to Rome with his family for the current  Pope’s inauguration, thus in a sense , one can argue that religion to him shapes up part of the rule, at least with respect to how he attempts to portray himself to the people of Zimbabwe . The Senate chamber was turned into a a temple for an hour when Catholic MPs…

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Matobo Man shot And killed A Fellow Robber In South Africa, Then Fled To Zimbabwe With The Loot.

Matobo Man shot And killed A Fellow Robber In South Africa, Then  Fled To Zimbabwe With The Loot.

  A 26-YEAR-OLD Matobo man allegedly shot and killed his fellow robber in South Africa before fleeing to Zimbabwe with the loot. Welcome Ncube, 26, of Sigangatsha village who has been in remand prison since May last year, allegedly teamed up with fellow villager Prosper Ndebele whose age was not given and went on a robbery spree in South Africa. The duo allegedly got away with large amounts of money and Ncube later allegedly shot…

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17 MDC-T Activists Including Highfield East Member, MDCT MP ‘Erick Murai’ Remain In Police Custody

17 MDC-T Activists Including  Highfield East Member, MDCT MP  ‘Erick Murai’  Remain  In Police Custody

Seventeen MDC-T activists including Highfield East Member of Parliament Erick Murai – arrested at the weekend in Hopley, Harare South district for convening an illegal gathering – remained in police custody yesterday and are expected to appear in court today. The 17 activists were engaged in running battles with the police as they insisted on holding the rally after they were warned by police it had not been sanctioned. Murai is also the opposition party’s…

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Zimbabwe’s Govt Must Give Missing Itai Dzamara Same Attention As Tragic Zanele Moyo-Temba Mliswa

Zimbabwe’s Govt Must Give Missing Itai Dzamara Same Attention As Tragic Zanele Moyo-Temba Mliswa

THE government should give the disappearance of activist Itai Dzamara the same priority and attention it is giving the unexplained death of higher education minister Jonathan Moyo’s daughter. This was said by former Zanu PF Mashonaland province chairman and Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy founder Temba Mliswa Monday on the side-lines of a memorial prayer for Dzamara held at Africa Unity Square in Harare. Moyo’s daughter Zanele was, last month, found dead in her…

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Blitz On State Media Journalists Drives Calls Realignment Of Media Laws To Zimbabwe’s New Constitution By Law Makers

Blitz On State Media Journalists  Drives Calls Realignment Of Media Laws To Zimbabwe’s New Constitution By Law Makers

LOCAL print and broadcast media editors have vowed more impetus to force the slow paced realignment of media laws to the country’s new Constitution by law makers. At an editors’ workshop in Harare last week, the news gatekeepers noted the continued use of the old charter by the state to clamp down on free expression. Top among the laws cited during the seminar was the one compelling scribes to reveal their news sources when called…

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Mum (29) dragged To Court By Son (9) For Assaulting Him With A Hosepipe, Stick And Pot

Mum (29) dragged To Court By Son (9) For Assaulting Him With A Hosepipe, Stick And Pot

MUTARE: A nine-year-old boy dragged his abusive mother to court after she assaulted him with a wooden stick, hosepipe and a silver pot. Bridget Machayaya, 29, pleaded guilty to contravening a section of the Children’ Act when she appeared before magistrate Langton Mukwengi. She was convicted for ill-treating a minor. Machayaya will do 105 hours of community service at Chikanga primary school. Asked why she committed the offence, Machayaya said: “Your Worship, my son is…

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Preferential Bonus Allocation, Is A Flawed Security Strategy , For Mugabe, Zim1 Family & Zanu PF ‘Co-Gangsters’ Constantly In Fear Of Armed Rebellion

Preferential Bonus Allocation, Is A  Flawed Security Strategy , For Mugabe, Zim1 Family  & Zanu PF ‘Co-Gangsters’ Constantly In Fear Of Armed Rebellion

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been slammed for “bribing” the armed forces through continuously awarding them bonuses ahead of the rest of the government workforce. Political opponents and civil servants groups say the unpopular decision has betrayed the veteran leader’s constant fears for an armed rebellion from within the country’s military. “It is clear that our government is afraid of soldiers. It tends to prioritise soldiers because they have guns,” Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)…

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Ten Murder Cases To Be Heard As Hwange High Court Circuit Opens

Ten Murder Cases To Be Heard As Hwange High Court Circuit Opens

HWANGE: Trial of two men who allegedly killed a Mosi-oa-Tunya High School girl who was on a picnic with a boyfriend kicks off this week when the Hwange third term High Court Circuit opens. Nhlanganiso Luphahla and Augustine Ncube are charged with murder and robbery, after they also allegedly robbed the late Praise Mpofu, 16, and her boyfriend Brian Dube, 21, of a laptop and cellphone handsets. Luphahla, 35, of Old Pumula in Bulawayo, was…

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Insiza Man Axed, Stripped naked And Dumped Into Crocodile Infested Dam By Fish Poachers

Insiza Man Axed, Stripped naked And Dumped Into Crocodile Infested Dam By Fish Poachers

A MAN from Insiza died after he was axed and thrown into a dam by two suspected fish poachers. Mpumelelo Mpofu, 50, of Plot 123 in Gwatemba, died on Saturday morning following the Friday night attack that occurred after he tried to confiscate the poachers’ fishing nets. Mpofu’s assailants stripped him naked and used a knife to rip off his clothes before throwing him into Habe Dam that locals say is infested with crocodiles. He…

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Street Forex Traders, In Back Again As Business Shun South African currency.

Street Forex Traders, In Back Again As  Business Shun  South African currency.

Street money changers are recording brisk business with the rand as retailers and informal traders are now shunning the South African currency. Street money changers, who have been singing the blues since the introduction of the multi-currency regime, said the rejection of the rand by retailers and traders has been a blessing in disguise for them as they are now enjoying rich pickings. The money changers also claim they are failing to satisfy the demand…

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