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Give Us Money, To Clear Debt Catch Up With Rest Of Globe’-Chinamasa To World Bank

Posted on August 30, 2015August 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Finance and Economic Development minister Patrick Chinamasa has pleaded for a cash bailout from the World Bank to enable Harare to clear its debts and catch up with the rest of the world.Zimbabwe has an external debt of over $8,4 billion which has hamstrung the country from accessing lines of credit from multilateral and bilateral financial institutions. Speaking at the opening ceremony of new World Bank offices in Harare on Wednesday, Chinamasa said the relocation…

Mugabe Slams Corrupt Judges Who Make Biased Decisions In Pursuit Of Certain Political Agendas?

Posted on August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Mugabe has slammed corrupt judges whom he accused of abusing their professional independence to make biased decisions in pursuit of certain political agendas. In a speech read on his behalf by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the opening of the Southern African Chief Justices’ Forum conference here yesterday, the President rapped judges who behave like politicians. The five-day conference is running under the theme; “Guaranteeing the Right to Fair Trial in Africa: Showing Best…

‘Current Zanu PF & GVT Positions Don’t Make Me President-In-Waiting.’-VP Mnangagwa

Posted on August 29, 2015August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said his current party and government positions do not make him President-in-waiting. He spoke about President Robert Mugabe’s succession, the country’s imploding economy and Zanu PF divisions in an interview with the UK-based New African magazine. Below are excerpts from the interview … Q: So you will be 73 in September. You have been in Government for 35 of those 73 years, serving in various portfolios. For the past six…

‘1.5 Million Zimbabweans At Risk Of Hunger’-VP Mphoko Says No One Will Die Of Hunger?

Posted on August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ZIMBABWEANS won’t die of hunger, vice president Phelekezela Mphoko has been quoted as saying. This is despite reports this week that at least 1.5 million people were at risk of going hungry after a drop in maize production. Mphoko said the country’s smallholder farmers had the potential to feed the nation, the state media reported Friday. The vice president said this after touring agricultural stands at the on-going Harare agricultural show. “I’ve seen that farmers have a…

‘World’s Oldest Leader, & 3RD Worst African Leader, Among Africa’s Richest, 5Th Most Famous African Dictator’

Posted on August 29, 2015August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has been judged the most educated African leader by a popular African website which however places him an ignominious third among the continent’s worst leaders. According to the latest rankings published by AnswersAfrica.com, which focuses on African affairs, Zimbabwe’s founding leader outshines his younger peers with seven degrees to his name. Among Mugabe’s academic credentials are degrees in economics and law obtained with South African and London universities. The veteran President, who…

‘General Mujuru’s Brother ‘Joel’ Threatens Suicide Over Mujuru’s Suspicious Death’

Posted on August 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

As emotions continue to boil over the disputed circumstances surrounding the death of liberation struggle icon General Solomon Mujuru, whose charred remains were found after a suspicious fire in 2011, his elder brother Joel says he has often contemplated suicide because of the “painful” desecration of Rex’s name by leaders of the post-congress Zanu-PF, including President Robert Mugabe. Speaking in an exclusive interview with the Daily News this week at his modest Goromonzi plot, the…

Black S.Africans Afraid To Challenge White Supremacy Are Enemies To Disempowered Blacks’-Malema

Posted on August 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A BLACK South African afraid to challenge white supremacy is an enemy to disempowered black people, firebrand opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema told students at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Soshanguve campus. Mail and Guardian In a speech largely seeking to rally students against voting for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its campus affiliate, the South African Student Congress (Sasco), Malema’s cue to the point about white domination was…

‘Chitungwiza Fires 236 Of At Least 624 Targeted Workers’-Supreme Court Ruling

Posted on August 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHITUNGWIZA Council yesterday fired 236 workers by way of giving them three months’ notice of termination of their contracts. Town clerk George Makunde said the move targeted those who used to work for the town’s defunct liquor department, workers facing disciplinary issues and those that were illegally employed in 2011. The town was targeting to lay off at least 624 as a way of easing its bloated workforce. They have failed to pay workers for…

‘Joice Mujuru Is A Demon, Who Must Stay Away From Trouble Or I Will Expose Her’-Grace Mugabe

Posted on August 28, 2015August 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

GRACE Mugabe has called former Vice President Joyce Mujuru a demon, warning her to stay away from trouble as she could expose her. The First Lady was speaking at a Zanu PF Women’s League rally at Murombedzi Growth Point in Zvimba, Thursday. Clad in party regalia, Grace also took a swipe at white people who are mourning the recent killing of lion Cecil by an American dentist. She was accompanied by several government officials including…

‘More Than 700 000 Orphans In Zimbabwe, Need Urgent Help’, Says Dr David Parirenyatwa

Posted on August 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MORE than 700,000 orphans and vulnerable children are in urgent need of various forms of support including educational help, health and child care minister, David Parirenyatwa said Wednesday. He was speaking at a handover ceremony of $1.2 million Basic Education Assistance module (BEAM) funds to the social welfare department by the National Aids Council (NAC). “The children’s situation has been worsened by the economic hardships the country has been facing for decades leading to many…

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