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Government digs in on pre-paid water meters, & disconnection of defaulters

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

GOVERNMENT has rallied behind local authorities, under fire for introducing a pre-paid water system on housing units, coupled with disconnections targeted at defaulting rate payers. Water and local government ministers last week took turns to defend the policy, insisting local authorities needed to be capacitated through rates to discharge their duties effectively. The two were asked by parliamentary backbenchers if the introduction of pre-paid meters and disconnections did not violate the constitution which guarantees the…

‘Tsvangirai won 2008, if he marched to statehouse he would have easily taken over’-Mutasa

Posted on June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FORMER intelligence minister Didymus Mutasa has revealed for the first time that the MDC-T actually won the 2008 election by a narrow margin. Mutasa told the South African Sunday Independent newspaper that Zanu PF people were so shocked by the result that he, as security minister, rushed to protect President Robert Mugabe at the State House. The former Zanu PF secretary for administration added that they were “absolutely shocked” and had Morgan Tsvangirai decided to…

Bulawayo city council defies gvt June 26 deadline and tells vendors to stay put

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE MDC-T run Bulawayo city council is spoiling for a fight with Government after top officials told illegal vendors to ‘relax’ at their illegal sites. Bulawayo mayor Martin Moyo told hundreds of vendors at a stakeholders meeting today at the Small city hall that the June 26 deadline would be impossible for them to meet by providing legal vending sites. As such Moyo said vendors should ‘relax’ at their illegal sites while BCC “works out…

Prosecutor general, Johannes Tomana rules out resigning-‘Handiende!!’

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Under fire Prosecutor General Johannes Tomana has dug in his heels declaring he would not be haunted into resigning from his post following his alleged gaffe over the age of sexual consent. Tomana last week torched a fierce storm after he was quoted as saying children below the age of 16 could legally consent to sex and marriage. He indicated his statement had been misinterpreted and politicised to force him out of government but vowed…

‘I knew nothing about gukurahundi as I was only, the speaker of parliament’-Mutasa

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

FORMER intelligence minister Didymus Mutasa has revealed his disdain for VP Emmerson Mnangagwa who is widely seen as the engineer of the demise of the Joice Mujuru faction to which Mutasa belongs. Mutasa told the South African Sunday Independent newspaper that Mnangagwa never won an election. “He (Mnangagwa) never won an election for that post. Mugabe appointed him, and he is not popular. He can’t win elections,” said Mutasa. Mutasa also revealed for the…

‘Grace Mugabe’s son ‘Russel Goreraza’ falsifies court submissions to escape jail’

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

First Lady Grace Mugabe’s first born son Russell Goreraza allegedly made misrepresentation at the Harare Magistrates Court over his marital status in a reported bid to walk away with a lenient sentence after being recently convicted of culpable homicide. Goreraza allegedly misled the court two weeks ago when he appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vakayi Douglas Chikwekwe on a charge of fatally running over a city vagrant. However NewsDay claims that it has it on…

‘Brighton Matimba’, the MDC T coordinator of welfare department has died.

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The MDC-T has official announced the death of its member Brighton Matimba who was the coordinator of welfare department in the party. The party through its official facebook page announce that It is with deep regret that it announces the death of Matimba, the party’s head of the Welfare Department. “Matimba was a dedicated party cadre who served the MDC with distinction since 1999,” reads the post. “He was the key man in the provision…

Nicholas Goche’s son dies in South africa.

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Former Zanu PF hawk, Nicholas Goche’s son, Nicholas (jnr) Goche reportedly died in South Africa last week after collapsing at his apartment. According to close family sources that did not want to be quoted, Nicholas (jnr) died in South Africa after collapsing and fracturing his skull at his flat in Morningside, South Africa. Information availed to reporters is that Nicholas (jnr) was chatting with a relative on Sunday 14 June 2015 and suddenly went quit….

US $4 million disappears from war veteran’s pension and education fund

Posted on June 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime, has initiated an audit of the war veteran’s pension and education fund in an investigation that seeks to determine what has happened to a whopping US$4 million which disappeared from the Zimbabwe’s war veteran’s pension and education fund. Currently, there are indications that the war veterans are furious due to non disbursement of their monthly payouts and education allowances for some months, a situation explained by the lack of funds. War…

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…

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