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Starvation Due To Zimbabwe’s Worst Drought In 25 Years, Also South Africa’s Worst In A Century.

Posted on February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Rains in the drought prone Southern African region are normally expected from November with the harvest expected by March the following year. This has failed to materialise as Zimbabwe is facing its worst disaster on record over the last 25 years. Zimbabwe faces low water for people and livestock and little or no harvest leaving a total of at least 3 million people in need of food aid as they face starvation. Other people also…

South Africa, To Deport 140 Zimbabwean Criminals Who Have Served Their Sentences

Posted on February 6, 2016February 6, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

THE South African government is expected to deport this weekend 140 Zimbabweans who have finished serving various jail terms for breaking that country’s laws. It is understood that the deportees will arrive in the country in two batches of 70 each by road via Beitbridge border post in trucks under police escort.Zimbabwe’s Consul General to South Africa, Batiraishe Mukonoweshuro, said: “We’ve agreed to separate the ex-convicts from those immigrants on self-deportation to avoid unnecessary situations….

EFF Rejects President Jacob Zuma’s Settlement Proposal

Posted on February 4, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The EFF has rejected President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla proposal and accuses him of trying to influence the Constitutional Court judges. Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema is not prepared to accept President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla settlement proposal unless he agrees to the party’s terms. “We not going to agree to any settlement until he reaffirms the powers of public protector, and two [reaffirms that] the remedial actions of public protector are binding and three that…

Freedom Of Expression- ‘Zuma Must Fall!’ Billboard Erected In Capetown, South Africa

Posted on January 17, 2016January 17, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

In Africa, not all rights go beyond the paper they are written on but, one can safely argue that, Freedom of expression has reached a new level in South Africa, after a prominent “Zuma Must Fall” billboard was erected in the heart of the city of Cape Town in South Africa on Friday morning. It is yet to be established as to who erected the bill board but an opposition group, the Democratic Alliance, which constantly demanded…

Eagleliner Cross Border Bus Overturns, 4 Zimbabweans Dead, 29 Injured

Posted on January 6, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Four people have been killed and 30 others injured after an Eagleliner cross border coach from Zimbabwe they were travelling in lost control resulting in the bus overturning near Louis Trichardt town in South Africa’s Limpopo Province today. Limpopo police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ronel Otto said the incident occurred at around 10 am this morning near Witvlag turnoff along the N1 highway. bus drove into an embankment on the N1, 20 km outside of Louis…

‘Relief For 90 Zimbabweans Stranded At S. Africa Liphalale Police Station ‘

Posted on January 1, 2016January 1, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The 90 Zimbabweans left stranded earlier this month at Liphalale police station in South Africa’s Limpopo province, after their employer fired and evicted them for demanding payment for overtime, have been transferred to a temporary shelter by well-wishers. The group, which initially had 300 people, was transferred to Waterbase Disaster Management Centre by the Gift of the Care Givers on Tuesday morning. Some of the members have returned to the homes, while others have relocated…

Dramatic U-Turn As Jacob Zuma Appoints, 3rd Finance Minister In A Week

Posted on December 14, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma appointed Pravin Gordhan as finance minister on Sunday, in a dramatic U-turn that gave South Africa its third finance chief in a week after a selling frenzy in the markets. The shock announcement restoring Gordhan to the post sent the rand surging nearly five percent on Sunday evening, but failed to quell a tide of criticism of the president. “This is reckless by President Zuma, he is playing Russian roulette with the…

Zuma Denies Affair With South Africa Airways Boss

Posted on December 13, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Presidential romance? … President Jacob Zuma with South African Airways (SAA) chairperson Dudu Myeni JOHANNESBURG: South African President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denied rumours he had an affair with the chairwoman of state-owned airline amid media speculation the relationship had led to the sacking of the finance minister. Zuma dismissed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene on Wednesday. The minister had earlier rebuked Dudu Myeni, chairwoman of state-owned South African Airways and a close ally of Zuma,…

’49 Of 322 Zimbabweans Escape Deportation By Jumping Off Moving Buses’

Posted on December 12, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Beitbridge – A total of 49 Zimbabweans, believed to be mostly ex-convicts, jumped off moving buses as they were being deported from South Africa by road on Thursday morning. The group was among 322 people Zimbabweans who were being repatriated into the country via Beitbridge border post in a convoy of four buses. They had been rounded up in Gauteng Province by South African authorities for violating immigration laws while others were ex convicts who…

Air Zimbabwe a.k.a ‘Mazarura’ Horror As Toilet Leaks Sewage Mid-Flight

Posted on December 7, 2015December 7, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

There is a Whatsapp message circulating indicating that an Air Zimbabwe flight from Zimbabwe to Johannesburg was leaking sewage mid air. The message goes like, “A South African based friend wrote me this. “Just thought to share some pictures from my flight this morning on Air Zimbabwe UM 465 to Joburg. About 30 mins to landing effluents began pouring down the aisle from the lavatory. Rather than make an announcement explaining what was happening to…

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