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ZIMBABWE’S VICE PRESIDENT ‘SHAGGY KEMBO MOREHARDY’ Vice has tendered his resignation to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and issued a statement to that effect.In his address the Vice President said he was stepping down to save the image of the government and it was necessitated by his desire to seek justice on “flawed espionage to achieve cheap political points.”“Hard as it may be to my family, friends, comrades and cadres of my Party ZANU PF, I am…

ZIMBABWE HAS RELAXED COVID LOCKDOWN measures as follows according to President Mnangagwa,-Wearing of face masks and sanitisation remain mandatory-Curfew from 10 pm to 5:30-Letters no longer required-Industry to open according to WHO standards-Supermarkets to remain open up to 7pm-SMEs food markets to open-Schools must prepare to open in accordance with WHO and national Covid19 guidelines-Restaurants can open for takeaways-Bars, night clubs, gyms remain closed-Intercity travel to resumeHerald

A court has found Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced the former French president to three years in prison with two of them suspended.The former president was said to have forged a “corruption pact” with his lawyer and a senior magistrate.Judges said there was “serious evidence” of collaboration between the three men to break the law. The court had heard how Sarkozy instructed his lawyer, Thierry Herzog, to offer the magistrate…

A woman who entered a supermarket without a face covering was caught on camera taking off her thong and using it as an impromptu mask.The unidentified woman wrapped her black underwear around her head after being warned by a security guard at a Pick n Pay supermarket in South Africa that she wouldn’t be served without one.In the video, which was posted to Facebook, the woman can be seen talking to a security guard while…

THE 17TH Chief Nematombo in Hurungwe, Lovemore Karengesha (69) died on Thursday evening after a short illness. Chief Nematombo, who was the 17th chief in the Nematombo chieftainship died on Thursday evening after a short illness. Hurungwe District Development Coordinator Mr Andrew Tizora confirmed the death.“We received the news of his death today (yesterday). We are yet to establish the actual cause of his death,” said Mr Tizora.Born on June 2, 1954, Chief Nematombo is…

SOUTH AFRICA, LANGA BASED, SHINGIRAI Musekiwa and Elton Chibhebhe fled Zimbabwe to South Africa because they are gay.Now based in Langa, the activist couple is fighting for the human rights of Zimbabwean homosexuals and the repeal of section 73 of the Zimbabwean Constitution which criminalises homosexuality.They’ve dubbed their movement Zimbabwe LGBTQ+ Crusader and say they have had interest from about 200 people.“We are demanding that the section of the Zimbabwean Constitution that criminalise gay people…

A ZIMBABWE BIKITA MAN (26) hacked his Uncle ( 70) yesterday to death with a machete, accusing him of practising witchcraft.Tatenda Garai of Musvasva village under Chief Ziki in Bikita, stormed his uncle Kufa Mumbanda’s home at around 9pm on Wednesday, accusing him of practising witchcraft.He was armed with a machete.Police said Mumbanda opened the door for his nephew, leading to an altercation.The now-deceased was hacked on the lower limb by his nephew and fell…

ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT AXES WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO), Unicef from Zimbabwe Covid activities.This comes soon after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Mangudya’s claim this week, that Zimbabwe does not need any outsiders or foreign investments because it is capable of recovering as Zimbabwe has some of the best agricultural land, minerals including gold and platinum to utilise…Interesting!GOVERNMENT has suspended the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) from participating in…

The defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu-PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader’s failure to rein in his “toxic and divisive” secretary-general Chalton Hwende had destroyed the party.Timveos, the opposition party’s former deputy treasurer-general and Midlands senator, officially joined Zanu-PF together with MDCT secretary for local government, Blessing Chebundo on Wednesday, where they were paraded before…

GINIMBI a.k.a, GENIUS KADUNGURE FAMILY, has approached the High Court seeking the removal of the executor of his estate, as well as the nullification of a will he is said to have left behind.The socialite died in a road accident on November 8 last year when his Rolls Royce Wraith collided with a Honda Fit in Harare, causing it to veer off the road and hit a tree – before going up in flames.Three of…