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VENEZUELA HAS THE LEARGEST oil reserves of any country in the world, yet “economic war” on Venezuela and “falling oil prices, international sanctions, and the country’s business elite”and “years of economic mismanagement, and corruption” have brought poverty and forced millions to leave the dead economy and hunger and suffering in the collapsed country. The Zanu-PF-led Government has made considerable progress in delivering on developmental projects and other election promises outlined in its manifesto despite disruptions…

ZIMBABWE GVT spokesman Nick Mangwana has enlisted the services of his brother Paul’s law firm to enforce and expedite the eviction of 70 families from a property he recently grabbed. Lawyers from Mangwana & Partners Legal Practitioners have served resistance leaders Ebenia Shava, Charles Mutami, and Tendai Dehwa, with notices to tear down their homes and vacate Thorndike Farm, near Chegutu, in five days. Mangwana, who says he was allocated 102 hectares of the sprawling…

Social services have launched a review after a toddler died when she was left alone for almost a week as her mother celebrated her 18th birthday.Verphy Kudi walked out on her 20-month-old daughter, Asiah, on the day she turned 18, partying across the country for six days while the child starved to death. On Friday, Kudi, now 19, admitted manslaughter.Brighton and Hove Council has announced a review into Asiah’s death.CCTV showed that Kudi left her…

BLACK MARTENITY SCANDAL- Black women are 4 times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth and up to 6 weeks postpartum.Presenter Rochelle Humes demands action over the shocking disparity of maternal deaths between white and non-white women. According to the latest figures discussed in Monday’s Channel 4 Dispatches black women are just over four times more likely to die during pregnancy and childbirth and up to six weeks postpartum.The latest published maternal mortality figures…

Police arrested seven of her accomplices who have been identified as Kudzanai Manyonga (35), Tonia Farai Ndoro (27), Prosper Magwejani (44), Gilbert Chikukwa (54), Chancellor Thandi (40), Robinson Chinhuka (42) and Amiah Chayi (18).National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests yesterday. He added that the deceased was identified as Lucy Nyakudya (20).“On March 23, at about 0300 hours, the suspects together with Lucy Nyakudya stormed a house in New Marimba, Harare, armed…

The outspoken Zanu PF bigwig was demoted at a politburo meeting held in Harare on Thursday and now awaits his re-assignment.Matemadanda, who was also War Veteran deputy minister, is reported to have been fired over incompetence after he presided over chaotic Zanu PF district coordinating committee (DCC) elections in December.He was also punished for publicly bragging that his party was behind the decimation of the opposition MDC Alliance. MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has accused…

A Mabvuku family is appealing for information on the whereabouts of their daughter Abgail Maricano (12) who has been missing since March 14.Abigail left home destined for Mabvuku to visit her sister Idah. She was last seen boarding a blue Toyota Wish at Samutoko bus terminus.“We are appealing to anyone with information regarding a missing person, Abgail Maricano who went missing on 14 March after she left home, destined for Mabvuku to visit her sister…

The students were identified as Vimbai Margaret Mugomberi (23) and Gerald Simbarashe Mutambiranwa (21). In the first accident, a Mercedes Benz heading towards Bindura collided head on with a Toyota Cresta at the 55-km peg on the highway.Both drivers, including two of their passengers, died as a result of the collision.In the second accident, a Toyota Mark X heading towards Harare carrying three passengers collided head on with a Nissan NP300, also with three passengers.As…

.This comes as the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has been losing legislators through recalls and defections since last year’s Supreme Court ruling that conferred the MDC presidency to Thokozani Khupe.Soon after the ruling, some MPs decided to align themselves with the Chamisa faction, prompting Khupe to recall some of them while others publicly declared their support for the court ruling. Chikudo, who stood with Chamisa at the time, becomes the latest MP to shift his…

‘ZANU PF HAS DEMOTED motormouth Victor Matemadanda from the political commissar post over incompetence and his verbal diarrhoea remarks on the decimation of the opposition MDC Alliance’ Sources said Matemadanda’s demotion was announced during the party’s Politburo meeting held at its Jongwe building in Harare on Thursday. One of the sources close to Matemadanda claimes that Matemadanda was fired because of his failure to conduct the recently held District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections and the…