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US GOVERNMENT PROPOSES CHANGING THE DEFINITION OF A SHOWERHEAD to allow increased water flow, following complaints from President Donald Trump about his hair routine.Under a 1992 law, showerheads in the US are not allowed to produce more than 2.5 gallons (9.5l) of water per minute.The Trump administration wants this limit to apply to each nozzle, rather than the overall fixture.Consumer and conservation groups argue that it is wasteful and unnecessary.The changes were proposed by the…

Zimbabwean, Durban SA teen soccer player , was killed on Monday together with an SA colleague in a “drive by shooting” incident. A PROMISING young Zimbabwean soccer player based in Durban, South Africa, was killed on Monday together with a South African colleague in a “drive by shooting” incident.The two players were coming from a training session in Lindelani Section C, Stanger at around 7pm.The deceased, Francis Tadiwanashe Kuhuni (17), originally from Kadoma in Mashonaland…

The demand came after President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government last month announced that it will pay white farmers a total of US$3,5 billion compensation for their farms.MATABELELAND LIBERATION ORGANISATION MLO information and public affairs secretary Israel Dube said now that the government of Zimbabwe finally signed a deal to pay white former commercial farmers compensation for infrastructure developments on disposed farms, it should also pay US$100 billion compensation for the Matabeleland genocide committed between 1980 and…

BULAWAYO, MHLAHLANDLELA GOVERNMENT COMPLEX, offices evacuated after Agritex had fumigated its offices using hydrogen peroxide without notice to all offices in the block. The offices have been abandoned for safety reasons. This is clearly a major issue of concern considering the access and use of chemicals across Agritex Animal and Crop programmes, clearly a major public concern. More news to follow. Sibusiso Ngwenya-chronicle.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ANNOUNCES TRIPLE LOCK A-level and GCSE students in England – so results will be highest out of their estimated grades, their mocks and an optional written exam in the autumn.

PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA SAYS ZIMBABWE’S Defence Forces must defend our motherland Zimbabwe from detractors, divisive elements and enemies and wave of aggression manifesting through illegal sanctions, asymmetrical warfare and hostile anti-Zimbabwe propaganda mounted on social media platforms, to break the unity within our forces, sticking to the narrative that Zimbabwe is under siege from Western nations, diplomats, the opposition,civil society and social media platforms, plotting to overthrow Mnangagwa’s militarised Zanu pf regime, clearly trash for an…

TANZANIA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALLY BANS ALL SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS broadcasting foreign content without government permission. As crackdown on free press and dissident voices intensifies in Tanzania, the new regulations demand the presence of a government custodian when a foreign journalist is covering a local story. The new regulations dubbed ‘The electronic and postal communications’ amendment for both radio and television were issued Monday 10 August by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority. Radio Free Africa has been put…

A LIBERATION WAR VET GROUP who feel they are entitled to all and no one else is, ..its chaos,..welcome to Zimbabwe! ZIMBABWE’S VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga a liberation war veteran who led 1 Brigade in Bulawayo , the centre for all gukurahundi genocide raids,opted to take over the Health and Child Care portfolio, doubling up as a minister in terms of the constitution, because he wanted the Health and Child Care deputy minister John Mangwiro, his…

150 YEARS AGO DURING THE COLONISATION ERA, the farm masters would leave their spare pairs of specs on a rock and tell the natives, ‘Im sailing back to England for 6 months but my eyes sitting on that rock in the field will be watching you 24/7. Suffice it is to say, the natives would then wake up daily around 3am to work 12 hours a day in the field , fully believing the specs…