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The registrar-general (RG)’s office will increase its fees to silence the backlash over a 386 000 passport backlog, production of only 60 passports a day instead of 3000 passports a day. Paul Ngwenya. WELCOME EVERYONE: 275,300 MEMBERS, A Quarter of a million members, thank you for the fast growth, participation and continuous encouragement to others to join the group, and engage other progressive minded people in respectful and inclusive debate focused on information dissemination in…

GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL ADJUSTMENT BILL HB19 of 2019 reveals that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government squandered over US$10 billion in unbudgeted and unauthourised public funds expenditure, borrowings which were made without consent from Parliament and now wants Parliament to authorise the abused funds by offloading the missing US$10.6 billion onto tax-payers. Paul Ngwenya WELCOME EVERYONE: 275,300 MEMBERS, A Quarter of a million members, thank you for the fast growth, participation and continuous encouragement to others to join…

THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is ready to hunt the corrupt beyond the grave and now wants to seize property in the estate of the late Twalumba Holdings director Dr Nkululeko Sibanda. ZACC not only wants to prosecute the corrupt, but also wants to strip them of the money and property they gained from corruption and is seeking to get back at least $300 million of assets by the end of next year. Dr Sibanda,…

HISTORY 16 NOVEMBER 1855, the Scottish Missionary and explorer Dr David Livingstone became the first white man to see , Mosi-oa-Tunya ‘The Smoke Which Thunders now a UNESCO World Heritage site — known worldwide as Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River, the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, so the falls are shared by the two countries. Victoria Falls is one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Statistically speaking, it is the largest waterfall…

OPPOSITION, MOVEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC CHANGE (MDC) LEADER Nelson Chamisa will on Wednesday give his ‘hope of the nation address from Harare’s Africa Unity Square in front of party supporters and diplomats, according to his spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda “Having the meeting at the Africa Unity Square is important because he is addressing the country, Africa and the world. “So there is no obvious reason to anticipate that the police will block the address.” Police have sanctioned…

GUKURAHUNDI could have been avoided if the late vice-president Joshua Nkomo had accepted the post of ceremonial president at independence, former War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube has said.Instead, the veteran nationalist opted for a ministerial post, only to be fired two years later by then prime minister Robert Mugabe on charges of plotting to overthrow his government.Mugabe claimed arms meant to overthrow his government had been uncovered on farms owned by Zapu and its military…

Information coming from Matabeleland North indicate that Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nhlambabaloyi has been removed as Chief by the Matabeleland North Provincial Chief’s Council. Reports that were obtained by this reporter indicate that Chief Ndiweni was removed because his appointment was not in accordance with the Traditional Leaders Act because he was not the first born in the family. The motion was said to be moved by a Chief from Binga. After much discussion…

TEAM BARCA , MACHETE GANG LEADER Taurai Mutandwa a.k.a Kwadez was shot dead on Thursday in a gun fight with cops during a gold rush near David Whitehead in Chegutu. The Gold in Chegutu was discovered on 12 November 2019 at a dumpsite near David Whitehead in a trench, triggering a gold rush and machete wars which led to seven people being injured and 33 arrested and an exchange of gunfire between the police and…

A BRAND NEW BOEING 787-9 DREAMLINER left Heathrow London at around 6am local time on Thursday and touched down in Sydney at 12.28pm on Friday 19 hours and 19 minutes after take-off, with 40 people, mostly Qantas staff, the second of three research flight missions to investigate the effects on crew and passengers of ultra long-haul services under consideration by the airline. The first, from New York to Sydney last month, was three minutes shorter…

NELSON CHAMISA’S OPPOSITION MDC SEE’S THE LIGHT and goes silent on questioning the legitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, paving the way for possible talks between the chief political rivals to resolve Zimbabwe’s political and economic crises.MDC insiders claim the party had realised that it would not get any traction if it kept pushing on the legitimacy issue and attempting to remove Mnangagwa from power through demonstrations, leading to a focus on electoral reforms.“It’s now more…