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GOVERNMENT will evacuate at least 171 Zimbabweans from South Africa following the death of two locals in ongoing xenophobic violence. This was said by Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa while presenting the 32nd Cabinet Decision Matrix yesterday.South Africa has been experiencing an orgy of violence that is targeting African migrants and has resulted in the death of at least 12 people.“The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Sibusiso Moyo) briefed Cabinet…

A ZIMBABWE National Army serviceman has appeared in court for holding captive two Beitbridge policemen he disarmed, assaulted and threatened with his firearm before bundling them into a donkey-drawn cart.Brave Maluleke (31) of 1.1 Infantry Battalion allegedly committed the offence on September 12, 2018, but only came to court this year after his employer temporarily shielded him.He is answering a charge of assaulting peace officers and another of pointing a firearm at constables Tavonga Mbavarira…

Zimbabwe National Service Graduates Association (ZINASGA) says Mnangagwa has impoverished us (Green Bombers)AN association representing graduates of the controversial National Youth Service (NYS) programme has accused the current government led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of “pauperising them”, and working against the late former President Robert Mugabe’s youth empowerment initiatives.The Zimbabwe National Service Graduates Association (ZINASGA) blamed Mnangagwa’s government for their suffering after he okayed the dismissal of thousands of youth officers from the civil service.Government…

UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE WILL CLOSE 12th to the 15th of September 2019 to mourn the late Chancellor of the university Robert Mugabe , so, university accommodation expects all to have checked out of the halls of residence by 1000hrs on Thursday and back on campus on Sunday 15 September. www.newzimbabwevision.com says this is the most ridiculous issue as Mugabe is clearly controversial both in life and death. In a dead economy, mass unemployment, starvation, and…

A FORMER Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) accountant Tapuwa Evans Chidemo siphoned US$1 239 083 and bought two mansions in Glen Lorne, and, a flat in Harare city centre and a top-of-the-range vehicle, despite having only earned a total of $76 279 during his brief tenure of employment by Zimra from 2010 to 2016. Chidemo was once charged with nine counts of fraud involving US$1 279 083, but the court found him guilty of two counts…

THE CHARTERED JET plane which will bring Mugabe’s body back, left Harare for Singapore carrying Vice president Kembo Mohadi, Zimbabwe government officials and Robert and Grace Mugabe’s relatives just after 9AM (0700 GMT) on Monday.The plane will bring Mugabe’s body home but Mugabe’s family is against Mnangagwa and his government’s plans to bury Mugabe at the National Heroes Acre in Harare and instead want him to be buried in his Zvimba home village.Mugabe’s body is…

A 39-YEAR-OLD teacher in Chipinge has been jailed for three years for being intimate with a Grade 6 pupil.The primary school teacher, whose name has been withheld to protect the identity of his victim, was convicted on his own plea of guilty before Chipinge magistrate Elizabeth Hanzi.He was sentenced to five years in prison of which two years were conditionally suspended for five years.Asked by the magistrate why he abused the girl, he said she…

Joseph Phiri allegedly fatally struck his son Adam, a Form Two pupil at a city school, on Saturday and downed rogor pesticide when he realised the boy was not breathing.Phiri has since been arrested and is recovering at Mpilo Central Hospital under police guard.The Chronicle yesterday visited Phiri’s residence where mourners are gathered. However, none of the family members were at home as they were said to have visited the suspect in hospital while others…