‘Furore Over Sexist, Tribalist, Derogatory, Chronicle Cartoon About Midlands & Matebeleland’

A cartoon by the State controlled chronicle newspaper by cartoonist Wellington Musapenda   depicts highly controversial sexist and tribal connotations with respect to Midlands and Matebeleland ladies. The cartoon  published by the state controlled Chronicle newspaper yesterday, has rightly  caused a public  uproar, with questions over how it was cleared by editors for printing and what the intended outcome was meant to be. Although the cartoonist was reportedly suspended,  over the fiasco, the people of Zimbabwe must unite…

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‘Zimbabwe People’s Front Leader Owen Kuchata, Admits To Attempted Gushungo Dairy Bombing’

‘Zimbabwe People’s Front  Leader Owen Kuchata, Admits To Attempted Gushungo Dairy Bombing’

Zimbabwe People’s Front political party leader Owen Kuchata – who was arrested while trying to petrol-bomb the First Family’s Alpha Omega Dairy farm in Mazowe, yesterday admitted that he indeed wanted to bomb the dairy, and that it was his idea to commit the offence Kuchata (34), who does not have legal representation, is jointly charged with Borman Ngwenya (30) on charges of insurgency, sabotage banditry or terrorism. Their other accomplices Solomon Makumbe (29) and…

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36 Years Later, Mugabe’s Regime Claims It Will Upgrade All Mud &Pole Structure Schools Within 5 Years

THE government has said in the next five years no school should be operating from pole and mud structures as this compromises the quality of education. The Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Professor Paul Mavhima said this on Tuesday during the commissioning of four classroom blocks at Tshayile Primary School in Bubi District. The classroom blocks were commissioned by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko who was represented by the Minister of State in his…

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Bulawayo Councillors Concerned With Restaurant Food Packaging & Refuse Bins Inavailability

Bulawayo Councillors Concerned With Restaurant Food Packaging & Refuse Bins Inavailability

Bulawayo Councillors have expressed concerns over the poor packaging by some restaurants in the city. According to council latest minutes Councillor Gideon Mangena was concerned about food packaging from Restaurants and Take Away out lets. “Food was packaged in kalite containers which caused street littering in the C.B.D. Restaurant should be encouraged to serve their food in plates and consumed within the premises. The area around the City Hall was dirty and more refuse bins…

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Rhodesian Regime Fed Primary Schools Unlike Zanu PF regime – Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna

Rhodesian Regime Fed Primary Schools Unlike  Zanu PF regime – Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna

Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna has said the Rhodesian government used to feed primary school pupils but the Zanu PF regime is struggling. He said a lot of pupils are dropping out of school due to hunger. Nduna told parliament on Thursday that pupils should be fed. “I will now touch on issues to do with school, primary education in particular. “We are losing a lot of our future because firstly, we are…

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‘Zimbabwe Needs 1, 8 million Tonnes Of Grain’-National State Of Emergency Declared

‘Zimbabwe Needs 1, 8 million Tonnes  Of Grain’-National State Of Emergency Declared

Zimbabwe’s  national crisis, typifies the heartlessness of Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime, which has taken at least 6 months before admitting the driven drought is wreaking havoc across Zimbabwe, meaning the nation is  urgently in need of  assistance to import at least 1, 8 million tonnes of grain to stave off starvation of both human and livestock. Zimbabwe is reportedly only in possession of  250 000 tonnes of maize, which falls way short of the required amount, in an alarming situation, where there…

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over 80 People Die In Nigeria From Lassa Fever Outbreak

over 80 People Die In Nigeria From Lassa Fever Outbreak

The world  is now on full alert and full speed ahead in the race to find a cure for the generally unknown Mosquito borne Zika virus , yet in West Africa there is an ongoing Lassa Fever outbreak in Nigeria, which  has reportedly led to the death of over 80 people. The World Health Organization (WHO) indicates that, the lassa virus which is of the safe family of viruses such as the deadly Ebola and photo-images of Lassa virus-gistfactory generally is symptomless.  Lassa fever  victims,…

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‘MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai Calls For Biti To Initiate Coalitition Talks Ahead Of 2018 Ballot’

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has sent emissaries to People Democratic Party (PDP) president Tendai Biti to initiate talks that could lead to the formation of a coalition of opposition parties ahead of the 2018 polls, Zimbabwe Independent has reported. This comes at a time former vice-president Joice Mujuru’s movement, People First (PF), is keen to have Biti as a senior advisor. Biti has also been tasked with negotiating with Mujuru on behalf of other opposition parties…

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Zimbabwe Experiencing High Child Birth Mortality As Women Fail To Access Health Care Services

Zimbabwe Experiencing High Child Birth Mortality As Women Fail To Access Health Care Services

Maternal deaths cause for concern THE country recorded 19 maternal deaths, six of them in Matabeleland provinces, in the first two weeks of 2016 amid fears by gender activists that more deaths were going unreported. A Ministry of Health and Child Care weekly report said nine women died in the first week of the year while 10 died during the second week. Four deaths were recorded at United Bulawayo Hospitals, One each at Mpilo Central…

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‘No To Matebeleland Teacher Language ‘Discrimination’- Education Minister Dokora

THE Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora has dismissed claims that non-isiNdebele speaking teachers deployed in the Matabeleland region were contributing towards poor pass rates in schools. The Minister said this on Wednesday during the National Assembly’s question and answer session. Dokora said there was no relation between poor pass rates and language differences. He said this after Umzingwane  had asked him about the government’s policy on the deployment of Shona-speaking teachers in…

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