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THE Bulawayo City Council yesterday reviewed its water shedding schedule to 72 hours per week as the amount of water in supply dams and reservoirs has gone beyond critical levels. The local authority also warned that if residents fail to use less water under the new schedule, more stringent measures would be implemented. At the height of water shedding in 2013, Bulawayo residents went without water for up to four days in a week. Last…
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POLICE in Gokwe have arrested two armed robbers who, together with Cuthbert Dube, allegedly robbed 43 shops and schools at gunpoint in Zhombe and Kwekwe. Kelvin Dube (32) of Amaveni high density suburb and Tafadzwa Magirisa (24) of Mbizo high density suburb in Kwekwe were last week arraigned before Gokwe Magistrate, Mr Solomon Jenya, facing 43 counts of armed robbery and unlawful entry. Dube and Magirisa pleaded not guilty and were remanded in custody to…
Read MoreA member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police support unit guarding Zimsec exam papers in Gutu, Masvingo at Mupandawana Secondary school was struck with an iron bar. This is the third time such an incident has occurred.A source familiar with the situation said: “l’m wondering why they [attackers] are not taking the guns but just bashing them. Mind you, these are riot guys, people are angry, they want to prove power, maybe.” source-bulawayo24
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Zimbabwe has rejected embracing homosexuality that some European countries wanted the country to take up at the United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group meeting, but accepted 142 other recommendations that are not in contradiction with the national Constitution.Spain and Canada are some of the countries that recommended that Zimbabwe decriminalises same sex marriage for consenting adults. In some poor African countries, the West has gone to the extent of dangling aid and budgetary support…
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Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) Manicaland provincial secretary for information and publicity Moses Mutyasira died on Saturday due to an alleged diabetes sickness. Mutyasira, who was master of ceremonies at the party’s maiden rally in Mutare in July this year that was addressed by party leader Joice Mujuru died at Harare Central Hospital. He will be buried in Domboshawa tomorrow where mourners are gathered. ZimPF lawyer Simon Simango confirmed the death. “He was our master of…
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A MAN from Lupane who visited a neighbour’s home and took some beer, drank it without the owner’s consent before assaulting him when he complained has been slapped with an effective five-year jail term for attempted murder. Mehluli Ndlovu (32) pleaded not guilty to the charge when he appeared before Hwange regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga on Thursday last week. The magistrate convicted and sentenced him to seven years in jail. Two years were suspended…
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. ZVISHAVANE turned into a war zone yesterday after police engaged in running battles with MDC-T supporters for disrupting a court-sanctioned rally that was expected to be addressed by party vice-president Nelson Chamisa. The rally was later abandoned after police indiscriminately fired teargas to disperse MDC-T supporters who continued to put pressure to gain access at Maglas Stadium for the rally despite a heavy police presence. The number of people who were injured in the…
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DESTINY for Africa Network (DaNet) founder and Zanu PF cleric Obadiah Musindo has said his organisation was targeting to develop 100 000 residential stands countrywide to woo voters to the ruling party ahead of the 2018 elections. The cleric made the remarks on Saturday while addressing hundreds of beneficiaries of his housing scheme in Mutare. He claimed that Zanu PF policies were benefiting the country, before singling out sanctions as the major issue affecting…
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A ZANU PF MP has blasted Indigenisation minister Patrick Zhuwao, accusing him of failing to interpret the country’s indigenisation laws thereby precipitating an investor flight that has exacerbated the country’s economic collapse. Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who is also chairperson of a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment, said Zhuwao worsened the country’s economic collapse by threatening to close down companies that failed to comply with the Indigenisation law. …
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