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‘Tanzania’s President Magufuli Threatens To Expell Foreign Nationals’

Posted on January 9, 2016January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Africa is a continent that continues to face questionable leadership regime decisions with respect to free movement of people across regional borders. In Southern Africa, the world has seen Robert Mugabe’s controversial ‘Indeginisation Policy’ coupled with threats to remove all foreign owned companies and investments from Zimbabwe, followed by the inhumane xenophobic wars in South Africa which led to thousands of foreigners losing life, homes, businesses and forcibly evicted from the country in fear for their…

280 UK Soldiers Served Letters On Role In Iraq War, Torture &Murder Claims

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

British troops in Basra Photo: PA Hundreds of British soldiers have received letters questioning their role in claims of torture and murder during the Iraq War. Around 280 veterans have been sent documents telling them they were involved in an incident under investigation by the Government-established Iraq Historical Allegations Team (IHAT). More than 50 deaths during the UK’s military mission in the country between 2003 and 2009 are set to be investigated, prosecutors have confirmed. Unlawful…

China’s Communist Founding Father Mao Zedong Giant Statue Demolished

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

A huge statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, photographed while under construction in Henan province on January 4, 2016 -AFP A gargantuan gold-painted statue of Communist China’s founding father Mao Zedong has suddenly been demolished, apparently for lacking government approval, state media said Friday, days after images of it went viral. source-news.yahoo.com

Mexico Recaptures, World’s Most Notorius Drug Lord. Multibillionaire ‘El Chapo’

Posted on January 9, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Following Guzman’s capture on Friday, Mexican authorities are now likely to extradite him to the US [Reuters] Mexican police have recaptured Joaquin Guzman six months after the fugitive drug kingpin’s escape from prison. Guzman, the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, was Mexico’s most-wanted fugitive. He had escaped from a maximum security prison six months ago. “Mission accomplished, we have him,” Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico’s president, announced via Twitter on Friday. Guzman, also known as…

Illegal, Counterfeit And Unlicenced Drug Imports Flood Zimbabwe

Posted on January 8, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Unscrupulous businesspeople are smuggling over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, some of which are suspected to be counterfeit, while others are expired. Over-the-counter medicines are those drugs that can be dispensed without a doctors’ prescription but often require a licensed pharmacist to sell them. The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) said in a statement last week that the importation of any medicine without the authority’s permission was illegal. “The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has noted with…

Eagleliner Cross Border Bus Overturns, 4 Zimbabweans Dead, 29 Injured

Posted on January 6, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Four people have been killed and 30 others injured after an Eagleliner cross border coach from Zimbabwe they were travelling in lost control resulting in the bus overturning near Louis Trichardt town in South Africa’s Limpopo Province today. Limpopo police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Ronel Otto said the incident occurred at around 10 am this morning near Witvlag turnoff along the N1 highway. bus drove into an embankment on the N1, 20 km outside of Louis…

ZBC News reporter, ‘Thulani Miga’, Dies In Harare-Nyamapanda Rd Accident

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

ZBC News reporter, Thulani Miga has died in a car accident. He was 31. The accident occurred this morning about 42 kilometres from the capital along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway. Miga and two other people who were in the vehicle, who included the driver, died on the spot. He is survived by his wife, Tendai Liwewe and three children, Ruvarashe (10), Mzwandile (5) and Thandika (4). Mourners are gathered at number 5658 Kuwadzana 7 in Harare….

Zimbabwe Doctors And Nurses Statement On Unpaid December 2015 Salaries

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

The Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) and the Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZINA) jointly receives with great shock, disbelief and disdain the late disbursement of December 2015 salaries for health workers. We maintain that it is unacceptable for health workers to be paid today after going through a horrendous festive season and had reached alarming levels of socioeconomic deprivation. We maintain that such levels of irresponsibility and uncaring attitudes should be discarded forthwith and health workers…

Zesa Holdings To Dismiss 700 Contract Workers & 300 Permanent Staff.

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Zesa Holdings is set to fire close to 1000 workers as it has resolved not to renew their contracts in a bid to cut expenditure. Of the 1000, 300 are permanent employees “deemed redundant”. Quoting company sources, the Herald reports that current productivity levels were making it difficult for Zesa to sustain its strong workforce. Zesa Holdings, which has four subsidiaries, employs about 7 000 workers. “The company is trying to manage staff costs to…

Traveller Rebate & Daily Import Duty Remission reduced To Raise Gvt Revenue

Posted on January 5, 2016 by newzimbabwevision

Government has revised travellers’ rebate to US$200 from US$300, among a cocktail of measures as it seeks to maximise revenue collection from imports and address the continued abuse of the facility by local businesses. The daily import duty remission was also reduced from US$50 to US$30 per individual traveller per day. Under the new regulations, all travellers using small cross border transport (mostly open trucks) or buses with huge trailers and carrying goods of a…

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