‘Three Zimbabwean Men Arrested In Botswana For Child Trafficking’

‘Three Zimbabwean Men Arrested In Botswana For Child Trafficking’

THREE Zimbabwean men have been arrested in Botswana for allegedly trying to smuggle 16 children aged between four and 18 years into South Africa.   The trio from Khame area in Bulilima District were allegedly using two vehicles to transport the children from Bulilima District to South Africa, where they were supposed to spend the festive holidays with their parents.   Speaking at the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) Centre in Plumtree yesterday, the officer…

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President Salva Kiir Dissolves 10 South Sudan States And creates 28 New States

President Salva Kiir  Dissolves 10 South Sudan States And creates 28 New States

Newzimbabwevision.com is informed that in a Christmas eve decree Salva Kiir the president of South has made massive changes by choosing to dissolve the nation’s 10 regional states in place and subsequently create total of 28 new states.   Currently in Juba, Sudan’s capital state, there is a process of engagement going on to start the creation of a transitional government of national unity, a peace deal and arrangement that is now clearly under threat…

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Civil Service Pay Date Moved From 28th Dec 2015 To 5th January 2016

Civil Service Pay Date Moved From 28th Dec 2015 To  5th January 2016

In a shocking display of the Zanu PF regime’s indifference, Zimbabwe’s civil servants, have had to face a most miserable Christmas because Mugabe’s Zanu PF regime has failed to pay them because its a dead broke government, which is failing to raise the much needed US$500 million wage bill for its bloated civil service.   To add insult to injury the ministry of Finance announced that the Education sector would not be paid on the…

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MDC President, Professor Welshman Ncube Christmas Statement To The Nation

MDC President, Professor Welshman Ncube  Christmas Statement To The Nation

  Today is Christmas Day, Friday, 25 December 2015. You and I are supposed to be beside ourselves with ecstatic excitement and frenzied pleasure. Actually, thirty years ago, this would have been the likely scenario. If you were employed in the city, you would have collected your bonus, taken a hurried walk to the nearest shopping mall and bought hoes, fertiliser, clothes, groceries, bread and sweets for your extended family. It would have been chaotic,…

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South African Breakthrough For Breast Cancer Diagnosis

South African Breakthrough For Breast Cancer Diagnosis

 The Aceso machine, designed and developed by Cape Town medical technology company Cape Ray, was officially launched by the Department of Science and Technology at the city’s Groote Schuur Hospital on Thursday, 5 November 2015. The machine, which is undergoing a testing phase at the hospital, is a world- first imaging system that combines mammographic and ultrasound technologies. This does away with the need for multiple screening tests, particularly when analysing dense breast tissue. The…

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Christmas Disaster As More Than 100 Die In Nigeria Gas Tanker Truck Explosion

Christmas Disaster As More Than 100 Die In Nigeria Gas Tanker Truck Explosion

Many people have been injured in the blast, which happened as people queued up to refill canisters for cooking Christmas meals in an industrial estate in Nigeria.   While Christmas is a joy for many, it has unfortunately, in Nigeria, turned out to be a nightmare for more than 100 people who were killed when a gas tanker truck exploded, houses and cars in the vicinity fire damaged.   People were queing up to refill…

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Warning:-Hands off Security Sector Issues, Security forces, Succession & Commander-in-Chief Defence Forces!

Warning:-Hands off Security Sector Issues, Security forces, Succession & Commander-in-Chief  Defence Forces!

Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe , yesterday said journalists should not meddle in security sector issues, urging them to appreciate the peace and freedom the forces ensure in the country.   Officiating at the Herald editorial end-of-year party at Meikles hotel in Harare yesterday, Dr Mushohwe said some journalists were losing their way by treading into sensitive security sector matters.   “Some of the media houses seem not to understand which…

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Zimbabwe School Council (Zimsec) Deliberately Lowers Pass Marks

Zimbabwe School Council (Zimsec) Deliberately Lowers Pass Marks

The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has been accused of lowing pass marks to allow low-scoring candidates to achieve distinction grades.   Based on a Zimbabwe Independent report, grades have been reduced to as low as 30% for some subjects, contrary to the popular view that a grade C pass starts with a 50% mark.   “An ‘A’ starts at 56% here. A mark in the forty-something range will give you a B and the…

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Kenya-British American Tobacco (BAT) Tactics To Undermine Tobacco Control Regulation..

Kenya-British American Tobacco (BAT)  Tactics To Undermine  Tobacco Control Regulation..

  Kenya has the highest recorded smoking prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ten percent of 13-15-year-olds smoke. Since Kenya’s ratification of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2004, the Ministry of Health has been advocating for legislation that decrease the prevalence of smoking.   Kenya’s efforts to try and introduce tobacco control legislation that regulates the marketing and sale of tobacco products has been resisted by British American Tobacco (BAT) and other tobacco…

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Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili Has Stepped Down

Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili Has Stepped Down

On Wednesday 23/12/15 Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili announced a surprise  resignation from office, a position he has held since 2013. Georgian media, have advanced speculations that, because his party’s popularity has fallen, President Mikheil Saakashvili  would step down to channel his focus on campaigning to parliamentary elections for  November 2016. Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili has offered no explanation for his resignation. By Sibusiso Ngwenya photo-tabula-Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili  

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