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‘33,000 Migrants Arrive On Greek Island Of Lesbos In August Only’, Amnesty International

Posted on August 26, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Severe shortages in facilities and staffing are creating dreadful conditions for the hundreds of refugees and migrants arriving every day on the Greek island of Lesbos, Amnesty International said after one of its research teams returned from the island. Instead local volunteers, NGO activists, the UN Refugee Agency and tourists have been stepping into the breach to assist the mainly Afghans, Iraqis and Syrians who have been arriving at the island and who make up…

‘International Monetary Fund (IMF) Rules Out Financial Assistance To Zimbabwe’

Posted on August 26, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is dispatching a mission to Harare next week, has ruled out giving any financial assistance to Zimbabwe until all external debts are settled. The IMF is expected in the country from August 31st to September 11th to undertake the second review of the Staff Monitored Programme (SMP). Last year the IMF agreed to a successor SMP – an informal agreement between country authorities and the global lender designed to…

SA Gvt Approves ZSP Permits For 185,000 Zimbabweans, To Regularise Their Stay

Posted on August 25, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The South African government yesterday said it will complete the processing and issuing of work and study permits for 200,000 Zimbabweans who applied to regularise their stay in that country by end of next month. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba yesterday said his ministry had adjudicated 99.7 percent (197,303) of the nearly 200,000 ZSP applications within the first six months of the project – January to July. “Collection of ZSPs will close on September 30,…

‘ Kenya’s Former VP Family Denied Permission To Sacrifice Ram In UK Hospital, To Save Soul’

Posted on August 24, 2015August 24, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Family members of the late deputy leader of Kenya, Michael Wamalwa, travelled with dignitaries all the way to the Royal Free Hospital on Monday, to carry out a ritual that traditionally involves the slaughtering of a ram. Wamalwa, a member of the Bukusu clan, died aged 58 at the hospital in August 2003. His passing saw mass mourning in his home country of Kenya with authorities forced to deploy riot police to control the huge…

Italian Coast Guard Rescues 4,400 Migrants In One Day In The Mediterranean Coast

Posted on August 23, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

In what is now becoming an unprecedented wave of migration since the second world war, Smugglers are reported to have suddenly taken advantage of generally stable sea conditions to launch migrant boats, mostly overcrowded rickety ones from the Lybian Coast, causing the Italian Coast guard to launch a massive rescue operation in which an estimated 4,400 migrants were rescued in just one day in a total of 22 rescue operations on Saturday. Italian Coast guard, Navy…

ATM Styled , Clean Water Dispensers, Deployed In Kenyan Slums- Half A Shilling For 20 Litres

Posted on August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The innovative new system allows people swipe a smart card that is topped up at a kiosk or through a mobile phone to allow water flow the mouths of the dispensers. Although this is not the first time the scheme is been used in Kenya, it is the first time an urban area will play host to an innovation of this kind. Water scarcity has been an issue in Kenya for decades; only a small percentage…

‘Warning To Khama, The Zimbabwe Crisis Will Pull Down SADC Region’ – Eddie Cross

Posted on August 23, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

I know everyone is fed up with the continuous state of crisis in Zimbabwe but that is no reason for not paying attention to its implications. In 1976 it was an intervention by the American Secretary of State that attempted to address the political, economic and social crisis in Zimbabwe, compounded at that time by a “low level guerilla war”. In 1980 it was the British, led by the Foreign Secretary, who attempted to address…

‘Goodwill Zwelithini Cancels Visit To Zimbabwe Due To Gwanda Residents Backlash’

Posted on August 23, 2015August 23, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ZULU King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu has reportedly cancelled his intended visit to Gwanda this weekend amid a backlash from the Gwanda community. King Zwelithini was meant to attend a three- day jamboree, to be held in the mining town from Friday. The event is set to include about 102 gospel artistes jetting in from neighbouring South Africa to perform at a free-of-charge show to be held at Pelandaba Stadium and the official opening of a…

Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Appears In Court On Charges Of Raping 15-Year-Old Girl

Posted on August 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

A GRANDSON of Nelson Mandela accused of raping a 15-year-old girl will remain in police custody, while his defence lawyers collect more evidence for a bail hearing, a South African judge ruled on Friday. Mbuso Mandela’s bail hearing was postponed to Tuesday to give his defence team more time to locate a witness who they say could testify that the incident was consensual, a judge ruled. The judge in the Johannesburg magistrate’s court also ordered…

‘7Chinese Vets At Hwange National Park, Prepare 170 Elephant Calfs For Shipment To China’

Posted on August 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

ZIMBABWE is preparing to ship at least 170 baby elephants to China as it has emerged that seven Chinese veterinarian doctors are camped at Hwange National Park preparing the animals for the rigors of a long-distance flight. The elephants are destined for Chimelong Safari Park in Guangdong Province of China, which has reportedly ordered 200 elephants from Zimbabwe. In June, Zimbabwe exported 24 elephants to China to fulfill part of the order, but preparations are…

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