This article was previously published by mg.co.za. A trusted lieutenant of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has been on a R185-million property-buying spree in the past year, acquiring prime real estate on the Durban north coast and in one of the plushest areas of Sandton in Johannesburg.   Shadowy multimillionaire Robert Mhlanga is chairperson of Mbada Diamonds, one of the biggest mining companies operating in the controversial Marange diamond fields in southeastern Zimbabwe. Mbada recently said…

The rare conditions affecting palms and feet of the Kembo family in Nyanga It is mid-afternoon and 49-year-old Ronica Kembo drags herself to a nearby shrub to answer the call of nature. As she crawls, her eldest daughter, Chisina, sits in the sandy soil under a mango tree eating the only meal of the day. Not far from her, Nhamo, the second daughter, looks exhausted and in pain. The rare conditions affecting palms and feet…

Addressing a meeting organised by the Zimbabwe National War Veterans Association Bulawayo Province at the ex-fighters offices in Entumbane yesterday, the Minister of Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Ex-Detainees and Restrictees, Retired Colonel Tshinga Dube, said what the war veterans were earning as pension was too little and his ministry has already presented a proposal so that it is increased to $500 per month.   “The pension you are getting is too little….

North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo death toll from amud slide on Wednesday will rise to approximately 200 mainly from fishing community on Lake Albert, whose households collapsed and were buried in heavy rainfall mountain collapse and mud slide.   Last week Freetown in Sierra Leone suffered a similar fate with approximately 400 people dead and 600 still missing after mnt Sugar Loaf collapsed . More news to follow, By Sibusiso Ngwenya

There are reports that Grace Mugabe was attacking everyone on her way at a Sandton hotel in South Africa last Sunday.   According to Times live, Grace’s violent attack has resulted in a pregnant woman suffering a miscarriage.   The publication reports that the victim, a pregnant waitress, was knocked down by Robert jnr as he fled his violent mother who was beating up everyone near her including hotel staff.   It is alleged that…

Robert Gabriel Mugabe 1960, was originally the publicity secretary for the National Democratic Party (NDP), a nationalist party which was led by the late former vice president Joshua Nkomo, NDP was banned in 1961, and Robert Mugabe became the secretary general of Joshua Nkomo’s new party, the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu), and again Zapu was banned, the Robert Nkomo and broke ranks with Joshua Nkomo in 1963. Robert Mugabe and the late Rex Nhongo,…

Pretoria – Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe, who is seeking diplomatic immunity for an alleged assault in South Africa last weekend, is due to attend a regional leaders’ summit in Pretoria on Saturday. The wife of President Robert Mugabe is accused of attacking a 20-year-old model with an electrical extension cord in a Johannesburg hotel where the Mugabes’ two sons were staying. South African police said she was expected at the two-day Southern African Development…

FORMER AU CHAIR Dr NKOSAZANA ZUMS SAYS GRACE MUGABE MUST FACE THE FULL WRATH OF THE LAW OVER ADDAULTING GABRIELLA ENGELS. Former African Union Commission chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma on Thursday said Zimbabwe’s first lady, Grace Mugabe, who is accused of beating up a young South African model, must face the law. Answering questions at her book launch, Dlamini-Zuma said women were capable leaders and the bad behaviour of one woman should not be allowed to…

SOUTH AFRICA HAS GROUNDED AIR’SIMBABWE’ PLANES OVER SAFETY CONCERNS SAME TIME GRACE ATTACK OF GABRIELLA ENGELS RAGES ON. South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority yesterday evening prevented a Harare bound Air Zimbabwe flight from taking off from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, as well as all other flights operated by the beleaguered airline. While SACAA remained mum on the exact reasons for grounding the flight, as well as any other flights, Khuluma Afrika had it…