Controversial Businessman Chivayo’s Power Deal Brings Trouble For Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) Board

The Zimbabwe Power Company board has launched investigations into how management unprocedurally made a down payment of $5 million to Wicknell Chivayo for pre-commencement works on the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar power project.  Chivayo’s IntratekZimbabwe  won the $200 million contract  but the money was paid without IntratekZimbabwe submitting a performance guarantee to give ZPC security to recover its money in the event the firm failed to perform on the contract. There is nothing in place…

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Senegal Court Sentences Ex-Chadian Military Ruler Hissene Habre To Life For Crimes Against Humanity

DAKAR – Former Chad president Hissene Habre, a Cold War ally of the West, was convicted on Monday of war crimes and crimes against humanity for ordering the killing and torture of thousands of political opponents during his eight-year rule. The verdict capped a 16-year battle by victims and rights campaigners to bring the former strongman to justice in Senegal, where he fled after being toppled in a 1990 coup in his impoverished central African…

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Dr Patson Dzamara Releases Photo Of His Brother, The Abducted Activist, Itai Dzamara In Forced Detention

PRESS STATEMENT ON ITAI DZAMARA   It’s almost 15 months since the diabolic abduction of Itai Dzamara. From the onset i never minced my words regarding who the perpetrators are. Never have I cowered from my position that the disappearance of Itai Dzamara is the work of Mr. Mugabe’s ZANU PF through state security agents.     The following are the key points I need to highlight before I go any further;   1. Itai’s…

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‘Oliver Mtukudzi Is Being Used By Mugabe’s Oppressive Zanu PF Regime’,-Thomas Mapfumo

‘Oliver Mtukudzi Is Being Used By Mugabe’s Oppressive Zanu PF Regime’,-Thomas Mapfumo

Exiled Chimurenga music legend Thomas Mapfumo has said his colleague Oliver Mtukudzi is allowing himself to be used by the oppressive regime of President Robert Mugabe and his ruling Zanu-PF party. On Wednesday the much-loved Mtukudzi performed for around 15 minutes at the so-called million-man march organised by the Zanu-PF Youth League to show support for their 92-year-old leader who is battling to contain factionalism in his party over his successor. About 50 000 party…

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Expelled Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP,Mliswa Released On Bail, To Appear In Court On 22 June 2016.

Expelled Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP,Mliswa Released On Bail, To Appear In Court On 22 June  2016.

The expelled Zanu PF Hurungwe West MP,   Temba Mliswa has been released  on bail, to  reappear in court, on 22 June  2016. However , while Mliswa was released on Monday, the  24 Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) pressure group released on Sunday evening. By Sibusiso Ngwenya photo-standard-former Zanu PF legislator, Temba Mliswa also leader of Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) pressure group,

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Temba Mliswa, Arrested With 24 Of His Youth Advocacy for Reform & Democracy (Yard) pressure Group In Esigodini

Temba Mliswa, Arrested With  24 Of His  Youth Advocacy for Reform & Democracy (Yard) pressure Group In Esigodini

      FORMER Hurungwe West legislator Temba Mliswa and 24 members of his Youth Advocacy for Reform and Democracy (Yard) pressure group were arrested in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province, yesterday for allegedly holding an unsanctioned public meeting. Mliswa’s lawyer and MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora confirmed the arrests. “Cde Mliswa is currently in police custody together with 24 others after being arrested here in Esigodini on allegations that they were having an unsanctioned meeting. They…

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Zanu-PF Dismiss MDC-T MP, ‘James Maridadi’s Planned Impeachment Of Mugabe As Daydreaming’

Zanu-PF Chief Whip Cde Lovemore Matuke has dismissed as daydreaming and wishful thinking, plans by MDC-T led by its Mabvuku-Tafara legislator Mr James Maridadi to table a motion seeking to impeach President Mugabe when Parliament resumes sitting on June 6. Cde Matuke, who is also Gutu Central legislator, accused Mr Maridadi and his party of seeking cheap political mileage and publicity by proposing something that would never see the light of day. He described Mr Maridadi…

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35 Expelled MDC T And Zanu PF MPs Face Court For Failure To Pay Parliament Car Loans

35 Expelled MDC T And Zanu PF  MPs Face Court For Failure To Pay Parliament Car Loans

Parliament plans to take legal action against 35 legislators who were expelled by both Zanu-PF and MDC-T after they failed to pay for vehicles procured for them through a parliamentary loan scheme.Zanu-PF expelled a number of legislators who were associated with former Vice President Joice Mujuru in her plot to remove President Mugabe from power unconstitutionally. The MDC-T, led by Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, dismissed 21 legislators after they joined the MDC Renewal Team led by…

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Lawless Zimbabwe Sees, Five More Elephants & 1 Duiker Killed With Cyanide Poison In Matabeleland North

Lawless Zimbabwe Sees, Five More Elephants & 1 Duiker Killed With Cyanide Poison In Matabeleland North

Five elephants were killed last week by poachers using cyanide in Matabeleland North, Forestry Commission information and communications manager Ms Violet Makoto has said. In a statement, Ms Makoto said Forestry Commission guards who were on patrol discovered the cyanide which was planted on salt licks. “A total of five elephants have been killed this week. “Forest Protection Unit guards who were patrolling the Amandundumela area of Gwaai Forest on Wednesday afternoon discovered cyanide planted…

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One Dead And Three Injured As Car Slams Into Rear Of Zupco Bus Near Bulawayo’s Thembiso Home.

ONE person died while three others were seriously injured when a vehicle they were travelling in rammed a Zupco bus and was trapped underneath it near Thembiso Children’s Home in Bulawayo. Bulawayo chief fire officer Richard Peterson confirmed the accident and said those who survived suffered critical injuries. “According to witnesses, the light vehicle was travelling behind a Zupco bus. Suddenly the vehicle drove into the rear of the bus. We’re not sure what exactly happened….

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