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President Ian Khama African New (SADC) Chair, Attacks Leaders Who Cling To Power

Posted on August 22, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

BOTSWANA President Ian Khama, the new chair of the South African Development Community has said the region needs to be a beacon for democracy for Africa, and blasted leaders who cling to power. At a press briefing after taking over the Sadc leadership Wednesday, Khama slated Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza whose country has been plunged into violence after he ran for a third-term despite strong domestic opposition. “It doesn’t matter how you got there….

Grace Mugabe Says ‘Castrate Child Sex Offenders’

Posted on August 2, 2015August 2, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe has called for the castration of perpetrators of child sexual abuse as a way of deterring would-be offenders. Officially launching the African Union campaign to end child marriages Zimbabwe chapter in Harare yesterday, Amai Mugabe expressed concern over some judges who were lenient with offenders of child sexual abuse by passing light sentences such as community service or a wholly-suspended sentence.She said stiffer penalties such as castration of the offenders…

‘Mugabe Is Unmoved By Obama Snub’-Mugabe’s spokesperson ‘George Charamba’

Posted on July 29, 2015July 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe’s spokesperson has reportedly described President Barack Obama’s visit to the African Union (AU) headquarters as “just a visit by another visitor”. George Charamba said this after Mugabe, who is the current AU chairperson was excluded from meeting Obama during his visit at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Tuesday. Mugabe also chairs the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Charamba said Mugabe was “unmoved” by Obama’s visit to the AU headquarters,…

‘Globe-Trotter Vascoda Mugabe’ Ever In Flight Yet National Sports Team, ‘Warriors’ Are Grounded

Posted on July 24, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe, an assiduous globe-trotter over the 35 years he has ruled Zimbabwe, has this year hardly slept at home. The 91-year-old leader has roamed the world, finding a convenient excuse in his ceremonial roles as African Union and SADC chairman. The government is broke, but the treasury is forced to find millions of dollars to fund Mugabe’s foreign jaunts which now number 25 or so this year; and its only July. He travels…

‘Mugabe Visit To Zimbabwe Ends, And He Jets Off With Grace To USA New York ‘

Posted on July 7, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

President Robert Mugabe has left Harare for the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York, USA where he has been invited to attend a high level International Ebola Recovery Conference. The Ebola haemorrhagic fever that devastated three West African countries since its outbreak left more than 11 000 people dead and affected more than 27 000 others. President Mugabe, who chairs the African Union (AU) and SADC, is accompanied to New York by the First…

United Nations (UN) Calls For An End To Child Marriages In Zimbabwe.

Posted on July 4, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The United Nations today adds its voice to ongoing calls to end child marriages in Zimbabwe. Child marriages are not only an affront to the dignity and well-being of individual girls; they also deprive nations of the social and economic benefits that derive from an educated and skilled female population. “I call upon all stakeholders to accelerate efforts to end this harmful practice,” Bishow Parajuli, UN Resident Coordinator in Zimbabwe has said. “The notion that…

Obama To Tour (AU) HQ Later This Month, But Likely Not To Meet Mugabe

Posted on July 2, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

US President Barack Obama will be touring the African Union (AU) headquarters in Ethiopia during his visit to Africa but will likely not meet the AU chairperson, President Robert Mugabe, a report said. Mugabe is also the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Obama, who is set to visit Kenya and Ethiopia later this month, is scheduled to tour the AU headquarters and meet the bloc’s secretariat. According to a local…

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