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Sir Fall -A- Lot Mugabe Nearly Tumbles And Indian PM Helps The 91-Year Old Despot, Break His Fall

Posted on October 30, 2015October 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

INDIAN PM Narendra Modi Thursday helped President Mugabe break his fall after the 91-year old leader lost balance and nearly tumbled while walking up the podium. Mugabe was going to greet Modi when he missed a step and stumbled. An alert Modi immediately stepped forward and extended his hand to hold Mugabe’s before helping him up the podium. The two promptly shook hands with Mugabe pretending as if all was well. But soon after the…

Budget Airline ‘Fly Africa’ Surrenders Its Zimbabwe Operating License

Posted on October 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Fly Africa’s operations have been suspended after the airline surrendered its operating licence due shareholding disputes and failure to meet statutory requirements. The low cost airline’s planes have been grounded after the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) suspended the airline’s operations. Earlier this week, the airline surrendered its operating licence citing operational challenges. Close sources say the decision to surrender the operating licence is a result of boardroom squabbles and shareholding…

WBC Welterweight Champion, Charles Manyuchi’s, Trophy ‘Confiscated’ By Zimra

Posted on July 24, 2015July 24, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

WORLD Boxing Council welterweight champion Charles Manyuchi returned home yesterday amid drama at the airport after his trophy and passport were confiscated by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials. Manyuchi’s handlers said Zimra officials wanted the trophy to be declared. Manyuchi retained his title after beating Italian Gianculla Frezza into submission in the sixth round in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy on Saturday night. He received $9 000 for his latest exploits. The 26-year-old touched down at…

Vas Coda-Mugabe Ends Latest Visit To Zimbabwe And Jets Off To Equatorial Guinea

Posted on July 18, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

African Union and SADC chairperson President Robert Mugabe has left for Equatorial Guinea where he will attend an international conference on Africa’s fight against Ebola. He was seen off at the Harare International Airport by Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko, cabinet ministers, service chiefs and other senior government officials. President Mugabe will be attending a two-day conference aimed at strengthening the continent’s fight against the dreaded Ebola virus. Running under the theme: ‘Africa Helping Africans in…

Harare Airport Runway Lifetime Expires In 3 Years, Unless US$11 Million Rehabilitation

Posted on July 8, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE runway at Harare International Airport, among the longest in Africa, faces being declared unsafe in three years if government fails to complete its rehabilitation while debris from the stalled works poses risks to aircraft, Parliament has heard. Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) announced the rehabilitation of the runway in July 2011 which, on completion, will be five kilometres long. The repairs were part of a major facelift for the airport and included the…

‘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…

Mugabe, says African leaders snub his invites to visit Harare, and blames the West.

Posted on June 20, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, a much-criticised frequent flier, has revealed that some African leaders have snubbed his invites to visit Harare. And, as with everything else that goes wrong in Zimbabwe, Mugabe blamed western countries for the rebuffs. Mugabe made the revelation while seeing off Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who made a three-day stopover in Harare after attending the African Union summit in South Africa. Speaking at Harare international airport, the veteran leader said leaders…

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