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It is reported that at least 650 migrants were, last Saturday rescued off the rickety boat and safely brought ashore to an Italian port , Catania.   Italy is now reportedly threatening to shut ports and confiscate Aid agencies rescue ships as the influx of migrants into the country is now unsustainable. Most are fleeing war and poverty arriving from Libya through the Mediterranean to Italy because Italy is close to to Libya. . It…

World leaders have paid tribute to former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, who oversaw German reunification. Mr Kohl, who died last month, was a major driving force behind closer European integration.   Speaking next to his coffin, which was draped in the EU flag, Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was up to this generation to preserve his legacy. His remains travelled down the Rhine river to the German town of Speyer, where he was buried.  …

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OF late, pompous businessman, Wicknell Chivayo, has not been active on social media networks but when people started mocking him earlier this week after an image showing that his new top-of-the-range Mercedes Benz had been clamped by the Harare city council started circulating, he was active once again, trying to justify his wealth.   Sir Wicknell, as he has come to be known, had parked his car in the Harare city centre and probably did…

First Lady Grace Mugabe missed yesterday’s Zanu-PF rally in Masvingo to attend to an emergency relating to her sons’ accommodation in neighbouring South Africa.   This was revealed by President Robert Mugabe during his youth interface really in Masvingo yesterday.   “…Saka vati tine hurombo ndanga ndichidisa kuti ndive nemi pamusangano uno asi netsaona dzakaita ikoko handinga kurumidze kuuya ndisati ndawana patsvene panogara vana, vakachengetedzeka vese, nemukuru, vari kuzvikoro (I wanted to be there with…

  Bulawayo MDC-T acting Spokesperson Felix Mafa Sibanda has accused the aspiring president Dr Nkosana Moyo for betraying the democratic struggle by seeking to divide the votes in the 2018 elections which the party views as the way in which Zanu PF can over power the opposition forces.   This come after Moyo declared that he will be taking party in the 2018 elections seeking to be Zimbabwe’s President.   “It is with great amazement…

President Mugabe yesterday lashed out lazy beneficiaries of the Land Reform Programme, including traditional leaders, who were leasing out farms to white former commercial farmers, saying this had to stop.   Addressing thousands of people at the Mucheke Stadium Open Arena during the Masvingo leg of the nationwide zanu-pf Youth League Presidential Youth Interface Rallies, President Mugabe expressed dismay that there were people who expected to profit from land without investing anything, while enjoying life…

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday fired warning shots at Zanu PF factions, although most of his attacks seemed targeted at Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his loyalists, accusing them of being tribalists and frustrating his appointees.   In a one-and-a-half hour speech at a youth interface rally outside Mucheke Stadium yesterday, Mugabe tried to play the balancing act, although in the end, it was Mnangagwa on the receiving end of the major blows from the veteran ruler….

THE Government has paid 2016 bonuses to teachers with the last batch of civil servants expected to be paid in August.   Apex Council President Mrs Cecilia Alexander confirmed the payment yesterday and commended Government for keeping its promise. The Zimbabwe National Army, the Airforce of Zimbabwe and the health sector were paid in April, followed by the Zimbabwe Republic Police, the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services in May while teachers were paid early this…

A DRILL rig operator at Mimosa Mine in Zvishavane was injured after he was trapped by a machine and later died in hospital on Thursday morning.   Mr Daniel Tagu (35) was allegedly trapped while drilling underground.   Company sources said Tagu was trapped by the machine he was using after he forgot to switch it off.   “When one is drilling rocks there must be water for cooling but he realised that the water…