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  President Mugabe has today joined other African Heads of State and Government gathered here for the 27th edition of the France-Africa Summit.   The summit is aimed at strengthening ties between France and African countries.   This is the second time Mali is hosting the event, having first done so in 2005.   The two-day summit — themed “Partnership, Peace and Emergence”— begins today with Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting to adopt resolutions for onward…

DESPITE his expulsion from government and the ruling Zanu PF party, former Cabinet minister Christopher Mutsvangwa remains in charge of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans’ Association (ZNLWVA), a government minister has said. War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube told journalists yesterday that a faction of the former freedom fighters’ leadership led by Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandi Chimene could not get government recognition because it had been “self-imposed”. “We will not recognise self-elected people, the…

. Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa faced a major party revolt yesterday, as 10 Zanu PF chairpersons and commissars censured him for associating with expelled and suspended party members, as the fallout over a New Year’s Eve party he hosted deepens. The unprecedented attack on the Vice-President – considered a front runner to succeed the soon-to-be 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe – followed weekend revelations that he wined and dined with Zanu PF renegades at a party held…

MOBILE network operators (MNOs) yesterday triggered a backlash when they announced a sharp increase in voice call and data service charges with immediate effect.   The mobile service providers have also scrapped the daily, weekly and monthly WhatsApp and Facebook data bundles.   Some subscribers claimed that the telecommunications firms had by yesterday already reportedly disabled the WhatsApp calling service.   The move follows an order by the Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz),…

The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) has warned members of the public to be wary of some people who are masquerading as health specialists and go to the extent of setting up “practicing premises”.   This comes in the wake of the arrest of a bogus dentist last week, who had set up premises at Machipisa Business Centre in Harare.   The bogus medical practitioner was arrested following a regular inspection carried out by…

POLICE have dismissed as false claims that First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe “grabbed” properties belonging to a Lebanese businessman, Mr Jamal Ahmed, saying the assets in question were duly placed under police guard as part of an investigation into an assortment of criminal allegations against the mogul.   Mr Ahmed on December 21 last year obtained an interdict at the High Court against Dr Mugabe, her son Mr Russel Goreraza and a top police officer…

  from Bulawayo who sued her married ex-lover for deflowering her before ditching her after having previously promised to marry her has been awarded US$2000 in damages.   Nataly Madziwa (19) sued Joel Moyo (32) accusing him of seducing her into having sex after promising to marry her during their relationship while she was an Upper Six pupil at Pumula High School in 2015.   In her lawsuit, she demanded $8 000 in seduction damages,…

  FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe has opened up on the latest scandal she has been implicated in, claiming, instead, she is the victim in the diamond ring saga and was conned of nearly $1,4 million by Lebanese businessman — Jamal Ahmed — whom she accused of joining hands with her political foes to soil her family’s image.   In an affidavit filed by her lawyers Manase and Manase Legal Practitioners opposing a High Court order…