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PM RISHI SUNAK CONSIDERS banning cigarettes for next generation Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned. Whitehall sources said the prime minister was looking at measures similar to those brought in by New Zealand last December. They involved steadily increasing the legal smoking age so tobacco would end up never being…

IRAN’S PARLIAMENT has approved the ‘hijab and chastity’ bill’; with harsh punishments for violations for violators of a mandatory dress code, including fines and prison terms.The legislation defines new frameworks for how Iranians, especially women, need to conform to the country’s mandatory dress code that has been in place since shortly after the 1979 revolution.For women, unacceptable covering has been defined as “revealing or tight clothing, or clothing that shows parts of the body lower…

NELSON Chamisa, who leads (CCC) a party with neither structures nor constitution, was ejected from a Belvedere house due to failure to pay rentals and now finds himself at the apex of a formation with no fixed abode. The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader who reportedly cannot account for US$2,5million received from donors before the August 2023 harmonised elections. The party which lost the Harvest House Head quarters in Harare to Mwonzora’s Movement for…

UNITED NATIONS General Assembly (UNGA) says urgent action is needed to tackle climate change, however, Rishi Sunak, the UK Prime Minister has announced green policy changes. At a time, when the world is faced by global warming crisis, the UK PM has announced major green policy changes which lead the whole world to question why a global leader is backing away from such changes, when the UK grew rich and developed through burning of fossil…

VICTORIA Falls residents accuse (CCC) leader Mr Nelson Chamisa of dictatorial tendencies and seeking to impose non local candidates ahead of locals. Eleven elected councillors and three Women’s Quota representatives that make up the Victoria Falls council convened a full council meeting in the boardroom to elect a new mayor and deputy when scores of residents that attended the meeting demanded that the process be stopped. They accused Mr Chamisa of imposing candidates, claiming Bulawayo…

WICKNELL Chivayo calls Biti a ‘foolish guy Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has lashed out at former Finance Minister Tendai Biti saying he is a “foolish guy” and accused him of sending Zimbabwe into hyperinflation during the government of national unity (GNU) between 2009 and 2013. In a video circulating on social media, Chivayo seemingly accuses Biti of failing to manage the financial situation in the country leading to the printing of big notes of ZWL1…

MNANGAGWA’S ZIMBABWE government: 2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas by Luke Tamborinyoka With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe’s Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham election. And with two 2 ) Mutsvangwas, six (6) women and three ( 3 ) Mnangagwas, ED’s latest executive is basically a Studio 263 Cabinet of sorts! There has been a furore…

Zimbabwe’s recently re-elected President Mnangagwa faces outrage after appointing his son as deputy finance minister . Mnangagwa’s 34-year-old son, David, was among 26 officials sworn in as cabinet ministers Tuesday despite public anger when the list of the nominees was made public on Monday. In his expanded cabinet, Mnangagwa’s son is to deputize finance minister Mthuli Ncube while his nephew, Tongai, would serve as deputy minister in the country’s tourism ministry. Some Zimbabweans have accused…

The default speed limit in Wales has been dropped from 30mph to 20mph in built-up and residential areas. The changes will come into effect from 17 September 2023. From that date, the maximum speed you can drive on “restricted roads” will be 20mph. The Welsh government defines a restricted road as “roads with street lights spaced no more than 200 yards apart, usually located in residential and built-up areas.” There are multiple reasons the Welsh…