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Chipinge Man Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For Possessing 2 Python Skins

Posted on October 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHIPINGE: A local man who was found in possession of two python skins worth $2, 000 each and 300 grammes of dagga in his bedroom has been caged for nine years by a local magistrates’ court. Jealous Mhlanga, 32, of Hangani Village under Chief Mutema in Chipinge pleaded guilty when he appeared before magistrate Sharon Chipanga. He was facing charges of contravening section 45(1) (b) of the Parks and Wildlife Act Chapter 20:14 which prohibit…

Mugabe , Odd Man Out As Usual, Refuses To Kit Out In Local Indian Attire

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

AS part of the pomp and circumstance at the ongoing India-Africa Forum Summit in Delhi this week, African leaders were invited to kit out in colourful traditional Indian attire for a group photo. All the visiting African leaders complied, except one. Sticking out like a sore thumb in his light blue western suit, was Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. His unexplained defiance of the dress code, necessarily invited speculation. Was the veteran contrarian being true to…

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…

Zimbabwe Owing 2015 AU Subsciption: R600 Million Needed To Settle, Foreign Missions Debt

Posted on October 30, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

Zimbabwe has not yet been able to pay its 2015 annual subscription to the AU although President Robert Mugabe is the current chairman of the organisation. Nor can it pay its rent at most of its 45 missions around the world and it has not paid its foreign staff for much of this year, according to the parliamentary portfolio committee on foreign affairs, which this week heard reports of the sorry state of Zimbabwe’s diplomatic…

Over 200 Bulawayo’s ‘Old Nic Mine’ Workers Sent Home As Zesa Cuts Power To Mines

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

MORE than 200 workers at Old Nic Mine in Killarney, Bulawayo have been sent home amid indications that more mines are facing closure following the directive by Zesa to reduce their power consumption by 25 percent. Olympus Golden Mines Limited, which owns Old Nic Mine, Golden Quarry Mine in Shurugwi, Venice Mine in Kadoma and Turk Mine in Inyathi, announced on Monday that it was sending all the workers at the Bulawayo mine on unpaid…

‘Sir’ Wicknell Monudaani Chivayo, Awarded US$128 Million Gairezi Mini Hydro Power Plant Tender

Posted on October 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

THE State Procurement Board has awarded the contract for the construction of the 30 megawatt Gairezi hydro power station to local firm, Intratrek Zimbabwe. Wicknell Monudaani Chivayo, who is also known as B.I.G or Sir Wicknell on Facebook, has some business interests in Intratrek Zimbabwe. The hydro power project was awarded to the lowest bidder to specification at a cost of US$128 million, sources privy to the developments told our Harare Bureau this week. “The…

Mps denied Full Access To Mining Sector, Especially Marange Diamond Mines

Posted on October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

MPs are being denied full access to the mining sector particularly the goings on in the Marange diamond mines, Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG) has reported. CNRG said MPs have been excluded from mining decisions and it appears information is a preserve of the executive. In its report which was launched Wednesday, the NGO said the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy was denied the right to exercise its oversight role on Marange…

Zimbabwean White Farmers Start Anew In Chimoio, Mozambique

Posted on October 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

CHIMOIO: A middle-aged white man wearing a khaki shirt and shorts stands on a flat, fertile piece of land surrounded by a group of young black men in bright orange uniforms. Bill Creswell, 58, owns a farm in the agricultural town of Chimoio in Mozambique’s Manica province. The young men in uniform are his employees. Altogether about 45 of them are working the fields. Creswell is one of more than 50 white farmers who…

‘Rise In Zim Gvt Hospitals Operating Theatre Deaths Due To Power Cuts’

Posted on October 28, 2015 by newzimbabwevision

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by reports that there is an increase of patients dying in government hospitals while undergoing operations in theatres following electricity blackouts with ZESA and the government remaining clueless on how to solve the national crisis. During its provincial assembly meetings that are being held across the country, the party leadership has heard shocking reports from relatives, friends and neighbours narrating how they have lost their loved ones who…

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…

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