Despite the economic sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West and the legitimacy crisis surrounding President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s leadership following a disputed election, government is adamant its international re-engagement plans will bear fruits. Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Permanent Secretary, Nick Mangwana told the state owned Herald that diplomatic engagements were
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SONGBIRD Diana “Mangwenya” Samkange reckons she is now making real progress after being invited to headline an end of year Bira in Cape Town, South Africa. The event, which is set to attract a cosmopolitan crowd, will be held this evening in Kensington at Dj’s Bar Marshall Cape Town. Mistopher Ncube South Africa
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FEAR gripped government yesterday forcing discussions with striking junior doctors as well as consultants and senior health practitioners, who on Friday issued a 48-hour-ultimatum, NewsDay can reveal. The ultimatum expired last night. It also emerged that the crisis meetings took place for the better part of yesterday between the Health Service Board
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Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has revealed that he expects Masvingo City mayor Collen Mabote to resign from his post. Mabote allegedly connived with ZANU PF councillors to become mayor while sidelining MDC’s preferred candidate. The party ordered Mabote to resign from his post but he has not yet done so. Chamisa was displeased
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The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has arrested 478 illegal foreign currency dealers as the clampdown on currency trading intensifies. Chief police spokesperson Senior Assistant Commissioner Charity Charamba said in a statement yesterday that Bulawayo had the highest number of arrests at 209, followed by Harare with 65. “Thirty cases were sent to
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A 21-YEAR-OLD Filabusi man has been arrested for striking his 17-year-old wife with an axe on the head whom he left unconscious for demanding separation. Anele Ncube of Bekezela Township is expected to appear at the Gwanda Magistrate’s Court on 9 January facing attempted murder charges. He will proceed by way of
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Senior doctors have given Acting President General (Rtd) Constantino Chiwenga's government a 48-hour deadline to address the striking junior and middle level doctors’ grievances, noting that their suspension has only crippled the health delivery system which was already struggling. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is Acting President while President Emmerson Mnangagwa is
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As the economy continues to deteriorate, rural areas are not being spared, with cash shortages and rising commodity prices hitting hamlets across the country. The less developed parts of Zimbabwe continue to squirm with low investments and little development, with cash shortages and rising commodity prices making villagers’ lives unbearable. Over five
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The wives of jailed Independent End Time Message leader Robert Martin Gumbura who is serving a 40-year jail term have stopped coming to court to show solidarity with their embattled husband. Gumbura was convicted in 2014 of four counts of rape. Last week Friday, he was back in court on allegations of
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FORMER Zanu PF youth leader Jim Kunaka says President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF government should not be allowed to continue ruining the country through economic mismanagement but must be dragged to the negotiating table with the opposition. The controversial former commander of the now-defunct Zanu PF aligned Chipangano terror
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