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Haulage Truck Claims Six Near Mazowe Dam

Police have confirmed the death of six people last night after a haulage truck hit pedestrians at the 36km peg along the Harare-Mukumbura road before overturning. Through its official Twitter handle, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) said the accident took place at around 8pm. According to the report, the driver …

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20 Zimbabwean Officers Have Died On UN Duty

The United Nations (UN) has commended Zimbabwe’s contribution to peacekeeping missions across the world, saying the southern African country’s officers have made “a real difference wherever they have served”. In a statement Wednesday, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix thanked Zimbabwe for its strong support to UN peacekeeping and …

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Govt Dangles Citizenship For Investors

Deserving investors will be granted citizenship as part of Government efforts to increase investment, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. The Second Republic under President Mnangagwa has been on an investment drive which has seen several investments worth billions of United States dollars flowing in. When …

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US187K For Hard Copy Of Voters Roll

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has reportedly demanded a staggering US$187 000 from a local independent election watchdog for the release of a hard copy of the voters roll. Election Resource Centre (ERC) director Babra Bhebe told stakeholders at a delimitation conference in Bulawayo yesterday that they received the invoice …

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Zim Embassies Abroad Too Broke To Afford A Flag

Some of Zimbabwe’s embassies around the world are so broke they cannot afford flags to display outside, diplomats said on Thursday. Responding to information minister Monica Mutsvangwa’s comments that ambassadors should “market brand Zimbabwe,” the diplomats – one after the other – listed a litany of challenges, all caused by …

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Chinese In Mad Rush For Zimbabwe’s ‘New Oil’

As Chinese investors tighten their grip on lithium resources, especially in Africa and South America, in a bid to secure raw materials for its processing facilities back home, as the world transitions to cleaner energy electric vehicles, Zimbabwe has not been spared in the scramble for the “New Oil”. Zimbabwe, …

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Mnangagwa May Call Snap 2023 General Polls Early Next Year

President Emmerson Mnangagwa may call snap general elections in the first quarter of next year — in March — after securing a fresh mandate as Zanu PF leader and its candidate in the polls, it emerged during the party’s congress at the weekend. Inside sources say although constitutionally elections should …

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Mugabe’s Big Warning To Chiwenga Comes To Pass

With the Zanu PF congress set to confirm that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has outsmarted Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, the late former president Robert Mugabe’s warning to the ex-military general amid the 2017 coup has now come to pass. Mugabe warned Chiwenga that Mnangagwa would use and dump coup leaders unless he …

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Biti In A Storm As Property Company Takes Legislator Head On

Harare East legislator Tendai Biti has come under fire for allegedly peddling false claims against West Properties Zimbabwe, a company owned by business mogul Kenneth Raydon Sharpe. Through a statement released to the press Thursday, West Properties public relations manager Michael Chideme said the claims were false and inflammatory. The …

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Zanu PF Boss Under Fire Over Mine

A Bid by Zanu PF Mashonaland West Youth League secretary for administration, Tendai Chiwetu to grab Eiffe Blue Mine in Kadoma backfired after the ruling party slapped him with a prohibition order. According to a letter dated October 21, 2022, written by the ruling party provincial investigation chairperson Phineas Makombe, …

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