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Zunaid Moti & The Money Men: Part One

Leaked documents show how the Moti Group became enmeshed in huge, possibly illicit, money-moving networks in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Seemingly artificial loans and investments were used to move hundreds of millions of rands across borders and through Moti’s companies. In Zimbabwe, at least some of the cash allegedly ended …

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Surge In Teen Pregnancies As Economy Melts Down

A survey has revealed that the economic meltdown affecting Zimbabwe has triggered a sharp increase in child and teenage pregnancies countrywide. The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), in conjunction with the government, recently completed a survey on the prevalence of teenage pregnancies in the country. The report is expected to …

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Economic Meltdown Propels Mass Exodus Of Zim Workers

Years of mass migration from Zimbabwe has gained fresh impetus as an economic meltdown continues unabated, further denuding the country of the scarce skills it needs to engineer a turnaround. Census data released by neighboring South Africa this week showed the country was home to 1.01 million Zimbabwean immigrants last …

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Fundraiser For Jailed, Severely Ill Job Sikhala

Zimbabwean political leader Job Sikhala is severely ill, according to his legal team, but remains in custody at the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison. The opposition politician for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and lawyer has been in prison since 14 June 2022, when he was arrested for charges arising …

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Title Deeds For Zim’s Oldest Suburbs

People still paying rent to councils in the oldest suburbs across the country will be getting title deeds under the Presidential Title Deeds and Settlement Regularisation Programme while work on regularising informal settlements and issuing home owners with title deeds continues. In the oldest high density suburbs, there are some …

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Over One Million Child Brides In Zimbabwe

By Caroline GumboThere are over one million child brides in Zimbabwe with one in three young women having been married during childhood, statistics revealed to Nhau/Indaba relate. This was divulged in Harare recently at the launch of a Communication Campaign programme for adolescents being spearheaded by UNICEF Zimbabwe in collaboration …

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Christian Leaders Warned Against Misleading Followers Into False Doctrines

Clerics have been strongly warned against abusing their leadership powers by misleading congregants who follow them and disrespecting church leaders they fall under while ministering the word of God. This emerged at the Impact Training Institute (ITI) 4th international graduation ceremony where Professor Elias Chakabwata capped graduands at a local …

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The ‘Forced Death’ Of Zimbabwe’s Big Supermarkets

Zimbabwe supermarkets are full of goods, but low on customers. The shoppers are at the “tuck shops”, informal shops that now dominate the retail space at the expense of formal retailers. The small traders are well stocked and more affordable. This is because they can sell exclusively in US dollars …

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Soldiers On State House Guard Beg For Alcohol From Stranger

A viral video showing members of the military’s elite Presidential Guard guarding State House revealing their meagre salaries while begging for low-cost potent vodka from a man, who appears to be a foreigner, is the latest evidence that all is not well in the barracks where most soldiers overwhelmingly voted …

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Mnangagwa Appoints Martin Rushwaya To Chief Secretary

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Dr.Martin Rushwaya as the new Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet with immediate effect. He made the announcement at State House Tuesday, during the first meeting of his Second Cabinet. This follows the retirement of Dr. Misheck Sibanda whose service in the role spanned …

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