Scam Rocks Tobacco Industry

Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry has been rocked by a scandal involving  contractors collecting insurance premiums from unsuspecting farmers contracted under them, prejudicing the growers, Business Times can report. Multiple players told Business Times this week that the contractors, who are not authorised to transact insurance business, were  not remitting  the premiums,  which range from US$70 to US$120 per …

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Prof. Jonathan Moyo Blasts CCC For Foreign Funding

Exiled Zimbabwe Cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has reportedly has castigated political parties that are funded or capacitated by any foreign government to contest elections or grab political power. This comes a day after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)’s leader Nelson Chamisa and his delegation, which comprised Ms Gladys Hlatywayo, Ms …

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Zanu Pf Shuts Door On ‘Arrogant & Disrespectful’ Kasukuwere

Zanu-PF has shut its doors on exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere, accusing him of being arrogant and disrespectful to party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Kasukuwere fled the country into self-imposed exile alongside other G40 members, who include former ministers Jonathan Moyo, Walter Mzembi and Patrick Zhuwao following the November 2017 …

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Civil Servant Strike Looms In Zimbabwe

CIVIL servants under the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Sector Trade Unions (ZCPSTU) are this Friday set to march against government’s continued reluctance to pay them in US dollars. Worries emanating from biting inflation and their devalued salaries have been ignored by government according to ZCPSTU. In a statement, ZCPSTU organising …

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ConCourt Rules Age Of Consent Now 18

THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday raised the age of sexual consent from 16 to 18 in a landmark ruling with far-reaching consequences. The ruling follows an application by two Harare women seeking to nullify the age of consent set at 16, saying it violates the rights and protection of girls …

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Zim Exit Boost For Bafana

BAFANA Bafana’s qualification for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations received a huge boost after their Group K opponents Zimbabwe were expelled from the competition. Caf said due to Zimbabwe and Kenya failing to get their Fifa suspensions lifted, they will “not participate in the Africa Cup of Nations Ivory …

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