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04/09/2024

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03/09/2024

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22/08/2024

Home Sports Dynamos Gaffer Lloyd “Mablanyo” Chigowe is worried of ZESCO backlash in second... Dynamos Gaffer Lloyd “Mablanyo” Chigowe is worried of ZESCO backlash in second leg of the CAF Confederation Cup in Ndola 22 August 2024 Dynamos are set to play at least two practice matches before t...

30/01/2024

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) National Assembly met today to discuss the resignation of Nelson Chamisa. The Assembly also rejected suggestions to have Jameson Timba as the acting President but, however, formed a committee chaired by Timba to engage Chamisa. The assembly also dismissed Promise Mkwananzi's claim to the acting presidency.

Accepting Chamisa's resignation in a statement, the CCC Citizens National Assembly argued that Chamisa only tendered his resignation on Twitter, not the party.

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30/01/2024

South Africa’s ruling ANC has suspended its former leader and ex-president Jacob Zuma from the party for indiscipline. This comes more than a month after he announced his support for the newly-formed uMkhonto weSizwe party, which he is tirelessly campaigning for.

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29/01/2024

A devastating fire erupted last night at a shopping mall nestled at the corner of Julius Nyerere and Speke Avenue, directly opposite Joina City. The inferno, suspected to be ignited by an electrical fault, wrought havoc on the bustling commercial hub, leaving numerous businesses in ruins and people grappling with profound losses.

28/01/2024

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HARARE: Dj Olla ozvibvisa chimiro chake kuita kunge ngochani kunanzva mumwe murume apo wokumbira Sir Wicknell Mota pajekerere. Voruzhiji voti tamunyarira zvikuru ende zvinonyadzisa chose kuita kunge ngochano chaiyo.

Posting on his Facebook begging Sir Wicknell DJ Olla 7 said:

"Nhasi ndarota vachiti enda unotora mota yako pa garage ndabhadhara kare. Could it be just a dream, I hope the dream shall come true."

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28/01/2024

The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is said to be targeting the former leader of the "hijacked CCC party" Nelson Chamisa after he abruptly quit the party recently.

Speaking on his X handle a pro-Mugabe supporter Jim Kunaka said that ZACC will be hunting Chamisa for stealing and misappropriating CCC funds during his tenure as the President of that party. He didn't give further details on the raid on Chamisa.

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28/01/2024

Read full article: Five Gauteng armed robbers jailed to 115 years combined sentence

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28/01/2024

A Zimbabwean music promoter, Paulus Shaun Maridadi, was shot and killed in Capetown during “an armed robbery” of his vehicle. Maridadi was shot along with his other 5 friends who are recovering in a hospital in Cape Town.

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28/01/2024

She was impregnated at the age of 15 and dropped out of school but she never gave up her dreams even when the odds were stacked against her. She worked tirelessly to reach her goals, always keeping sight of what she sought to achieve. But fifteen years later she scores 20 points at A Level.

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28/01/2024

The Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) is obligated to pay its former employee, Rita Mbatha, a total of US$47,850, including interest, following a successful application for the registration of a Supreme Court order under SC 119/19. The High Court ruled that Mbatha was unfairly dismissed after reporting her former boss, Farai Zizhou, for sexual harassment. In 2021, the High Court awarded Mbatha US$180,000 for the sexual harassment incidents that occurred between 2002 and 2003.

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28/01/2024

Cops after Jealous Twala, Kelly linked to the murder of Meyiwa

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28/01/2024

DJ Bozhongora, has approached the Harare Civil Court seeking to recover money and groceries he spent on his ex-girlfriend, Nyasha Zenge, while preparing to pay lobola for her in December last year.

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28/01/2024

ZACC has apprehended Ernest Shenje, the Deputy Director of the Road Services Division within the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development, who orchestrated a fraudulent scheme surpassing US$1 million, linked to a property near the Mbudzi traffic interchange.

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28/01/2024

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) top politicians Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube have launched a bid to persuade Nelson Chamisa to return to his position coupled with equal attempts to pacify party forces – including Sengezo Tshabangu – who have been disgruntled by the former leader’s dictatorial tendencies

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27/01/2024

Justice Chigumba re-appointed ZEC Chairperson

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has re-appointed Justice Priscilla Chigumba as the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for another six-year term in terms of Section 238 (5) of the Constitution. The reappointment is with effect from February 1.

Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr. Martin Rushwaya relayed the reappointment to Justice Chigumba in a letter yesterday.

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26/01/2024

Rescue efforts continue to pull out 7 workers trapped in mine in Zambia

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Rescue teams in Zambia continued to pump water and mud from a copper mine where 7 miners were trapped on Monday.
Five Zambian employees and two Chinese were working at the Macrolink mine in Ndola, north of Lusaka. Copperbelt Province Secretary for Zambia Augustine Kasongo said equipment had been provided, which while not "big enough to do the task," would help rescue efforts.

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25/01/2024

A 21-year-old woman who conspired with her two male friends to kill her family members when she was 15 has been convicted.

Onthantile Sebati, 21, Tumelo Mokone, 24, and Kagiso Mokone, 24, were found guilty of four counts of murder, theft, robbery with aggravating circumstances, possession of a firearm, and possession of ammunition by the Pretoria High Court recently.

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25/01/2024

The Johannesburg firestarter Sthembiso Lawrence Mdlalose (31) appeared at the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court on Thursday facing multiple counts ranging from 1 count of arson, 76 counts of murder and 86 counts of attempted murder.

Mdlalose confessed before the Commission of Inquiry into the cause of the fire at the Usindiso building, led by Justice Sisi Khampepe to starting the fire last year in August. The fire claimed 76 lives and left many others injured and homeless.

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25/01/2024

Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes Mesa is expected to arrive in Zimbabwe for a three-day official visit during which he is expected to meet with President Mnangagwa.

He is coming in place of President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez, who had been scheduled to visit after attending the G77+ China Summit in Kampala, Uganda.

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25/01/2024

CCC deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala and Chitungwiza Member of Parliament Godfrey Sithole have been convicted of inciting the public violence that broke out in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza in 2022 after the killing of Ms Moreblessing Ali by a former boyfriend.

The two were convicted after a full trial by Harare magistrate Mrs Tafadzwa Miti who found that Sikhala posted a video encouraging CCC supporters to avenge Ms Ali’s death.
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25/01/2024

Police in South Africa have arrested a man who claimed responsibility for starting a fire that killed 76 people last year after he said he ignited the blaze while trying to dispose of the body of a man he had strangled.

The shocking and unexpected confession came when the man was testifying at an inquiry into the causes of the fire in August at an apartment building in downtown Johannesburg, which was one of South Africa’s worst disasters.

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24/01/2024

THE irony of life has caught up with former cop Tafadzwa Chidawa, AKA Detective Kedha on social media, as he is now facing theft charges. He is accused of stealing a vehicle worth US$12 000 from South Africa and smuggling it into Zimbabwe

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