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Gwaunza new Deputy Chief Justice

SUPREME Court judge Elizabeth Gwaunza (pictured) will today be sworn in as deputy chief justice, completing the full structure of the judiciary and ending months of speculation. By Wongai Zhangazha...

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Telecel saga: President’s dilemma

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is caught in an invidious position in the Telecel Zimbabwe saga, as he has to choose between taking sides with his son-in-law and prominent lawyer Gerald Nqobile Mlotshwa,...

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Mnangagwa intervenes on ZimAirways scandal

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered Transport minister Jorum Gumbo to bring home Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways) planes secretly bought using public funds, while government investigates the dodgy...

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China is not Father Christmas

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa returns home from China tomorrow without the US$1,5 billion liquidity rescue package, which government desperately needs, although he managed to secure funding for...

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US$25m Chinese medical project rescued

ZIMBABWE, which was on the verge of losing out on the construction of a US$25 million state-of-the- art national pharmaceutical warehouse bankrolled by the Chinese due to bureaucratic red tape and lack...

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Zanu PF plots razzmatazz campaign

ZANU PF has come up with a new grassroots-based campaign strategy in a bid to corner voters and win July’s crucial elections at a time the party is worried about the main opposition MDC Alliance...

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…Manipulation signs visible

SIGNS of a systematic manipulation of electoral processes ahead of this year’s harmonised elections slated for July are beginning to show, an electoral monitoring body says. By Wongai Zhangazha In a...

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Zec poll approach legal, but rigid: EU exploratory team

THE European Union (EU) election exploratory team which was in country a fortnight ago to assess the pre-election conditions ahead of general elections later this year got the impression that the...

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Former Zipra cadres demand compensation

A NEW headache afflicts President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s financially broke government as 16 000-plus ex-Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) fighters pressure government for compensation for...

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European Africa directors press for Zim reforms

A TEAM of European Africa directors is engaging government on the need for Zimbabwe to have free and fair elections to normalise relations with the European Union and the international community. By...

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Ministers reel from corrupt aircraft deal

…battle to cover tracks TRANSPORT minister Jorum Gumbo this week got further entangled in the aircraft purchase scandal which involves state-owned Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) and new airline Zimbabwe Airways...

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Chiwenga’s wife grabs Arda farm

IN a move which flies in the face of government’s claims of a new dispensation, Vice-President and former army commander retired General Constantino Chiwenga’s wife Mary recently grabbed the...

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US$15bn missing diamonds revenues story false: Mugabe

WHILE parliament is intensely probing the alleged syphoning of US$15 billion in diamond revenues, the person who first spoke about it in public, former president Robert Mugabe, says the figure has no...

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How AirZim was plundered by chefs

TO put into context and perspective the current problems buffeting Air Zimbabwe (AirZim) amid the dodgy deal involving the new airline Zimbabwe Airways (ZimAirways), whose ownership and relationship...

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Zanu PF to use voters’ roll in dry run

ZANU PF — which has embarked on a grassroots-based voter mobilisation strategy — is planning to use the provisional voters roll compiled by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in its primary polls...

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How police seized diamond company

THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP), with the help of former mines minister Obert Mpofu, muscled their way into the Gye Nyame Resources (Pvt) Ltd diamond project in Marange diamond fields in order to...

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Divisions rock NPA over salary disparities

DIVISIONS have rocked the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), a constitutional body which institutes criminal proceedings on behalf of the state, following disgruntlements over huge salary...

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US$4,2bn platinum deal dodgy venture

QUESTIONS are being raised over Karo Resources Limited’s US$4,2 billion platinum investment deal signed by government last month as it emerged that the company has a dodgy background and dual...

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Zimbabwe denied C’wealth observer status

FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade minister Sibusiso Moyo will today make a presentation at a breakfast meeting on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London...

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New battle over Mujuru diamond mine erupts

THE Zimbabwe Diamond Consolidated Company (ZCDC) has made moves to acquire Limpopo Mining Resources also known as River Ranch Mine, previously linked to the late army general Solomon Mujuru, for a...

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