Editorial Comment

Sovereign loan most welcome

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WE welcome the US$193.3 million sovereign loan which has been extended to the government which will be used to construct healthcare facilities across the country. Under the initiative dubbed Zimbabwe Healthcare Facility Programme, recently announced by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, the government has begun the construction of fi ve-60 bed-district hospitals and 30 healthcare centres,…

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BCC, Zesa meet over power cuts

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THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Zesa are set to meet tomorrow to iron out the issue of decentralising power supplies to the council’s water treatment plants. This comes as the local authority has accused Zesa of sabotaging the city authority’s capacity to supply water to ratepayers, by switching off power without giving notice thereby…

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Zanu PF bids to quell opposition… as stumping for 2023 polls gathers pace

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By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF says it is looking for a “thunderous victory” in this year’s crunch national elections, and will thus approach the polls in the same way it did for the historic independence ballot of 1980. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely-followed news and current affairs programme, Vantage, voluble Zanu…

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Chamisa open to challenge — Siziba

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CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has opened the floor for any member who wants to challenge party president Nelson Chamisa during internal nominations to choose aspiring candidates to represent the opposition in this year’s harmonised elections. This comes as the opposition party yesterday announced it was going to have their nominations on April 5. Speaking…

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Zimbabwe calls for African cooperation BCC, Zesa meet over power cuts to address healthcare challenges

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THE government has called on African countries to assist each other and make use of their natural resources to solve their own problems, especially in the area of healthcare services. Speaking during the second International Conference on Aids and STIs in Africa (ICASA) international scientifi c committee meeting held in Harare yesterday, the country’s deputy…

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Parliament clerk in court over suspected tender fraud

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CLERK of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of allegedly inflating a Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) tender for the purchase of laptops and desktops. Chokuda and Parliament’s procurement director Stanley Bhebhe were arrested by Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officials yesterday morning and were later brought to court…

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2nd ‘gold mafia’ episode telecast

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GLOBAL broadcaster Al Jazeera yesterday aired the second episode of its four-part documentary alleging rampant money laundering and gold smuggling in the country. While the first episode focused on the alleged local “gold mafia”, yesterday’s instalment introduced another concept of the “diplomatic mafia”, while also broadening the documentary’s reach to the region. In this light,…

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Rape-accused teacher out on $60 000 bail

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By Yvonne Ncube A MALE teacher from Sobukhazi High School in Bulawayo, who was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly raping one of his students on five different occasions, has been granted a $60 000 bail. Jefter Chenjerai, 35, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Vivian Ndlovu on Wednesday facing five counts of rape. He was…

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Town clerk, councillor in court for illegal land allocations

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HARARE City Council acting town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo has appeared before a local magistrate’s court after he allegedly illegally allocated himself and other senior council officials’ residential and commercial stands. Moyo, 54, and Mount Pleasant ward 17 councillor Happymore Gotora, 47 appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai MuchuchutiGuwuriro facing three counts of criminal abuse of…

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