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August 28, 2017

Mnangagwa breaks silence

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa ended weeks of silence on his alleged poisoning by thanking God for sparing his life during the sudden illness in Gwanda which saw him being airlifted to South Africa for emergency surgery this month.

Mugabe speech ignores Grace fracas

President Robert Mugabe’s speech at the National Heroes Acre on Saturday completely ignored the diplomatic immunity granted to his wife by South Africa that enabled her to leave the neighbouring country after being accused of assaulting a model.

SA chiefs want immunity ‘after Grace’

PRETORIA – Traditional leaders say they deserve the same legal immunity as judges and magistrates when they preside over disputes, and they are prepared to go all the way to the Constitutional Court to get it.

CIO informer sues top cop for assault

A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) informer Delish Nguwaya, who was arrested in dramatic fashion at the Harare Magistrates’ Court last Wednesday, has filed assault charges against top detective Joseph Nemaisa.

Mugabe’s litter – Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

Amid speculation that President Robert Mugabe may call an early election in March to wrongfoot the opposition, the Election Watch organisation has shown that the mooted polling date could not be achieved if the proposed Biometric Voter Registration is used.

Come on, this is Zimbabwe – we should back Strive Masiyiwa

Tafi Mhaka – Children of Mvurwi can you hear our smile less children bellow in indescribable agony and whisper random revelations of hurt-soaked admissions and colossal remorse in the relentless anti-climax Zimbabwe has become? Children of an unreal and fantastical land where sweet honey flows in the cream-filled milk and fresh drops of bountiful wealth lie in every sun scorched savannah in Esigodini and Plumtree: can you hear the fiery and restless cries from countless ancestral spirits that roam haphazardly in these bewildered and rudderless times we live in?

Minister Mpofu’s company dragged to court

Total Zimbabwe (Private) Limited (Total) has dragged Macro-Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Obert Mpofu’s company Khanondo Safaris to the High Court demanding $31 000 for diesel supplied to the firm.