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The case in which businessman Frank Buyanga has been sucked into a dispute involving a property he once owned continues today. Buyanga is, however, not the one being charged for the fraud but a property manager, Bishop Jeche,45, and his company — East Rivet Investments (Private) Limited.
Zimbabwe has donated 10 white rhinos to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) has said. According to the organisation, the donation is part of a programme to enhance regional rhino conservation.
Eddie Cross: “Under Mr. Mugabe, Zimbabwe became a very divided society and ethnic divisions were always at the centre of national policy and the allocation of scarce resources. As a consequence, after 37 years of Independence, although our politics have been dominated by one Party for most of the time, Zimbabwe has in fact become more fragmented.”
More and more politicians in Zimbabwe, including those in government, seem to have finally embraced social media — a tool they once frowned upon — as they communicate policies and defend their actions as well as spread their ideologies.
Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) youth leader Happymore Chidziva has been arrested after presenting himself to police at the Law and Order section in Harare today.
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa backed out of his planned Kwekwe rally yesterday, saying he will abide by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)’s decision to prohibit the gathering in a bid to contain the spread of typhoid in the Midlands Province.
Hopewell Chin’ono: “It was indeed politically vacuous for the MDCA National Council to meet last week and declare Nelson Chamisa the winner of the recently held presidential election when the rest of the world is saying the opposite. It is straight out of a student politics manual book and shows the lack of good advice and political clarity that Chamisa urgently needs.”
Three children from Tsholotsho were burnt beyond recognition while four others were saved by their 12-year-old sibling after a fire gutted a room they were sleeping in while their parents attended a funeral wake.
A 28 year old man from Bulawayo has been arrested after he allegedly stole $17 000 from a pensioner’s bank account before splashing the money on a car and transferring funds to other accounts.
Prices of basic commodities have been going up since last week and parents are struggling to buy necessities for their children who start school tomorrow.