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is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change,' - Andrew Vachss
#ZimbabweIndependent
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HIGH Court judge Justice Erica Ndewere has asked President Emmerson Mnangagwa to probe the conduct of Chief Justice Luke Malaba, arguing his interference with judges’ independence was a danger to the judicial system.
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🟤ZIMBABWE’S Auditor-General, Mildred Chiri — a tough financial investigator whose reports and frank commentary ruffled feathers across government and state-owned enterprises, has retired after 40 years in public service.
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Watch security forces beating up people in Highfields yesterday.
Video credit:
@stozvirevaa
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MDC-Alliance vice-president
@BitiTendai
says Covid 19 is not going to end anytime soon and government should come up with a plan to prepare against a possible second wave of the virus.
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#HappeningNow
@DrNkuSibanda
tells
@PoliceZimbabwe
that their job is to maintain peace and order.
@Faye_Zaba
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
Video by
@EvansMathanda19
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🟤A LEADING Zimbabwean natural resources extraction and governance watchdog has exposed massive gold looting at some of the country’s richest claims at Mazowe in Mashonaland Central and Penhalonga in Manicaland.
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THERE were heated exchanges in an explosive Zanu PF politburo meeting on Wednesday, where President
@edmnangagwa
and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga openly confronted each other in front of bemused party bigwigs, as factional intrigue hit a climax.
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Time to act on Zim crisis is now, says
@nelsonchamisa
@Faye_Zaba
@wisdomdzungairi
@mdczimbabwe
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa blocked envoys sent by his South African counterpart because he feared humiliation ahead of the annual virtual Sadc heads of state summit, emerging details show.
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THE Auditor-General Mildred Chiri has made shocking findings that 23 state-owned enterprises and parastatals are on the verge of collapse due to poor corporate governance, corruption, political interference and mismanagement, among other irregularities.
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THE South African ruling African National Congress (ANC) party yesterday defiantly told Zanu PF that it's delegation would soon head back to Harare to meet other stakeholders.
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A Zacc report on the chaos at Zesa was used as an excuse for
@fortunechasi
sacking, but the issues ran deeper
@EversonMushava
@kholwaninyathi
@wisdomdzungairi
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A pattern has emerged of abductions and torture of civil society and opposition activists by suspected state security agents since
@edmnangagwa
controversially won the 2018 elections
@kholwaninyathi
@wisdomdzungairi
#ZimbabweanslivesMatter
@AlfonceZW
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THE main opposition MDC Alliance led by
@nelsonchamisa
yesterday won the Gwanda mayoral election, narrowly beating Zanu PF.
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“My view is if the Chief Justice is left unchecked, he is now a danger to the High Court. This is because although we are working very hard as a court, the Chief Justice does not seem satisfied."
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A SPIRITED campaign to remove the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) board has gathered unprecedented momentum over the past week with a cross-section of cricketing stakeholders bitterly blaming the administration...
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LAST week’s protests, which drew a bloody crackdown by the state security apparatus & left 12 dead, dozens critically injured and hundreds in remand prisons, have dealt a major blow to Pres
@edmnangagwa
re-engagement efforts, while raising fresh questions around his legitimacy.
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Zimbawe Netball Team
@ZimGemsOfficial
shines at the Vitality
@NetballWorldCup
in
#Liverpool
, beating Sri Lanka 79-49. Show the ladies some love
@KirstyCoventry
@ChickenInnZW
@nationalfoodsZW
@econetzimbabwe
@CassavaSmartech
@r_muchenje
@NewsDayZimbabwe
@ninja_reezy
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🟤Zimbabwean lawyer and writer, Petina Gappah was appointed one of the five-member panel of judges for the 2022 International Booker Prize.
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PRESIDENT
@edmnangagwa
has instructed Treasury to urgently buy a fleet of brand new vehicles for the police, including all-terrain troop carriers, water cannons, buses and equipment used by riot police.
Read More:
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"We should negotiate with the world bank, the international community and this requires a government that is respected by the international community, but
#ZANUPF
is not respected" says hon Biti.
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
@Wenyasha_
@EvansMathanda19
@ogagare
@wisdomdzungairi
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Charity try's to defend herself says she never sat in any meeting with Kunaka - He stands up and threatens to expose her further Manyeruke retreats - Jimu says I want to go deeper this woman is dirty,very dirt
#August1Inquiry
she now looks lost. "
@johnmokwetsi
@NewsDayZimbabwe
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SCHWEPPES Zimbabwe Limited will soon resume production of its iconic Mazoe Orange Crush brand.
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The
@NewsDayZimbabwe
pictures of a soldier beating up a woman are real
@Jamwanda2
@NewsDayZimbabwe
@TrevorNcube
@wisdomdzungairi
@kholwaninyathi
@Faye_Zaba
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🔴ZIMBABWE received the largest remittances in southern Africa, underpinned by high migration of citizens who fled a two decade-long economic crisis, the latest African Development Bank (AfDB) data shows.
🔗
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"I am using this symbolic action to convey how our gvt is in pieces" says Mr Raymond Majongwe tearing the petition which they failed to hand over to the minister of finance and economic development prof
@MthuliNcube
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
Video by
@EvansMathanda19
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THE Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) has raised concern over the violation of the Constitution by the Judiciary and pleaded with the authorities to uphold the rule of law
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DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni has claimed that local traditional leaders were captured by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration to “white wash” the Gukurahundi massacres.
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Mbare youths have demanded that President
@edmnangagwa
resigns after gvt admitted that they are struggling to fulfill electoral promises made during the 2018 election campaign . Mnangagwa won the disputed election by a wafer thin 50,8%.
@ogagare
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
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People gathered at Makombe Building for IDs particulars despite the order by the government which limits gatherings to not more than 50 people. What are your views?
@ogagare
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
@wisdomdzungairi
@EvansMathanda19
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“Why would Mnangagwa insist the MDC Alliance was responsible for people’s deaths, yet those protestors were not armed and did not at any stage intend to wage war on one of...
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As temperatures rise,
@edmnangagwa
reaches into Mugabe’s toolbox
@kholwaninyathi
@mmatenga
@AlfonceZW
@wisdomdzungairi
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
#FreeHopewell
@EversonMushava
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INTERNATIONAL trade unions have raised concern over harassment of workers’ representatives by
@edmnangagwa
’s government
@wisdomdzungairi
@EversonMushava
@ZctuZimbabwe
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#ThrowBackThursday
#TheZimbabweIndependent
16/10/2015
🔴Charamba in 2009 received US$4 875 as board fees and allowances. In 2010 he received US$16 475, in 2011 US$34 166, in 2012 US$62 865 and in 2013 he was paid US$109 897.
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MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says institutions such as the African Union (AU) must take a tough stance against leaders on the continent that abuse human rights, including killing peaceful protesters.
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"The new currency was printed in February 2019 and when I spoke about it the govt panicked and dismissed it" says Biti.
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
@ogagare
@wisdomdzungairi
@Wenyasha_
@EvansMathanda19
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has vowed to keep the Zimbabwe crisis on the table despite a spirited campaign by Zanu PF to shrug it off.
@AlfonceZW
@wisdomdzungairi
@kholwaninyathi
@EvansMathanda19
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🟤LEGAL experts queried President
@edmnangagwa
’s move to exempt the newly established Mutapa Investment Fund from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Act, saying he had not only violated the Constitution, but exposed the asset to looting.
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Shocking revelations have emerged that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) is servicing a US$17,2 million debt owed by the National Oil and Infrastructure Company (Noic) to Sakunda Holdings.
@Faye_Zaba
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#OPINION
🟤Over five million people fled the country to seek refuge in other economies. In the end, the most skilled Zimbabweans were lost. They are now using their skills to develop other countries.
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The deployments come at a time situation reports generated by the security service indicate that there is low morale among the rank and file as a result of economic hardships and unfulfilled promises from the 2017 military coup.
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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has used the military to infringe on the rights of Zimbabwean citizens and the media, far more than his late predecessor, Robert Mugabe, a fresh report by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) has revealed.
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Member of Parliament for Harare East Honourable Tendai Biti (MDC) has stressed out a 20-point plan that can be used to rejuvenate the Zimbabwe economy.
@Faye_Zaba
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
@EvansMathanda19
@Wenyasha_
See full video on
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🟤THE recent announcement by the
@ZECzim
that only 2000 new voters were registered in 2021 has once again raised credibility issues against the electoral body.
@Faye_Zaba
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SADC leaders have been left frustrated by President
@edmnangagwa
’s administration following his decision to block former South African president Thabo Mbeki from mediating in the proposed dialogue.
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
@EvansMathanda19
@Faye_Zaba
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Health minister Obadiah Moyo is a medical impostor! Read the full investigation by the
#ZimIndepenent
Today
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ZIMBABWE has been hit by a severe brain drain of auditors which has alarmed the market with the auditing of the 2021 financial results under threat as the professionals are leaving in droves seeking greener pastures, businessdigest has established.
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🟤The recent revelation by an explosive Al Jazeera “Gold Mafia” documentary is just a tip of the iceberg.
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AFTER a challenging week for
@edmnangagwa
who has attracted rebuke for gross human rights abuses, one hopes he will take time to reflect on the values of the liberation struggle and crucially, his performance after assuming power
@ogagare
@Faye_Zaba
@wisdomdzungairi
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WILKINS Infectious Deseases Hospital, the main isolation centre for the coronavirus (Covid-19) in Zimbabwe, has once again run out of protective clothing.
@EvansMathanda19
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
@Faye_Zaba
@Briefarie
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It is unfathomable that Polad comedians could spend US$4,5 million in scarce forex on useless trips to Brussels, Washington, London and Paris while innocent Zimbabweans are dying at home.
@ogagare
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
@wisdomdzungairi
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AN unsettled President Emmerson Mnangagwa, seeking to strengthen his grip on power and coup-proof his regime, has yet again changed commanders of the Presidential Guard.
@EvansMathanda19
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
@wisdomdzungairi
@Faye_Zaba
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Criminals around the president: How
#Zimbabwe
's revolution was hijacked
#ZimbabweanslivesMatter
@Faye_Zaba
@wisdomdzungairi
@kholwaninyathi
@jonathanchando
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Failure to observe human rights values cannot be blamed on sanctions because it does not require money to turn off the infrastructure of torture that is holding the people at ransom.
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
@Wenyasha_
@EvansMathanda19
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LAST year I spent three weeks in China’s richest province, Zhejiang, where per capita income exceeds US$10 000. The place has produced 72 billionaires, the second highest number in the world, after...
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"The idea of keep going back to work to negotiate with the employer will not work because it failed to work before" says one of the junior doctors.
@BrezhMalaba
@Wenyasha_
@Briefarie
@melodychikono
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#Zimbabwe
Opposition leader
@nelsonchamisa
says he will only appear before the Commission of Inquiry if President
@edmnangagwa
does the same
@Faye_Zaba
@Wenyasha_
@BrezhMalaba
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AFTER its desperate quest for a critical US$2,5 billion bailout package from China hit a snag last week, government has somersaulted and now claims it did not request any such money.
Ministry of Finance...
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Mbare Bus terminus following the government's order to lockdown Zimbabwe.
@BrezhMalaba
@Faye_Zaba
@ogagare
@Briefarie
Photo credit:
@EvansMathanda19
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#2023Elections
🟤"Opposition political parties must be active both online and offline"-
@PedzisaiRuhanya
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Stand up, fight for your rights says
@nelsonchamisa
@wisdomdzungairi
@EversonMushava
@mmatenga
@mdczimbabwe
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A visual 2min summary of today's "MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT" - by RBZ Gov. Dr. John Panonetsa Mangudya
#ZimEconomy
#BondNotes
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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa took a bloated entourage of 90 people to this week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York, including Zanu PF youths.
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🔴The nation was in celebratory mood this week after Obert Gutu and James Makore became the latest children to return to ZanuPF. After years of wandering in the wilderness, cavorting with imperialists, the two announced that they are joining ZanuPF.
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Award-winning journalist Hopewell Chin’ono says Zimbabweans must overcome fear to hold the government to account if the country is to end the scourge of corruption.
@kholwaninyathi
@AlfonceZW
@wisdomdzungairi
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🟤THE recent confusion around the voters’ roll inspection, coupled with a cocktail of concerns from the electorate, has underscored concerns that the
@ZECzim
has no capacity to manage a free and fair election.
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed to crack down on non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for critisising his government over escalating incidents of human rights abuse.
@wisdomdzungairi
@Faye_Zaba
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In an interview with
@Zimindependent
Hon Biti said "there is no productivity on the budget presented on the 14th of November"
@Faye_Zaba
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
@Wenyasha_
@wisdomdzungairi
@EvansMathanda19
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@mdczimbabwe
vice-president and former Finance minister
@BitiTendai
says the abduction and torture of youth leaders
@JoanaMamombe
,
@ceechimbiri2
and
@MarovaNetsai
shows that the government's response to Covid-19 is no longer about saving lives but about trampling on human rights.
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@efie41209591
says, "Our politicians do not understand that their role is not to make life impossible for people. It is meant to make life possible. When life is possible for individuals then the nation produces what needs to be produced and we can go on."
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RENOWNED Zimbabwean author
@efie41209591
, who is facing charges of inciting public violence during the July 31 demonstrations, has put the State on notice that she will file an application to have her bail conditions relaxed.
🔗
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Minister sucked into Zinara scandal
UNDER-FIRE Energy and Power Development minister Joram Gumbo systematically obstructed investigations into the alleged looting of funds at the Zimbabwe...
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October 25 is the Sadc anti-sanctions Day and while some Zimbabweans said they were unaware of what it is all about, others who spoke ahead of the day suggested it be called the "anti-corruption day" as graft has taken the country on it's knees.
@wisdomdzungairi
@kholwaninyathi
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🟤In 2016, for example, the
#RBZ
boldly announced that bond notes were backed by a US$200 million Afreximbank facility. But 8 years later, it is shockingly revealed that the local currency had no backing, indicating that the bank had “lied” to the country.
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#Retweet
Alpha Media Holdings have put in place basic infrastructure for those who are willing to help. In moments of crisis we must come together as a nation. Here's how you can help the victims 👇
#CycloneIdaiZW
#ZimInd
#Zimbabwe
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In a stroke of genius, it was decided that the best way to end fuel queues was to make sure that less people could afford it. This is the sort of cutting edge economics they teach over there at Oxford and so forth. RT
@tinosamk
@HStvZim
#ZimIndependent
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Doctors break into song as they make their way to Parliament.
@ogagare
@Faye_Zaba
@BrezhMalaba
@EvansMathanda19
@Wenyasha_
@kkuwaza
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President
@edmnangagwa
has fired deputy lnformation minister
@energymutodi
. The termination is with immediate effect.
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THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the Zimbabwean Government that it needs to give autonomy to its central bank if it is to avert the risk of plunging the economy into hyperinflation after every 10 years.
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🟤Africa has been hit by a spate of coups that threaten to take it back to the 1980s and the era of military rule.
@Faye_Zaba
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Government’s efforts to get a bailout package, even from its “all-weather friend” China, have hit a brick wall due to concerns over fiscal indiscipline, lack of reforms and its checkered debt repayment history.
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There is a danger that Gukurahundi exhumations may turn out to be a cover up exercise
@kholwaninyathi
@AlfonceZW
@wisdomdzungairi
#Gukurahundi
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#BREAKING
FORMER police boss commanding Matabeleland North, senior assistant commissioner Edmore Veterai has died.
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#Happeninnow
@mdczimbabwe
president
@nelsonchamisa
arrives at Mbare Stodart Hall to give his hope of the nation address.
@BrezhMalaba
@ogagare
@wisdomdzungairi
@Faye_Zaba
@Wenyasha_
Video credit
@EvansMathanda19
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🟤In 2016, the
@ReserveBankZIM
boldly announced that bond notes were backed by a US$200 million Afreximbank facility. But 8 years later, it is shockingly revealed that the local currency had no backing, indicating that the bank had “lied” to the country.
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SOME senior
@mdczimbabwe
officials are pushing for the arrest of party leader
@nelsonchamisa
and secretary-general
@hwendec
over allegations of misappropriating ZW$2 million from party coffers.
@ogagare
@BrezhMalaba
@Faye_Zaba
@EvansMathanda19
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#MUCKRAKER
🟤The launch of a new “yellow branded” party was such a non-event that government officials,
@ZANUPF_Official
and other patriots spent all week talking about it.
@Faye_Zaba
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#Zesa
is on the brink of collapse due to a plethora of problems.
It is beset by multiple crippling factors, including rampant power theft, non-payment of electricity bills, ...
#ZimInd
@NewsDayZimbabwe
@HStvZim
@thestandardzim
@SoutherneyeZim
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THE High Court judgement that compels those owed money in United States dollars to be paid in that currency could result in a litany of lawsuits, especially against financial institutions.
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