[The Herald] WATER levels in the country's major dams are fast dwindling, raising fears they might fail to supply cities and towns until the next rainy season. Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) corporate communications manager Mrs Marjorie Munyonga confirmed the development over the weekend."Levels in most dams are dropping since the rainy season is now over and the dams are now having water drawn out of them without it being replenished," she said. ......
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Zimbabwe: Dam Levels Dwindle
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Zimbabwe: President Pardons 20 Life Prisoners
[The Herald] President Mugabe has pardoned 20 inmates who were serving life imprisonment, a development that complements the Zimbabwe Prison and Correctional Services' efforts to decongest the prisons. The 20 were recently freed on the Presidential Amnesty and their release coincided with a landmark Constitutional Court judgment declaring it unconstitutional for convicts to be sentenced to life in the absence of the parole board that gives them hope for free- dom.The constitutional challenge was sparked by the preceden ......
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Zimbabwe: Turkish Airlines to Fly Into Zim Soon
[The Herald] Turkish Ambassador Kadir Hidayet Eris has said a deal to bring Turkish Airlines to Zimbabwe is imminent. In an interview with The Herald Business recently, Ambassador Eris said that the airline should begin operating by the end of the year or early next year. "I have been working to bring Turkish Airlines to Zimbabwe. We have signed the new civil aviation agreement and so operations should begin soon. I sent it (the agreement) to the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe to be ratified so it is valid now."T ......
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Zimbabwe: Glamour Boys Unfazed
[The Herald] DYNAMOS assistant coach Murape Murape says the Glamour Boys will not be under pressure when they host How Mine at Rufaro despite the need for maximum points to keep pace with the leading teams. The Harare giants, who have played identical goalless draws in their last three matches, trail log leaders FC Platinum by 11 points.Murape yesterday said they have been working hard to improve their finishing. ......
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Railroads Endorsement
[The Herald] MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai reportedly forced national council members to endorse Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri's appointments as party vice presidents lest they be purged ahead of the 2018 polls. Several MDC-T standing committee members openly opposed Mr Tsvangirai two weeks ago, resulting in a meeting held at his Highlands, Harare, residence being aborted. ......
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Zimbabwe: Telecel in Retail Footprint Expansion Initiative
[The Herald] Mobile telecommunications network Telecel Zimbabwe has opened 15 additional franchise stores in Zimbabwe, as part of its retail footprint expansion initiative, which is meant to meet growing customer service needs. The mobile company said that the retail expansion initiative, which begun last year with thirteen shops, has now added fifteen more shops across the country.Together with its own 24 shops, Telecel Zimbabwe said its customers can now enjoy 52 fully fledged customer service centres spread across t ......
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Zimbabwe: Chitiga Appointed NSSA GM
[The Herald] THE National Social Security Authority has appointed former Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe chief executive Elizabeth Chitiga as substantive general manager on a fixed three term renewable contract, setting the stage for review of operations. NSSA chairman Robin Vela made the announcement at a press briefing in Harare yesterday, in the presence of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare Minister Prisca Mupfumira, during which he also announced the appointment of five other new executives."Seaso ......
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Zimbabwe: Midlands Editor Up for Extortion
[The Herald] AN editor at a Gweru newspaper and her accomplice have been arrested for allegedly demanding more than $6 000 from a local businessman who was filmed while taking a bath in his butchery for suspected ritual purposes. Tendai Manhundu-Marobana of the Monitor newspaper and Jonathan Madamombe were arrested on Monday for allegedly trying to extort the cash from Mr Emton Masvuure.Acting Midlands police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Ethel Mukwende, yesterday said the duo was assisting police with investigation ......
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Zimbabwe: Ruling Party Expels Top Officials
Zanu-PF yesterday expelled nine members, including four top executives of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association, who were facing various charges. The four are Messrs Victor Matemadanda, Douglas Mahiya, Francis Nhando and Headman Moyo. ......
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Al Jazeera Journalist Among 85 Injured As Mugabe Crushes Protesters
[The Daily Vox] Riot police. Batons. Tear Gas. Beatings. ......
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Zimbabwe: Germany Beat Resilient Zimbabwe
[CAF] Germany defeated Zimbabwe 6-1 in Group F in Sao Paulo but not after the African side put in a resilient display in their first ever Women's Olympic Football Tournament match. ......
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Zimbabwe: Econet Rejects Infrastructure Sharing
[Financial Gazette] ZIMBABWE's largest mobile telecoms network, Econet Wireless, says it will not share its massive mobile money infrastructure with competitors until it generates a significant return on investments made in a period spanning about two decades. ......
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Zimbabwe: Doesn't Make Much Economic Sense to Issue Bond Notes'
[Deutsche Welle] Zimbabweans have been unsettled by plans to introduce bond notes, fearing it could lead to the rampant printing of money as happened in 2008 when inflation rose to astronomical rates. ......
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Zimbabwe: New Wine, Old Bottles?
[The Conversation Africa] Analysts have celebrated July's events in Zimbabwe as indications of a vibrant and social media-based new citizenry with possibilities of leading an African Spring. Like the Arab one, but successful. ......
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Zimbabwe: Tourist Arrivals Rise
[Financial Gazette] ZIMBABWE recorded a 16 percent rise in tourist arrivals during the first quarter of the year to 450 572, after registering 387 557 during the same time last year, according to the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA). ......
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Zimbabwe: Bread Shortages Unlikely
[Financial Gazette] DESPITE a liquidity crunch in the country's economy, the National Bakers Association of Zimbabwe (NBAZ) has ruled out the possibility of bread shortages in the country. ......
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Zimbabwe: Tour De Tuli Attracts More Tourists
[The Herald] At least 230 new tourists participated in this year's edition of Tour de Tuli tourism expedition that is held annually in the Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area. The mega-park is located on the western part of Beitbridge and this event has been bringing in hundreds of tourists despite the negative publicity Zimbabwe receives.It comprises the Northern Tuli Game Reserve (Botswana), Tuli National Park and Maramani Communal lands (Zimbabwe) and the Mapungubwe National Park (South Africa). ......
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Zimbabwe: City Hornets Reward Players
[The Herald] IN a rare move by local clubs, newly promoted Harare Basketball A League side Harare City Hornets staged a glittering awards ceremony in the capital during which they rewarded their outstanding players who inspired them in a record-making season in which they finished unbeaten. Hornets also won the Bob 92 Cup in a tournament which featured some A-League giants such as JBC and some Zambian teams.They also capped their memorable season by touring Swaziland where they returned with a silver medal from a 16-te ......
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Zimbabwe: Govt Scrambles to Increase Maize Production
[Financial Gazette] SMARTING from the nation's more than a decade of failure to feed itself, the Zimbabwe government, through the Cabinet Committee on Food Security and Nutrition is now hoping to produce two million tonnes of maize on 400 000 hectares, of which 200 000 hectares would be on irrigated land. ......
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'Acting PG Position Illegal' - Lawyer
[Financial Gazette] HUMAN rights lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, who is representing four senior members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) on trial for undermining the authority of President Robert Mugabe, on Wednesday charged that acting Prosecutor General (PG), Ray Goba, has no power to authorise prosecutions in the country. ......
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