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| [Zimbabwe Independent] A probe into the Unified Councils Pension Fund (UCPF) has unearthed massive abuse of funds amid evidence the board pocketed US$8,7 million in allowances, sitting fees and staff salaries between 2010 and December 2017 at a time the fund did not honour pension obligations to mem... |
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| [New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Republic Police's Minerals Border Control Unit recovered 21kgs of gold worth nearly $1 million which was in the process of being smuggled out through the Beitbridge and Plumtree border posts since January this year. |
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| [The Herald] Political parties and candidates contesting next month's elections are expected to sign a peace pledge next Tuesday as a sign of their commitment to maintaining peace before, during and after the polls. |
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| [News24Wire] It will take three months and cost R350m for a small-scale temporary desalination plant to produce enough water to raise the level of Cape Town's supply dams by just one percent. |
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| [Bhekisisa] When religion trumps science in medicine, women's bodies and Constitutional rights may be caught in the crossfire. |
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| [News24Wire] South Africans have reached into their pockets in the defence of 51 young people detained by the Chinese government. |
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| [News24Wire] The Stellenbosch University (SU) Law Clinic has joined the fight to topple tampon tax and has made a written submission to National Treasury to include feminine hygiene products on the list of zero-rated VAT items. |
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| [New Zimbabwe] Victoria Falls -Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Professor Paul Mavima has admitted the country's education system was deteriorating after it has, in the recent past, allegedly been churning out a "generation of hopeless" citizens who could not positively contribute to their ... |
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| [New Zimbabwe] TOP Zanu PF officials have met with representatives of the lesbians, gays, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with signs President Emmerson Mnangagwa was keen on mending bridges with old enemies to bolster his election bid. |
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| [News24Wire] The first set of enabling legislation paving the way for universal healthcare in South Africa has been gazetted by Cabinet, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Thursday. |
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| [263Chat] The World Food Program (WFP) says it has been working to enable food-insecure people, including refugees, in the most affected districts to meet their basic food and nutrition requirements during severe seasonal shocks or other crises. |
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| [263Chat] A multiparty liaison committee meeting organized by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to interface with political parties and iron out the contentious issue around the around voters roll today degenerated into chaos after an opposition #1980 Freedom Movement party member Francis Danh... |
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| [Zimbabwe Independent] The failure by opposition parties to form a grand coalition against the ruling Zanu PF in the July 30 make-or-break general elections is a stark reminder that the more things change the more they stay the same. |
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| [This is Africa] Julius Malema's racially charged remarks have been met with mixed reactions. On the one hand, his party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, claimed his comments addressed racial challenges in the country, especially in KwaZulu-Natal. The Democratic Alliance, on the other hand, felt that... |
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| [Bhekisisa] When he was the Gauteng Health MEC, Brian Hlongwa brought the department to its knees, the Special Investigations Unit has found. |
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| [Namibia Economist] Heavyweight international diamond trader, the Rapaport Group, earlier this week levelled serious allegations against De Beers, accusing the world's biggest diamond miner of intentionally obscuring the source of origin of the diamonds it markets across its extended sightholder net... |
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| [New Zimbabwe] Renowned peace broker, Bishop Ambrose Moyo has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to censor President Emmerson Mnangagwa from allegedly inciting violence through his "pasi nemhandu" slogan at Zanu PF rallies. |
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| [Nyasa Times] The Lilongwe Water Board (LWB) has pounced on Malawi Defence Force (MDF), Malawi Prison and Malawi Police Service (MPS) among other institutions for failing to pay water bills amounting to over K3.7 billion. |
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| [Bhekisisa] 'I can't mention who are the parties I am expecting litigation from but I can assure I know who they are. |
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| [New Zimbabwe] Former Energy minister Samuel Undenge, 65, who faces charges of defaulting on paying maintenance for a child he sired with his first wife, on Thursday challenged his arrest saying the child entitled to the support was no longer a minor. |
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| [The Herald] South African football legend Jomo Sono says Denver Mukamba is a shame who has let his indiscipline destroy a talent that should have taken him places had he remained focussed on his career. Sono, who guided Bafana Bafana at their first World Cup appearance in France in 1998, was the la... |
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| [The Herald] Politics is not for the faint-hearted as it needs someone who has the requisite stamina to captivate the electorate without insulting anyone. |
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| [The Herald] Persons living with disabilities yesterday said they would rally behind President Mnangagwa in the July 30 harmonised elections to consolidate gains achieved under the new dispensation. There are over 50 organisations representing people with disabilities (PWDs) with a combined membersh... |
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| [Democracy Works] South Africa will have to move away from slogan-based debates on policies if the country is to get out of its current economic, social and political stagnation. |
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| [Nyasa Times] Malawi police in the commercial capital Blantyre on Thursday fired tear gas and shot bullets in the air air to disperse dozens of opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) supporters who had gathered as curios market (paziboliboli) to received party cloth from vice-president Mohammed Sidi... |
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| [The Herald] Government is working on regulations that will penalise companies for reckless disposal of waste. |
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| [The Herald] The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is bracing for a demonstration by its employees today, who are protesting about alleged poor working conditions for the general workforce while management swim in plenty. |
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| [The Herald] Forests in Hurungwe and other parts of Zimbabwe are under attack from illegal logging gangs and charcoal extraction. But the battle against deforestation has a helpful ally: the bee. Though it could soon be facing a fight of its own, some Hurungwe folks are now increasingly enlisting it... |
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| [The Conversation Africa] Cape Town's "Day Zero" experience - the prospect of dam levels dropping dangerously low, taps running dry and water rations being distributed from public collection points - speaks powerfully to the urgency and complexity of climate change adaptation. |
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| [GroundUp] Residents in Port Elizabeth on Wednesday damaged four vehicles belonging to the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality. They were protesting against continued electricity outages in their area. |
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