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  • Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa re-appoints two vice presidents

    Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Thursday re-appointed his two vice, Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi.

    Chiwenga was Zimbabwe’s defence forces chief who led the military intervention which toppled former President Robert Mugabe.

    The two vice presidents were sworn into office by Chief Justice Luke Malaba at the State House in the presence of Mnangagwa and other senior government officials.

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    Mnangagwa had earlier been sworn-in on Sunday after the constitutional court dismissed opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s petition challenging his election victory in the July 30 polls.

    He first appointed the two vice presidents in November 2017 when he took over from former President Mugabe, who resigned after a military intervention that ended his 37 years rule.

    Mnangagwa is still to appoint his cabinet.

  • Zimbabwe to summon Mugabe over missing $15bn worth of diamonds

    Zimbabwean Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy said it will summon former president Robert Mugabe to explain how about 15 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of diamonds was siphoned out of Marange diamond fields.

    Mugabe once said in an interview while he was still president that some companies had repatriated diamonds from the fields, although his former spokesperson George Charamba has said his statement had been a metaphoric one.

    The Herald on Wednesday quoted committee chairperson Temba Mliswa as saying that his committee had resolved to invite Mugabe to get clarity on what happened to the diamonds.

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    He did not say when Mugabe would appear before the committee.

    “My point is that we are not witch-hunting; we are actually trying to get institutions to respond to the 15billion dollar leakage in terms of diamonds.

    “When we have received all the evidence we will deliberate on it, but in terms of him coming we had resolved that we will invite everybody, especially him since he was the source (of the information),” Mliswa said.

    A number of former and serving top officials in government and the security services have appeared before the same committee to answer questions regarding the “missing” diamonds

    NAN

  • New Zimbabwean Govt. declares Mugabe ’s birthday as public holiday

    New Zimbabwean Govt. declares Mugabe ’s birthday as public holiday

    Former President Robert Mugabe’s birthday, Feb. 21, is now a public holiday after the Zimbabwean Government gazetted it as Robert Gabriel Mugabe National Youth Day, the state-controlled media reported on Monday.

    The designation of the day as a public holiday comes after the government adopted the decision in August following intense lobbying by the ruling ZANU-PF Youth League.

    The day has been previously commemorated as the 21st February Movement by the party in celebration of the principles and ideals of the former president.

    The party youths pushed for the birthday to be declared a holiday in recognition of Mugabe’s efforts in empowering the youths.

    Mugabe resigned on Nov. 21 after military and public pressure, ending his 37 year stay in power.

    NAN

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  • Zimbabwe orders Nigerians, other foreigners to close shops by Jan 1

    ZIMBABWEAN authorities say they have given foreign shop-owners mostly Nigerians and Chinese an ultimatum to shut down their businesses by Jan. 1.

    A top official of the black empowerment ministry said only Zimbabweans had the right to run shops that have sprung up across the country and are termed foreign businesses targeted under the nation’s black empowerment laws, the state-controlled Herald newspaper reported Friday.

    Those laws, passed in 2007, demand foreign businesses to cede 51 percent control to local blacks.

    The foreign shop owners have been criticised for taking retail trade opportunities from Zimbabwean traders by selling cheap imports.

    Poor townships and city flea markets have in recent years been inundated by shops run by foreigners.

    According to state media, shop owners who fail to comply will be arrested.