Day: February 4, 2024
President Mnangagwa mourns Namibian President
President Mnangagwa has mourned Namibian President HE Hage Geingob who passed on today after battling cancer. President Hage Geingob died aged 82 less than a month after it was reported that he would undergo treatment for cancer. President Geingob died at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital Windhoek with his wife and his children at his […]
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ZANU PF Secures Two-Thirds Majority In Zimbabwe Parliament
The ruling party in, ZANU PF, has gained a two-thirds majority in Parliament after winning all the six constituencies in yesterday’s by-elections. The by-elections took place on Saturday 4 February 2024 to fill vacancies left by the recalls of Members of Parliament and councillors by Citizen Coalition for Change’s (CCC) interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu. […]
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President appoints three more Deputy Ministers
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has appointed three Deputy Ministers with immediate effect. The three will serve in the Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services; Foreign Affairs and International Trade; and Local Government and Public Works portfolios. In a statement, Deputy Chief Secretary, Presidential Communications, in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Mr George Charamba said the appointments […]
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Government works on steadying exchange rates
THE Government is working on a raft of measures aimed at strengthening the local currency and addressing the runaway black market exchange rate that has seen workers’ earnings and buying power being eroded. In an interview in Bulawayo yesterday, Finance, Economic Development and Investment Promotion Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube said the local currency instability was […]
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Government drills more than 80 boreholes in Bulawayo
THE Government has reaffirmed its commitment to ensure uninterrupted water supplies in Bulawayo with 83 boreholes out of a target of 250 having been drilled around the city as part of the short to medium term interventions to alleviate the plight of residents in the city. The city last week received its second drilling rig […]
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Zanu-PF smells by-elections victory
VOTING went on smoothly in six constituencies that were having by-elections in various parts of the country yesterday with officials happy with the peaceful atmosphere. Speaking to Sunday News in Bulawayo at the close of polling stations, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Mr Utoile Silaigwana commended voters for voting peacefully saying all polling […]
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Senegal’s Macky Sall postpones presidential election
Senegal’s President Macky Sall has indefinitely postponed the presidential election that was scheduled to take place on February 25. Speaking in a televised address to the nation on Saturday, the president announced he had cancelled the relevant electoral law, citing a dispute over the candidate list. Sall said he signed a decree abolishing a November […]
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Namibia’s President Hage Geingob dies aged 82
Namibian President Hage Geingob has died at the age of 82, his office has announced, less than a month after it was announced he would undergo treatment for cancer. Geingob died on Sunday at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the capital Windhoek with his wife and his children at his side, acting president Nangolo Mbumba said […]
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Last-gasp AFCON triumph for I. Coast, S. Africa also reach semis
A brilliant back-heel by the substitute in added time at the end of extra time in Bouake gave the Elephants a 2-1 victory over Mali, who dominated much of the quarter-final and scored first. Ivory Coast-born Nene Dorgeles put Mali ahead on 71 minutes against the host nation, who were reduced to 10 men just […]
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