The State must compensate pensioners

The State must compensate pensioners Posted on November 2, 2015 by ZimSitRep_W — 1 Comment ↓ via The State must compensate pensioners – New Zimbabwe 31/10/2015 RECENTLY, the President appointed a Commission of Inquiry to establish the processes and methods used to convert values of pensions and insurance policies at the time of dollarization in 2009. This was not only from considerations of …

Smith Commission Of Inquiry Rolls Out Nationwide Public Hearing

Smith Commission Of Inquiry Rolls Out Nationwide Public Hearing Shame Makoshori 26 Oct 2015 The commission will study developments in the insurance and pensions sector from 1996 to present day. A COMMISSION of Inquiry set by President Robert Mugabe last month to look into the conversion of insurance and pension values from the Zimbabwe dollars to …

Starvation Stalks 30 Districts

Starvation Stalks 30 Districts Nelson Chenga 22 Oct 2015 Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development Minister Joseph Made CLOSE to one million Zimbabweans are in desperate need of food assistance as government and the international donor community struggle to raise enough food rations to avert a looming crisis.Thousands are already down to just two meals a day …

Activists urge UK to deport farm grab doc

Activists urge UK to deport farm grab doc Posted on October 19, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M — 2 Comments ↓ via Activists urge UK to deport farm grab doc – NewZimbabwe 18/10/2015 by Sechaba Lunkunku ZIMBABWEANS living in the UK have upped their calls for White Hall to take action against a British doctor who is attempting to seize a farm in Mashonaland Central …

Mahofa ropes in military, resolves to eject villagers

Mahofa ropes in military, resolves to eject villagers September 29, 2015 MASVINGO Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa has reportedly ordered 22 villagers settled at Chomfuli Farm on the outskirts of Gutu-Mpandawana Growth Point to vacate their land in favour of a group of soldiers based at 4.2 Infantry Battalion. By Tatenda Chitagu This is despite …

Commercial farmer slams UK Zim investment conf

Commercial farmer slams UK Zim investment conf Posted on September 25, 2015 by ZimSitRep_M — 13 Comments ↓ via Commercial farmer slams UK Zim investment conf – The Zimbabwean 25 September 2015 Why are they in the UK when they despise white folk? The following is the text of a letter from a former commercial farmer to Sharon White, a partner in the …

Sugarcane cutters’ horror experiences in the field

Sugarcane cutters’ horror experiences in the field September 25, 2015 in National, News CHIREDZI – A pair of sooty-faced men with greased khaki clothes, are camouflaged in a burnt sugarcane field. Without sun hats, no protective gloves, one with overused shoes, and a threadbare shirt that liberally lets the sun steam up the naked flesh on the back …

Updated:ConCourt strikes off ’sadistic’ law

Updated:ConCourt strikes off ’sadistic’ law September 24, 2015 in Courts, News THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday made a landmark ruling by striking down Section 121 (3) of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act (CPA), which empowered the State to send to jail suspects who would have been granted bail. BY PAIDAMOYO MUZULU The ruling effectively bars Prosecutor-General (PG), …

Stop onslaught against farmers

Stop onslaught against farmers August 30, 2015 in Editorial, Opinion   Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi’s impassioned calls to Zimbabwean farmers to buy land in the neighbouring country exposed the bankruptcy of our government’s policy to drive out the remaining white commercial farmers. Zambia, Mozambique and Zambia are some of the countries that have seen their agriculture production improve …

Insurance, pension funds probe set up

Insurance, pension funds probe set up August 20, 2015 Headlines, Top Stories President Mugabe shares a lighter moment with chairperson of the commission appointed to probe insurance contributions and pension benefits, Retired Judge Justice George Smith, while commissioner Violet Mutandwa looks on Farirai Machivenyika and Masline Mavudzi—President Mugabe yesterday swore in an eight-member commission to probe the …