Judge Postpones Salary Case Involving President Mnangagwa After Failing To Log Into The System

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Justice
Lucy
Mungwari
postponed
the
hearing
to
another
date
after
failing
to
log
in
to
the
Integrated
Electronic
Case
Management
System
(IECMS),
a
virtual
case
management
system
recently
rolled
by
the
Judicial
Service
Commission
(JSC).
Said
Edson
Matika
representing
the
unions:


The
court
faced
technical
challenges
with
the
IECMS
virtual
system.
This
resulted
in
the
case
being
postponed
to
Wednesday
27
September
2023
at
9
am
on
the
same
platform.

The
IECMS
(Integrated
Electronic
Case
Management
System)
was
expected
to
bring
about
improvements
such
as
electronic
case
filing,
automatic
case
allocation
to
judges,
electronic
case
tracking,
and
virtual
hearings,
aiming
to
streamline
the
judicial
process
from
filing
to
finalisation.
However,
the
system
has
faced
significant
resistance,
with
litigants
and
lawyers
expressing
concerns
about
delays
in
delivering
justice.

In
the
current
case,
several
unions,
including
the Zimbabwe
Teachers
Association
(ZIMTA),
the Progressive
Teachers
Union
of
Zimbabwe
(PTUZ), Amalgamated
Rural
Teachers
Union
of
Zimbabwe,
Educators
Union
of
Zimbabwe
(EUZ),
and
the
Civil
Service
Employees
Association
(CSEA),
are
suing
the
government,
alleging
violations
of
their
labor
rights.

The
unions’
application
challenges
the
Public
Service
Act,
arguing
that
it
undermines
the
labor
rights
protected
by
the
constitution
by
granting
unilateral
decision-making
power
to
the
Public
Service
minister
and
the
Commission.
They
are
advocating
for
collective
bargaining,
which
allows
unions
to
negotiate
employment
terms,
including
pay,
benefits,
working
hours,
leave,
and
workplace
safety
policies.

The
unions
seek
a
court
declaration
that
sections
19,
20,
and
31
of
the
Act
are
unconstitutional
as
they
facilitate
the
violation
of
their
members’
labor
rights.
They
argue
that
the
Commission
and
the
Public
Service
minister
have
failed
to
engage
in
meaningful
consultations
with
public
service
employees,
thus
infringing
on
their
labor
rights.

The
respondents
in
this
case
include
the
Public
Service
Commission
(PSC),
President
Mnangagwa,
Finance
Minister Mthuli
Ncube,
the
Public
Service
minister,
and
the
Attorney
General.

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Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Announces By-Elections In Four Wards

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23.9.2023

11:02


by
Pindula
News

The Zimbabwe
Electoral
Commission
(ZEC) has
announced
that
by-elections
will
be
held
in
four
wards
across
the
country.
These
by-elections
were
necessitated
by
the
deaths
of
some
of
the
candidates
in
those
wards
before
August
23,
2023,
harmonised
elections.
In
a
statement
seen
by
Pindula
News,
ZEC
said
the
affected
wards
are
Kusile
RDC
Ward
13,
Nkayi
RDC
Ward
11,
Vungu
RDC
Ward
14,
and
Zvimba
RDC
Ward
23.


ZEC
Chief
Elections
Officer,
Utloile
Silaigwana
said
the
Nomination
Court
will
convene
on
Tuesday,
October
10,
2023,
to
receive
nominations
for
the
vacant
wards.
If
necessary,
a
poll
will
take
place
on
Saturday,
November
11,
2023.
Read
the
statement:


11
November
2023
By-elections


It
is
hereby
notified
that
candidates
in
the
following
Wards
died
before
the
commencement
of
poll
on
23
August
2023
and
elections
were
terminated
in
terms
of
section
50
of
the
Electoral
Act.


  • Kusile
    RDC
    Ward
    13

  • Nkayi
    RDC
    Ward
    11

  • Vungu
    RDC
    Ward
    14

  • Zvimba
    RDC
    Ward
    23


It
is
further
notified
in
terms
of
Section
121A
of
the
Electoral
Act
[Chapter
2:13],
that
following
the
death
of
the
incumbent
councillor
for
Rural
District
Council
Ward
24,
a
vacancy
has
arisen,


The
Nomination
Court
for
purposes
of
receiving
nominations
of
candidates
for
election
as
councillors
for
the
vacant
wards
shall
sit
on
Tuesday
10
October
2023
commencing
from
1000
hours
to
1600
hours.


The
nomination
courts
to
receive
nominations
for
the
vacant
wards
shall
sit
at
the
offices
of
the
respective
local
authorities.


The
Zimbabwe
Electoral
Coromission
fixes
Saturday,
11
November
2023
as
the
day
on
which
a
poll
shall
take
place
if
it
becomes
necessary
in
terms
of
Section
125(4)
(b)
of
the
Electoral
Act.

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High Court Acquits Intelligence Officers Accused Of Conniving With Rushwaya In Botched Gold Smuggling Scandal

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Henrietta
Rushwaya

The
CIOs
were
accused
of
facilitating
a
safe
passage
for
Rushwaya
by
bypassing
all
security
checkpoints
at
the
airport
before
she
was
caught
with
6kg
of
gold.

Rushwaya
was
initially
charged
with
smuggling
having
been
arrested
at
the
airport
before
other
charges
of
unlawful
possession
of
gold
and
bribery
accused
of
offering
money
to
the
officers
who
had
discovered
the
offence,
allegations
which
have
been
cleared
by
the
magistrates
court.

The
two
were
freed
after
the
State
represented
by
Whisper
Mabhaudhi
stopped
their
prosecution
at
the
close
of
the
State’s
case.
The
State
withdrew
charges
against
them
for
lack
of
incriminating
evidence
resulting
in
their
acquittal
by
Justice
Pisirayi
Kwenda,
leaving
Rushwaya
to
explain
her
innocence.

The
two
represented
by
Admire
Rubaya
and
Musindo
Hungwe
had
professed
their
innocence
to
the
allegations.

The
two
were
arrested
together
with
Pakistani
businessman
Ali
Mohamad
of
Ali
Japan
and
Gift
Karanda.

Ali
was
not
indicted
by
the
State
after
it
emerged
that
he
was
not
involved
in
the
incident.

This
came
after
his
lawyer
Admire
Rubaya
wrote
to
the
Acting
Prosecutor
General
Nelson
Mutsonziwa
stating
that
there
was
no
evidence
linking
his
client
to
the
offence
of
smuggling
and
the
gold
in
question.

An
affidavit
deposed
to
by
Henrietta
Rushwaya
exonerating
Ali
Mahamad
was
used
to
justify
why
he
was
not
to
be
prosecuted.

It
had
been
alleged
that
Ali
hatched
a
plan
with
Rushwaya
to
smuggle
the
gold
together
with
Tserayi,
Mufandauya
and
Karanda
without
acquiring
a
licence.

It
was
also
alleged
that
Ali
Mohamad
generated
a
commercial
invoice
purporting
Rushwaya
had
entered
an
agreement
with
Ali
Japan,
a
company
based
in
Dubai
and
deals
in
gold.

He
was
alleged
to
have
given
the
gold
to
Rushwaya
who
then
engaged
Tserayi,
a
Central
Intelligence
Organisation
operative,
to
transport
her
to
the
airport
using
his
official
vehicle.

It
was
alleged
that
while
at
the
airport,
Rushwaya
and
Tserayi
engaged
Mufandauya
who
was
based
at
the
airport
and
for
easy
passage
and
without
detection,
Tserayi
took
Rushwaya’s
luggage
as
his
and
Mufandauya
used
his
airport
pass
to
assist
the
three
in
evading
security
checkpoints
as
if
he
was
escorting
VIPs.

The
three
were
said
to
have
been
intercepted
by
a
CAAZ
scanner
that
detected
the
gold
leading
to
the
arrest
of
Rushwaya
and
Karanda
was
alleged
to
have
appeared
and
name-dropped
officials’
names
to
have
Rushwaya
freed.

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NPRC’s ten-year tenure a wasted opportunity to address Gukurahundi

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The
NPRC
was
established
according
to
Section
251
of
Zimbabwe’s
Constitution,
for
a
10-year
term
beginning
on
August
22,
2013,
with
the
duty
of
preventing
violence,
anticipating
conflict,
and
making
sure
there
is
reconciliation
within
communities.

However,
due
to
delays
in
enacting
the
statute
to
operationalize
the
NPRC,
the
commission
only
became
active
on
January
5,
2018,
sparking
concerns
that
the
NPRC
would
fail
to
meet
its
constitutional
role
of
administering
post-conflict
justice.

Recently,
the
Ministry
of
Justice,
Legal
and
Parliamentary
Affairs
announced
that
it
was
working
on
transferring
the
functions
of
the
NPRC
to
the
Zimbabwe
Human
Rights
Commission
(ZHRC).

CITE
spoke
to
various
stakeholders
involved
in
the
service
of
justice,
mainly
to
Gukurahundi
victims,
who
were
meant
to
benefit
immensely
from
the
Commission.

They
said
the
transfer
of
the
responsibilities
was
just
a
way
of
parking
the
Commission’s
mandate
for
good
for
no
one
was
going
to
follow
up.

President
Mnangagwa
has
since
roped
in
chiefs
to
conduct
hearings
in
communities
affected
by
the
genocide.

Political
analyst,
Effie
Ncube
said
the
tenure
of
the
Commission
was
a
waste
of
resources
that
could
have
otherwise
been
used
to
eradicate
other
challenges
faced
by
the
people
of
Zimbabwe.

“The
10-year
tenure
of
the
NPRC
was
a
wasted
opportunity
for
the
country
to
address
the
Gukurahundi
genocide
and
other
gross
violations
of
human
rights.
Resources
that
could
have
been
better
spent
elsewhere
fighting
poverty
and
hunger
were
wasted
in
pursuit
of
nothing.
Even
if
some
of
the
commissioners
were
well
meaning,
there
was
no
political
support
for
the
NPRC
to
succeed.
That
way
the
leadership
of
this
country
failed
to
uphold
the
ideals
and
tenets
of
the
Constitution.
In
a
bigger
way
the
fact
that
the
NPRC
failed
to
fulfil
its
constitutional
mandate
reflects
the
lack
of
leadership
for
reconciliation
in
the
country,”
Ncube
said.

“It
is
unfair
to
the
victims
and
survivors
Gukurahundi
that
a
body
tasked
with
such
an
important
task
went
nowhere
and
now
it
is
folding
into
history
having
done
nothing.
The
issues
that
the
NPRC
was
tasked
with
that
are
now
being
pushed
to
the
ZHRC
will
meet
the
same
fate.
Nothing
will
ever
happen
without
political
will.
We
need
bold
leaders
who
can
take
the
issues
head
on
and
not
pretend
to
be
doing
something
when
in
actual
fact
nothing
is
being
done.”

Ibhetshu
LikaZulu
secretary-general
Mbuso
Fuzwayo,
said
the
Commission
did
nothing
and
its
failure
is
a
result
of
the
lack
of
political
will
from
the
government.

“The
NPRC
did
nothing.
But
their
failure
cannot
be
attributed
to
them.
There
was
no
political
will
and
no
support
from
the
government.
They
were
not
even
independent.
There
was
a
lot
of
interference
from
the
executive,
the
State.
This
is
the
same
State
that
initiated
the
genocide.
They
then
put
up
the
NPRC
but
it
had
no
power
really
to
execute
its
duties.
Look
at
some
of
the
commissioners
that
were
put
there.
The
likes
of
Obert
Gutu,
they
are
politically
tainted
and
were
conflicted.
This
commission
had
no
independence
at
all,”
Fuzwayo
said.

Religious
leader,
Reverend
Ray
Motsi,
said
the
NPRC
failed
to
set
up
a
group
solely
dedicated
to
dealing
with
Gukurahundi
considering
it
is
a
sensitive
issue
that
needed
maximum
attention.

“The
NPRC
was
supposed
to
prioritize
Gukurahundi.
There
was
supposed
to
be
a
separate
group
deal
with
Gukurahundi,
while
the
rest
of
the
team
dealt
with
the
other
activities.
Their
failure
to
recognize
the
magnitude
of
the
issue
of
Gukurahundi
was
a
great
oversight
on
their
part.
The
people
who
were
supposed
to
deal
with
the
genocide
victims
were
also
burdened
with
other
activities,
so
this
would
automatically
affect
their
output
and
the
desired
outcome,”
Rev
Motsi
said.

“The
Commission
was
not
effective.
They
did
nothing
during
their
tenure
to
execute
the
duties
allocated
to
them,
especially
to
ensure
that
there
was
transitional
justice.
There
were
a
lot
of
issues
that
affected
them,
lack
of
resources,
no
legal
frameworks,
no
clear
focus
on
the
goals
they
were
supposed
to
achieve.
So,
a
mixture
of
all
these
affected
them.
As
it
is
ZHRC
has
no
skills
nor
the
resources
to
take
over
the
duties
of
NPRC.
This
is
just
a
means
to
park
the
issues
that
were
supposed
to
be
addressed
by
NPRC
and
no
one
will
attend
to
them.”

Zim committed to elimination of TB in line with global strategies, President

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by
ZBC
Reporter

He
was
addressing
the
high
level
meeting
on
the
fight
against
TB
in
New
York,
USA,
on
the
sidelines
of
the
78th
Session
of
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly.

President
Mnangagwa
said
the
meeting
allowed
world
leaders
to
identify
gaps
and
challenges
towards
concrete
steps
for
the
eradication
of
the
TB
epidemic.

“TB
is
a
global
challenge,
hence
global
cooperation,
financial
and
technical
support,
as
well
as
technology
sharing
and
transfer
remain
crucial.
Zimbabwe
welcomes
the
focus
on
financing
and
innovation
along
with
the
equitable
access
to
prevention,
testing,
treatment
and
care
in
our
global
TB
response.
These
aspects
will
undoubtedly
ensure
equitable
quality
and
people-centred
tuberculosis
care,
in
the
context
of
Universal
Health
Coverage.

“May
I
reaffirm
that
Zimbabwe
is
fully
committed
to
the
elimination
of
TB
in
line
with
targets
set
out
in
the
SDGs
and
the
“End
TB
Strategy”.
This
has
led
to
the
removal
of
our
country
from
the
list
of
22
High-Burdened
countries,”
he
said.

He
added
that
Zimbabwe
continues
to
prioritise
equitable
access
to
TB
prevention,
quality
diagnosis,
treatment
and
care
services
for
all
Zimbabweans,
with
focus
is
on
measures
to
address
the
social
determinants
of
the
disease,
such
as
food
and
nutrition,
poverty,
overcrowding,
malnutrition,
and
lack
of
access
to
healthcare.

“Further,
my
Government
has
decentralised
TB
healthcare
services
to
all
our
communities,
particularly
those
whose
existing
vulnerabilities
are
compounded
by
TB.
Equally,
we
have
been
quick
to
adopt
new
treatment
options,
to
optimise
our
TB
response,”
the
President
said.

Zimbabwe
has
to
date
adopted
the
W.H.O.
Multi-Sectoral
Accountability
Framework
for
Tuberculosis
to
enhance
collaborative
efforts
in
the
fight
against
TB.
However,
the
importance
of
access
to
new
tools,
including
a
TB
vaccine
for
all
people
in
need
remain
critical.

President
Mnangagwa
called
on
delegates
to
scale
up
the
resolve
to
end
the
suffering
caused
by
the
ancient
disease,
adding
through
strengthened
partnerships,
greater
collaboration
and
solidarity,
a
world
free
from
the
burden
of
TB
can
be
achieved.

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Prominent
opposition
lawmaker
Fadzayi
Mahere
said
Mnangagwa’s
speech
was
as
vacant
as
the
hall
it
was
delivered
in.
She
posted
on
X:

This
is
the
world
stage.
Where
are
your
groundbreaking
ideas,
thought
leadership,
or
rousing
call
to
action?
Lies
and
empty
rhetoric
will
take
us
nowhere.
The
speech
was
as
vacant
as
the
hall
it
was
delivered
in.

In
his
address,
Mnangagwa
stressed
that
it
was
imperative
for
nations
to
work
together
to
strengthen
international
institutions
for
the
accelerated
attainment
of
Agenda
2030.

He
also
said
that
Zimbabweans
have
enjoyed
peace,
before,
during
and
after
the
2023
Harmonised
Elections.

Mnangagwa
called
upon
Western
powers
to
unconditionally
lift
the
sanctions
they
imposed
on
Zimbabwe,
saying
they
were
“designed
to
subjugate
the
sovereign
will
of
the
Zimbabwean
people.”

Zimbabwe’s
leader
said
for
the
last
three
years,
the
country
has
been
the
fastest-growing
economy
in
the
Southern
African
region.

Mnangagwa
demanded
that
global
financial
institutions
be
reformed
so
that
they
deliver
resources
to
all
countries
for
economic
development.

He
also
condemned
global
powers
for
allegedly
funding
conflicts
and
the
unconstitutional
changes
of
governments,
for
their
own
narrow
interests.

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Electricity, Water Cuts Haunt Post-election Zimbabwe

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During
the
electoral
campaigns,
senior
ZANU
PF
politicians
boldly
proclaimed
that
load
shedding
was
a
thing
of
the
past
after
the
completion
of
two
power
generation
units
at
Hwange
Power
Station.

The
opposition
CCC,
which
controls
the
Harare
City
Council,
promised
the
electorate
consistent
water
supplies.

Now
residents
are
saying
political
parties’
campaign
messaging
was
based
on
lies
and
deception
as
the
water
crisis
and
power
cuts
have
become
the
order
of
the
day,
less
than
a
month
after
the
disputed
elections.

President
Emmerson
Mnangagwa
was
declared
the
winner,
with
52.6%
of
the
vote
while
his
party,
ZANU
PF,
won
a
Parliamentary
majority

Speaking
to Business
Times this
week,
Harare
Residents
Trust
(HRT)
director
Precious
Shumba
said
residents
were
taken
for
a
ride
by
politicians.
He
said:

Most
suburbs
have
gone
for
a
very
long
time
without
water
in
particular
following
the
23
August
elections.

During
the
period
in
the
run-up
to
the
elections,
most
residents
had
access
to
municipal
water,
but
soon
after
the
elections
the
water
supply
almost
dwindled
or
deteriorated
to
the
extent
that
residents
daily
queue
at
community
boreholes.

It
is
very
sad
that
people
are
spending
three
to
four
hours
queueing
for
water.
Fights
break
out
and
the
most
affected
are
women
and
young
girls.

It’s
very
sad
that
in
some
cases
we
do
not
have
communities
receiving
bowsers
from
the
local
authorities.
So,
the
situation
is
really
desperate,
it’s
very
bad.

Shumba
said
the
City
of
Harare
should
consider
drawing
water
from
Darwendale
Dam,
which
is
downstream
of
the
heavily
polluted
main
supply
dam,
Chivero.
He
said:

Going
forward
we
believe
that
the
best
solution
would
be
for
the
City
of
Harare
to
get
some
of
its
water
from
Darwendale
dam
and
they
can
also
improve
the
situation
by
focusing
on
the
replacement
of
underground
water
pipes
that
are
obsolete
and
aged
because
currently
when
the
city
pumps
its
water
nearly
40%
is
going
to
waste
through
leakages
and
bursts
along
the
water
distribution
network.

So,
if
they
address
this
it
means
that
the
little
water
pumped
will
reach
the
intended
households.

Harare
residents
are
at
risk
of
contracting
water-borne
diseases
as
they
are
now
being
forced
to
use
water
from
shallow
wells.

There
were
fears
of
a
diarrhoea
outbreak
at
the
University
of
Zimbabwe
that
had
gone
for
days
without
water.

Load
shedding
is
not
affecting
Harare
residents
only,
but
Zimbabweans
across
the
country.

The
situation
will
likely
get
worse
as
the
water
level
at
Lake
Kariba,
the
site
of
the
country’s
only
reliable
power
plant,
continues
to
fall.

Chamisa Told To “Push Back” Against Ramaphosa

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Posting
on
X
(formerly
Twitter)
Lion
singled
South
African
President
Cyril
Ramaphosa
as
an
obstacle
to
the
democratisation
of
Zimbabwe.

He
said
Chamisa
should
take
advantage
of
the
adverse
reports
by
international
election
observers
on
the
23
August
2023
Harmonised
Elections. Wrote
Lion:

I
am
not
in
the
business
of
telling
you
how
to
lead
your
party
but
I
feel
prompted
to
say
a
few
words.

You
should
start
calling
out
all
the
leaders
supporting
dictators
in
Zimbabwe.
You
should
start
with
[Cyril
Ramaphosa]
and
how
he’s
an
obstacle
to
democracy.

What
we
are
witnessing
is
a
repeat
of
2008
when
Thabo
Mbeki
defended
a
defeated
Mugabe
into
a
GNU.
You
know
that
hundreds
of
people
died
in
the
process.

You
have
the
advantage
by
virtue
of
the
reports
submitted
by
various
observers
from
around
the
world.
They
agree
that
elections
were
flawed
and
not
capable
of
giving
a
governing
mandate.

This
is
the
reason
why
only
3
heads
of
state
attended
the
inauguration.
Most
heads
of
state
abstained
because
they
did
not
want
to
be
part
of
a
discredited
event.
They
knew
it
came
with
reputational
damage.

When
[SADC]
submitted
their
report,
Zanu
went
after
the
head
of
the
SADC
mission.
They
attacked
him
for
a
report
that
was
based
on
the
truth.
You
are
justified
in
pushing
back
on
anyone
supporting
the
disgusting
election
in
Zim.

The
Mandelas
and
Mugabes
called
out
anyone
who
was
operating
contrary
to
their
objectives
regardless
of
status
and
power.
You
cannot
keep
quiet
when
there
are
leaders
operating
at
the
expense
of
your
objectives.

Both
Thabo
Mbeki
and
Ramaphosa
deserve
to
be
rebuked
for
supporting
Zanu
PF
at
the
expense
of
the
people.
Your
words
as
a
leader
carry
a
lot
of
power.
Deploy
them!

Don’t
show
respect
to
people
working
against
you.
It
doesn’t
matter
what
their
status
is
in
the
region.
You
should
call
them
out
by
their
names
for
their
hypocrisy,
selective
ethics,
and
detrimental
leadership.

In
other
countries,
heads
of
state,
never
keep
quiet
when
other
leaders
are
working
against
them.
They
call
them
out.

Ramaphosa
is
single-handedly
opposing
the
SADC
report
and
no
one
is
telling
him
he
is
out
of
order
for
doing
that.

You
can’t
afford
not
to
say
anything
about
this.
You
have
to
push
back
with
everything
you
have.

I
felt
the
liberation
brigade
in
the
region
is
against
you.
They
protect
each
other
every
election.
It’s
time
someone
tells
them
they
are
part
of
the
problem
in
the
region.

They
won’t
bring
the
needed
transformation
to
the
continent
because
they
caused
the
problems.
Those
who
believe
in
transformation
have
to
speak
up
and
push
back.

I
felt
you
should
speak
up
and
push
back
against
the
Ramaphosa
and
Mbekis
of
Africa
hence
I
wrote
this.

Maimane Accuses Ramaphosa Of Siding With Oppressors After Calling For Lifting Of Sanctions On Zimbabwe

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President
Mnangagwa
and
South
African
President
Cyril
Ramaphosa
meet
in
New
Yord
(Image:
twitter)

Addressing
the
United
Nations
General
Assembly
(UNGA)
recently,
Ramaphosa
said
the
sanctions
should
be
lifted
as
they
are
also
affecting
South
Africa.
He
said:

The
sanctions
that
are
also
being
applied
against
South
Africa’s
neighbour,
Zimbabwe,
should
also
be
lifted
as
they
are
imposing
untold
suffering
on
ordinary
Zimbabweans,
but
also
have
a
collateral
negative
impact
on
neighbouring
countries
as
well
such
as
my
own
country,
South
Africa.

Responding
to
Ramaphosa’s
remarks,
Maimane
accused
the
South
African
leader
of
siding
with
the
oppressor.
He
said:

You
are
on
the
wrong
side
of
history
and
are
hurting
both
South
Africans
and
Zimbabweans
by
supporting
this
dictator.
You
have
chosen
to
stand
with
the
oppressor.

South
Africa
pays
the
price
for
the
dictatorship
in
Zimbabwe.
We
pay
in
healthcare,
in
housing
and
social
services.

Hundreds
of
thousands,
probably
millions
of
Zimbabweans,
have
migrated
to
South
Africa
over
the
past
two
decades
in
search
of
greener
pastures
after
Zimbabwe’s
economic
collapse.

The
Zimbabweans
who
migrated
to
South
Africa
are
accused
of
overburdening
the
country’s
social
services.

Some
of
the
illegal
migrants
have
resorted
to
occupying
abandoned
buildings
and
engaging
in
street
hawking.

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published
in:

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Global demand for lithium, platinum, and gold spurs Zimbabwe’s mineral production

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Story
by
Stanley
James,
Business
Editor

According
to
the
Index
of
Mineral
Production
for
the
second
quarter
of
the
year
released
by
the
Zimbabwe
National
Statistics
Agency
(ZIMSTAT),
overall
mineral
production
was
over
144
percent,
reflecting
more
than
20
percent
increase
against
119
percent
recorded
last
year.

Riding
on
the
supply
deficit
within
the
international
markets,
the
platinum
mining
industry
ramped
up
production
as
evidenced
by
an
over
25
percent
rise
in
output,
with
a
focus
on
expanding
operations.

The
statistics
show
that
gold
is
the
biggest
foreign
currency
earner
and
also
continues
to
facilitate
further
growth
in
mineral
production
as
output
during
the
period
under
review
rose
by
over
26
percent.

Investments
in
the
diamond
value
chains
which
have
seen
international
firms
injecting
fresh
capital
have
resulted
in
diamond
output
surging
despite
some
limited
operations
that
translated
into
a
marginal
decrease
in
terms
of
quarter-to-quarter
output
trends.

The
influx
of
new
entrants
and
diversified
mining
entities
within
the
coal
mining
sector
has
also
added
a
positive
element
to
the
growth
trajectory
of
the
resource
commodity
as
ZIMSTAT
data
shows
that
overall
production
registered
an
over
12
percent
increase.

As
authorities
continue
efforts
to
revive
copper
mining
in
Zimbabwe,
the
mineral
commodity
is
also
slowly
recovering
with
indications
of
growth
in
output
although
huge
capital
outlay
is
still
a
challenge
in
terms
of
maximising
production.

The
Mining
Index
data
shows
that
lithium
which
is
emerging
as
one
of
the
key
enablers
of
the
mining
sector
continues
on
a
growth
path
characterised
by
a
rise
in
investment
and
exploration.

Investments
in
the
granite
mining
industry
have
also
seen
the
mineral
commodity
accounting
for
an
over
43
percent
increase
in
production.
The
Mining
Production
Index
data
shows
that
favorable
nickel
prices
on
the
international
market
have
also
increased
overall
production.

Zimbabwe
is
targeting
a
12
billion
United
States
dollar
mining
sector
by
the
end
of
the
year.


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