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Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube arriving at Mt Hampden Parliament Building for budget presentation
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Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister to Unveil 2025 Budget Today

Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube will present the nation’s 2025 budget statement in Parliament today, as the country seeks solutions to its deepening economic challenges. The presentation at the new Mt Hampden Parliament Building comes at a critical time for Zimbabwe’s
November 28, 2024
President Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe President Orders Crackdown on Council Corruption

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has demanded swift action against corrupt local government officials as investigations expose widespread graft in Zimbabwe’s city councils. Speaking at the All Councillors Indaba in Harare on Tuesday, Mnangagwa warned that “no one will be spared” as authorities tackle
November 27, 2024
An undocumented 39 year old Mexican national was arrested after he was found operating a R100 million drug laboratory in Rietfontein Tshwane Picture Supplied SAPS
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Mexican National Held Over R100m Drug Lab in Pretoria

South African police have arrested an undocumented Mexican national allegedly running a R100 million crystal meth laboratory in Pretoria’s upmarket Rietfontein suburb. The 39-year-old suspect was detained on Wednesday following weeks of police surveillance. Officers discovered a sophisticated drug manufacturing operation during
November 27, 2024
Jameson Timba

Timba and 34 Opposition Members Freed After Six-Month Detention

Citizens Coalition for Change interim leader Jameson Timba and 34 party members have been freed after receiving suspended sentences for participating in an unlawful gathering in June. The court handed Timba and senior member Jason Kautsa 16-month suspended sentences, with shorter terms
November 27, 2024
A Zimbabwean man faces execution in Botswana after being convicted
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Man Faces Death Penalty in Botswana for Child Ritual Murder

A Zimbabwean man faces execution in Botswana after being convicted of selling his six-year-old stepson to ritualists who killed the child. Lovemore Sithole, 37, received US$15,000 for trafficking the boy, whose skull was found a month after his disappearance. DNA testing confirmed
November 27, 2024
South African Police Service officers examining counterfeit goods seized during raids in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal
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South African Police Bust Major Counterfeit Operations

South African police have uncovered two significant counterfeit goods operations in separate raids, arresting six people including four foreign nationals. In Mpumalanga province, two Ethiopian nationals are appearing in the White River Magistrate’s Court today after police discovered counterfeit items valued at
November 27, 2024
South Africa's Constitutional Court building in Johannesburg where the Phala Phala case was heard
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South Africa’s Top Court Reserves Phala Phala Judgment

South Africa’s Constitutional Court has reserved judgment on the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) challenge to Parliament’s decision not to pursue an impeachment inquiry into President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala farm scandal. The opposition party wants the court to overturn Parliament’s rejection of
November 26, 2024
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