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Gold Standard pauses issuance of CO2 credits from Zimbabwe
GOLD Standard, a verifier of carbon offsets, is temporarily pausing the issuance of credits from projects based in Zimbabwe, after the country's announcement earlier this year that it plans to take ha...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to incorporate yoga into schools sport
THE Ministry of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation is mulling adding yoga to the school sporting calendar as a mandatory activity. The United Nations declared June 21 the International Day of Yoga in 2...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: Troubled nation now faces tough foreign policy choices
The toxic presidency of Mugabe may be over, but the new Zimbabwean government of Emmerson Mnangagwa must quickly make some hard foreign p...Published: 05 Oct 2018 at 17:18hrs | | by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics, University of London
Mnangagwa's govt must have clear land policy
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the reins of power on November 24, 2017, immediately announcing his intention to compensate farmers who had lost their land during the chaotic land reform p...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 22:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Statement of the EFF on the Occasion of the Zimbabwe Independence Day
The Economic Freedom Fighters is committed to the unfettered economic emancipation of all people of Zimbabwe view the occasion of the 2018 Independence Day as the dawn of a new era both within the pol...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by EFF Media Relations
Connolly's farm house razed down
Figtree farmer David Connolly, who lost his farm to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top aide - Ray Ndhlukula - has cried foul after the latter this week moved to destroy his farmhouse, at a time he fel...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 12:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmer savages Mnangagwa over lost farm
Figtree farmer, David Connolly who lost his farm to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's top aide Ray Ndhlukula, has made an amazing rant against the Zanu-PF strongman by accusing him of not being sincere i...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Former soldier to represent Zimbabwe in UK
Deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Christian Katsande has been redeployed to serve as Zimbabwean ambassador to London by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, NewsDay reported....Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mthwakazi
Dear Mthwakazi, Angiqale ngokubingelela sizw'esinsundu, sizw'esimpisholo. Mthwakaz'omyama ondlelazimhlophe induku zibomvu. Mazinyan'eSilo uLobhengula wamaWaba kaMzilikazi kaMatshobana kaManget...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Collen Dube
WATCH: Farmer 'David Connolly' vows to fight Mugabe ally to the end
BULAWAYO - David Connolly was born in Bulawayo - in the then Southern Rhodesia in 1960 - and was educated at Milton - one of the first government schools set up by the British South Africa Company aro...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 14:31hrs | | by The Citizen Bulletin
Vic Falls protestors out on $100 bail
SIXTEEN people from Victoria Falls and Harare yesterday appeared in court charged with being a public nuisance and conducting an unlawful gathering after they demonstrated here on Wednesday.A ...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
Queen Elizabeth's mother visited disputed top Mugabe's aide farm
COLOGNE- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, visited the disputed lucrative Centenary Farm in Figtree, owned by white Zimbabwean commercial farmer, Dave Connolly, which has now been seized and officiall...Published: 04 May 2016 at 07:43hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
White farmer loses farm to Mugabe aide
White farmer David Connolly, who has been involved in a protracted legal battle with a top aide of President Robert Mugabe, faces eviction from his Centenary Farm in Figtree after a High Court judge y...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 15:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
David Connolly ordered to vacate Centenary Farm
A HIGH Court judge yesterday ordered prominent Matabeleland South commercial white farmer David Connolly to vacate Centenary Farm and blasted the Deputy Minister of Agriculture Paddy Zhanda for allege...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Britain rejects Mugabe aide
The British government has reportedly rejected President Robert Mugabe's choice of ambassador designate, Ray Ndhlukula for undisclosed reasons. Ndhlukula currently a deputy chief secretary to ...Published: 06 Apr 2016 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe aide case struck off roll
Deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Ray Ndhlukula's contempt of court case has been struck off the roll.Supreme Court judges, sitting in Bulawayo last week, remov...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 12:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's aide cost me $500 000 defending farm - Connolly
Matabeleland South commercial farmer David Connolly claims to have spent more than $500 000 in legal expenses defending his farm from being grabbed by President Robert Mugabe's deputy chief secretary,...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff Reported
Minister wants white farmer to leave his farm within 7 days
THE Minister of Land and Rural Resettlement, Douglas Mombeshora, is locked in a legal wrangle with a white commercial farmer over the ownership of a farm in Bulilima district.The commercial fa...Published: 17 Oct 2015 at 10:52hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda
Farmer vows to push Mugabe aide out
David Connolly a commercial farmer from Matabeleland South has vowed to continue piling pressure on President Robert Mugabe's aide Ray Ndhlukula to force him out of his Centenary Farm in Figtree. ...Published: 13 Aug 2015 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
White farmers and the whole country alike, under siege from Mugabe's Office
This week one of the few remaining white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe, David Connolly (DC), owner of Centenary Farm, about 30km from Bulawayo was tracked down. Itai Mushekwe (IM), discusses with him...Published: 10 May 2015 at 09:20hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe
White farmer arrested as Mugabe aide turns tables
Zimbabwe police on Friday arrested a white farmer David Connolly from Matabeleland South, a week after the Bulawayo High Court ruled that a senior official in President Robert Mugabe's office was in c...Published: 21 Mar 2015 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's top aide sentenced to 90 days in jail
Ray Ndhlukula, one of President Robert Mugabe's top aides, has been sentenced to 90 days in prison for defying a court order barring him from evicting Figtree farmer David Connolly from his Centenary...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Latest Matabeleland farm grabs affect widows' livelihoods
The latest wave of farm grabs in Matabeleland South has an adverse effect on the livelihoods of widows who some of them have been employed in the farms and some have been running thriving sustainable ...Published: 27 Jan 2015 at 22:56hrs | | by Widows Empowerment Trust
Farmer fails to crop as Mugabe aide remains defiant
EVICTED Figtree farmer David Connolly has failed to crop this farming season as one of President Robert Mugabe's top aides, Ray Ndhlukula, has stayed put at his farm, barring him from setting foot at ...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe aide continues to defy court
ONE of President Robert Mugabe's closest aides, Ray Ndhlukula, continued to defy a High Court order barring him from evicting Figtree farmer David Connolly after he reportedly moved in his cattle at t...Published: 04 Dec 2014 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAPU Devolution of Power Promotes Indigenization
Lack of access to credit is one of the many reasons why people in Zimbabwe remain poor. ZAPU devolution promotes micro-credit and micro-enterprise to facilitate poverty reduction. It is a human ri...Published: 27 Sep 2014 at 09:41hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Figtree farmer David Connolly vows to defy Mugabe's aide
Figtree farmer David Connolly, who is being kicked out of his farm by President Robert Mugabe's close aide, Ray Ndhlukula has vowed to stay put.Connolly accuses Ndhlukula of wrongfully draggin...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe aide chases away white farmer, takes crops
President Robert Mugabe's closest aide, Ray Ndhlukula, has defiantly chased Figtree farmer David Connolly out of his farm and taken over crops worth thousands of dollars, the Southern Eye reported....Published: 19 Sep 2014 at 05:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's top aide exposed
ONE of President Robert Mugabe's top aides Ray Ndhlukula who is trying to grab a Figtree farm from a commercial farm reportedly owns two other farms in Matabeleland South, it has been revealed....Published: 17 Sep 2014 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Latest update on Farm invaded by Mugabe's aide
FIGTREE farmer David Connolly has vowed to stay put on his farm despite renewed efforts by deputy chief secretary to the president and Cabinet Ray Ndhlukula to push him out.Ndhlukula recently ...Published: 16 Sep 2014 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's top aide strikes
ABOUT 12 men, who claimed to be the "sons" of a top aide to President Robert Mugabe, yesterday descended on the disputed Centenary Farm in Figtree with their belongings, including food, saying they ha...Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo Agenda - Public meeting on invasions on 'black' lands
"BLACK-TO-BLACK LAND INVASIONS: WHITHER ZIMBABWE?"PUBLIC MEETING BY BULAWAYO AGENDA, 4TH SEPTEMBER 2014VENUE: PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, JASON MOYO STREET, BULWA...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Zapu
Mugabe's aide hits back
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's aide Ray Ndhlukula is resisting eviction from Centenary Farm in Figtree, Matabeleland South, arguing that the Zanu PF leader personally gave him the farm.Ndhlukula, ...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tribal tensions in Matebeleland as land row widens
The people of Matebeleland region have been angered by the ongoing ethnic land invasions that authorities are battling deal with and demand that they should be corrected quickly. Finding themselves in...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 12:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF a confused and confusing lot
In front of a strong crowd of 2 000 people in Johannesburg, Berea park on Saturday's ZPRA /MKVA commemoration of the fallen heroes of the Wankie and Sipolilo battles, the Zapu Yout...Published: 24 Aug 2014 at 20:21hrs | | by Godknows Sibanda
Shame on Ray Ndhlukula
Over the past few weeks, Zimbabweans have awoken to the surprise take-over of David Connolly's farm by Ray Ndhlukula, a high ranking official in Robert Mugabe's government. The occupation has stun...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 17:24hrs | | by Mduduzi Dallas Gumbo
Zapu on farm invasions in Matabeleland
ZAPU wishes to express its concern at the increasing wave of farm invasions in Matabeleland. Hired and recruited war veterans, senior government officials and thugs have embarked on an unprecedented l...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 16:35hrs | | by Patrick Ndlovu, ZAPU Deputy Secretary for Information and Publicity
War vets protest farm seizure
Former Zipra fighters yesterday waded into the Figtree farm dispute pitting commercial farmer David Connolly and deputy chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Ray Ndhlukula aft...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Farmer petitions Sadc against Mugabe's aide
AS President Robert Mugabe prepares to host Sadc leaders tomorrow, concerned citizens are circulating an online petition calling on the regional leaders to stop the deputy chief secretary to the P...Published: 14 Aug 2014 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe aide wreaks havoc
SCORES of families are set to be evicted from Centenary Farm in Figtree today after it was reportedly seized by deputy chief secretary in the office of the President Ray Ndhlukula at the weekend....Published: 06 Aug 2014 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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