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Zimbabwe Court Tells Ubuntu Times Journalist He Has Case To Answer

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A Zimbabwe magistrate in the southern city of Bulawayo, Mark Nzira, on March 15 dismissed an application for discharge at the close of the State case by Ubuntu Times...
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Freedom For Arrested Journalist Placed On Hold

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A court in Zimbabwe has further delayed passing a ruling in a matter in which Ubuntu Times correspondent Jeffrey Moyo is seeking refusal of remand. The ruling which was expected...
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Child Prostitution Rampant In Zimbabwe’s Slums

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Harare — Donning mini-skirts, popular for being dress codes for the oldest profession here, girls as young as 12, file past the railway tracks towards Harare-Chinhoyi highway, where one...
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Intimidation, Machete Violence Reported As Polls Open In Zambia

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Voting starts today (Thursday) in Zambia in a tightly contested election between incumbent Patriotic Front (PF) candidate Edgar Lungu and main challenger Hakainde Hichilema. Allegations of vote fraud and intimidation...
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The South African government on July 14 confirmed it was deploying 25,000 troops in its two provinces, KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng, after police failed to quell violence and looting...
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Zim Govt Trying To Frustrate Arrested Journalist’s Freedom Bid – Lawyer

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The lawyer representing Ubuntu Times’ Zimbabwe correspondent Jeffrey Moyo, 37, says the State is “acting in an unjust way” after it issued an arrest warrant for his client on...
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Zimbabwean Government Urged To Stop Hemorrhaging Gold And Other Minerals

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Centre for Natural Resource Governance (CNRG), a Zimbabwe-based NGO advocating for violence-free and conflict-free extraction of natural resources now wants the government to halt the scourge. “We are gravely concerned...
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Aid To Africa: A Deceptive Neo-Colonial Tool Enforcing Mental Slavery Without Restraint 

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Journalist Denied Bail, Faces 10 Years In Prison

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A Zimbabwe magistrates’ court in the city of Bulawayo on Monday, May 31 threw out a bail application by Mr. Jeffrey Moyo, a correspondent for Ubuntu Times, citing that...
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Ubuntu Times journalist who was arrested Wednesday on allegations of contravening the country’s immigration laws and allegedly facilitating the accreditation of two foreign journalists without due procedure is being...

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