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The weekly news update: Week ending 16 July 2017 #263Chat

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Channel: 263Chat · 2017 · News & Politics

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VP Mphoko expresses reservations on command agriculture

Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko has expressed reservations on “planned” economic turnaround under the “Command” banner, saying such programmes do not work.

He said this in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with the Herald last week. Government has over the 2016/17 summer cropping season implemented a Specialised Maize Production and Import Substitution Programme, better known as Command Agriculture.

 

First lady in ‘freak’ accident, recovering well

President Mugabe returned on Saturday morning from a routine medical check-up in Singapore, but the arrival was with not without incident as First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe suffered a minor ankle injury at Harare International Airport.

The freak incident occurred when the First Couple’s chauffeur set the vehicle in motion before the First Lady had properly settled in.

The sudden movement of the vehicle saw Amai Mugabe withdraw her foot from the car, and as she lost her balance, one shoe came off and was run over by a rear wheel.

The opposition MDC-T wished the First lady well.

 

MDC-T says it may go it alone

THE opposition MDC-T has said it is ready to go it alone in next year’s harmonised elections if its intended coalition partners develop cold feet, in the latest episode of opposition parties giving conflicting statements about the formation of an alliance to face off with President Robert Mugabe.

 

ZEC exposed

INDEPENDENT electoral watchdogs yesterday cast aspersions over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) capacity to hold credible elections, after massive irregularities, including multiple registrations, were reportedly unearthed in the voters’ roll used in the just-ended Chiwundura parliamentary by-election.

 

Warriors lose but remain confident

WARRIORS captain Ocean Mushure is convinced the team can turn the tables when they clash with Namibia on Sunday in the African Nations Championship Southern zone second round second leg qualifier following their disappointing show in Windhoek, where they succumbed to a 1-0 defeat at the weekend.

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