Published by  students in the AVU-IUP Certificate in Journalism 2004

The African Star

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Mugabe is destroying Zimbabwe's agriculture


By Savious Kwinika
Reporting from BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE


DYING of self inflicted wounds is how best to describe the manner President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF government has destroyed Zimbabwe's agricultural sector, long hailed as the nation's economic backbone leaving over five million people facing starvation. Full Story

 

Ruling party frames Mayor

for sexual harassment

By Savious Kwinika
Reporting from BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE


BULAWAYO, ZIMBABWE:  IN a spirited attempt to soil Bulawayo executive mayor
Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube's image, some MDC councilors believed to be working in cahoots with THE Zanu PF
GOVERNMENT have accused the mayor of Zimbabwe's second largest city of sexual harassment, an allegation that
lacked substance and tangible evidence, the mayor told confirmed on Friday. Full Story

 

ZANUPF pickpockets teachers


By Savious Kwinika
Reporting from MASVINGO, ZIMBABWE


TEACHERS Union of Zimbabwe (TUZ) is reported to have defrauded several teachers in Masvingo province and Matabeleland region of millions of dollars this month in a move viewed by many as aimed at boosting the forthcoming Zanu PF Congress, The African Star can
reveal. Full Story

 

Mugabe's ZANUPF sabotages water pipes for political opponents.

 

By Savious Kwinika
Reporting from LUPANE , ZIMBABWE


SUSPECTED Zanu PF supporters and war veterans in Lupane district, Matabeleland north are reportedly
vandalizing water pipes and bore-hole equipment in villages believed to be strongholds for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), The African Star established. Full Story