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WATCH: Man drags 2 giant pythons along a dusty street in Harare Zimbabwe's state wildlife authority says it is investigating reports of a man who allegedly dragged two pythons through the streets of a Harare suburb as part of a witch-hunting exercise. Cape Town Multimedia User Galleries Njabulo Ncube, News24 Harare - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe 's top aide and government minister has shrugged off charges he is working together with the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema to topple the Zanu-PF strongman. State media on Sunday alleged that Saviour Kasukuwere, the Zanu-PF political commissar, who doubled as the local government minister, was plotting with Malema to stage a coup against Mugabe, 93. Mugabe was currently battling factionalism within the ruling party, as the race to succeed him got murky. The Sunday Mail , the largest circulating state-owned newspaper, claimed that Kasukuwere and Malema had the backing of a former diplomat Lord Robin Renwick. Renwick was the British ambassador to South Africa between 1987 and 1991. The report quoted one of Mugabe’s provincial ministers Martin Dinha. "During the meeting convened by Advocate Jacob Mudeda, I submitted the allegation that Cde Kasukuwere is working with Julius Malema because they both share the ambition to take over from power from presidents Mugabe and [Jacob] Zuma," Dinha told The Sunday Mail, further chronicling how Kasukuwere facilitated Malema’s visit to Zimbabwe in 2010. "...Kasukuwere and Malema see themselves in the same light. They want to run with the idea that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow and tomorrow is today...," Dinha said. But Kasukuwere, who was under fire from a camp which wanted Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to take over from Mugabe and pushing for the veteran leader to axe him, told News24 the allegations were patently false. "It's nonsense uttered by a deranged mind," Kasukuwere said, adding that Dinha was grasping at straws. "He is helplessly desperate. Someone needs medical help." Last week Kasukuwere filed a $1m lawsuit against Dinha and the state media over allegations he was intent on overthrowing Mugabe. Kasukuwere hinted on Monday that he would institute another legal action over the latest allegations. "See you in court. He who alleges must prove," said Kasukuwere. Efforts to get a comment from the EFF were unsuccessful. Social media reacted to the claims. See tweets below WATCH: Man drags 2 giant pythons along a dusty street in Harare Mugabe off to Singapore for routine medical check-up - report See More We’re currently experiencing serious technical problems on the site, and as a result are unable to update the news – even though our market data is running as per normal. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused and hope to be up and running again this evening. Thank you for your patience in this regard. – David McKay (editor) & team Cathy Buckle: What President Robert Mugabe didn’t say – 28 minutes wasted. introduction of ‘monopoly money’ , but it also saw a continuation of the downward spiral the country finds itself in. And having listened to his 28 minutes of reflection, Cathy Buckle fills in the gaps, and looks at the daily challenges most Zimbabweans had to overcome throughout the year, those that Mugabe missed. – Stuart Lowman By Cathy Buckle* On the same day that many thousands of people sat, stood and crowded the pavements outside the banks waiting to try and withdraw a few dollars of their own money, President Mugabe gave his annual State of the Nation Address. It was a hot afternoon in Parliament where MPs were squashed in like dried kapenta fish in a tight plastic bag. There was a titter of laughter when President Mugabe invited everyone to sit down and a scramble for positions ensued because there aren’t enough seats to accommodate members of Zimbabwe’s bloated parliament. Shoulders touching, bottoms squashed, many MPs had to sit forward on the benches, perch on the edge or sit sideways. They waited in anticipation, but for what? Perhaps Mr Mugabe was going to talk about the collapsed economy, the chronic shortage of US dollars in the country and the recent introduction of Bond notes, a surrogate currency forced upon us by Presidential decree. Perhaps he would say something about a year filled with demonstrations and protests which were squashed by horrific police beatings , the images captured on mobile phones for the world to see. Perhaps he’d say something about 90% unemployment or continued company closures, about 80% of our food still being imported 16 years after farm takeovers, or about our crippled health care system or rampant corruption in government departments. So much to talk about; this was surely going to be a very long speech. Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe While we waited to hear just exactly what Mr Mugabe was going to say about the state of Zimbabwe in 2016 it was also a hot afternoon out there on the pavements where people had been queuing outside banks since 2 or 3 am in the morning. The vendors, Zimbabwe’s saviours, were there too, cruising the queues: selling air time, bananas, cold drinks, apples, boiled eggs and more. No one was holding out any hope of salvation or reprieve from the State of the Nation address but acknowledgement and a clear path ahead would be a good start. As President Mugabe made his way slowly through his speech you couldn’t help but wonder if we live in the same country. Apparently everything’s fine in Zimbabwe at the end of 2016. The economy is on the road to recovery; tourism is on the increase; hotel occupancy has increased from 41 to 42 percent; milk production is meeting one third of local demand; gold production is up, electricity generation is on the increase and government is working on zero tolerance to corruption. It says something about Mugabe's view of Zimbabwe that his 'State of the Nation' address lasted for a mere 30 minutes. December 6, 2016 Oh really! Nothing, not one word, was said about Bond Notes which the Reserve Bank is congratulating Zimbabweans on embracing, ignoring the fact that there’s nothing else to embrace because all the US dollars have disappeared into the vast hole behind government doors. No acknowledgment was made of thousands standing in bank queues everyday; of people not being able to withdraw enough of their own money to pay their bills, buy their food or medicines or even get on a bus. Not one word was said about unemployment or company closures or about human rights violations and police brutality. At the end of just a 28 minute speech describing his version of the State of Zimbabwe in 2016, 92 year old President Mugabe said: “I commend our forces for the peaceful environment we have here…I conclude by paying tribute to our peace loving people who have endured all manner of hardships since we embarked on our land reform programme.” With hardly a sound Zimbabweans turned back into place in the bank queues. Tragically we expected nothing better, we demanded nothing better and we got nothing better. Cathy Buckle is the author of four children books. She has also written the non-fictional African Tears, the Zimbabwe Land Invasions, Beyond Tears: Zimbabwe’s tragedy, Innocent Victims: Rescuing the Stranded Animals of Zimbabwe’s Farm Invasions and Sleeping Like a Hare. The article was first published at cathybuckle.com , or follow her on Twitter @cathybuckle . * For more in-depth business news, visit Most Read cheap Authentic jordans cheap jordans cheap real jordans cheap jordans for sale /component/user/?option=com_content&view=article&id=115 cheap jordans for sale cheap retro jordans cheap real jordans cheap air jordans www.crafthammerdesign.com http://ezyrecon.com/files/ http://www13.plala.or....ite_roots/gwbbs/gwbbs.cgi http://oforyou.com/jfo...s/list/0/18708.page#20751 |