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CLAIM – Zimbabwe’s social media is alive with a debate on a Preliminary Delimitation Report compiled by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) which is currently under review in parliament, with…
Claim: President Emmerson Mnangagwa broke his annual vacation, just days into the holiday for an official ceremony to receive a Preliminary Delimitation Report from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), but Parliament as a separate arm of the State is not obliged to convene urgently to consider the Report, according to interpretations on some social media platforms.
Is this True of False?
False.
Claim: Zimbabwe Energy and Power Development Deputy Minister Magna Mudyiwa claimed in Parliament last week that the country would not have been facing the current problems if licensed Independent Power Producers (IPPs) had developed promised projects with a capacity of 2000MW.
Is this true or false?
Verdict: False, according to publicly available statistics from the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA).
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Claim: Zimbabwe is the most politically quarrelsome country on earth because its professional ranks are dominated by legal practioners, according to a claim posted on some social media platforms which…
