Zimbabwean journalists and media houses have faced perennial questions over their commitment to reporting and presenting news and information in a fair, accurate and balanced manner, particularly during elections. In…
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reversed an order banning the disclosure of procurements in the public health sector, which the government says was published in his name unprocedurally without his…
The Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) nullified the results of nearly 5,000 Ordinary Level candidates over allegations of cheating during the 2022 end of year public examinations.
The council said it cancelled the results of students who had pre-access to the question papers at different examination centres around the country, in accordance with Section 34 of the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Act.
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).
