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.
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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).
CLAIM: Zimbabwean teachers are among foreign teachers targeted by the United Kingdom to plug in staffing gaps in its public schools, according to a notice circulating widely on local social media where some have doubted its authenticity.
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FACTSHEET: Zimbabwe’s election fees for presidential, parliamentary and council candidates are among the highest in Africa, with nominations charges for running for the country’s highest executive post topping those of several African states.
