HH and general Zambians are banned from coming to the Airport for the Lungu funeral ceremony. The family has not not said if they will allow President HH to attend the army parade. The family body will arrive at 14:00.
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Key events for today
Mnangagwa to open the Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of International Council on Archives (ESARBICA), conference in Victoria Falls. Mnangagwa is expected by 10:00
Trending Topics
1. Chiwenga continues to boycott Mnangagwa events.
2. Safeguard Reaction Unit has shot dead a man at a company in Harare. Gift Moffat, 39, of Glaudina Park was not asked to plead when he appeared before the court. he attempted to rob Takunda Ushe. The Financial Clearing Bureau is a local credit risk and appraisals firm. The company was founded in 1988 and since that time has been serving the financial services sector’s credit clearing and referencing needs in Zimbabwe. Membership to FCB is open to all credit providers as well as companies, both private and public, that need customers, business partners, agents or staff vetted. He was remanded in custody until the matter is finalised and is now under the guard of the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services. Prosecutor Nomsa Kangara alleged that on June 15, Moffat and his accomplices connived to steal from Takunda Ushe, 45, the managing Director of Financial Clearing Bureau. Armed with an unidentified pistol, the gang broke into the firm’s premises at number 24 Harvey Road and stole US$565. One of the guards heard the noise and contacted Ushe who in turn contacted the Safeguard Security Company Reaction Team.
3. Temba Mliswa accuses Marian Chombo, Nyazema and Mutamba of corruption.
4. New Zimbabwe Child President has been elected. the ZANU-PF candidate wearing a scarf has lost.
5. Ashley Masendeke, affectionately known as Mai Jeremeya, was on the witness stand where two men. Under cross examination, Mai Jeremaya admitted that she did not know the man called Sam that she was talking to on the Phone.
Business
1. President trump has signed an executive order to accelerate the development of flying cars
Africa
1. Zambia government to protest the report by the UN special rapporteur on Human Rights. The ministry of information has singled out the Daily Monitor for damaging the image of Zambia.
2. South Africa grappling with which organ of the state has the power to apply for extraditions from the USA. The NPA has appealed to the constitutional court.
3. Togo has suspended broadcasts of the French state-owned networks Radio France Internationale (RFI) and France 24 for three months, citing repeated failings in impartiality, journalistic rigor, and fact-checking . The suspension was announced by Togo’s media regulator, the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAAC), which accused the outlets of airing inaccurate, biased, and sometimes false information that threatens the stability of Togo’s republican institutions and tarnishes the country’s image. The regulator specifically pointed to recent coverage of protests in Lomé on June 5 and 6, 2025, which were partly fueled by social media influencers and met with police crackdowns and arrests. HAAC warned that freedom of the press should not be a cover for disinformation or foreign interference in Togo’s media space
4. 10 EFF members died in a KZN bus crash.
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