Top news items in major Zimbabwean media outlets
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HARARE, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The following are the news highlights in Zimbabwe's major media outlets on Tuesday.
-- The Zimbabwean government has allocated 31 million U.S. dollars to each of the country's 10 provinces for the implementation of devolution as it accelerates efforts to revive the economy through empowerment of provincial economies, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.
In implementing devolution under the new dispensation, Mnangagwa said, traditional chiefs should claim their position and ensure development of their areas of jurisdiction. (The Herald)
-- The seven-member Commission of Inquiry into the Zimbabwean post-election violence that claimed six lives and left property worth millions dollars destroyed in Harare has scoffed at its critics and defended the conclusion of the probe two weeks ahead of schedule.
The commission, chaired by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe, submitted an executive summary of the report to Mnangagwa on Thursday last week. It was appointed on August 29 and given three months to produce the final report. (The Herald)
-- Zimbabwean lawyers, human rights groups and opposition parties have expressed fears that the report by the commission of inquiry into the post-election violence in which the military allegedly killed six civilians will never be made public after Presidential spokesperson George Charamba said the report was meant for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's eyes "only".
Charamba was quoted by the state-controlled media on Monday as saying that Mnangagwa had the discretion to make the report public or not, but experts said such utterances defeat the constitutional spirit of transparency and accountability. (NewsDay)
-- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to turn around the welfare of traditional chiefs by piling benefits and a share of the 310 million dollars set aside for devolution in the 2019 National Budget.
He made the pledge on Monday in response to a tall list of demands presented to him by the traditional leaders at the ongoing national chiefs' council conference in Kadoma. (NewsDay)
-- Things are going from bad to worse in Zimbabwe, with Monday's devastating strike by doctors at the country's public hospitals being the latest problem to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa's beleaguered government. (Daily News) Enditem
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