Since 2000, when ZANU-PF first faced the real possibility of losing its grip on power following the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in 1999, there has been an upsurge in politically-motivated violence to coerce the electorate, with the situation worsening in the 2008 synchronised elections.ZIPRA…

Informed sources said the ZANU-PF side of the inclusive government has blocked the release and implementation of recommendations of the audit said to have unearthed 75 000 ghost workers, among a host of other anomalies. The audit, conducted by Ernst and Young India in November 2009, is the…

The covert battle between Hungwe, the senator for Chivi-Mwenezi and Mangwana, the Member of Parliament for Chivi Central, has sent shockwaves across ZANU-PF structures in the district amid fears the growing fissures might be exploited by the party's opponents to undermine its electoral chances.Hungwe, a former outspoken Masvingo…

The launch comes after Cabinet in May approved an ambitious US$9 billion plan anticipated to restore Zimb-abwe to past economic glory.Economic Planning and Investment Promotion Min-ister Tapiwa Mashakada said he believed the MTP would rally all political forces in the country to put Zimbabwe back to prosperity.The MTP…

The country's national debt is estimated at about US$7,1 billion, outstripping Zimbabwe's Gross Domestic Product at just over US$6 billion.Biti told Parliamentarians that the political wrangling in the unity government is proving costly because unless Zimbabwe clears its arrears with the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and…

Unions had rushed to announce the purported salary incr-ease even before the outcome of the latest round of negotiations, under the National Joint Nego-tiating Council (NJNC) had been brought to the attention of Cabinet.The unions last week announc-ed a new range of salary increments for public workers, claiming…

The meeting, which is expected to deliberate on the thorny issue of party primary elections could not be held last week because President Robert Mugabe - the human glue that keeps ZANU-PF from imploding - was out of the country on business. It was then moved to yesterday,…

Mudede, a State bureaucrat accused of failing to clean up the country's shambolic voters' roll, is effectively being rendered a departmental head under the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), chaired by veteran jurist, Retired Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe.Impeccable sources said a covert turf war is unfolding between Mudede, who was…

Both factions have maintained a heavy presence in Bulawayo and rural parts of Matabeleland North and South as they battle for voters in a region in which the revived ZAPU is also making in-roads as it fights for political relevance.Prime Minister Tsvangirai's faction recently paraded scores of people…

A fortnight ago, government gazetted the Zim-babwe Human Rights Bill, which will only deal with alleged human rights abuse cases committed after the consummation of the unity government.The Bill is now expected to be introduced in Parli-ament anytime soon as the mandatory 14 days after its gazetting lapsed…