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Cabinet to gobble up billions

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s new, 29-member Cabinet, sworn in yesterday to take charge of government affairs for the next five years, will cost the cash-strapped administration billions of dollars in consumptive expenditure, which include top of the range vehicles and housing allowances. (more…)

Made: A cat with nine lives

AGRICULTURE, once the backbone of Zimbabwe’s economy and Africa’s bread-basket is now a pale shadow of its former self, forcing the country to extend its begging bowl to its neighbours.The ironic reality is hard to comprehend. (more…)

Solutions to food shortages proffered

THE agricultural portfolio should be pulled out of the belly of politics, if the sector is to perform viably, a farmers’ organisation has said.Over a decade of underproduction in the agricultural sector has seen the country battling with intermittent food shortages since 2000. (more…)

Chiadzwa villagers sing the blues

MUTARE — Families relocated from the controversial Chiadzwa diamond fields are singing the blues after some of the companies extracting the gems in Marange dumped them at Arda Transau resettlement area without providing them with alternative means of survival. The villagers said their relocation to Arda Transau, which…

Who will chair ZANU-PF?

As Simon Khaya-Moyo ascends…ZANU-PF faces a dilemma over who will occupy the party’s national chairmanship to be left vacant in the event that Simon Khaya-Moyo (pictured), the incumbent, is elevated to the second vice presidency. (more…)

Mushonga’s inclusion causes turmoil

THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Welshman Ncube is in turmoil as divisions have emerged over the inclusion of the party’s secretary general, Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, on the party’s Matabeleland South proportional representation list that saw her gaining a Parliamentary seat. (more…)

JOMIC outlives inclusive government

BULAWAYO — More than a month after the government it sought to monitor ended, the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC) lives on.A product of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) and watchdog of the just-ended coalition government, JOMIC still exists even after the inauguration last month of President…

EU re-engagement hangs in balance

BULAWAYO — Re-engagement talks between Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) hang in the balance following last week’s expiry of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), which paved the way for the resumption of dialogue between Harare and Brussels. (more…)