The Chinese contractor working on the project left the site in December after completing the first phase of the project.Larry Mavhima, the chairman of the Midlands Development Association and the party’s deputy provincial chairperson, said the project would resume at the beginning of next month.“The Chinese company, which…

Mutasa, one of the longest serving Cabinet ministers, is emerging as a favourite to land the party’s national chairmanship after it emerged this week that ZANU-PF was moving to do away with the tradition whereby the position had been reserved for former ZAPU cadres even though this was…

Treasury requires an estimated US$250 million to run both the referendum and the harmonised elections which would terminate the drama-filled life of the inclusive government formed in February 2009 to end intense contestation for power between bitter rivals, ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change formation led by…

Half of the conservancy's 350 kilometre fence has been torn down and much of it is being used to snare animals in the game park. To make matters worse, villages estimated at about 2000 have been resettled inside the conservancy over the past five years.Basil Nyabadza, chairperson of…

.A recent report on Youth, Indigenisation and Empowerment revealed that there was misuse of the funds last year. It said most of the beneficiaries who accessed the fund did not qualify for the assistance received.Also, Treasury has been failing to disburse the monies on time."There is need for…

Most people whose parents or grandparents were born in neighbouring countries, notably Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, lost their right to vote in Zimbabwe as the previous ZANU-PF government became hostile to people of foreign origin.Most minority white Zimbabw-eans were also stripped of their citizenship and the right to…

The party's provincial elections directorate this week turned down Sibanda's nomination on the grounds that he has not been an MDC-T member for five years.Aspiring candidates, according to the party's electoral guidelines, "should exhibit maturity and have a good public record, five years continuous membership, fully paid up…

With the draft constitution having been brought to Parliament this week, all parties in government are already agreeable to its smooth passage after the intervention of the principals, President Mugabe, Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai, Movement  for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Welshman Ncube and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur…

He was 44 years old.Kwashirai died around midnight on Tuesday after a battle with lung cancer.Kwashirai, who for several years was chairperson of the judges for The Financial Gazette's Top Companies Survey, was a former president of the Zimbabwe Economic Society and sat on the boards of several…

Insiders at Town House, the city's administrative nerve centre, say there were behind-the-scenes manoeuvres by civil society organisations to force Ma-sunda out of Town House before the next elections.The Harare City Council has come under fire from residents for failing to collect garbage, erratic water supplies, shambolic street…