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Job Sikhala’s second coming

DESPITE the turmoil that Morgan Tsvangirai is batting in his party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader seems to have found some form of solace in the return of a former ally, Job Sikhala, into the party fold after nine years of not seeing eye to eye.…

Banking on Diamond to rebuild Zim

WHEN the Bob Diamond-led investment firm, Atlas Mara, announced its US$210 million investment into BancABC three weeks ago, the transaction was greeted with so much hype one felt the former Barclays PLC chief executive officer and his partner had injected investment big enough to turnaround Zimbabwe’s tottering economy.…

Tsvangirai snubbed

MASVINGO –— The local leadership of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) snubbed party president, Morgan Tsvangirai, during a visit here last Saturday in a clear sign that the former trade unionist might not have it easy come the party’s elective congress in 2016. The MDC-T will hold…

MDC-T returnees to face disciplinary action

THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) this week said it will subject some of the returning members who were either expelled or left the party on their own volition to disciplinary hearings, the Financial Gazette can report. Party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been extending an olive branch to…

Opposition parties in disarray

RUCTIONS within opposition political parties in Zimbabwe have shaken the confidence of those eager to see change in the manner the country’s affairs are governed. The country’s main opposition political parties have all been gripped by instability. For example, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan…

Father’s shoes too big for Zvobgo Jnr

MASVINGO — Eddison Zvobgo Jnr seems to be finding it difficult to retrace his father's political footsteps. If recent developments are anything to go by, it would appear that the late maverick politician and national hero, Eddison Jonasi Mudadirwa Zvobgo’s shoes are proving to be too big to…

‘Money was never deposited into my account ’

AS government pursues its indigenisation programme, questions have been raised over its progress, or lack thereof. Recently, the Chiadzwa diamond companies professed ignorance over the existence of the Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZ-CSOT), denying ever pledging to disburse US$10 million each while others alleged that they deposited…

Pressure piles on government

PRESSURE is piling on ZANU-PF to tackle a cocktail of economic challenges that threaten to bring business operations and the economy to a halt. After a landslide victory in the July 31, 2013 harmonised polls and its promise of a better managed economy, the victorious ZANU-PF administration is…

Govt unlikely to repay New ZimSteel loans

GOVERNMENT may not be able to meet its obligation to settle New ZimSteel’s domestic debt which it agreed to repay as part of the conditions to resuscitate operations at the steel manufacturer, a development which could delay the resumption of operations at the fallen steel giant. New ZimSteel,…