In a question and answer session with The Financial Gazette this week, Matinenga, who is currently serving his last and only term in both Parliament and Cabinet after opting not to seek re-election, said he would quit politics a disappointed man as more could have been achieved had…

Siwela and his co-accused, Charles Thomas and John Gazi were arrested in March last year after they were found distributing flyers calling upon people to stage  protests against the government. Siwela, infamously known for his party’s secessionist agenda, and the other co-accused are currently awaiting trial on treason…

Dabengwa revived ZAPU in 2009 after a brief flirtation with Simba Makoni’s Mavam-bo/Kusile/Dawn in the controversial 2008 harmonised polls.Despite the fact that the party is currently operating from the streets following its eviction in August from its headquarters in Bulawayo over non-payment of rentals, ZAPU has rolled-out election…

As a result, capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector plunged from 57,2 percent last year to 44,2 percent this year, hardly surprising in view of the liquidity crunch blighting the national economy and the uncertainty gripping the investor community over the country’s future.Still, the 44,2 percent capacity utilisation…

Officially opening the Fifth Session of the Seventh Parliament on Tuesday, President Mugabe urged the Parliamentary Constitution Select Committee to expeditiously produce a report of the Second All-Stakeholders’ Conference “summarising the views expressed by the stakeholders, in particular the divergent views, and submit the report to the principals…

The Apex Council, the public servants umbrella body, is presently ravaged by factional fighting, rendering union leaders ineffective in organising nationwide industrial action. A two-week ultimatum given to the government expired last week without any incident.The 235 000-strong government employees had issued the ultimatum early October, threatening to…

ZANU-PF has upped the ante on elections which it wants held in March next year. But the increased talk on elections has unnerved South Africa, which is pushing for the protection of its investments north of the Limpopo River.At the meeting of cabinet ministers from the two countries,…

The Justice Minister’s initial legislation was passed by both the house of assembly and Senate but was stalled because of sharp differences between Chinamasa and the AG, Johannes Tomana who was opposed to the law coming into effect in its current form.The AG told The Financial Gazette in…

Vakakora Capital approached the Harare High Court claiming that a Namibian financial institution cancelled a US$250 million loan after reading stories alleging political violence in two independent daily newspapers in May last year. In its court papers the firm charged that the two separate stories misrepresented the actual…

Of the nine laws expected to go through Parliament in the current session none has a bearing on levelling the political playing field, essential for holding free and fair polls.While officially opening the last session of Parliament, the incumbent insisted on a March 2013 poll, without reference to…