April 20, 2024
According to figures tabled in Parliament recently by the Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister Gift Chimanikire, the country sold three million carats of diamonds in the first three months of the year, with Treasury receiving US$30 million.But Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Highfield East lawmaker Pearson Mungofa,…
The minister told members of the legislative assembly recently that there would be further changes to the country’s electoral law after the current constitution-making exercise, but he did not specify the nature of the amendments.He said the changes so far effected to the law make it impossible for…
MDC insiders fear the move could be intended at intimidating the party ahead of the referendum and fresh elections.Ncube’s Hillside suburb house was raided by three men who claimed to be police officers early last week, stealing only his mobile phone, despite there being numerous valuables in the…
ZANU-PF spin-doctors have been in overdrive mode to discredit the draft, claiming it failed to incorporate the views of the people collected during controversial outreach programmes that were marred by violence and allegations of participants being coached to parrot what President Mugabe’s party wanted included in the new…
While an inquest into the death of Mujuru, husband to the country’s Vice President, Joice Mujuru and ZANU-PF second secretary, concluded that there was no suspicion on how the general died, his family, and to a larger extent the nation, have remained dissatisfied with the official explanation. They…
The revelations come at a time when the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Natural Resources, Tourism and Environment has indicated that it would summon Mzembi in due course over the UNWTO general assembly to be held in the resort town of Victoria Falls in August next year, following a…
Although reports have indicated that the centre stage at the Maputo summit to be held from Aug-ust 17 to 18 would be occupied by the crisis in Madagascar, diplomatic sources revealed yesterday that Zimbabwe would also feature on the agenda of the regional body.While the summit would consider…
The Financial Gazette can exclusively reveal that the Justice Minister, as the chairperson of the Cabinet committee on legislation, will soon institute measures to force the police to act within the parameters of the law.Chinamasa’s measures will extend to other government arms such as the Environmental Management Agency…
Critics of ZANU-PF allege the party has used Chipangano on several occasions as storm troopers, particularly in Harare since 2000 after the revolutionary party effectively surrendered the capital city to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s formation of the Movement for Democratic Change.Chipangano’s list of misdeeds range from extortion, beating…
Health experts fear the resurgence of the water shortages at a time the country is battling the outbreak of typhoid might result in the eruption of cholera, barely three months after the 2011 outbreak had been contained.Harare requires at least 1 200 mega litres of clean water daily.…
