April 29, 2024
President Robert Mugabe has said he would want elections held at least by March next year, a development likely to be endorsed by the party’s congress early next month.The ZANU-PF December conference is expected to be the party’s launch pad for next year’s elections, with President Mugabe likely…
In what is probably one of the most controversial motions to be tabled in the House of Assembly in recent years aimed at pressurising the authorities to utilise diamonds for national building, Members of Parliament said they were in possession of evidence detailing the looting of the gems,…
At the epicentre of the internecine fights is Africom founder, Kwanayi Kashangura, who is fighting tooth and nail to regain control of the company he helped establish in 1995 before losing majority control in the intervening years.Kashangura had restricted himself to a minority role after he opened the…
Zuma was initially expected in Harare this month to engage the protagonists in the Zimbabwe crisis - President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara - with a view to narrow their differences over the lack of progress in the implementation of the…
While the current trend has its genesis in the 2008 synchronised elections when aspiring ZANU-PF Members of Parliament coined what they termed the "bhora mudondo" strategy that was meant to deny President Mugabe a sixth Presidential term, lawmaker activism among MPs from the revolutionary party has become widespread…
The property invasions have been perceived by observers as a covert move by ZANU-PF to curry favour among the youths who remain crucial to President Robert Mugabe's re-election bid in polls the veteran politician wants held by March next year. Earlier this month, Saviour Kasukuwere, the Youth Development,…
The pieces of legislation endorsed by Cabinet include the Attorney General (AG)'s Bill; the Consumer Protection Bill; the ZimTrade Bill; the State Enterprises Bill and the Macro Finance Bill.Also approved by Cabinet is the Zimbabwe Investment Promotion Bill; the Standards Development Bill, the amendment of the Banking Act…
On Tuesday, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) Buhera Central legislator, Tangwara Matimba, moved a motion for the introduction of the Urban Councils Amendment Bill, through a Private Members Bill.The proposed law seeks to dilute government's influence over municipal and town councils.It will also correct anomalies arising from previous…
This is despite President Robert Mugabe's silence over the WikiLeaks saga which saw confidential diplomatic cables containing private exchanges between the US diplomats and politicians from both ZANU-PF and Movement for Democratic Change formations being leaked into the public domain by the whistle-blower website.While several ZANU-PF bigwigs were…
Mpofu's loyalty to the ZANU-PF leader became public knowledge last year through a leaked letter in which he wrote to the incumbent recommending Core Mining to extr-act alluvial diamonds from the controversial Marange diamond fields. In the letter, Mpofu signed off as "your ever obedient son", much to…
