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President’s men dragged to court

The two are senior executives of the forum, ordered by an independent arbitrator last month to pay a former information and documentation manager of the NECF, Dennis Rwafa, about US$198 991 in salary arrears.Ndhlukula and Katsande deputise the chief secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, Misheck…

Mutinhiri axed from Parly

Lovemore Moyo wrote to the former legislator for Marondera East this week notifying her of the decision.Two weeks ago, ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa, wrote to the Speaker notifying him that Mutinhiri had ceased to be a member of the party after she was expelled on August…

China criticises Zim policies

According to two separate United States classified cables written in 2009 and last year, China is also reaching out to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai.In a leaked cable about a conversation between US ambassador, Charles Ray and Chinese ambassador, Xin Shunkang, the latter is alleged to have said Chinese…

ZANU-PF to block changes to POSA again

In the previous legislative session, which ended last month, Justice and Legal Affairs Minister, Patrick Chinamasa blocked a bid by Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) chief whip, Innocent Gonese to steer the proposed legislation before the Senate on grounds that the matter was before the Global Political Agreement…

Biti in trouble over Mujuru death

This emerged as police began pondering over the possibility of interviewing Guy Watson-Smith, the former white owner of the Beatrice farm at which Mujuru died from an unexplained inferno. The plan to interview Watson-Smith appeared to suggest that police investigations into the death of Zimbabwe's first black army…

Constitutional crisis looms . . .

Issued a fortnight ago, the order will particularly deal a body blow to the sourcing of public input on three critical Bills that form the bulwark of the envisaged political reforms that should lead to free and fair elections whenever they are held.These are the Electoral Ame-ndment Bill,…

NRZ refers strike to ministry

Management said in the memo, seen by this newspaper, that the industrial action was illegal, but sources revealed they were now scrambling for a settlement from the Ministry of Labour. NRZ employees, numbering about 9 000 nationwide, downed their tools on Tuesday, demanding payment of outstanding salaries and allowances,…

White farmers on high alert

Olivier Hendrick, a director of CFU, said the union was concerned by the renewed farm invasions."We have communicated to our remaining farmers to be cautious and vigilant. Our duty is to protect our members and to urge them not to take the law into their own hands. We…

Activists want police cells closed

WOZA wants the cells closed until such a time that they have been renovated to include running water, bathing showers, clean and salubrious flushing toilets with toilet paper and a washing bowl.They also want the flushing toilets at the facility to be cordoned off from the main cell…

MDC-T murder suspects granted bail

Justice Joseph Musakwa granted Kerina Dewa and Memory Ncube US$300 bail each.The two had been in jail since their arrest on September 7 on charges of murdering Petros Muteza.Dewa and Ncube are part of 26 MDC-T members who were arrested on the same charges. Seven other activists are…