November 28, 2024
Green Fuels, in which businessman Billy Rautenbach has a major stake, ran into problems in 2011 and subsequently closed its plant, triggering an investigation by a cabinet committee led by Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara.The committee made a number of observations and recommendations, culminating in the publication of…
A former ZANU-PF central committee member whose business interests span across telecommunications, mining, retail, broadcasting and consultancy, Makamba exited the country in 2005 after being charged with violating the Exchange Control Act. He skipped bail never to return as the State prosecuted him on charges of allegedly externalising…
Previously, candidates standing on party tickets have been selected on the basis of their popularity than competence. This applied to candidates from both ZANU-PF and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).This year, the three main political players have indicated that they would be going…
Parliament is expected to approve the draft constitution next month although not all its provisions would immediately come into force.Clauses to do with citizenship, the conduct of security forces, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission as well as those relating to provincial and local government among others would have legal…
The State media, said to be acting on the orders of one of the powerful cliques within ZANU-PF, has dusted a decades-old case in the aftermaths of his rulings and invited attacks on the judge who was described in a 2009 leaked United States cable as “perhaps Zimbabwe’s…
This has fuelled speculation that all might not be well in the management of funds generated from the sale of the precious mineral, particularly gems from the controversial Chiadzwa fields.Allegations of looting diamond funds started at the formation of the inclusive government in February 2009, with Finance Minister…
ZANU-PF strategists, buoyed by opinion polls placing their party ahead of Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC-T, their main rival, are now going for broke as they are convinced they now have their opponents on the ropes.Immediately, their focus has shifted to primary elections, an erstwhile hot potato…
The move courted the ire of international lawyers and human rights watchdogs, and highlighted to regional observers who were in the country to monitor a constitutional referendum held over the weekend that despite being in the four-year-old inclusive government, PM Tsvangirai remained a lame-duck premier.PM Tsvangirai and his…
The Cabinet session follows pressure from SADC for principals in the inclusive government to decisively deal with the scourge of violence that could discredit the electoral outcome of the planned elections and prolong the Zimbabwe crisis spawned by the inconclusive 2008 presidential election run-off.Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai’s…
Labour unions have been peeved by the fuel price hike that would push their embattled members further down the ranks of poverty.Hardliners within the unions want all trade unions to simultaneously call for a crippling stay-away to force government to reverse its decision that has the effect of…
