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No closure on Mujuru case

Family lawyer, Thakor Kewada who represented the Mujurus at an inquest into the death of the late general last year told The Financial Gazette this week that there were no new developments on the matter.“At the moment there is a standstill. I can’t say much about it right…

Poll plan off rails

The development comes as the country’s main political parties — ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations — are yet to come up with dates for the conduct of their own primary polls to select candidates to represent them in the main elections — an indication…

ZANU-PF’s Gweru hall illegal?

While the city fathers in the Midlands’ provincial capital insist that the structure, being built at a cost of US$6,5 million is illegal as there was no approval for change of land use, ZANU-PF officials associated with the project say every step was taken to comply with the…

Govt owes €16m

A Central Committee report to the ZANU-PF 13th people’s conference held two weeks ago revealed that the farms covered under the BIPPAs remain a headache to the government after Dutch farmers approached the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and won a claim of 16 million…

The return of Zuma

The ANC re-elected Zuma as leader of the party, teeing him up for another seven years as head of state with the country’s second richest businessman Cyril Ramaphosa as his deputy. Ramaphosa is seen as broadly favourable to business and investment.After the announcement of Zuma’s re-election, the rand…

Kunonga faction crumbles

Kunonga’s faction has also suffered major defections to either the latter or different other churches after Supreme Court appeal judges ruled last month that rights to Anglican properties were legally vested in the CPCA led by bishop Chad Gandiya.In some cases, Kunonga’s followers have abandoned church services altogether…

Diamond looters cornered

Accusations and counter-accusations have dogged the handling of revenues from Chiadzwa diamond exp-orts ever since the government seized the hugely prolific fields from the private sector in 2006. The discord worsened following the formation of a coalition government in February 2009, with head of the exchequer, Tendai Biti,…

Mugabe risks isolation if he defies SADC

SADC leaders, meeting in Tanzania at a weekend summit to discuss the region’s trouble spots, urged the political stakeholders in Zimbabwe to fully implement the Global Political Agreement (GPA) before holding fresh elections after an inconclusive presidential poll in June 2008.The summit further urged President Mugabe, Prime Minister…