Biti, whose budget is likely to be the last under the inclusive government to be dissolved next year, has indicated in the past that significant fiscal pressures against the backdrop of a worsening liquidity crisis could force government to seek external funding for the plebiscite.The country is expected…

Zuma is facing a sterner test as the ANC heads for a crucial congress at Mangaung next month where his deputy, Kgalema Motla-nthe, is expected to spring up a challenge for the presidency.The uncertainty has forced the embattled South African leader to shift his focus from Zimbabwe in…

Sources within the party’s provincial structures told The Financial Gazette this week that Khupe was working with the MDC-T’s national deputy organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, to remove hostile elements against her entry into Bubi constituency.Khupe has been fingered in the suspension of provincial organising secretary, Thembiso Sibindi and…

The compromise over the piece of land near Karigamombe Centre, will see the statue co-existing with planned premises the MIFP intends to construct at that site that would be leased to a local food court.The “golden triangle,” as the piece of land is referred to by the pension…

In a question and answer session with The Financial Gazette this week, Matinenga, who is currently serving his last and only term in both Parliament and Cabinet after opting not to seek re-election, said he would quit politics a disappointed man as more could have been achieved had…

Siwela and his co-accused, Charles Thomas and John Gazi were arrested in March last year after they were found distributing flyers calling upon people to stage  protests against the government. Siwela, infamously known for his party’s secessionist agenda, and the other co-accused are currently awaiting trial on treason…

Dabengwa revived ZAPU in 2009 after a brief flirtation with Simba Makoni’s Mavam-bo/Kusile/Dawn in the controversial 2008 harmonised polls.Despite the fact that the party is currently operating from the streets following its eviction in August from its headquarters in Bulawayo over non-payment of rentals, ZAPU has rolled-out election…

As a result, capacity utilisation in the manufacturing sector plunged from 57,2 percent last year to 44,2 percent this year, hardly surprising in view of the liquidity crunch blighting the national economy and the uncertainty gripping the investor community over the country’s future.Still, the 44,2 percent capacity utilisation…

Information obtained by this paper this week indicates that even though ZANU-PF’s Politburo proposed 266 amendments to the draft constitution, there is still internal dissent within the party over the idea.ZANU-PF has faced resistance in incorporating its amendments into the draft charter with indications pointing to piecemeal changes…