November 28, 2024
ZANU-PF has upped the ante on elections which it wants held in March next year. But the increased talk on elections has unnerved South Africa, which is pushing for the protection of its investments north of the Limpopo River.At the meeting of cabinet ministers from the two countries,…
The Justice Minister’s initial legislation was passed by both the house of assembly and Senate but was stalled because of sharp differences between Chinamasa and the AG, Johannes Tomana who was opposed to the law coming into effect in its current form.The AG told The Financial Gazette in…
Vakakora Capital approached the Harare High Court claiming that a Namibian financial institution cancelled a US$250 million loan after reading stories alleging political violence in two independent daily newspapers in May last year. In its court papers the firm charged that the two separate stories misrepresented the actual…
Of the nine laws expected to go through Parliament in the current session none has a bearing on levelling the political playing field, essential for holding free and fair polls.While officially opening the last session of Parliament, the incumbent insisted on a March 2013 poll, without reference to…
Despite murmurs in ZANU-PF’s rank and file over the efficacy of President Mugabe’s candidature, the party’s schemers contend that the issue of the party’s presidential candidate or any other position in the presidium for that matter is now a closed chapter.This follows President Mugabe’s endorsement as the party’s…
President Mugabe, who appears to have PM Tsvangirai in his corner, is seen by hardliners in his party as the only tried and tested cadre who could use his political clout to give the draft charter a slant that suits ZANU-PF’s interests.The party had previously attempted to force…
It emerged this week the four-member panel set up by the Politburo to look into the troubled hotspot threatening to create further divisions in the volatile Masvingo province has never met three months after it was established.Conservationists, villagers and political foes had raised the red flag after ZANU-PF…
For a decade now, the country’s security sector establishment has threatened to block the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader from taking the reins of power should he succeed in breaking ZANU-PF’s grip on power.The Global Political Agreement (GPA) which paved the way for the inclusive government had,…
Marshal Muyambo, the workers’ representative at Catercraft, was suspended about three weeks ago after he was quoted in an article published early this month.Catercraft was named in the paper’s edition of October 3, 2012 as one of the ZANU-PF companies that are in the red. Most of the…
The forthcoming harmonised elections will effectively bring closure to the present acrimonious government of national unity (GNU). However, the road to the fresh polls is seen littered with political landmines despite this week’s conclusion of a second All-Stakeholders’ Conference. Sharp constitutional differences remain among the three political parties…
