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Coup plot rattles PM

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,…

ZANU-PF firm disciplines union leader

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…

Draft abolishes patronage

In a recent address to the Institute of Charted Secretaries and Administration in Zimbabwe, the minister also highlighted that although the current draft charter retains an executive Presidency, executive power now rests in both the President and Cabinet.ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change formations have since agreed…

Kunaka, Masimirembwa in ‘guerrilla warfare’

A war of words has erupted between rival camps linked to ZANU-PF provincial youth chairperson, Jim Kunaka and Goodwills Masimirembwa following suspicions over an indigenisation rally that would feature Kunaka in Mabvuku/Tafara, a constituency being eyed by Masimirembwa.Masimirembwa, the chairperson of the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation, has invested…

ZANU-PF bigwigs ignore Malema

The Central Committee, ZANU-PF’s policy-making organ, met in the capital on the eve of Malema’s private visit to attend a wedding of two party cadres, Tendai Wenyika and Mike Gava.While he was feted by some ZANU-PF Youth League officials, among them Saviour Kasukuwere, the party’s top brass, including…

Fingaz scribes excel

Ndlela landed the financial reporter of the year award sponsored by Delta Corporation, while Mandla Tshuma, also from the Fingaz, was a runner-up in the same category.Manyukwe scooped the legal and parliamentary reporter of the year award jointly sponsored by CBZ Bank and Matsikidze and Mucheche law firm.Winners…

Indaba litmus test for principals

With reports of politically-motivated violence increasing and ZANU-PF’s threats of a coup in the event of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai winning the next elections, the country has painfully inched closer to polls expected after a referendum on the draft charter.Next week’s constitution indaba therefore could not have come…

In-Depth out next week

The next edition of your favourite The Financial Gazette In-Depth will be out on October 25, 2012. Advertisers are being reminded that Monday, October 22, 2012 will be the booking deadline for advertising material. Readers, please, don’t miss out next week’s paper. — Editor

Poll roadmap in disarray

Although the Second All-Stakeholders’ Confe-rence to discuss the draft constitution is expected to kick off on Monday and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Bill was gazetted into law last week, critics say there is overwhelming evidence that the election roadmap insisted on by the Southern African Development Community (SADC)…

Police defy Biti

Finance Minister Tendai Biti froze recruitments across the board as the cash-strapped unity government found itself in an unenviable situation whereby most of its resources were chewed up by civil servants’ salaries that still fall far short of the breadline despite constituting more than 70 percent of the…