November 28, 2024
Highly placed sources claimed this week that Rautenbach deposed the concessions, said to have been secured from President Robert Mugabe’s government before the consummation of the unity government for about US$100 million, to some Kazakhstan nationals, drawing the wrath of the ZANU-PF side of the coalition.ZANU-PF is against…
“Now that together we are on the last long haul, we still need to maintain our vigilance,” wrote the PM.“A political transition, as an interval between chaos and order, is generally a period of uncertainty; it offers saboteurs an opportunity to try out all forms of tricks to…
The impending plans follow hard on the heels of aggressive water cuts adopted by the city fathers recently.Last month, the city increased water cuts to residents from twice a week to the current three times per week in desparate attempts to conserve the precious resource.Fears of a cholera…
The liberation war party had drawn the ire of its political foes when it unilaterally amended COPAC’s draft constitution in successive politburo sessions leading up to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit held in Maputo, Mozambique last month.But the 266 amendments ZANU-PF had effected were flatly rejected…
COPAC has conducted most of its business in hotels requiring food and accommodation. On several occasions, they had to retreat to Nyanga in the eastern highlands, away from the hustle and bustle of the capital city in order to conclude the constitution-making process. But the hotel bills accrued…
Sesel Zvidzai, the party’s secretary for local government and Deputy Minister for Local Government, Public Works and Urban Development, told The Financial Gazette this week that another team has been set up to probe 12 more local authorities.“The anti-corruption crusade continues as we have set up another probe…
With ZANU-PF’s plans for a snap poll in disarray, the veteran nationalist is now racing against time to comply with a court ultimatum handed down last month for the conduct of the by-elections.A recent Supreme Court ruling directed President Mugabe to declare election dates for three vacant Matabeleland…
Viewed by many as among the moderates in President Robert Mugabe’s government, the Masvingo South lawmaker has went off on a tangent with a number of hardliners in the revolutionary party who are now plotting to unseat him ahead of the next polls.Mzembi stirred a hornet’s nest within…
In a way, the disciplinary hearing has brought to the fore alleged friction between ZANU-PF Politburo member Tendai Savanhu and the party’s Harare South lawmaker, Hubert Nyanhongo.Former ZANU-PF Mbare District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chairperson, Joshua Gore was suspended from the party for two years for leaking information to…
Mpofu has since last year approved about 18 special mining grants in Matabeleland North Province, though many have failed to take off because of threats from farmers and villagers operating conservancies in the area.The Mines Minister argues that the country’s economy was heavily dependent on mining hence the…
