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Ministries dare Tsvangirai

A review of the GWP for the first half of the year by the Prime Minister shows that out of the 36 line ministries, five have failed to submit their monthly progress reports.These are Foreign Affairs headed by Simbarashe Mumbengegwi, Media, Information and Publicity under Webster Shamu; Lands…

Retired army officers join poll race

Several retired army officers have hit the campaign trail in various constituencies, setting the stage for bruising encounters with sitting ZANU-PF legislators, both in the lower and upper houses of the bicameral Parliament. ZANU-PF insiders revealed this week that there is a beeline of former army officers who…

Biti crosses Mugabe’s path – again

An estimated US$200 million is required to run the synchronised elections with an additional US$100 million needed to fund a referendum on the new constitution expected before the end of the year.But in his Mid-Term Fiscal Policy Review Statement delivered on Tuesday, Biti once again omitted funding for…

ZANU-PF bigwigs face fresh probe

The land deals have already sucked in leading ZANU-PF figures such as Local Government Minister, Ignatius Chombo, property mogul, Phillip Chiyangwa, and the party's Women's League boss, Oppah Muchinguri, among others.The ZANU-PF officials are being accused of having irregularly acquired vast tracts of land and stands in the…

PM fumes over CIO boss

The appointment of Nhepera has also been condemned by the smaller faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Welshman Ncube.President Mugabe last week announced the appointment of Nhepera as deputy director of the CIO. A former ZANLA cadre, Nhepera replaced Mernard Muzariri, who succumbed to…

Ministers fail to account for funds

The funds were disbursed last year following the setting aside of US$8 million by Treasury for that purpose, with Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Eric Matinenga subsequently setting March 31, 2011 as the deadline for accounting for the funds.Each legislator received US$50 000. However, four months after the…

Kasukuwere censured again

The Parliamentary Legal Com-mittee (PLC) noted that some of Kasukuwere's directives dealt with issues outside his jurisdiction.In an adverse report tabled in the House of Assembly on Tue-sday, the committee said General Notice 114 of 2011 gazetted in May this year was in contravention not only of the…

Pressure mounts on AG, Chihuri

JOMIC has written to the police Commissioner General, Augustine Chihuri and AG Johannes Tomana demanding feedback on allegations contained in two dossiers accusing their officials of persecuting ZANU-PF critics.Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), the Elected Councilors Association of Zimbabwe (ECAZ) and…

MP sues police, ZANU-PF councillors

Mushonga, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Legal Committee and a practicing lawyer, was arrested in March this year after two ZANU-PF Mazowe councillors, Ephraim Kunaka and Sydney Chidamba accused him of stealing their quarry stones valued at US$700. The MDC-T lawmaker was found not guilty…

Jostling over Harare governor post

Karimanzira, who was the ZANU-PF secretary for finance, died in March this year and was buried at the National Heroes Acre.The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) had nominated Senator James Makore for the Harare governorship basing its decision on the Global Political Agreement, which entitles partners in the…