November 26, 2024
At least three longtime allies from ZANU-PF are likely to fall by the wayside as the veteran Zimbabwean leader shifts focus from his bruising tug-of-war with Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations in the inclusive government to the performance of State bureaucrats in his Cabinet lineup.The Cabinet reshuffle…
Proposals for the amendment of the party’s constitution, first written in 1999 before the infamous split of the united MDC in 2005, were submitted by provinces to the MDC-T national council that met in Harare yesterday on the eve of the national congress, which kicks-off in Bulawayo today.Party…
Zuma’s team was said to be trying to iron out differences between the three political parties constituting the inclusive government, whose bickering has angered regional leaders who expressed their impatience over the non-implementation of resolutions agreed at previous SADC summits to heal escalating hostilities between the parties.The meeting…
Sikanyika died in a car accident on Sunday night just hours after some politburo members (names supplied) had sought to bulldoze and confirm him as substantive chairperson for the province during a ZANU-PF provincial coordinating committee meeting.He will be buried today at his Nyarugwe Farm in Raffingora. On…
Seven publications were last week granted permission to start operating, a move welcomed by media lobby groups and journalistic organisations such as the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and the Media Institute of Southern Africa.But attention has quickly shifted to the broadcasting sector with media lobby groups calling…
Reports indicated that a proposal had been agreed to allow the resumption of diamond exports from the largely alluvial Marange claims. The proposal is expected to be handed over to the Zimbabwe government sometime this week by the current Kimberley Process (KP) chairperson, Mathieu Yamba of the Democratic…
The State-run power utility has not increased the price of electricity since February 2009 when the economy dollarised.Through its transmission and distribution unit, ZESA had proposed to hike tariffs to US$0,10 per kilowatt-hour this year from US$0,07.53 per unit, but faced resistance from consumers, industry and government, who…
There are also indications that sector-specific thresholds and empowerment credits could be dropped completely to do away with implementation complications that could arise from a discriminatory application of the 51 percent indigenisation equity provision of the principal legislation. The General Regulations compel non-indigenous resource companies with a net…
Figures published by the Accountant-General’s department in the Government Gazette early this month on the consolidated financial performance from the beginning of the year to February 28 indicate a bad start for the inclusive government as it failed to live within its means.In February, employment costs for diplomatic…
This emerged as investigations indicated the party was now in a quandary with its anti-sanctions campaign meant to raise two million signatures to force the European Union, the United States and other Western countries to remove sanctions they say are targeted at President Robert Mugabe and members of…
