November 26, 2024
Insiders claimed this week Tsvangirai, who together with his secretary general, Tendai Biti are not being challenged for their respective positions, was desperate to go to the MDC-T congress “with some semblance of unity” after disturbances rocked provincial elections in which a number of party supporters were injured.Aggrieved…
As the 2010/2011 agricultural summer cropping season draws to an end, an estimated two million Zimbabweans are said to be in the queue for food aid.Although government has dismissed reports from the Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWSNET), which monitors food security around the world, that 2,2 million…
The figures show that at least four pilots have been leaving the country every month for the past 20 years. Put differently, the country has been losing 100 pilots per year in the past 10 years. The number of aircraft operating in the country was also said to…
Ministers Francis Nhema and Hebert Murerwa officially announced government’s policy climb-down during an annual general meeting (AGM) of the Timber Producers Federation (TPF) held here last Friday.More than 10 000 families have occupied more than 5 000 hectares of timber plantations in Chimanimani and Nyanga since 2000 and converted the…
Workers from the private sector, particularly those from the financial services who already have outstanding salary disputes with their employers, were also said to be organizing behind the scenes for potentially unsettling work stoppages.This emerged as an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team that recently visited Zimbabwe made recommendations…
The volte-face was triggered by fears that the exercise could intensify internecine fighting within the fractious party and undermine spirited attempts by a wounded ZANU-PF to recover the ground lost to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s resurgent Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) formation in the March 2008 synchronised elections.But…
A damning report submitted by Zuma to the bloc’s Troika summit recently reveals a scathing assessment by the facilitator of the country’s political dialogue, a development that triggered a furious reaction from President Robert Mugabe’s party and the State media.Following Zuma’s presentation of the report and accompanying recommendations…
The Information Ministry has sent out invitations to journalists for a media tour of Chimoio and Nyadzonya training camps that kicks off today, in a project it says is aimed at correcting historical distortions and myths about the liberation struggle.The trip comes weeks after a ZANU-PF aligned organisation,…
The top international award is regarded by bankers as an industry standard for “banking excellence.”“We are delighted to have received this recognition,” said Stanbic chairperson, lawyer Sternford Moyo.“It is evidence of maintenance of a tradition of excellence in banking which has been recognised in the bank before."Moyo said…
An amendment to the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act is contained in the General Laws Amendment Bill, a proposed legislation currently before Parliament that seeks to revise over 10 statutes. Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa is steering the revision of the proposed laws that include changes…
