November 26, 2024
Officials at COPAC claimed yesterday the drafting of the new constitution, which was delayed last year due to the bickering between ZANU-PF and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), coupled with a severe financial squeeze, could be completed in September, three months later than…
In a report tabled in Parliament last month, the Education Parliamentary Committee said although the Ministry of Education, Sports, Arts and Culture’s received the largest allocation in the 2011 National Budget — US$469 367 000 — it would be forced to cut back on certain expenditures as most…
The current year is no exception.After enduring a gruelling 2010, ordinary Zimbabweans are looking into the future with a lot of anticipation. But other than just pinning hope against hope; there are no justifiable economic fundamentals to support their being upbeat about the future.Economists, who are the experts…
The MDC-M’s leadership in Masvingo has petitioned the party’s national executive, threatening to boycott the congress slated for Saturday and Sunday unless seven critical issues are addressed.The province wants clear guidelines as to who is responsible for nominating candidates for top positions in the MDC-M and also argues…
Lawyers representing Prime Minister Tsvangirai on Tuesday officially served President Mugabe with papers demanding that the defendant make “a serious” submission before the High Court over his alleged unconstitutional re-appointments of the 10 disputed bureaucrats.In his papers to Terrence Hussein — the defendant’s lawyer — Tsvangirai’s legal representative,…
It emerged this week that Zuma, the facilitator in the Zimbabwean dialogue has always been opposed to rushed elections, fearing that they may end up yielding a contested result, the trend since 2002 when the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) started fielding its leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, as a…
Presenting a report by the Parliamentary Committee on Justice last week, committee chairperson, Douglas Mwonzora, said the amount allocated to the electoral body by Finance Minister Tendai Biti was not enough to capacitate ZEC, which badly needs state-of-the-art machinery and other logistical support before the holding of future…
Of late, council has been taking measures to improve its revenue base. This take-over of the power station is seen lessening the financial haemorrhage the city has suffered as a result of high electricity costs and other overheadsLast month, the HCC signalled its desire to wrest back vehicle…
The development comes as it emerged that international US dollar transactions involving the Marange gemstones had also encountered obstacles, with sources indicating that payments were being stalled by US-based banks supporting their country’s stance against the selling of the diamonds on the international market.A banker said all international…
Sources within the mining industry and government said the move, which comes hard on the heels of a Cabinet decision limiting the mining of all alluvial diamonds to government, has been communicated to the country’s independent diamond mining firms by the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ).Zimbabwe has…
