Leading the anti-election drive are regional leaders who are leaning heavily on South African President, Jacob Zuma, who took over from Thabo Mbeki as the point man on issues pertaining to the Zimbabwe crisis, to drive the point home.Diplomatic sources told The Financial Gazette this week that latest…

His 2011 National Budget bore both provocative elements and pacifying ones, but for those who wish to view him strictly as a Finance Minister, Biti presented austere fiscal measures that should help the country mend a decade of economic ruin, but still leave many clutching for dear life.Biti…

The stalling of the drafting process has also raised fears that a new supreme law may not be ready by mid next year when the country is likely to hold fresh elections.Douglas Mwonzora, one of the three co-chairpersons of the Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC), said the exercise…

Zuma was in Harare last Friday to try to smooth over disputes between President Mugabe and Prime Minister Tsvangirai. But there are no visible signs as yet of the thawing of relations between them despite Zuma’s assurance that the ZANU-PF leader and the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T)…

The Financial Gazette yesterday saw a letter from the Germany government notifying Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister, David Coltart of the approval.The letter said the money would be channelled through Unicef and would be accessed by among other institutions, a new trust working with the coalition government…

The motion, moved by ZANU-PF Mwenezi East legislator, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, aims at highlighting the plight of Members of Parliament.Bhasikiti, who is also a member of ZANU-PF’s politburo, said the poor salaries paid to MPs and civil servants compromised the discharge of duty and worsened corruption.“Acknowledging that the nation…

As the diamond saga deepens one of the directors of Core Mining and Minerals Resources is alleging that the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development through its companies — the Zimbabwe Min-ing Development Corporation (ZMDC), Marange Resources and the Minerals Marketing Corpo-ration of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) — have departed…

Foreign Affairs acting permanent secretary, Ngoni Sengwe, appearing before the Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade Parliamentary Portfolio committee, said the regional ministerial committee was sitting on the SADC resolution.He revealed that the SADC ministerial committee has not visited a single Western country to try and coax…

“Clearly, a number of things need to happen before Zimbabwe is ready,” Ambassador Mark Canning told journalists at the embassy in Harare.“If a poll was to be held prematurely it would be most unlikely to be free and fair," he said.“It’s important to note that an election that…

The amendments intend to change the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act to subject such information to copyright protection, with serious implications for the rights of citizens to access public information.Currently Section 10 of the Copyright and Neighbouring Rights Act, official texts of statutes, official texts of judicial proceedings…