November 25, 2024
The non-implementation of agreed positions has escalated divisions within government that has culminated in bigwigs in both ZANU-PF and the MDC-T expressing the need for an early poll in order to end the marriage of convenience.The three principals in the government of national unity (GNU) have reportedly not…
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his popular faction of the MDC are adamant that most traditional leaders are increasingly turning into appendages of ZANU-PF, the latest being their endorsement of a rival’s presidential candidature.The MDC-T said it has noted the disturbing development in the country where chiefs and…
Shortage of doctors hit hospitals Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor THE shortage of doctors in Zimbabwe has reached crisis levels with the country having only 21 percent of the required medical practitioners amid other frightening statistics on the worsening health situation, a Parliamentary report has revealed.The report by the…
Chitsaka of Promenade Real Estate and Afro Villas International engaged ZTA for about a year to get the concept off the ground, but alleges he was dumped at the eleventh hour resulting in the loss of about US$600 000.He now wants the tourism body to pay him the…
Party members who spoke to The Financial Gazette this week gave a picture of a divided house amid allegations of imposition of candidates to leadership positions at the party’s congress held in August this year, discontentment over the distribution of resources among the provinces and alleged tribalism, among…
Sibanda, the late deputy president of the smaller faction of the MDC led by Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara, succumbed to cancer in August this year.But it emerged this week that there is disgruntlement among some executive members and supporters of the MDC-M over the promotion of Mzila…
This emerged as reports also suggested parliamentarians and sitting local government councillors from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) formation had turned their backs to the planned election for which indications already are that it could turn out to be the bloodiest in the history…
On Tuesday, the premier resumed his unsanctioned consultative process as directed by his party’s national executive council two weeks ago by proceeding to hold a meeting at Cyril Jennings Hall in Highfield despite police outlawing the public gathering.At the meeting, the MDC-T president, who will square up against…
The recommendation came out of a meeting between the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, a grouping of more than 300 civil society organisations, and the facilitation team, held at the Union Buildings in South Africa, last Wednesday.The local grouping, which was invited by President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team that…
It emerged this week the facility would only cater for smallholder farmers due to budgetary constraints as the coalition government battles to mobilise sufficient funding for the impending agricultural season.What it means is that A2 farmers will have to seek funding from the equally embattled banking sector, currently…
