November 25, 2024
Following the last round of inter-party talks between ZANU-PF and the two formations of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) early last month, the three principals had remained deadlocked on six contentious issues.ZANU-PF wants targeted sanctions imposed on its 203 members, including President Mugabe, lifted unconditionally while the…
Mutambara, the Deputy Prime Minister, was meant to have been hauled before the disciplinary committee last week to answer charges of perceived hero-worshipping of the veteran guerilla leader.His arraignment has been thrown into disarray after MDC-M officials — Renson Gasela (deputy spokesperson), Lyson Mlambo (party’s national chairman for…
Finance Minister, Tendai Biti, yesterday said he may be forced to expose the globetrotters before Cabinet after Treasury, which a fortnight ago, took the unprecedented step of freezing civil servants salaries due to a worsening liquidity crunch, failed to reign in the ministers with an insatiable appetite for…
The differences between the Prime Minister and Tendai Biti, the Finance Minister, are becoming more real than imagined as dramatised by the recent violence along factional lines that occurred at the MDC-T's headquarters in Harare recently as the party inches closer to its next elective congress, probably early…
By Tuesday, at least five new players had shown interest in navigating the media minefield while many others joined the queue to renew their licenses. But only one publication, NewsDay, had by this week completed and submitted its application form to the commission for licensing.ZMC chairman, Godfrey Majonga,…
Biti led a delegation to China last month that included Transport Minister, Nicholas Goche, as well as other senior officials from the two ministries as part of efforts to raise funds for 20 government projects following proposals submitted to the China Export and Import Bank.The Finance Minister has…
The position taken by the revenue authority has already resulted in casualties at NOCZIM after finance director, Isaac Mhaka and finance manager, Tanaka Sikwila, were suspended a fortnight ago for failing to advise the company's leadership on how the debt was being handled.NOCZIM public relations manager, Zvikomborero Sibanda,…
Currently, the United Nations Development Programme (UN-DP), the biggest foreign donor bankrolling the process, is scouting for a strategic advisor to join the constitution-drafting process from across the borders.ZANU-PF rejected the involvement of South African lawyer and businessman, Cyril Ramaphosa, and another unnamed Rwandese legislator in the first…
The ex-combatants, led by Joseph Chinotimba, the former vice-chairman of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA), want their monthly pensions increased from the current US$50 to US$600.“Those that are dead need to be compensated,” Chinotimba told The Financial Gazette this week.“The world over, Zimbabwe’s war veterans…
The children allege Gumunyu is not transparent and efficient in the manner he is handling the estate.The late orthopaedic surgeon died last year at 73 from injuries sustained when seven robbers attacked him at his Mount Pleasant home in June. Three weeks after his burial, a dispute over…
