November 24, 2024
The Harare businesswoman, currently out of custody on US$2 000 bail along with two other Telecel Zimbabwe executives over a US$750 000 alleged fraud at the company involving seed packs, claims the Orascom Telecom-controlled local unit had fabricated allegations against her in order to fix her after she…
Last week, the State granary suspended its logistics and distribution manager, Retired Colonel Nicodimus Gukwa and distribution manager, Ngoni Kandeya, while Tsitsi Bhudiyo, a distribution officer, was questioned and released by the police over the disappearance of the commodities.The underhand deals, believed to be involving a company owned…
Zuma jetted into the country on Tuesday on a three-day working visit to try and save the shaky one-year-old coalition from collapse.Yesterday, the facilitator to the Zimbabwe crisis, separately met the protagonists in the government of national unity — President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy…
But the development is being viewed by Members of Parliament as an attempt to block the investigation as the diamond saga takes a new twist.Legislators met this week and resolved to institute contempt of Parliament proceedings against the two companies should they fail to appear for the next…
The pressure, accor-ding to sources, is emanating from within the MDC formations as well as from the international community keeping watch on the coalition government that has been dogged by squabbles over the imp-lementation of the Global Political Agree-ment (GPA).Diplomatic sources said they were taken aback by the…
The House of Assembly adopted the motion last year, with its mover, MDC-T Masvingo legislator, Tongai Matutu, informing The Financial Gazette last October that the setting up of the committee was imminent.This week, the party’s chief whip, Innocent Gonese, said: “The motion did not lapse, but was never…
The latest round of talks that was meant to resume a fortnight ago collapsed for the umpteenth time after some of the negotiators failed to attend the meeting. Those in attendance dug in their heels by refusing to compromise on the contentious outstanding issues.The bickering in the inclusive…
Alleged ringleader Albert Matapo, a retired soldier and six others had applied for bail through their lawyer, Charles Warara, on grounds that they have not been tried since their arrest in May 2007.The alleged coup plotters also argued that the absence of two state witnesses — one who…
The South African agri-processing group, which recently consolidated the Zimbabwean operations in its financial statements for the year to December 31, 2009, will boost the installed milling capacity of 600 000 tonnes per year at its Zimbabwean operations in the next few years.CEO Peter Staude said last week…
Appearing before the Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Co-operation Parli-amentary Committee on Tuesday, Gono dismissed earlier claims by ZimTrade senior management that he was to blame for their woes, saying they were playing a blame game to cover up their failure to finance their operations.ZimTrade is currently…
