November 26, 2024
At the time of going to print yesterday, there were reports of massive defections from the MDC-M in four of the country’s political provinces, namely, Manicaland, Mashonaland West, Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central.This development comes almost a month after other key figures within the Mutambara camp, namely, Job…
Recent deliberations within the party suggest that President Robert Mugabe, who turned 85 in February this year, will not be challenged come December making him the automatic presidential candidate for ZANU-PF in the next elections.ZANU-PF heavyweights in President Mugabe's home pro-vince of Mashonaland West are already leading a…
France's secretary for State in charge of foreign trade, Anne-Mary Idrac will be leading the group to Harare barely a week after Norway announced it was renewing aid to the cash-strapped coalition government battling to pay salaries to civil servants.Diplomatic sources said the visit by Idrac augured well…
The allegations against two senior members of the Central Intelligence Organisation in Manicaland, Innocent Chibaya and Denis Masiya, as well as Rusape district administrator, Cosmas Chiringa, and businessman Robson Makoni, stem from accusations they interfered with State witnesses.The 15 witnesses were meant to testify against supporters of ZANU-PF…
After opening the year around R10 against the dollar, the rand gained as much as 12 percent to R8,22 on Monday last week, but trimmed its margin to R8,39 on Thursday after the Confederation of South African Trade Unions threatened to embark on a protracted worker unrest to…
Government has since conceded that the country’s prison system has collapsed forcing the shaky coalition to appeal to both local and international donors to provide food for prisoners.In an interview this week, the Deputy Justice and Legal Affairs Minister, Jessie Majome, said the figure is three times higher…
The move could further strain an already fragile relationship between ZANU-PF and the two MDCs with critics fearing it could lead to the eventual collapse of the shaky unity pact despite the fact that its principals are yet to declare a deadlock on the matter.In a two-page letter…
Observers said while the party had a right to its properties, the major hurdle was going to be who really represented the party, Dabengwa or his colleagues who had remained in ZANU-PF.A war veteran who has opposed the revival of ZAPU all along said the ZAPU that was…
The move has infuriated empowerment lobby group, the Affirmative Action Group (AAG), which responded by approaching government with a proposal that the listed company be subjected to the Indigenisation and Empowerment Act. The act stipulates that foreign companies must cede 51 percent of their shareholding to locals.In a…
The lawyers, who marched on Tuesday from the High Court to the offices of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa (New Government Complex) where they handed over a petition to his officials, protested against the harassment of legal practitioners by State agents during the course of their duties.Tuesday’s petition by…
