December 25, 2024
NGOs have been viewed with suspicion by the previous administration, which accu-sed them of working in cahoots with Western and European governments to undermine the leadership of President Robert Mugabe.The renewed atte-mpts to force NGOs to share intimate information with the government are being seen as a continuation…
The quartet: Tonderai Mu-manikidzwa, Emmanuel Mavuna, Michael Paul and Sidom Chinzete, who stand accused of breaking the ribs of the suspects while in detention said this at the opening of their trial at the Harare Magistrate Court last Friday.The case is before magistrate Paidamoyo Mukumburi.Allegations are that the…
All along the split that weakened the MDC had been blamed on sharp differences over the party’s participation in the divisive senate elections held in 2005.But the MDC-T said at the weekend its differences with Gibson Sibanda, Welshman Ncube, Gift Chimanikire, Getrude Stevenson, Paul Themba-Nyathi and other key…
Charles Rukuni, Bureau ChiefBULAWAYO — One of the city's oldest supermarkets Haddon and Sly, which closed down and fired all its workers nearly four months ago, has been given two weeks to negotiate how it will settle the workers salaries that it owes.The order was given by Labour…
The deal is also expected to open up important synergies between the two companies.Adam Molai, Savanna Tobacco's executive chairman, told The Financial Gazette recently that the company was being positioned to dominate the domestic and export markets by expanding production capacity and contracting emerging farmers across the country…
The case, filed by lawyers representing freelance journalists Stanley Gama, Valentine Maponga, Stanley Kwenda and Jealous Mawarire, stemmed from a directive by the Ministry of Media, Information and Publicity, instructing scribes wishing to cover the on-going Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit to be accredited…
Sources close to the ZSE said the investigations could lead to the reversal of deals involving government stock in certain counters.If confirmed, this would be the second time in seven months that ZSE companies would have been caught on the wrong side of the law after the authorities…
The Bill is being crafted three years after the stalling of a similar proposed law due to wrangling between Justice and Legal Affairs Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, and the then AG, Sobusa Gula-Ndebele.Highly-placed sources said the Bill creates another fighting point between ZANU-PF and the Movement for Democratic Change…
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…
