November 22, 2024
State prosecutor Benson Taruvinga yesterday said: "We have been having difficulties with the witness….I will liaise with my superiors."This was despite assurances that the Minister, a State witness, would appear on Tuesday.Defence lawyer Itayi Ndudzo was agitated by Mnangagwa's absence and said if he fails to turn up…
The motion to investigate acts of politically motivated violence that marred the run-up to the June 27 poll was tabled in the House of Assembly last year by the MDC-T chief whip Innocent Gonese. But it was shelved after ZANU-PF convinced MDC-T legislators to defer the motion as…
The town clerk is the council’s chief executive officer while the chamber secretary provides secretarial services to the council and its standing committees and acts as the town clerk in the absence of the CEO. The chamber secretary is also responsible for legal and debt recovery, valuation services,…
The shrill call by Manuel, a respected Finance Minister in the fore-front of seeking a financial rescue package for Zimbabwe under the auspices of the Southern African Development Com-munity, came as it emerged that the inclusive government has moved a gear up to re-engage the EU.Foreign Affairs Minister,…
Before, the security chiefs, under the umbrella of the Joint Operations Command (JOC), existed as part of an administrative board with no legal force, leaving its activities open to abuse and accountable only to the Presidency. The legislation, passed on March 4, provides for the formation of the…
The Minister was initially meant to appear at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday but the matter was postponed to Tuesday after prosecutor Benson Taruvinga told magistrate Lillian Kudya that the ZANU-PF legal supremo was committed elsewhere. "But is he going to come?" asked the magistrate, to which Taruvinga…
But there are fears a prolonged absence might torpedo the few gains of the all-inclusive government which came into effect on February 13. Information obtained by The Financial Gazette after Susan’s burial in Buhera last week, revealed that the Prime Minister and his children would be out of…
It has since emerged that the Ministers who preside over the police and the Attorney General's Office – both under fire for attempting to undermine the historic inclusive government – can also not account for three of the remaining political prisoners whose whereabouts are unknown.More than 30 Movement…
The name of the ZANU-PF legal supremo surfaced in a court case in which the State is accusing Jeffrey Tabva, a former Central Intelligence Organisation operative and Andrew Raymond Williams of defrauding the state granary of 720x50kg bags of urea fertilizer, over 30 000kgs of flour, more than…
Sources familiar with the workings of the Fund said the IMF team currently in Harare was simply assessing Zimbabwe's economic needs but a decision on the resumption of balance of payments support (BOP) might only come after one year.They said the BOP lifeline, suspended in the late 1990s,…
