December 22, 2024
A myriad of problems, including the lack of transport and poor allowances, are seriously affecting the MPs who are failing to effectively discharge their duties as required by the Constitution — amended 19 times since the country gained its Independence from Britain in 1980.The recent scramble for vehicles…
In an interview this week, the Clerk of Parliament, Austin Zvoma, said the requirement for the declaration of assets was brought about by Parliamentary reforms in 2000, but to date not a single lawmaker has declared his or her assets because mechanisms for the provision’s implementation have not…
Last week, the co-ministers of Home Affairs Kembo Mohadi and Giles Mutsekwa held a three-hour meeting with Bishops Sebastian Bakare and Nolbert Kunonga over what sources claimed was the government’s exasperation over the “unchristian” behaviour of the Anglican Church. The sources said the ministers ordered the bishops to…
The post fell vacant following the tragic death of Elliot Manyika from injuries sustained in a car crash last December.ZANU-PF insiders said the matter was no longer urgent since the restructuring of the party’s provincial executives had been completed.“The appointment of the political commissar is no longer an…
Tensions within the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) heightened at the weekend after the Office of the President and Cabinet announced that Chamisa had been stripped of control over the communication portfolio, which was handed to Nicholas Goche, the Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development.Goche’s ministry has now…
The Financial Gazette can reveal that the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) this week started canvassing for support from members of the Broad Alliance, including the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), to reject the proposed new constitution at a referendum expected early next year.There is concern within the…
Obama told Motlanthe at the Group of 20 meeting in London recently that his officials will review legislation that prevents US representatives in multilateral institutions such as the IMF from authorising loans to Zimbabwe.Motlanthe made the comments to reporters in Pretoria recently.Zimbabwe needs between US$8 billion and US$10…
The media has been awash with stories that the Finance Minister and Gono have been fighting for control of government's purse soon after the formation of the inclusive government on February 13 2008.Speculation had been rife that because of the alleged acrimony the five-year tenure of Gono at…
In a statement released yesterday, the chief executive officer (CEO) of The Financial Gazette, Jacob Chisese, revealed that the launching of The Daily Evening Gazette was imminent.The Fingaz CEO said his team has been quietly burning the midnight oil putting together the project after successfully applying for a…
An audit into ZIMRA's books by the Comptroller and Auditor General has ratcheted up pressure on the revenue collecting agency to recover the US$10 million paid into Dande Capital Holdings' CBZ Bank account in 2006 as part of a three-way transaction involving China National Aero-Technology Import and Export…
