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Minority groups push for language use

BULAWAYO — Minority groups in Matabeleland have intensified programmes aimed at promoting their previously marginalised languages in the wake of the adoption of the new Constitution of Zimbabwe in June this year.The new supreme law, which repealed the Lancaster House charter, accords official status to 16 languages.…

Madhuku to step down

LOVEMORE Madhuku is set to step down next month from the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) amid indications that he might launch a new political party to challenge President Robert Mugabe’s hegemony at the next elections in 2018, The Financial Gazette can exclusively reveal.…

Councils plunge into crisis

A DIRECTIVE issued by the government last month ordering municipalities to cancel all debts owed by residents backdating to February 2009 has thrown local authorities into financial turmoil.In the case of the capital city, council employees have not received their salaries for last month because revenue has literally dried up.…

Unity talks divide MDC-T

POSSIBLE unity talks between ZANU-PF and the troubled Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) have divided outgoing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party with hardliners in the faltering movement equating the potential for cooperation with their archrivals as dining with the devil.…

Tsvangirai plays last card

BY approaching the Constitutional Court and the Southern African Development Comm-unity (SADC) seeking to overturn ZANU-PF’s victory in the July 31 election, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Morgan Tsvangirai has played his last card, which might make or break his political career.Outgoing Prime Minister Tsvangirai suffered a crushing loss…

Zimbabweans pour into SA

ZIMBABWEANS have been pouring into neighbouring South Africa in large numbers since the conclusion of the July 31 harmonised polls, a survey by The Financial Gazette has shown.This trend started immediately after the harmonised elections that were won by ZANU-PF amid claims by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations…

What’s next for MDC, ZAPU?

BULAWAYO — Last week’s harmonised elections have seen the Welshman Ncube-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and Dumiso Dabengwa’s ZAPU emerging the biggest losers in the contest after the two political parties failed to garner a single seat in the House of Assembly. President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF won 160 out…