April 20, 2024
Fired from ZANU-PF for putting the party’s name into disrepute by hobnobbing with officials from the MDC-T, Mutinhiri was on Tuesday officially welcomed into the labour-backed party’s fold as an ordinary card-carrying member.The MDC-T Mashonaland East province held a party at Harvest House, the party’s headquarters in central…
The country’s captains of industry raised the red flag last week as companies, including banks, continue to fall like dominos under the relentless gale of a worsening liquidity crunch.Three banks namely Royal Bank, Interfin Bank and Genesis have twisted in the wind inside two months. With the Reserve…
According to the draft constitution clause dealing with Presiden-tial immunity, a seating President is not liable to civil or criminal proceedings in any court for any acts of commission or omission done in his or her personal capacity, but the rules change upon leaving office. In relation to…
Speculation has been swirling that Mutasa, who, along with other top party officials have been criss-crossing the country to explain why ZANU-PF resolved to disband the DCCs last month, was targeting Mnangagwa whose protégés and close associates had made a clean sweep of DCC positions in most provinces…
The draft, which has taken more than three years to produce, now risks a NO Vote at the referendum slated for October, nearly 12 years after Zimbabweans rejected the first attempt by President Robert Mugabe’s administration to replace the negotiated Lancaster House constitution, which has been amended 19…
Cabinet also directed that the two contentious special grants in Mwenezi be renewed and shared between Essar and the government, with the Mines Ministry spelling out the terms and conditions.Industry and Trade Minister, Welshman Ncube confirmed the latest developments.“Cabinet agreed and directed two weeks ago that all the…
The just-ended Southern African Dev-elopment Committee (SADC) summit apparently bought the idea and rejected ZANU-PF’s argument that at law the coalition government has already expired.This resulted in regional leaders directing that fresh polls should be held within 12 months, with the deadline being June 2013.ZANU-PF was pushing for…
A similar situation prevails in Kwekwe where Morris Mutema, an auditor, is the acting city treasurer following the dismissal of Alfred Zingwe in August last year over corruption allegations.Both positions have not been filled after the intervention of Local Government Minister, Ignatius Chombo who dispatched investigators to look…
Cabinet did not meet on Tuesday this week due to the absence of President Robert Mugabe who is in the Far East in Hong Kong on a private family engagement.Sources had indicated last week that the issue of the disbursement of the long-awaited funds, envisaged to breathe life…
Later this month, several mines with operations in the two provinces will cede a 10 percent stake to locals and donate a further US$10 million in empowerment credits to surrounding communities.Blanket Mine in Gwanda, River Ranch Mine in Beitbridge and Vumbachi-kwe mine Mine top the list in Matabeleland…
