Donors dump Madhuku
Lovemore Madhuku
By Wendy Muperi
THE National Constitutional Assembly has been abandoned by its traditional donors and is failing to mobilise support against the Constitutional Parliamentary Committee...More
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EU shifts goalposts on Zim dialogue
THE European Union will not remove the illegal sanctions it imposed on Zimbabwe despite the progress the inclusive Government has made because it has its own agenda...More
Israel backs Zim diamonds
ISRAEL has called for everything possible to be done to ensure Zimbabwe remains within the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme saying the country has the potential to supply nearly a quarter of global demand...More
Mudzuri, Mhashu fired
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday recalled two of his Cabinet ministers — Engineer Elias Mudzuri (Energy and Power Development) and Fidelis Mhashu (Housing and Social Amenities)...More
Axe hangs over 7 ministers
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is reportedly set to drop and seek the reassignment of several Cabinet ministers from MDC-T in what has been interpreted to be another manifestation of divisions within the party...More
British firms buy Chiadzwa diamonds
British and Belgian companies have been buying diamonds from the Chiadzwa fields while their governments claim the gems are "bloody" and Zimbabwe should not be given Kimberley Process Certification to export them...More
Principals in call for unity
THE leadership of the inclusive Government has called for peace, tolerance and unity of purpose during the constitution-making outreach programme that begins next week...More
EU insincere: Govt
THE European Union is not committed to re-engaging Zimbabwe in dialogue to normalise relations and lift the illegal economic sanctions the bloc imposed on the country, Foreign Affairs Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi has said...More
Govt blasts London based NGO
Analysts and the Government of Zimbabwe have blasted attempts by a London-based group, Global Witness to negatively influence the decision by the Kimberly process monitor Abbey Chikane that Zimbabwe should be certified to sell its diamonds on the International market...More
No World Cup load shedding: Mudzuri
ENERGY and Power Development Minister Elias Mudzuri has ordered Zesa Holdings to stop any power load-shedding and disconnections to defaulting customers during the 2010 Fifa World Cup soccer showcase...More
Zim stands firm on indigenisation
GOVERNMENT will not go back on indigenisation of Zimbabwe’s resources whether or not the West lifts its ruinous and illegal economic sanctions, Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said...More
Govt mulls new mineral policy
GOVERNMENT has started work on a new mineral development policy that spells out ways in which locals can leverage on mining titles to raise capital for exploration and new mine development, President Mugabe said on Saturday...More
Brazil tie on Wednesday
IT is now confirmed! Zimbabwe’s Warriors will face world football heavyweights Brazil in easily their biggest international game at the National Sports Stadium next Wednesday...More
MDC-T clips Biti’s wings
MDC-T has diluted secretary-general Mr Tendai Biti powers and given greater authority in the party’s day-to-day affairs to his deputy, Mr Tapiwa Mashakada...More
Novelist Dangarembga joins MDC-M leadership
ZIMBABWEAN novelist and filmmaker, Tsitsi Dangarembga, has joined the leadership of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Professor Arthur Mutambara (MDC-M)...More
PM in talks with Clinton
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has missed another chance to fulfil his Global Political Agreement obligation of lobbying for an immediate end to sanctions on Zimbabwe...More
Salaries discord tests Tsvangirai’s credentials
THE public disagreement between Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Finance Minister Tendai Biti over civil servants salaries has brought to the fore the growing discord in both the inclusive government and MDC-T with analysts warning that the crisis will escalate if not handled properly...More
Sundayopinion: Sanctions are evil, retrogressive
I listened to a programme recently whereby some Zimbabweans living abroad who have failed or refused to buy into the idea of inclusivity as
represented by the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Zimbabwe, were making uninformed suggestions on the subject of the lifting of sanctions on the people of Zimbabwe as represented by the economic embargo on Zimbabwean companies and government officials by the European Union and the Americans through the Zimbabwe Democracy Economic Recovery Act...More
US ‘amends’ sanctions law
UNITED STATES lawmakers have, for the first time, admitted that the discredited sanctions law, the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act, has brought untold suffering to ordinary Zimbabweans...More
Hands off Zim, EU told
Zimbabwe will not allow the European Union to meddle in its affairs especially those concerning the Global Political Agreement, Zanu-PF secretary for information and publicity Cde Rugare Gumbo has said...More
Tsvangirai grilled over Iran snub
PRIME Minister and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai was yesterday grilled by ministers from the other two parties in the inclusive Government for boycotting Islamic Republic of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit last week...More
Court okays diamond sales
Government can start selling diamonds mined from Africa Consolidated Resources’ claims in Chiadzwa, the High Court has ruled...More
Tsvangirai seeks to extend term
The Tsvangirai faction of the MDC T has resolved that the party would not hold its congress until after the next elections and that Morgan Tsvangirai would remain at the helm of the party for the next two terms, as factionalism threatens to further split the party into two...More
51pc law stays: President
GOVERNMENT will not nullify the gazetted Indigeni-sation and Economic Empowerment Regulations and will instead continue driving for equitable distribution of Zimbabwe’s wealth, President Mugabe has said...More
Maridadi: MDC-T's daring political jester
THE drama that took place on Wednesday regarding the Prime Minister's spokesman, James Maridadi cannot go unchallenged. The spokesman played the role of the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet and made an announcement that a law that was passed by Parliament in 2007 (the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act) and its accompanying regulations was "null and void"...More
African Governments hypocrisy blasted
Sixteen countries out the forty six African Union countries managed to send in youth representatives to attend a precursor conference organized by Zimbabwean Pan-African Youth chapter to express their concerns and ideas ahead of the AU minister’s conference which started in Victoria Falls yesterday...More
State in road toll fees windfall
Government has raked in US$12 million in tollgate fees as of March 30 this year and the bulk of the money has been spent on trunk roads rehabilitation and pothole patching...More
44 perish on roads
SIX people died yesterday when a Peugeot 504 sedan they were travelling in burst a tyre and collided with a Masvingo-bound Mhunga bus along the Harare-Masvingo Road near Lanark Store, about 30km outside Harare bringing to 44, the road fatalities in one of the bloodiest Easter holidays in years...More
GPA negotiators meet again
Negotiators to the inter-party talks on implementation of the Global Political Agreement will meet again today after failing to conclude their discussions yesterday
President, PM speak on gays
PRESIDENT Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have strongly condemned efforts to include "gay rights" in the new constitution, saying Zimbabwe will never succumb to shameless foreign traditions...More
ZCTU in bid to ground Airzim
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions is plotting to institute an International Transport Workers’ Federation boycott of Air Zimbabwe flights, a strategy the national carrier described as tantamount to sabotage. ..More
Zuma arrives for talks
South African President Jacob Zuma arrived in Harare yesterday late afternoon amid indications that all negotiations on implementation of the Global Political Agreement should be concluded this month...More
Zuma expected in Harare tomorrow
South African President Jacob Zuma is expected in Zimbabwe tomorrow to help the three political parties in the Global Political Agreement resolve outstanding issues, South African Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Mlu-lami Singapi said yesterday...More
PM wrong on elections: US
NO peacekeeping forces will be deployed in Zimbabwe to monitor elections and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai was wrong in suggesting such action as the Africa Union and Sadc will not sanction such a move, an American military expert has said...More
Zuma lobbies IMF on Zim
South African President Jacob Zuma has told the International Monetary Fund to resume lending to Zimbabwe as he continues the battle to end the illegal economic sanctions against Zimbabwe...More
Lift sanctions against Zim, Zuma tells Britain
SOUTH AFRICAN President Jacob Zuma has urged the lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe in order to ensure the swift and timely resolution of the problems bedevelling Zimbabwe's one year old inclusive Government..More.
Speaker, Clerk row rages on
Speaker of the House of Assembly Mr Lovemore Moyo has threatened Clerk of Parliament Mr Austin Zvoma with "disciplinary action" as the row between the two officials rages on...More
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EU extends sanctions
THE European Union yesterday extended its illegal economic sanctions on Zimbabwe by another year, citing what it called "lack of progress in the implementation" of the Global Political Agreement...More
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Modest pay rise for civil servants
Government has offered civil servants a 10 percent salary increment across the board effective April this year as its negotiations with civil servants ended in another stalemate yesterday...More
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Britain to maintain sanctions
BRITAIN will maintain its illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe and will only remove them at the MDCs’ request, a senior official in London has said...More
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Of lies, arrests and publicity
Since its inception MDC T has strived on fabrication of falsehoods to tarnish the image of Zanu PF with the eventual intent of gaining sympathy from the international community in its attempt to effect regime change in the country...More
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We’re masters of our destiny, says President
Zimbabwe’s sovereignty is non-negotiable and outsiders will only be entertained as partners in exploiting its resources for the development of the nation, President Mugabe has said...More
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Civil servants seek pay rise
Government and representatives of civil servants meet in Harare tomorrow under the National Joint Negotiating Council to discuss civil servants’ salaries...More
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Thousands lose out as HIV drugs expire
GROSS irregularities have emerged in the administration of the country’s HIV and Aids treatment programme following revelations that substantial stocks of children’s anti-retroviral drugs have expired before more than 35 000 intended beneficiaries could access them...More
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Be patient, principals urge nation
THE principals in the inclusive Gover-nment yesterday urged the nation to be patient while negotiations on the outstanding issues impeding the full implementation of the Global Political Agreement continue...More
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President slams factionalism
President Robert Gabriel Mugabe has slammed factionalism as manifestation of infiltration by destabilization forces...More
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MDC plot thickens
As power struggles within MDC-T continue, tensions have been further heightened by the recent dismissal of the entire Tsvangirai-alligned Chitungwiza provincial council in a move that has widened rifts within the party...More
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Zim won’t close foreign missions’
ZIMBABWE has no intention to close its foreign missions abroad despite calls for this by the business community, Acting Secretary of Foreign Affairs Mr Godfrey Magwenzi told a parliamentary committee yesterday...More
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Zim to engage Botswana over pirate radio stations
Zimbabwe will make a formal complaint to Botswana over its hosting of pirate radio stations beaming hate messages into the country in violation of the Global Political Agree-ment and threatening the survival of the inclusive Govern-ment...More
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