March 2013

HARARE – The Zimplats Indigenisation Transaction (“ZIP”), a landmark transaction in terms of value and significance now exposes the confusion that is inherent in a programme not supported by a coherent knowledge, capital and execution strategy.  The objective to empower previously disadvantaged persons is laudable but the legal, just and equitable and constitutional instruments to…

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe says Indigenisation minister Saviour Kasukuwere “got it wrong” in some empowerment deals stitched together with several foreign-owned companies. The development not only vindicates the Daily News’ on-going exposé on the implementation of the key programme, but also affirms Vice President Joice Mujuru’s statements that top government officials must not abuse…

GWERU – Heavy rains could not deter Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s launch of a “Yes Vote” campaign for the constitutional referendum scheduled for March 16. Amidst a mid-afternoon downpour at Mkoba Stadium, MDC leader Tsvangirai said people should go in their numbers and vote for the draft constitution. “We are here to launch the ‘Yes…

HARARE – Shepherd Maisiri and Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, seem to have a thing going — albeit with disastrous consequences. While Mutasa resides in Harare’s leafy suburbs, owns a farm and a fleet of cars and has a round-the-clock police guard, his nemesis Maisiri is an impoverished villager who cannot even afford…