HARARE – With President Robert Mugabe back from his long and costly State-funded holiday in the Far East, fear has gripped his ruling party, amid talk that a new round of savage purges targeted at Cabinet ministers, service chiefs and senior civil servants perceived to be loyal to former Vice President Joice Mujuru are imminent….
HARARE – Wild animals released into Manzou Farm in Mazowe — that has been appropriated by First Lady Grace Mugabe, are giving villagers a torrid time, with lawyers representing the poor families filing High Court papers last week to force the government to have the animals removed within 48 hours. The villagers, who spoke on…
KENT – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the constitutional body that runs elections in the country, must surely be in some discomfort, after President Mugabe called by-elections in two constituencies, as he is required to do by the law. Section 158 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe demands that parliamentary by-elections be held within 90 days…
HARARE – The Chiredzi offices of a prominent Zanu PF official linked to former Vice President Joice Mujuru were petrol-bombed on Thursday night, as the ruling party’s factional and succession wars get nastier by the day — amid renewed fears that the ructions could soon claim lives. Admore Hwarare, the under-fire secretary-general of the Zimbabwe…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe flew back from his long and controversial holiday in the Far East on Thursday afternoon and, sadly, went into a predictable but mindless rant against hapless former Presidential Affairs minister, Didymus Mutasa. Among other unbecoming epithets, the only leader that Zimbabweans have known since the country’s independence from Britain 35…
HARARE – The plot to embarrass — and possibly arrest ex-vice president Joice Mujuru — has thickened amid revelations that her Zanu PF enemies are even preparing to use a variety of dirty tricks to nail her. While insiders say party hardliners are frustrated at the snail pace of police investigations into Mujuru’s alleged corruption,…
HARARE – Zimbabwe should consider coming up with strong support mechanisms to reduce cases of baby dumping, gender experts have said. Memory Kachambwa, a gender and development consultant, said government needs to come up with policies that support women in such situations. “The reason why most of those women make those choices is out of…
HARARE – Who will step into the shoes of the leader? This question must have occupied the minds of the late vice presidents Joshua Nkomo, Simon Muzenda, Joseph Msika, and John Nkomo. They all died hoping to assume the top position. When former vice president Joice Mujuru was elected as second secretary of Zanu PF,…
HARARE – Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa says Zimbabwean companies are repelling foreign investors due to their uncompetitiveness. “For the past few years I have been engaging with various investors from different countries and they have all repeatedly said local companies are unattractive for investment because there are no new ideas being generated in the economy…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s five year economic blueprint, ZimAsset, is too ambitious and risks failing to meet its targets because it depends on rapid export growth in a sluggish world economy, a top economist has said. Tony Hawkins, the University of Zimbabwe Economics lecturer said targets set out in the economic blueprint were impossible to achieve…
