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Zim tightens screws on parastatals

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HARARE – Zimbabwe is moving to plug leakages and reduce corruption in State-owned companies through various measures proposed under the Public Debt Management Bill. Finance minister, Patrick Chinamasa, last week said parastatals would be obliged to report their liabilities twice per year, to promote accountability and transparency. Chinamasa told a parliamentary debate session on the…

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Grace Mugabe presidency unlikely

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LONDON – There is no doubt that Grace Mugabe wields an immense amount of power within Zanu PF. After a hiatus on medical grounds, she is back with the usual swagger and rhetoric. Her remarks last week on Johannes Tomana, the prosecutor-general, and the call for his sacking after his comments on child marriages were…

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No to child marriages

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HARARE – The UN has called on Zimbabwe to accelerate efforts to end child marriages. There are already efforts aimed at ending child marriages but targeted community campaigns should be intensified, especially in rural areas where the practice is common. As rightly stated by Zimbabwe’s UN resident coordinator Bishow Parajuli, the notion that girls, some…

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Mugabe shuffles factional Cabinet

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HARARE – President Robert Mugabe yesterday tinkered with his “deadwood” Cabinet line-up in a long-mooted move that analysts said was a desperate endeavour by the embattled nonagenarian to manage his ruling Zanu PF’s seemingly unstoppable factional and succession wars. As expected, former minister of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Jonathan Moyo — who had been…

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Mugabe obsessed with power retention, says Biti

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HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has no vision beyond power retention and those angling to succeed him are worse off, MDC Renewal Team secretary-general Tendai Biti has said. Addressing a district structures meeting in Makoni West on Sunday, Biti said most Zimbabweans were suffering as a product of “visionless leadership.” “A long period of suffering…

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Mutasa savages ‘crazy’ ministers

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HARARE – Former Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa yesterday accused President Robert Mugabe of appointing “sick and crazy people” to influential positions which they are abusing shamelessly for personal enrichment. Commenting on the recent grabbing of a farm owned by Christine Murembwe by Manicaland provincial minister, Mandi Chimene, Mutasa said it was “worrying” knowing that…

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CAPS United regain lost aura

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HARARE – The progress CAPS United have made since Harare businessman Farai Jere assumed control of the country’s third largest football team in May has been nothing short of remarkable. Due to the country’s declining economy, financing the club’s day-to-day operations had become a huge burden on former majority shareholder Twine Phiri. As a result…

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Makoni still chief selector

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HARARE – Givemore Makoni will chair the Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) selection panel meeting this afternoon to choose the squad to face India in a home series that begins on Friday at Harare Sports Club. The outgoing convener of selectors will superintend the selection panel which comprises Zimbabwe coach Dav Whatmore, bowling coach Douglas Hondo and…

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Mhofu laments poor finishing

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HARARE – ZPC Kariba coach Sunday Chidzambwa says there is no need to panic despite watching his charges slips to their second straight defeat against struggling Tsholotsho over the weekend.   Instead, Chidzambwa lamented his team’s inability to finish off chances and has demanded an improvement in front of goal from his players. The former Zimbabwe…

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Mukondiwa’s bittersweet return

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HARARE – A roller coaster of emotions greeted Norman Mukondiwa’s return to the Sables fold after two years in the wilderness. The 33-year-old loose forward was making a return to the Zimbabwe rugby side two years after he was deemed surplus to requirements by former coach Brendan Dawson. Such was his sensation that the powerfully…

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