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Zimbabwe on SADC agenda..so far
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
DESPITE spirited efforts by President Robert Mugabe and his allies to remove Zimbabwe from the agenda of the forthcoming Sadc summit in Windhoek, the regional bloc’s executive secretary Tomaz Salomao has said the issue would be discussed.
Expelled MPs take Mugabe, ZEC to court
Fri, Aug 06, 2010
THREE expelled MDC-M MPs have taken President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to court for delaying calling for by-elections in vacant constituencies.
Chombo, Shamu leasing farms — Mliswa
Fri, Feb 12, 2010
LOCAL Government minister Ignatius Chombo and Information minister Webster Shamu (pictured) are leasing out their farms to former white commercial farmers, Mashonaland West secretary for lands and resettlement Temba Mliswa has alleged.
Police join diamond rush
Fri, Apr 30, 2010
POLICE have joined in the intensifying scramble for the controversial Chiadzwa diamonds where companies linked to Zanu PF and state security elements are making a mint reports the Zimbabwe Independent.
Principals mull cabinet reshuffle
Fri, May 14, 2010
A CABINET reshuffle in the unstable inclusive government is now odds-on as the political principals prepare to shake-up their team which is struggling to deliver economic recovery and services more than a year after it came into office reports Zimbabwe Independent.
Ministers Fight Over Diamonds
Sun, Jun 13, 2010
CABINET ministers have clashed over the controversial Chiadzwa diamond mining activities and secret sales of gems by state-run agencies which have only given government a paltry US$800 000 despite reaping tens of millions of dollars that cannot be accounted for by the Treasury.
Zim Independent:How Biti escaped cabinet dismissal
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
FINANCE minister Tendai Biti survived removal from his post in cabinet in this week’s shock reshuffle by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai after intense inter-party lobbying and interventions which involved President Robert Mugabe and senior government officials
Outreach meeting abortive as tempers flare
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
CONSTITUTION outreach meetings in Chinhoyi were disrupted yesterday after tempers flared over the non-deployment of the police and the manner in which the meetings were organised, forcing the outreach teams to abandon the consultations.
Zimbabwe Diamonds Fail to Get Conflict-Free Approval
Fri, Jun 25, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — An international undertaking to prevent the trade in diamonds that fuel conflict ended in a stalemate Thursday over whether to approve Zimbabwe’s export of millions of carats of newly-mined diamonds, but the nation threatened to sell the stones on its own anyway.
Mpofu misleads nation on diamond sales
Fri, Jul 02, 2010
MINES minister Obert Mpofu, already facing serious accusations from the World Diamond Council of lying about the Chiadzwa diamonds, has got himself into further trouble by misleading the public over cabinet’s position on the controversial issue, fiercely debated by ministers this week.
Villagers ‘coached’ to back Kariba draft
Fri, Jul 02, 2010
THE issue of gay rights has taken centre stage in the constitution outreach programme with Zanu PF reportedly telling villagers in Mashonaland West that any constitutional provisions outside what is in the controversial Kariba draft will promote same sex marriages and homosexuality. Villagers in President Robert Mugabe’s rural home in Zvimba, 110km west of Harare, and neighbouring Chitomborwizi in Makonde district now strongly believe that those calling for a people-driven constitution, who are opposed to the Kariba draft, want to include the issue of gay rights in the new constitution.
Net closes in on Zanu PF looters
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
THE net is closing in on Zanu PF bigwigs and security chiefs who allegedly looted white-owned farms during the land reform programme.
Attempted murder suspect Grace Mugabe’s aide
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
A POLICEMAN who allegedly pumped nine bullets into his wife, also a police officer, following a domestic dispute over infidelity is one of First Lady Grace Mugabe’s aides, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt. Takura Author Chiduwuro of the Police Protection Unit (PPU) allegedly shot his wife Ntombizodwa Mtambo Chiduwuro, whom he accused of having an affair with a Namibian national, on July 3.
Police summon MDC-T Senator
Fri, Jul 16, 2010
POLICE have summoned MDC-T deputy organising secretary, Morgan Komichi, for asking a top police commander to release vehicles impounded from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party in 2008.
SK Moyo Adverts Raise Furore in Zanu PF
Fri, Sep 17, 2010
A political row has erupted in Zanu PF over controversial newspaper adverts placed in the local and South African press by party chairman Simon Khaya Moyo reports the Zimbabwe Independent.
Tsvangirai to Sue Mugabe
Fri, Oct 29, 2010
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has threatened to sue President Robert Mugabe for making a series of unilateral appointments which he has described as "unconstitutional, null and void".
Senate disruptions grinds business to a halt
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
SENATORS from the two MDC formations and Zanu PF said this week that the three political principals should urgently meet and solve the current political crisis which has seen relations between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai deteriorate further after the president’s unilateral appointments, which angered the premier.
China’s US$3 billion offer for platinum raises tension
Thu, Feb 03, 2011
CHINA, slowly but surely invading Zimbabwe’s economic landscape despite viewing it as a disaster zone, has come up with a controversial US$3 billion offer for vast local platinum reserves in a move which has stirred a fresh political storm in government circles.
Biti furious over missing US$300m
Fri, Feb 25, 2011
THERE were furious scenes at a stormy high-level government meeting on Tuesday attended by President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the missing US$174 million in diamond revenues, with Finance minister Tendai Biti reportedly breathing fire over the issue and the intensifying internal squabbles on civil servants’ salaries report the Zimbabwe Independent..
Sadc beefs up Zuma facilitation team
Fri, Apr 15, 2011
SADC has appointed a special panel comprising officials from Zambia, Mozambique and South Africa to beef up its mediator President Jacob Zuma’s facilitation efforts in Zimbabwe.
Zanu PF to deploy 80 000 militia for polls
Fri, Jun 10, 2011
A COALITION of civic organisations has claimed that more than 80 000 youth militia, war veterans and army commanders will be deployed across the country to ensure victory for President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF in the elections expected after the constitution-making process.
Elections likely in March 2013 — Ncube
Thu, Nov 03, 2011
MDC president Welshman Ncube has said Zimbabweans will not go for elections next year because the constitution and a battery of electoral reforms were only likely to be completed by December 2012.
Mujuru's faction on the run following the death of their leader
Fri, Dec 09, 2011
THE faction led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru is coming under growing pressure in the succession race from a rival camp headed by Defence minister and politburo heavyweight EmmersonMnangagwa, as the Zanu PF conference which opened yesterday in Bulawayo unfolds amid ominous political uncertainty surrounding President Robert Mugabe’s rapidly fading rule
Charamba in unholy alliance with Chiwenga
Fri, Dec 30, 2011
PRESIDENTIAL spokesman George Charamba may land in hot soup following revelations that he was working closely with hardliners, who include army generals, to manage President Robert Mugabe ahead of elections envisaged for 2012.
Mugabe and his 'wives' go awol paralysing government business
Fri, Jan 06, 2012
GOVERNMENT business is virtually grounded amid revelations that most cabinet ministers and senior civil servants have joined President Robert Mugabe on leave.
Mugabe too old to rule - Zimbabweans
Fri, Jan 20, 2012
Most people in Zimbabwe want the maximum age for a presidential candidate to be 70 years at the time of polling.
Tsvangirai gives up on GPA
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has all but given up on the implementation of the Global Political Agreement amid indications that some of the pact negotiators have grown weary after haggling over virtually the same issues since the coalition government was formed in 2009.
Family doubts remains belonged to Gen Mujuru
Fri, Jan 27, 2012
THE family of the late retired army commander, General Solomon Mujuru, is not convinced that the charred remains found at his gutted Beatrice farmhouse were those of the decorated liberation war hero since the police had not positively identified the remains at the time a public announcement was made.
Biti steps up efforts to oust Zimra boss
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
THE conflict between Finance minister Tendai Biti and Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) boss Gershem Pasi (pictured right), in which the minister is trying to relieve the tax chief of his job escalated this week, with the chief tax-collector getting the backing of President Robert Mugabe and several cabinet ministers to retain his job.
Tsvangirai probe hits brick wall
Sat, Feb 25, 2012
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is headed for a head-on clash with members of the Joint Operations Command (JOC) pushing for the arrest of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) on allegations of misappropriating US$1,5 million allocated by the Reserve Bank for the purchase of his official residence in 2009.
Ministers protect diamond barons
Fri, Mar 16, 2012
TWO senior Zanu PF politburo members, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Didymus Mutasa and his Indigenisation counterpart Saviour Kasukuwere, have been linked to Israeli and Russian underworld gold and diamond dealers who were recently deported after a raid on their hideout in Harare’s Glen Lorne suburb.
Zanu PF factions battle in district polls
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
THE convoluted saga of President Robert Mugabe’s succession is now being played out in District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections as the fight for control of the provinces by the two main Zanu PF factions led by Vice-President Joice Mujuru and Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa intensifies.
Zanu (PF) on a stunning decline: The Independent
Fri, Apr 13, 2012
ZANU PF’s mobilisation drive for the next elections has failed to yield significant results amid revelations that the party had only officially gained 18 000 new members countrywide.
Mounting woes dog Mugabe candidacy
Fri, Apr 20, 2012
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s viability as the Zanu PF presidential candidate in the next crucial elections he desperately wants this year is increasingly becoming risky due to a combination of growing infirmity, old age and intensifying factionalism, fuelled by succession battles.
Fireworks at politburo meeting as divisions worsen
Fri, May 04, 2012
THERE were fireworks at a decision-making Zanu PF politburo meeting in Harare on Thursday, as senior party officials engaged in heated exchanges over the raging Select Committee of parliament on the new constitution (Copac) disputes ahead of elections which President Robert Mugabe wants this year at all costs.
Mujuru hits hard at Mnangagwa
Fri, May 18, 2012
VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru has slammed senior Zanu PF officials fuelling infighting through succession battles driven by their presidential ambitions, saying they should respect the party hierarchy — remarks seen as directed at her bitter rival, Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa.
