adminEU responds to sanctions challenge
Fidelis Munyoro Assistant News Editor
THE European Union has sent a brief response to the Government after Harare gave it an ultimatum to justify the sanctions the grouping imposed on Zimbabwe. The deadline for the EU to respond was yesterday.
A source close to the matter yesterday said the EU’s failure to adequately explain itself meant the 27-member bloc had no legal and factual basis for imposing the embargo.
“The letter by the EU is a brief four paragraph response, which basically admits that it has no legal and factual basis that would constitute a statement of reasons for the designation of people and companies listed on the sanctions list.
“It is an open admission that there is no evidence to found the allegations against the people and entities on the
Malema row: ANC blames Zanu-PF
Herald Reporters
VISITING African National Congress secretary-general Cde Gwede Mantashe has accused Zanu-PF of influencing the thinking and actions of its national youth league president Cde Julius Malema.
This came out after meetings Cde Mantashe held with Zanu-PF officials, including Acting President John Landa Nkomo, Vice President Joice Mujuru, secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa and national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo.
President to address General Assembly
From Morris Mkwate in New York
PRESIDENT Mugabe is today expected to address the 66th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
Land reform alleviating poverty: President
From Morris Mkwate in New York
ZIMBABWE has moved closer to alleviating poverty in different parts of the country following the successful
35 bodies dumped in highway
SUSPECTED drug traffickers drove two trucks to a main avenue in a Mexican Gulf coast city and dumped 35 dead bodies during rush hour while gunmen stood guard and pointed their
Man (21) rapes dog
A MAN was caught raping a dog inside a toilet in Mabopane, police said on Tuesday. “The animal suffered internal injuries that would have made its life difficult,” said Tshwane
Smokers risk memory loss
PEOPLE who smoke could lose around one third of their everyday memory, researchers say. A study by a team at Northumbria University has shown that smokers lose more of their memory
Ethanol plant: Right step in economic emancipation
The Chisumbanje ethanol plant, capable of producing up to 40 million litres a month from sugarcane, is finally in production and Zimbabwe will soon be returning to a gasoline-
Old Mutual complies
Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
OLD Mutual has moved a major step towards complying with the indigenisation regulations after agreeing to immediately localise 25 percent of its equity. But Standard Chartered
US$15m rights offer proposal raises stink
Business Reporters
EVENTS unfolding at Afre Corporation Limited on the planned shareholder meetings clearly point to crumbling corporate governance systems. Afre had called the meetings to seek