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By Kennedy Mavhumashava
President Mugabe yesterday witnessed the swearing in of President Joseph Kabila of DRC for his second successive term in office.
The colourful ceremony at the AU Village in Kinshasa was witnessed by thousands of Congolese people and representatives of many African, Asian, European and American countries. The solemn occasion was led by the Judge President, Kitoko Kimpele.
Speaking after taking his oath of office, President Kabila thanked his people for voting for him in the 28 November election, thus ensuring continuity. He lauded the peace and stability prevailing in the vast country since his first election in 2006.
“This occasion (swearing-in) is written in golden letters in the history of the Congolese people,” he said.
“This (election) is a process that was partially supported by the international community. It marked the continuity of the republic. It shows that we are able to support our sovereignty.”
He thanked the Congolese people and the security forces for the political maturity, patriotism and professionalism they showed
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Speaking during a tour of Beitbridge Border Post yesterday, the Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti said the proposed one-stop border post concept would also help ease congestion and speed up the clearance of travellers at the border post.
Minister Biti was in the company of the Co-Minister of Home Affairs, Kembo Mohadi.
“We intend to set up a one-stop border post at Forbes between Zimbabwe and Mozambique with the hope of facilitating trade through ensuring a smooth movement of commercial cargo and travellers,” he said.
Minister Biti said a similar project would be set up in Beitbridge to address the bottlenecks at the border post. The one-stop border post concept is being spearheaded by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to help facilitate the movement of goods and people within the region.
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Chronicle Reporter
TEMPERS reportedly flared at a closed meeting after a full council meeting early this month with councillors demanding an emergency full council meeting to discuss a motion to rotate councillors from standing committees.
The controversial motion that has caused deep divisions among councillors was proposed by Ward 6 Councillor, Jennifer Bent.
It once sucked in senior MDC-T officials who later distanced themselves from the issue, saying it was not the party’s policy to meddle in council affairs.
The chairpersons of the standing committee, who meet to decide on motions that should be discussed during the full council meeting, turned it down several times before tempers exploded on 7 December.
The chairpersons are allegedly against the motion because the proposed rotation might result in them losing their influential posts.
By virtue of being chairpersons of standing council committees, they become members of the General Purposes (GP) Committee.