adminCouncillors slam mayor
Municipal Reporter
Harare special interest councillors have produced a report on city operations which criticises mayor Muchadeyi Masunda, town clerk Dr Tendai Mahachi and several departmental heads. The city has 11 special interest councilors whose mandate is to meet
Junior parliament hailed
Herald Reporter
TWO Cabinet ministers have hailed the Junior Parliament saying it is more organised compared to the senior one. Speaking at the handover ceremony of 350 mobile phones and Econet Wireless sim cards to child parliamentarians on Wednesday,
Developed countries rapped
Herald Reporter
DEVELOPED countries have been rapped for trying to control developing countries using climate change issues.
Director in charge of climate change in the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mr Washington Zhakata, said
Tobacco growers ready for 2012 selling season
Agriculture Reporter
TOBACCO growers are ready for the 2012 selling season which starts next Wednesday. Most growers are concentrating on reaping, curing, grading and baling their crop. Zimbabwe Tobacco Growers Association president Mr Stan Kasukuwere said
Parties urged to acknowledge negative impact of sanctions
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
VICE President John Nkomo says parties in the Inclusive Government must accept the existence of illegal sanctions imposed by the West and their negative impact on the economy as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai blamed a bloated Cabinet for
No retail licences for foreigners: Kasukuwere
Tsungirirai Dhambuza Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has ordered all local authorities to stop renewing and issuing new retail licences to foreigners as this contravened the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, a Cabinet minister has said.
Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday said local authorities responsible should acquaint themselves with the provisions of the law.
“Any new licence should be issued in compliance with the provisions of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act,” he said.
According to the third schedule of Section 21 of the
Service chiefs’ terms of office extended
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
PRESIDENT Mugabe has extended the terms of office of all service chiefs as provided for by the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri’s term of office has been extended to 2014.
The length of the extension of the terms of Commanders of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Constantine Chiwenga, Zimbabwe National Army Commander Lieutenant General Philip Valerio Sibanda, Air Marshal Perrance Shiri and Commissioner of Prisons Retired Major General Paradzai Zimondi will be announced as and when their current ones expire.
Outrage over new draft constitution
Caesar Zvayi Deputy Editor
COPAC’S first draft Constitution has sparked outrage with legal experts equating it to an orchestrated attack on the country’s moral, cultural and revolutionary pillars.
Sources said stakeholders are demanding that the document be rejected and referred back to the drafters who should rewrite it with clear instructions from Copac to transform the National Report into legal language.
Legal experts queried how the drafters could come up with a whole draft in the absence of an officially publicised National Report.
The experts, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
Refugee camp massacre: Libyan militia launch racist raid
TRIPOLI – Heavily armed fighters have attacked a camp of about 1 500 refugees on the outskirts of Tripoli, opening fire on its inhabitants. At least six were killed in the incident raising fears that civilians have little protection from militias running amok.
Moreover, the fact that the attack took place just outside the capital itself begs the question of just how much control the interim
Iran threatens to retaliate by hitting US targets worldwide
MOSCOW – On Wednesday the Iranian ambassador to Moscow, Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi declared that Iran has the capabilities to carry out military strikes on US interests around the globe. This comes after President Obama annou-nced the United States would freeze all Iranian assets held in the US. The executive order which was signed on Monday was in reaction