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Court Reporter
The Israeli pilot who was allegedly found with US$2 million worth of diamonds yesterday pleaded not guilty to unlawful possession of the gems and entry into Zimbabwe by evasion. Shmuel Kainan Klein
‘Copac yet to produce draft Constitution’
Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
COPAC has not yet produced a draft to the new Constitution as the document produced does not qualify for that status, Secretary for Media, Information and Publicity Mr George Charamba has said.
Addressing the Joint Command and Staff Course Number 25 on the role of the media and information in promoting nation-building and economic development at the Zimbabwe Staff College in Harare yesterday,
Mr Charamba described the Copac document as an ‘‘attempted draft’’.
He said Copac should come up with a consensual document that will be submitted to the management committee.
The management committee is made up of negotiators to the inter-party dialogue that gave birth to the Global Political Agreement and the inclusive Government.
After interrogating the document, Mr Charamba said, the management committee would in turn
New industrial, trade policies launched
Sydney Kawadza Assistant News Editor
THE European Union should engage Zimbabwe in good faith for the total and unconditional removal of illegal sanctions, President Mugabe has said.
This would enable Zimbabwe achieve its aspirations in sustainable, balanced and equitable economic growth and development.
Officially launching the Industrial Development and National Trade policies in Harare yesterday, the President said sanctions undermined Zimbabwe’s full participation in world trade.
“As a full-fledged member of the World Trade Organisation, the time may have come for the Zimbabwe
Government, supported by Sadc and Comesa regions, to formally raise legal concerns over the hindrance posed by these sanctions to the free trade principles espoused by the WTO,” he said.
The Industrial Development Policy (2012-2016) seeks to transform Zimbabwe from a producer of
Wegner show a must-see at Hifa
Entertainment Correspondent
Be prepared for your world to literally be turned on its head in this amazing show. This innovative offering comes to the Harare International Festival of the Arts courtesy of Innscor and will grace the ZB
One man’s meat . . .
Film : “Thirty Minutes or less”
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Anseri, Nick Swardson, Michael Pena , Fred Ward, Richard, Irwin, Dwayne Bubb
Director: Ruben Fleischer
Cinema: Eastgate
Running time: 75 minutes
Type of film: Comedy
Age restriction: Adults only
Reviewed by Prof Joel White
NOW aged 23, Jesse Eisenberg has been “doing his thing” for five years now. Always playing the same
Family still wants Mujuru exhumed
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
THE Mujuru family is not happy with the findings of the inquest into the death of Retired General Solomon Mujuru and will seek permission to have his remains exhumed for a fresh post-mortem, the family lawyer said yesterday.
But legal experts yesterday said it was not permissible at law for the family to seek a review or to appeal against the inquest’s findings.
The lawyer, Mr Thakor Kewada, said the family suspected foul play despite magistrate Mr Walter Chikwanha’s finding to the contrary.
Mr Kewada said they will write to Home Affairs Co-Ministers Kembo Mohadi and Theresa Makone seeking permission to exhume the remains from the National Heroes Acre.
The family wants a second post-mortem done by a South African pathologist.
Gen Mujuru died in a fire in his farmhouse at Ruzambo Farm in Beatrice in August last year.
Harare date for the Professor
Entertainment Reporter
Top South African kwaito act Professor is heading to Zimbabwe for a one-off gig scheduled for Chez Ntemba Nightclub on April 5. The “Durbanite”, who was born Langa Kholile, is expected to rock Harare
Where there’s a will
Fortious Nhambura and More Tirivashona Features WritersLITTLE Nyasha bolts out of a mud-and-pole hut and runs to school holding a small satchel in one hand and a boiled maize cob in the other. With one eye on the sun to tell the time and another on
Triangle’s bitter, sweet origins
Tichaona Zindoga Features WriterZimbabwe’s pioneering home of sugarcane production — Triangle — which lies in the southeast of the country, is a place of many interesting tales. First, the name and the brand that has been for long