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From Temba Dube in Kadoma
VOTERS should elect more women into leadership positions as records have shown that they are far less corrupt than men, a Cabinet Minister said yesterday.
Officially opening the first Zimbabwe Gender Justice and Local Government Summit in Kadoma, the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development, Dr Ignatius Chombo, said he had not disciplined a woman councillor since the last harmonised elections in 2008.
He said that alone should make the electorate vote for more women in the forthcoming elections.
Dr Chombo said his ministry was dedicated to achieving the 50-50 representation of women in leadership positions by 2015, as espoused in articles 12 and 13 of the Sadc Protocol on Gender and Development, because the few women in key positions had shown that they deserved it.
He said gender issues did not mean that women were being favoured over men, but that equal opportunities should be availed to everyone so that both men and women were given the chance to contribute to meaningful social and economic development.
He said a good example of gender equality and sensitisation lay in information he had received to the effect that at Musasa Project things had also improved, with more men than women coming for counselling.
Empowerment drive noble: PM Tsvangirai
Harare Bureau
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said Government’s empowerment drive was a noble programme meant to bring blacks into the mainstream economy following decades of marginalisation.More comply with indigenisation laws
Harare — More multinational companies are complying with the indigenisation laws, with mining giant Anglo Platinum, owners of Unki Mine, expected to submit its plan this week, a Cabinet minister said on Wednesday.Weekend diary
Entertainment ReporterAnother week has come and gone and revellers in the city cannot wait to unwind at their favourite hangouts in Bulawayo.
Chief requests Marabini to perform
Entertainment ReporterPOPULAR jazz sensation Jeys Marabini is set to retrace his steps to his roots after his local Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu requested him to stage charity shows in Filabusi.
This will also see him perform at different venues in Filabusi in a series of shows dubbed Back To My Roots Tour.
VP Mujuru urges women to take charge of their destiny
By Walter Muchinguri in Dubai
THE 2012 International Conference on African Women Development opened here on Wednesday with Vice President Joice Mujuru urging African women to take charge of their own destiny in order to improve themselves.Why do people kill?
By Yoliswa DubeWHY do people kill?
Numerous answers, reasons and explanations may be given but it remains baffling why people commit murder.
Puzzling because it is hard to imagine how one human being can take the life of another — oblivious of the consequences — and allow their conscience to be numb of the importance of human life.
History of Easter symbols
SINCE its conception as a holy celebration in the second century, Easter has had its non-religious side.It also presents commercial opportunities to business through selling symbols of Easter such as Easter eggs, Easter bunny, cards and even food items.
Food is always part of every celebration, so Easter being a celebration, like Christmas, is a period when Christians and non-Christians alike spend on food, among other goodies.
Stakeholders to negotiate new cotton producer price
Business ReporterSTAKEHOLDERS in the cotton industry will soon meet to negotiate on the new producer price of the crop ahead of the marketing season next month.
In an interview, the Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union executive director Mr Paul Zakariya said some growers in different parts of the country were still tending the crop while others had started picking the crop.