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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday pledged to ensure that Distressed Industries and Marginalised Areas Fund (DIMAF) which the Government set up with Old Mutual becomes operational
90 more MPs for Zim?
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
MORE seats could be created in the House of Assembly after harmonised elections this year through proportional representation to accommodate more women as prescribed by the Sadc Gender and Development Protocol.
Parties in the inclusive Government have suggested that the seats be increased from the current 210 to between 250 and 300.
The 210 seats will be contested, while the remainder will be allocated to individuals.
Copac says regulations to form the new seats will created through an Act of Parliament.
In the draft Constitution, parties are yet to agree on the number of extra seats to be created.
It is understood that Zanu-PF has suggested 90 more seats, while MDC wants 70 and MDC-T 40.
The intention is to create more seats for female legislators.
Zim schools for SA?soccer tourney
Mbachi Mutukula-Maregere Sports ReporterFOUR top Zimbabwe schools soccer teams have been invited to take part in the annual FNB Benoni Tournament in South Africa this weekend. Prince Edward, St George’s College, Cornway and Sodbury of
Zambian First Lady hails Mai Mugabe’s orphanage
Zvamaida Murwira Senior Reporter
ZAMBIAN First Lady, Dr Christine Kaseba, yesterday lauded orphanage and dairy projects being run by the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe in Mazowe.
She said structures built at the orphanage were state-of-the-art and resembled an estate, a significant departure from conventional homes for orphans she knew.
She said houses for the orphans were so good that they went beyond the role of merely providing shelter.
Dr Kaseba said this in an interview with journalists after touring the project.
The Zambian First Lady is accompanying her husband President Michael Sata who is on a three-day State visit during which he is expected to officially open the 53rd edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair in Bulawayo today.
“When she (Amai Mugabe) was talking to me about it yesterday,
DNA test results match missing boy’s
Freeman Razemba Crime Reporter
DNA test results conducted in South Africa on the skeletal remains found at the Exhibition
Call for revival of Bulawayo firms
Bulawayo Bureau
PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday said proceeds from the mining sector should be channelled towards reviving ailing Bulawayo firms to
President Sata slams illegal sanctions
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
ZAMBIAN President Michael Sata yesterday bemoaned the effects of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by Western countries.
He also supported the land reform programme, saying the liberation struggle would have been in vain had land remained in the hands of a few.
President Sata said Zimbabwe’s economy could perform much better without the illegal sanctions.
He made the remarks during a tour of Dairibord Zimbabwe Limited.
“Zimbabwe is surviving under harsh conditions because of sanctions. If there were no sanctions, they (Dairibord) would do very much better than this.”
The Zambian leader, who was elected into office in September last year, said entrepreneurs in his country had a lot to learn from Dairibord.
“We need to get some of those people to come and see how their friends are doing here,” he said.
Absurdity of ‘international’ law
Farirai Chubvu
The irony of international law is that those who trash it pretend to be its guardians. The biggest criminals pretend to be for the rule of law. Only yesterday former Liberian president Charles Taylor was found guilty of war crimes by the ICC Tribunal
Call for development of Sango Border Post
Tichaona Zindoga
A rough ride down the rugged dirty road running parallel to a skeletal railway line entering Mozambique at Sango Border Post to the south- eastern lowveld of Zimbabwe seems to confirm one thing.
ANC upholds Malema suspension
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JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s ruling ANC wants to close the book on renegade youth leader Julius Malema, but analysts warned yesterday his expulsion could still rock President Jacob Zuma’s re-election drive.