adminZoc raise funds for Team Zimbabwe
Ellina Mhlanga Sports Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Olympic Committee last Friday hosted its corporate golf day at Royal Harare as part of the ongoing “Going for Gold” campaign to raise awareness and funds for Team Zimbabwe to participate at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Zimra acts on revenue leaks, corruption
Farirai Machivenyika Senior Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority is introducing a new electronic system that will connect it with the information technology systems of all companies and organisations as part of measures to curb leaks in revenue collection.
The new system will also ease payment of taxes as Zimra will be working with actual figures.
As part of measures to curb corruption within its ranks, Zimra has also engaged the Zimbabwe Prison Services for orientation of their recruits on the conditions in the prisons.
This, according to Zimra, is meant to deter its staff from engaging in illegal activities in their day to day duties.
Presenting evidence to the Portfolio Committee on Budget, Finance and Investment Promotion, Zimra Commissioner General Gershem Pasi said the new system, when adopted will go a long way in curbing leaks especially from mining houses.
“When you look at returns from the mining sector to the fiscus, it doesn’t match, even in tourism it’s the same, that is why we want to link up with everyone,” said Mr Pasi.
He said they had stationed officers at various mining companies, including at Marange diamond fields and platinum mines, but had found it difficult to ascertain the levels of production due to the nature of operations and high security systems.
Copac in gay storm
Lloyd Gumbo Herald Reporter
COPAC has come under fire from legal experts who contend that it has once again tried to smuggle homosexual rights into the latest draft by replacing the phrase ‘‘natural differences’’ with ‘‘circumstances of birth’’.
Legal and political experts yesterday said the latest Copac draft constitution, that we recently published in full, has clauses that may be manipulated by those lobbying for the inclusion of gays and lesbians’ rights into the constitution.
Section 4.7(3) of the draft, which covers Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms, reads: “Everyone has the right not to be treated in an unfairly discriminatory manner on such grounds as their nationality, race, colour, tribe, place or circumstances of birth, ethnic or social origin, language, class, religious belief, political or other opinion, custom, culture, sex, gender, marital status, age, disability or economic, social or other status.”
Harare lawyer Mr Jonathan Samukange of Venturas and Samukange said the section on “circumstances of birth” left the constitution open to manipulation.
“Circumstances of birth may include sexual orientation because those people can actually go to court and challenge any discrimination based on that clause,” Mr Samukange said.
Tsvangirai aide nabbed for assaulting cop
Herald Reporter
POLICE have arrested Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s security officer and two MDC-T supporters for allegedly assaulting a police officer and a Zanu-PF supporter at a rally in Kambuzuma on Sunday.
The three have been identified as Ambitious Muzuva (36) of Kambuzuma Section 3 who is employed as security officer for the PM, Passmore Jaricha (28) of Epworth and Lovemore Chimbangu (19) of Kuwadzana 1.
They are detained at Warren Park Police Station while investigations are underway.
Police yesterday dismissed reports by some sections of the media that they disrupted the MDC–T rally in Kambuzuma as misleading.
Harare provincial spokesperson Inspector James Sabau said the attack on the police officer was premeditated.
“MDC-T Harare provincial organising secretary youth wing told people gathered at the rally that they were going to deal with police officers at the venue,” he said.
“A commuter omnibus was stopped by MDC-T youths at around 1410hrs.
“The conductor, Gerald Mandaza (23) chanted a Zanu-PF slogan and this infuriated MDC-T supporters and one of them stabbed him with a sharp object on the left shoulder.”
Empowerment lobby calls for Government action
Herald Reporter
THE economic empowerment groups have urged Government to expedite the implementation of the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act with regards to areas that are reserved for indigenous Zimbabweans.
Justice Karwi to be buried today
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
HIGH Court judge Justice Tadius Bernard Karwi who died on Saturday will be buried today at his farm in
Politburo to act on problems
Takunda Maodza Senior Reporter
ZANU-PF is expected to hold a special Politburo meeting soon to examine the state of the party and address problems reported in some
Church thwarts terrorists
Bedah MengoNAIROBI — The deadly grenade attack at a church in Nairobi recently confirms fears that places of worship in Kenya are easy and tempting targets of terrorists.
One worshipper died and 16 others were injured, five critically, in the attack that
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