adminPM’s question time stage-managed?
Lloyd Gumbo
Herald Reporter
THE Prime Minister’s question time in the House of Assembly is stage-managed to make Mr Morgan Tsvangirai appear intelligent, some MDC-T legislators have claimed.
The session should be for impromptu questions, but the MPs claim it was being used as an opportunity to build Mr Tsvangirai’s image and enable him to talk about his party’s position on several issues under the guise of his Government portfolio.
Last week’s PM question time drew some Western diplomats amid reports the Wednesday session was being used to sell Mr Tsvangirai as an adept leader following reports that some Western embassies had approached NCA chairman Lovemore Madhuku to head-hunt a capable leader for MDC-T.
Legislators who spoke to The Herald on condition of anonymity claimed that senior MDC-T officials, among them Mr Willias Madzimure (Kambuzuma) and deputy chief whip Ms Dorcas Sibanda (Bulawayo Central), gave them questions to ask PM Tsvangirai.
Mr Madzimure yesterday acknowledged that some questions did not originate from the MPs themselves.
High Court reserves judgment in governors row
Fidelis Munyoro
Assistant News Editor
THE High Court has reserved judgment in the case in which President Mugabe has sought leave from the court to appeal at the Supreme Court against a decision allowing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to sue him for reappointing provincial governors.
The President had his objection to allow PM Tsvangirai sue him without seeking permission from the High Court dismissed by Judge President George Chiweshe.
Justice Chiweshe on Tuesday heard President Mugabe’s application and reserved judgment to a later date after hearing arguments from both parties’ lawyers.
Through his lawyer, Mr Terrence Hussein of Hussein, Ranchhod and Company, the President argued that his prospects of success on appeal were very high.
At the Supreme Court, the court will determine whether or not Rule 18 of the court, which requires a person to seek leave to sue the President, must be complied with first.
Mr Hussein, in his grounds of appeal, argues that: “The court a quo erred in not accepting that in terms of Rule 18 and the common law, leave to sue the President should first be sought and granted before instituting legal proceedings against him in the High Court.”
He further argued that Rule 18 applies to the President in both his personal and official capacities and no departure from this rule can be properly condoned.
New rules on entrance exams
Felex Share
Herald Reporter
GOVERNMENT has come up with a raft of measures to ensure mission and private boarding schools do not “fleece” parents and guardians through Form One entrance tests.
The move is meant to protect parents and guardians against schools that have been inviting unlimited numbers of prospective applicants to compete for limited places.
Education, Sport, Arts and Culture Minister David Coltart and his deputy Dr Lazarus Dokora yesterday confirmed the development.
Most private and mission schools are in the process of interviewing thousands of prospective candidates at different venues countrywide.
However, Dr Dokora said schools were now required to invite applicants not more than three times the number of places on offer.
A Buccaneer for life?
Robson SharukoSenior Sports Editor
TAKESURE CHINYAMA will probably spend the remainder of his career at Orlando Pirates after agreeing terms for a three-year deal, with the option of a further two-year extension, with the South African champions.
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In 2008, in Vienna, it was Fabregas’ spot-kick in a 4-2 penalty shoot-out win over world soccer champions Italy that convinced Spain they were finally capable of beating Europe’s leading teams.