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Eddie Chikamhi Sports Reporter
HAS the pressure, something they handled admirably last year as everyone around them collapsed, finally caught up with Dynamos at a crucial period in the championship race? Has the role of playing the hunted, as opposed to the one they played last season when they were stalking others, piled the pressure on the
We’re ready for polls, say parties
Herald Reporter
POLITICAL parties say they are ready for harmonised elections early next year if reforms and the roadmap set in the Global Political Agreement are met.
This follows President Mugabe’s urgent chamber application in the High Court seeking to extend the deadline to proclaim dates for by-elections.
The President argued that if by-elections were to be held, there would be three key events to take place and funded by Government in the next six months.
The other two events are the Second All-Stakeholders’ conference and the referendum.
In separate interviews yesterday, political parties said they were ready for the elections.
Zanu-PF said it was prepared and was putting in place financial resources for the polls.
The party’s secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa said the party was geared for the election.
“Right now we are putting in place financial resources to use in these elections.”
Cde Mutasa dismissed the issue of reforms being agitated for by the MDC formations.
He said they would not allow the weakening of Zimbabwe’s security sector under the guise of reforms.
“If they do not want the elections, they should not participate,” he said.
MDC-T spokesperson Mr Douglas Mwonzora said his party was not concerned with the proclamation of elections dates.
“For the MDC, the question is not so much about when elections can be held, but conditions under which the elections are to be held.
“We want these elections to guarantee the secret of the vote and the secret of the voter. There are fundamental key reforms that have to be undertaken before elections are held.”
Mr Mwonzora said conditions were not yet conducive for free and fair elections.
He said MDC-T was ready for elections, not war.
Under the GPA, he said, President Mugabe should agree with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on election dates.
“The court cannot be used to run away from the obligation placed upon the President under the GPA. Under the GPA, President Mugabe must agree with the Prime
Be resourceful, graduate teachers urged
Herald Reporters
Graduate teachers have been urged to be resourceful. Speaking at the graduation
Locardia outsmarts Tsvangirai in court again
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday lost a bid to have the US$15 000 maintenance claim lodged against him by his wife Ms Locardia Karimatsenga struck off the roll.
Harare Civil Court magistrate Mr Reuben Mukavhi ruled that the application was properly before the courts and that the hearing should be held.
PM Tsvangirai had argued that the application did not comply with the provisions of the Maintenance Act.
The premier’s lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu said the claim could have been brought up through summons and not a court application.
He also argued that service of the court papers was not done properly.
Adv Mpofu raised the objection just before the maintenance inquiry, but Mr Mukavhi ruled against him.
Mr Mukavhi held that the application was properly before him and that the hearing should start.
“The proceedings before me have been properly instituted.
“The points in limine (preliminary points) are without merit and are hereby dismissed.”
Adv Mpofu notified the court of his intention to appeal to the High Court challenging the lower court’s failure or omission to consider some of his submissions in dismissing the preliminary points.
“We intend to approach the High Court so that it deals with the issues we raised concerning the attachment of an affidavit to the summons,” he said.
“The point has not been determined by this court.”
Mr Mukavhi ruled that the hearing should take off on October 15.
In the failed preliminary arguments, Adv Mpofu submitted that the maintenance claim was void and that it was an unnecessary burden on the court roll.
Wildcat strikes threaten SA economy
WILDCAT strikes in the mining and heavy transport sectors continue to spread in South Africa
Sanctions hurt education sector: Shamu
Herald Reporterillegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe have negatively impacted on schools development countrywide, a Cabinet minister has said. In a speech read on his behalf by an official from his ministry during the commissioning of three classroom blocks at David Whitehead Primary School in Chegutu yesterday, Media, Information and
Sino-Zim trade to reach US$1b
Herald Reporter
The Bilateral trade volume between Zimbabwe and China is expected to reach US$1 billion by the end of this year, an official said yesterday. Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Lin Lin yesterday said more companies from his country were becoming involved in local economic development. He was speaking at a reception to mark the 63rd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, held at the Chinese embassy.
“The bilateral trade volume was US$533 million in the first months of 2012, an increase of 20 percent from the same period last year,” said Mr Lin.
“Since my arrival in Harare two months ago, I can feel the warmth of China-Zimbabwe relations and the fraternal sentiments Zimbabwean people have for Chinese people.
“I am happy to see that the year 2012 witnessed a rapid development of the mutually beneficial economic co-operation between China and Zimbabwe.”
Mr Lin said from 2002 to 2011, China’s Gross Domestic Product grew at an annual rate of 10,7 percent and moved from sixth to second in the world.
The per-capita GDP rose from more than US$1 000 to US$5 432, with the foreign exchange reserves exceeding US$3 trillion.
Mr Lin said the fast development of relations between China and Zimbabwe brought tangible benefits to the people.
Councillors shoot down minister’s free water scheme
Municipal ReporterLocal authorities are unable to offer free water amounting to 6 000 litres per family monthly because of overcrowding at urban properties, Urban Councils Association president and Masvingo Mayor Femias Chakabuda has said. Water Resources Development and Management Minister Samuel Sipepa Nkomo announced recently
6 pupils treated
SIX pupils from St Dominics Chishawasha Girls High School were treated of severe dehydration since Thursday last week. The Ministry of Health and Child Welfare said 100 others were treated and discharged of the same disease. Director of Epidemiology and Disease Control Dr Portia Manangazira said a team from the healthStall owners stranded
Herald ReporterStall owners who lost property when a fire gutted Glen View 8 home industries last week are now struggling to source funds and materials to continue operating.
The fire, which ravaged property worth thousands of dollars, was worsened by cotton, adhesives, wood and fuel in compressors and generators which are highly