City lawyers eye MDC tickets
Southern Eye By Nqobani Ndlovu 21 June 2013 TWO prominent Bulawayo lawyers have forwarded their names for nomination as MDC candidates for the party’s primaries expected to be concluded at the weekend. Sindiso Mazibisa of Cheda and Partners and Matshobana Ncube of Phulu and Ncube are set to slug it out with other prospective candidates
Presidential decrees — Mugabe’s lethal weapon
The Independent By Brian Chitemba 21 June 2013 PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe seems to have perfected the art of abusing the draconian Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act (PPTM Act) to make far-reaching changes to electoral laws to suit his political agenda before every election, analysts say. According to Section 2(1)(c) of the Act, the president shall
When book education is not enough
The Herald 20 June 2013 By Nyasha Mutena TENDAI KUCHERA (28) is basking in the warm sunshine of the morning, like any other day in his life. He is surely going to spend the day hopping from one person he comes across on the streets to the other, begging for money or engaging in quick
Longman Changes Hands
The Financial Gazette By Paul Nyakazeya 20 June 2013 Pearson International, the world’s leading publishing company, has transferred its book publishing and distribution business in Zimbabwe, Longman Zimbabwe, to Consultus Publishing Services (CPS) which has been appointed an exclusive agent in the country, The Financial Gazette’s Companies & Markets (C&M) can report. CPS, which is registered
ZANU PF’s diamond ‘whistleblower’ Chindori-Chininga dies in car crash
SW Radio Africa By Violet Gonda 2o June 2013 The ZANU PF MP for Guruve South, Edward Chindori-Chininga, died in a car crash in his constituency on Wednesday. No other vehicle was involved in the accident. This has set Zimbabwe talking because last Wednesday he released a damning report about the involvement of ZANU PF
Ncube: The big winner in Maputo
News Day By News Day Reporter 19 June 2013 SO the Sadc summit, which was dubbed as a make-or-break Zimbabwean election theatre script has now come and delivered resolutions that continue to tap into the high adrenaline levels that parties in our Global Political Agreement (GPA) sketch went in with. Summit back row rumour has
Police refuse to sanction PTUZ march
PRESS STATEMENT By PTUZ 19 June 2013 NON-SANCTION OF THE PLANNED MARCH TO MINISTER COLTART’S OFFICE The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has refused to sanction the Wednesday, 19th of June 2013 march to Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture, Honourable Senator David Coltart’s office by members of the Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) to present a
The clouds part
The Zimbabwean By Victor Chimbamu 19 June 2013 As we gathered outside the Zimbabwe Embassy for yet another wet Vigil the skies suddenly cleared and the sun broke through. We arrived generally pessimistic about the SADC summit in Maputo but before the day was out our opinions changed. “It has been an incredible and unbelievable
Grand coalition leaders meet
News Day By Dumisani Sibanda 19 June 2013 AS the chorus for a coalition of the two MDCs and three other parties to confront Zanu PF ahead of the elections grows, the political parties’ leaders yesterday met in Harare for the third time to thrash out their grand plan for the polls. MDC-T president Prime
Unfinished business: David Coltart
The Zimbabwean By Mkhululi Chimoio 19 June 2013 Minister David Coltart believes it would be wrong to withdraw from politics when there is so much unfinished business. He told Mkhululi Chimoio he did not think the struggle for democracy would take so long and that he feels an obligation to see it through to completion.