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Analysts On SADC Recommendation
IT is immature and ill-informed of MDC formations to claim and celebrate victory of a recommendation by the Sadc extraordinary Summit that President Mugabe should approach the Constitutional Court seeking an extension to the July 31 poll date, political analysts have said. They said a recommendation of the Sadc Heads of State and Government who met in Mozambique on Saturday did not compel the ...
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Ex- Macheso Members Form New Band
Former Alick Macheso band members Jonas Kasamba, Noel Nyazanda, Obert Gomba and Franco "Slomo" Dhaka have formed their music outfit called Extra Kwazvose. Earlier media reports were saying the band is called Orchestra Ndozvese. Extra Kwazvose is led by the four and has 12 other band members. Slomo, who left Macheso to join Suluman Chimbetu in January 2012, will be the lead vocalist. ...
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Exclusive Breastfeeding Remains a Challenge
EXCLUSIVE breastfeeding is still a challenge among Zimbabwean women resulting in a significant number of malnourished and stunted growth of children, a nutrition expert has said. According to the Zimbabwe Demographic Health Survey for 2011, only 31 percent of Zimbabwean women practise exclusive breastfeeding. Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world in commemorating breastfeeding week in August. ...
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MDC-T MPs Disrupt Parly Business
MDC-T legislators yesterday temporarily disrupted parliamentary business in the House of Assembly, protesting against a decision by the three political parties represented in Parliament to suspend indefinitely portfolio committee business from this Friday. The Seventh Parliament's life comes to an end on Saturday next week, with officials saying more than 90 percent of the committees were ...
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Gutu Rural Council Unhappy With Firm
Bikita Rural District Council has fined Nan Jiang Africa Resources diamond mining firm in Budzi communal lands US$40 000 for proceeding to build permanent structures at its site without approval from council. Nan Jiang Africa Resources has since last year been constructing permanent structures such as administration offices and a plant in the Devuli Ranch where the company discovered ...
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Two Notorious Robbers Shot Injured
TWO suspected armed robbers believed to be part of a gang terorrising travellers along the highways were early Sunday morning shot and seriously injured by detectives at a car park in Mufakose, police said yesterday. The two were yesterday still admitted to a local hospital where they are receiving treatment under police guard. According to police sources, the two had so far cleared three armed ...
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Miners Bypass Diamond Cutters
A NUMBER of local diamond cutters and polishers have closed shop because they are not getting the gems from miners, a report by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee of Mines and Energy has said. In terms of the diamond policy adopted by the Government last year, a quota of locally produced diamonds should be made available for beneficiation by local cutters and polishers. The main objective of ...
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Zanu-PF Big Guns Walk Out of Crucial Cabinet Meeting
ZANU PF "big guns" dramatically left en masse an hour after a Cabinet meeting, which was due to discuss the crucial election roadmap, started on Tuesday. The meeting was also supposed to discuss an agreement made by the political parties at the just ended SADC summit, to send Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa to ask the Constitutional Court for a two week delay in the election date. ...
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Examining Prospects for Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Examining Prospects for Democratic Reform and Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe - Testimony of Dewa Mavhinga, Senate Foreign Relations ...
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Chamisa Says Zanu-PF Will Lose Poll Under Free and Fair Conditions
Nelson Chamisa, the national organizing secretary of the MDC-T, insisted on Tuesday that demands for reforms before the next general election does not mean they're afraid of defeat as insinuated by President Robert Mugabe. The ZANU PF leader accused both formations of the MDC of being afraid of defeat, after they sought to postpone elections scheduled for July during the SADC summit held ...
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MDC-T Chegutu Officials Protest Primary Election Irregularities
Officials from the MDC-T have called for fresh primary elections to take place in the Chegutu East constituency, claiming irregularities had marred the poll there. More than 30 Chegutu members of the party gathered at the MDC-T headquarters, Harvest House, in Harare on Monday, to petition organising secretary Nelson Chamisa about the problems they say happened during Saturday's primary ...
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Diaspora to Protest Voting Rights Failure
Members of the Zimbabwean Diaspora will this weekend gather in London where they will protest, among other issues, the failure of the government back home to allow them to vote. The demonstration is being hosted by the Zim pressure group The Vigil, the Restoration of Human Rights in Zimbabwe (ROHR) and a coalition of other groups. They are calling on the Zim government and Southern African ...
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Racism Allegations Hit MDC-T Bulawayo Province
Following primary elections held in Bulawayo over the weekend, allegations have surfaced about a plan to prevent white MDC-T members from making it past the internal selection process. Sources close to the process reported 'serious vote rigging' in the Bulawayo Central Constituency, where party heavy weight Dorcas Sibanda, was pitted against Nicola Watson (Watson lost the primary ...
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MDC-T Unleashes Wave of Violence
MDC-T has unleashed a wave of intra- and inter-party political violence in a bid to not only trash the political environment to abet its call for poll postponement, but to also provide fodder for its Western allies to discredit the poll. Harmonised elections are scheduled for July 31, with nomination courts for contesting candidates sitting next Friday. The terror campaign began last year, but ...
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Zimbabwe Why the Opposition Shouldnt Be Distracted By the Election Date
The MDC has been joined by SADC in calling for the election to be delayed slightly, but is this really a victory for the opposition? On 15 June, the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe in Mozambique's capital of Maputo. The main issue discussed was the Zimbabwean elections, currently scheduled for the 31 July. The 31 July date was set by ...
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Zimbabwe Zimbabweans Must Sort Out Election Row - AU
The African Union says it is up to Zimbabweans to resolve disputes over election dates. At a press conference in Geneva on Monday, the chair of the commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said that the primary concern is for the elections to be free and fair. President Mugabe proclaimed July 31 for harmonized elections in compliance with a directive from the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe to hold ...
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Zimbabwe MDC-T Legislators Disrupt Business
MDC-T legislators today temporarily disrupted parliamentary business in the House of Assembly protesting against a decision by the three political parties represented in parliament to indefinitely suspend portfolio committee business from this Friday. Parliament's life comes to an end on Saturday next week at a time most committees have run out of business. Chief whips from Zanu-PF (Cde ...
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Zimbabwe Premier League Action Returns After 2 Week Break
WASHINGTON -- Zimbabwe's premier soccer league action kicks off Wednesday, nationwide after a two week break. Log leaders Highlanders, topping the premiership grouping with 29 points hope to continue their dominance when they take on Chicken Inn at Barbourfields Stadium Wednesday. Dynamos, who trail Highlanders by four points, play Buffaloes at Sakubva Stadium hoping to get maximum ...
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U.S. Demands Credible Zimbabwe Elections Smooth Transition
WASHINGTON DC -- The United States said Tuesday it is concerned that even if Zimbabwe manages to deliver a credible election, a smooth transition to a new dispensation may not be possible. Zimbabwe is poised for general elections anytime this year, whose scheduling has become a subject of bitter contestation between President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF party and its Movement for Democratic ...
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Mbizo Lawmaker ZEC Should Extend Voter Registration
WASHINGTON DC -- Mbizo lawmaker Settlement Chikwinya of the Movement for Democratic Change formation of Prime Minister Tsvangirai Tuesday has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking an extension of the on-going mobile voter registration exercise by two days so officers can mop up hundreds of people who have failed to register. Chikwinya told VOA Studio 7 he was forced to ...
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Chikwanha Time is running out for reforms in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's constitutional court had ruled the polls must take place by 31 July 2013, but the regional block SADC said at the weekend Zimbabwe should ask for the deadline to be postponed. DW spoke to Anne Chikwanha, a senior researcher at the South African Institute for International ...
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Senator Chris Coons on U.S. Involvement in Zimbabwe
Washington, DC - Good morning. Today, the African Affairs Subcommittee will focus its attention on Zimbabwe, a country with abundant natural resources, fertile land, and a capable, enterprising population. Zimbabwe should be driving growth and prosperity in southern Africa.Instead, in the 33 years since its independence, Zimbabweans' prospects have become increasing bleak, reaching a low ...
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Southern Africa Zimbabwe Poll Date in Flux After Regional Body Calls for Delay
JOHANNESBURG - Regional leaders have requested that Zimbabwe's government delay upcoming elections to give the troubled nation time to make sure the vote is free and fair. President Robert Mugabe set elections for July 31, saying he was complying with a ruling of the Constitutional Court. The request from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) supports the argument of Prime ...
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Is Nelson Mandela too soft on white South Africans Robert Mugabe says so.
In a new documentary, the Zimbabwean president says that Mandela 'was too much of a saint' and takes the famous South African to task for not doing enough for the black ...
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Harare Secures $144 Million to Tackle Water Woes
HARARE -- Water woes in Harare may soon be a thing of the past as the former sunshine city expects to receive within the next two weeks a $144 million loan from China to rehabilitate its ageing water treatment and distribution network. Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi told parliament’s Local Government Committee Tuesday that the city secured the funds from Chinese Export and Import Bank. ...
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