THE principals in the inclusive government, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara met on Friday for nearly seven hours and agreed on Commissions, whose members will be sworn in this week, The Standard can report.
The chairs of two of the Commissions — the Electoral and the Human Rights — were yesterday named as Justice Simpson Mtambanengwe and Professor Reg Austin respectively.
Justice Mtambanengwe was seconded to the Namibian bench in 1994 and served for 12 years as a High Court judge, Acting Chief Justice of Namibia and chairperson of the Electoral Commission of Namibia.
MINES Minister Obert Mpofu has returned two top-of-the-range vehicles — an Isuzu and a Pajero — he illegally took away from the Ministry of Industry and International Trade when he changed portfolios last year.
The revelation comes as pressure mounts on government officials who took state assets to return the property or face consequences.
Mpofu is one of several government officials named in a damning report to parliament on the rampant looting of assets by ministers and permanent secretaries.
A storm is brewing in the Midlands where Zanu PF supporters are pushing for the resignation of provincial governor Jason Machaya, whom they accuse of fuelling divisions and lawlessness in the province.
SHABANIE Mine’s wage dispute, which last year saw police shooting two workers during a peaceful demonstration, has taken a new twist following a break-in at the offices of lawyers representing employees in the case.
BULAWAYO — Over two million Zimbabweans face starvation before the harvest season in March, a huge jump from the December figure of 1,74 million, a survey conducted by a USAid food monitoring agency has revealed.
A 30-year-old Zimbabwean man claims to be the love child of South Africa President Jacob Zuma. Dudzai Nyamuramba, of Hwedza, alleges that Zuma met his mother, Maggie Sandimunyonga, while in exile in Mozambique. His mother, he says, has since died.
A storm is brewing in the Midlands where Zanu PF supporters are pushing for the resignation of provincial governor Jason Machaya, whom they accuse of fuelling divisions and lawlessness in the province.
A 30-year-old Zimbabwean man claims to be the love child of South Africa President Jacob Zuma. Dudzai Nyamuramba, of Hwedza, alleges that Zuma met his mother, Maggie Sandimunyonga, while in exile in Mozambique. His mother, he says, has since died.
Dynamos . . . . .0 Gunners. . . . . .0 Dynamos won 5-4 on penalties
REIGNING premiership champions Gunners were knocked out of the Africa Safari Challenge by Dynamos at Rufaro Stadium to set the stage for a bruising duel against Caps United at the same venue today.
THE principals in the inclusive government, President Robert Mugabe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara met on Friday for nearly seven hours and agreed on Commissions, whose members will be sworn in this week, The Standard can report.
MINES Minister Obert Mpofu has returned two top-of-the-range vehicles — an Isuzu and a Pajero — he illegally took away from the Ministry of Industry and International Trade when he changed portfolios last year.