Mwonzora “cry baby” Statement Sparks Outrage

Harare (ZimEye) Legislators and members of the constitutional outreach teams have expressed dismay in a recent statement (interpreted as an insult) by one of the Constitution Select Committee (COPAC) co-chairpersons who said they had become cry babies demanding for luxuries.
 
COPAC co-chairperson Douglas Mwonzora on Tuesday was quoted by News Day saying teams will no longer be [...]

Zimbabwe’s Fiscal condition remains fragile-Biti

Harare-(ZimEye) Zimbabwe’s fiscal conditions remain fragile, finance Minister Tendai Biti said Wednesday.
Presenting the mid year fiscal review, Minister Biti said the 2010 budget will suffer a 11 percent deficit and government will not be able to fulfill some of its projections despite an improved tax revenue base.
The 2010 budget was pegged at USD1.44 billion with [...]

ZANU-PF rowdy gangs disrupt COPAC meetings in Mashonaland West

Chinhoyi (ZimEye) Constitution outreach meetings in Mashonaland West have failed to take off smoothly owing to organized disruptions by suspected ZANU PF rowdy gangs.
Outreach teams who on Thursday were chased away by evidently ZANU PF functionaries in Chinhoyi urban were again on Friday forced to abandon meetings in Mhangura after violent threats.
Rapporteurs were sent packing [...]

Mugabe has no right to appoint Ministers-Tsvangirai

Harare (ZimEye) Calling for an emergency SADC summit and for elections, MDC party leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday, ZANU PF and President Robert Mugabe have no veto power to appoint government ministers.
Tsvangirai said in response to calls by war veterans and ZANU PF leaders who say Roy Bennett should not be sworn in [...]

No Government Policy to freeze civil service salaries-Mukonoweshuro

Harare(ZimEye)-Zimbabwe’s minister of Public Service said Thursday, there is no government policy to freeze civil servants salaries disputing a statement by Finance minister Tendai Biti calling for wage freeze until government coffers recovers from the current dry spell.
 
Addressing journalists in Harare, Public Service Minister Elphas Mukonoweshuro said it was not government’s position to freeze salaries.
 
The pronouncement [...]

lt may be dawn; workers intensify the struggle-ZCTU

The president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union(ZCTU), Lovemore Matombo Saturday urged workers gathered at Dzivaresekwa Stadium, Harare, to commemorate Workers’ Day to stay vigilant as his organisation pushes the government for a salary increment .

Emphasizing this year’s Workers’ Day theme ‘It may be dawn; workers intensify your struggle’, Matombo said his organisation supports Zimbabwe’s current government [...]

Heavy security as Ahmadinejad arrives in Zimbabwe

Harare (ZimEye) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Harare Thursday amid heavy security at the international airport through to the state house.
 
Heavily armed soldiers from 1 Commando Brigade and police were lined up along the road from the airport to President Mugabe’s official residents.
 
Upon arrival the controversial Iranian leader was given full military honour with [...]

Mugabe denounces violence

(Harare, ZimEye) Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has denounced violence, urging people to desist from violent acts irrespective of political or social differences as the country marked 30 years of independence from Britain on Sunday.
In a toned down speech a departure from his usual rhetoric of castigating the west at national addresses, Mugabe implored Zimbabweans to [...]

Mugabe gives in to Zuma, appoints election commissioners

Harare (ZimEye)- Giving in to pressure from South African president Jacob Zuma, President Mugabe on Wednesday appointed human rights and electoral commissioners more than a year after the formation of the coalition government.
The swearing in of the two commissions comes at a time when the country’s political parties are yet to agree on the outstanding issues of [...]

Zimbabwe comes under a Measles attack

Harare (ZimEye) Zimbabwe has come under attack from a Measles epidemic as cases in the country reached crisis proportions killing 183 children as of 14 March 2010 in the country’s eight provinces.
 
A total of 1884 suspected cases and 329 laboratory confirmed cases have been reported from 45 of Zimbabwe’s 62 districts.
 
Addressing a press briefing in [...]

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