ZANU PF officials to be questioned in torture trial

By Alex Bell, 24 August 2010 
Top ZANU PF officials are set to face questioning in the High Court next week, in connection with the torture of a Norton man in 2008. 
Four Cabinet ministers and a number of service chiefs will face the court on allegations of torture, unlawful detention and deprivation of liberty. 
Mapfumo Garutsa was [...]

The MDC Today Aug 23

 - Press Release -
The MDC President and Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai today commissioned a library at one of the five primary schools in Budiriro in Harare which have received about 20 000 books and computers worth thousands of dollars.
The books were sourced by the Science and Technology minister and Budiriro MP, Professor Heneri Dzinotyiwei [...]

Mugabe clashes with Zimondi over promotions

Harare(ZimEye)-President Robert Mugabe has reversed the promotion of two senior prison officers by the Zimbabwe Prison Service Chief Paradzai Zimondi after an outcry by some disgruntled war veterans within ZPS.
Highly placed sources within the ZPS said Zimondi had appointed Senior Assistant Commissioners Rhodes Moyo and Huggins Machingauta to the positions of Deputy Commissioners.
The two were [...]

Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch: Issue 17

By Sokwanele

There has been little change on the Zimbabwean political landscape since our last Zimbabwe Inclusive Government Watch mailing. Certainly, the twenty one-month old Zimbabwean Global Political Agreement (GPA)  produced little tangible progress through the month of June.
To find the root cause of this shameful display of negative governance, one needs to analyse the situation. [...]

Institutional reform critical for Zimbabwe’s parastatals |ANALYSIS|

There has been a lot of hullabaloo since the announcement by the new Minister of State Enterprises and Parastatals, Honourable Gorden Moyo that Parastatals should regularise and trim salaries and allowances of senior management that have been characteristic of the brazen economic recklessness, financial imprudence and a general disregard of the basic principles of corporate [...]

Mugabe begs loyalty from army

Harare(ZimEye)-President Robert Mugabe has begged continued support from the country’s military and urged then to remain loyal to his rule.
 
The veteran leader was officiating during the annual defence forces day celebrations attended by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and a sizeable crowd in Harare on Tuesday.
 
Mugabe said the military was supposed to remain wary of foreign [...]

Pictures: Moment King Mswati’s love rival was rumbled

THESE amazing pictures show the moment Swaziland’s former Justice Minister Ndumiso Mamba was caught by state security agents holed up in a hotel room with King Mswati III’s 12th wife, Queen Nothando Dube.
Mamba appeared to have sensed approaching danger before dozens of security agents stormed the Royal Villas, a luxury hotel owned by the polygamous [...]

KP to authorise Zimbabwe’s gems – PAPER

HARARE – International diamond watchdog Kimberley Process will this week certify Zimbabwe’s controversial diamonds from Marange, Zimonline claims.
This development comes as a company mining at the Marange diamond fields revealed that Zimbabwe had already invited certain African Ministers to also come and inspect the diamond fields – their visit coinciding with that of the International [...]

MDC wants current heroes status system scrapped

By Irene Madongo
9 August, 2010
The MDC wants the currents system used to decide who is considered a national hero to be scrapped and replaced with a fairer method, as the country marks National Heroes Day.
The conferring of hero status is one of the outstanding issues of the Global Political Agreement (GPA). At present ZANU PF [...]

Diamond boss blasts KP

HARARE(ZimEye) – The chairman of the African Diamond Council (ADC), Andre Action Diakite Jackson, has castigated the Kimberly Process Certification System (KP) – whose regulator Abbey Chikane(insert-right) is due in Zimbabwe at the weekend to approve sale of the disputed Marange diamonds – for being ‘ineffectual’ and allowing the country’s leaders to get away with [...]

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